Scottsbluff hosted the annual best of the west junior high track meet on Tuesday with over 30 teams taking part. Placing second with 51 points were the Lady Crusaders of St. Agnes. Gering won the girl’s division with 82 points. Scottsbluff was first on the boy’s side with 65 points with Gering second with 62. St. Agnes scored 23 points which was good for eleventh. Bringing home first place honors for the Academy were Penn Vergil and Alexis Shelamdine. Vergil won the 800 with a school record breaking time of 2:34 while Shelmadine got the gold in the pole vault with a mark of 8’0. Shelmadine was also second in the 100 hurdles with Maslin Breen taking the silver in the high jump. Reese Armstrong was second in the pole vault. For the Academy boys, 8th grader Tripp Johnson garnered 2 second place finishes in both the mile and 800. The Academy 2 mile relay was third with team members: Johnson Paxton Richey Braden Myers and Tatum Devlin.
St Agnes boys broke the 2 mile relay school record at the meet in Scottsbluff.
Girl’s result St. Agnes 51 points 2nd overall
800 Vergil 1st 2:34 new school record
mile Vergil 6th 5:57
100 hurdles Shelmadine 2nd 17.3
400 relay St. Agnes 7th 57.3 Armstrong Shelmadine Quinn Robertson Vergil
mile relay St. Agnes 6th Armstrong Shelmadine Aubrey Dudden Vergil
high jump Breen 2nd 4’10 Vergil 3rd 4’8 Dudden 5th 4’6
pole vault Shelmadine 1st 8’0 Armstrong 2nd 8’0
Boy’s result St Agnes 23 points 11th overall
800 Johnson 2nd 2:21 Richey 6th 2:33
mile Johnson 2nd 5:13
2 mile relay St. Agnes 3rd 10:14 Johnson Richey Myers Devlin
high jump Danny Jelinek NH
St. Agnes will continue its busy week with a conference in Morrill on Friday and a meet in Scottsbluff on Saturday.