Five athletes from Hemingford High School participated at the 2025 state class C track meet which was held at Omaha Burke High School. The meet ran on Friday and Saturday May 23 and 24. Hemingford had all 4 of their runners set personal records at the meet. Freshman Ainslee Woltman placed 14th in the two mile with season’s best time of 12:29. The time was over 20 seconds faster than her district time. Also running the 2 mile was Austin Benda. The Sophomore was 12th with a season’s best time of 10:06. His time at districts was 10:20. Two Cats then ran on Saturday. In the 800, Boady Hunter ended with a time of 2:03 which was good for 17th. It was one second faster than his district time. Dakota Horstman finished 13th in the girls mile and was clocked at 5:33. Her winning time at districts was 5:53. Also taking part was senior Michael Helmink who ended his Cat career with a 15th place finish in the discus. His toss went 142’8.
Perkins County won the Class C boys championship with 58 points while West Holt took second with 47 points. On the girls side, Kearney Catholic was the winner with 79. Syracuse was the runner up with 50 points.
“We took 5 athletes to the State T&F meet in Omaha, NE. I was very happy with how our kids competed. They weren’t content with just earning a spot at state, they were motivated and prepared to compete. They really lived by the team’s mantra this season – SHOWTIME! The athletes produced 4 PRs and a new school record. Austin Benda broke our school record in the 3200m!” said Coach Joshua Dean.
New High School ALL-TIME TOP 10 performances from State in Omaha:
Ainslee Woltman now #5 in the 3200m, passing Baily Wood, Carlye Kresl, Dakota Horstman.
Austin Benda now #1 in the 3200m, passing Abe Garcia.