Big points in the high jump, pole vault, and triple jump powered the St. Agnes girls in Friday’s Pan Handle Conference meet in Morrill. The Lady Crusaders scored 22 points in the high jump, 18 in the pole vault, and 18 more in the triple jump to overtake Hemingford in claiming their third straight conference title. Overall, the Academy ended the day with 131 points with the Cats second at 92.33 in the 9 school team race. The format was different with the running events first followed by the field events. Hemingford was up big after the 10 running events but major points in the final 6 field events gave the Crusaders the crown. St. Agnes had 6 first place finishers. Two Crusaders claimed a pair of gold medals.
Alexis Shelmadine was first in both the 100 hurdles and set a new school record in the pole vault with a winning mark of 8’9. Penn Vergil also had a big day, taking first in both the long jump and 400. Eighth graders Reese Armstrong and Maslin Breen were blue ribbons finishers. Armstrong won the 200 and Maslin was first in the high jump.
In the boy’s division, St. Agnes was third with 92 points. Hemingford won the team title with 141 points with Hay Springs second at 103 points. The Academy won one gold medal performance in the mile relay with a time of 4:18. Team members: Cisco Cody Braden Myers Tripp Johnson and Paxton Richey. Silver medal performers for the Crusaders were: Myers in 200, Cody in the 400 and triple jump, and Johnson in the 800.
Boy’s results St. Agnes 92 points 3rd overall top 6 placers
100 Myers 3rd 13.4
200 Myers 2nd 27.3
400 Cody 2nd 1:01
800 Tripp Johnson 2nd 2:18 Richey 5th 2:33
mile Richey 3rd 5:49 Tee Johnson 4th 6:31 Tatum Devlin 6th 6:35
400 relay St. Agnes 3rd 56.1 Devlin Mason Conyers Grayson Dibrito Declan Kirchner
mile relay St. Agnes 1st 4:18 Tripp Johnson Cody Myers Richey
2 mile relay St. Agnes 3rd 11:35 Tee Johnson Devlin Conyers Kirchner
shot Jackson Chasek 6th 25’1
discus Gavin Mann 3rd 82’9 Kendrick Escamilla Quick 6th 75’5
pole vault Devlin 4th 7’0 Richey 6th 7’0
triple jump Cody 2nd 32’5 Dibrito 3rd 30’10
Girl’s results St. Agnes 131 points 1st overall third straight year top 6 placers
200 Armstrong 1st 29.7 Vergil 3rd 30.2
400 Vergil 1st 1:06 Armstrong 4th 1:09
100 hurdles 1st Shelmadine 17.8 Quinn Robertson 5th 19.3 Breen 6th 19.5
200 hurdles Shelmadine 2nd 33.3 Robertson 4th 34.9
400 relay St. Agnes 2nd 1:00 Robertson Aubrey Dudden Kale Hulquist Breen
high jump Breen 1st 4’10 Vergil 2nd 4’8 Dudden 4th 4’2
pole vault Shelmadine 1st 8’9 new school record Armstrong 2rd 8’3
long jump Vergil 1st 14’8
triple jump Shelmadine 2nd 29’11 Breen 3rd 28’3 Armstrong 4th 27’11
The Crusaders will go to Scottsbluff on Saturday and end their year at Gering on Saturday, May 10.