First place finishes in 5 events paced the Hemingford boy’s high school track squad to a the team title at the BCD meet held in Bayard on Friday. The Bobcats scored 103 points to take home first with Alliance second with 94 points. Seventeen schools participated in the event. Bridgeport was first on the girl’s side with 86 points while Chadron took second with 76 points. The Lady Cats from Hemingford tallied 53 points which was good for fifth overall. Distance runner Austin Benda led the Cats with gold medal efforts in both the mile and 2 mile races. Other blue ribbons finishers for Hemingford were: Boady Hunter in the 800, the 400 relay, and Keirith Yale in the high jump. The highlight of the day for the Hemingford girls came in the 2 mile run where the Cats went 1-2. Dakota Horstman was first while teammate Ainslee Woltman took second. Senior Aurora Hinman continued her super season by winning the 800.
Girl’s results Hemingford 53 points 5th overall top 8 placers
800 Aurora Hinman 1st 2:32 Teagan Thompson 4th 2:46 Desilee Hinman 7th 2:56
mile Horstman 6th 6:13 Woltman 8th 6:50
2 mile Horstman 1st 13:14 Woltman 2nd 13:22
mile relay Hemingford 3rd 4:36 Horstman Aurora Hinman Woltman Desilee Hinman
shot Kyra Jespersen 5th 33’11
discus Jespersen 6th 106’9
pole vault Tehya Buser 8th 7’2
Boy’s results Hemingford 103 points 1st overall top 8 placers
100 Tayten Haas 5th 11.7 Lucas Sulzbach 8th 12.08
200 Tayten Haas 6th 24.07
400 Boady Hunter 3rd 54.3 Jayce Haas 4th 54.8
800 Boady Hunter 1st 2:11 Yake 6th 2:17 Kaiden Casey 8th 2:21
mile Benda 1st 4:52 Boady Hunter 3rd 5:04
2 mile Benda 1st 10:22
110 hurdles Gavin Bell 6th 16.8
400 relay Hemingford 1st 45.8 Sulzbach Cody Galles Tayten Haas Jayce Haas
mile relay Hemingford 3rd 3:40 Galles Sulzbach Jayce Haas Tayten Haas
shot Michael Helmink 2nd 48’11
discus Helmink 3rd 156’6
high jump Yale 1st 5’10 Helmink 6th 5’8
pole vault Eli Hunter 6th10’10 Carson Haas 7th 10’4
triple jump Sulzbach 8th 37’7
Boy’s unified
100 Gattlen Bell 3rd 13.9 Jonathan Moreno 6th 16.6
shot Gattlen Bell 3rd 35’5 Moreno 6th 31’5
long jump Gattlen Bell 3rd 13’7 Moreno 6th 10′ 1/2
Hemingford will take part in the Class C district 9 meet in Mitchell on Thursday.