Spring Sports Preview
8 Thursday, March 27, 2014
Star-Herald
Girls Track & Field Summaries Continued 400, shot put Top newcomers/transLast year’s conference fers: Kenna Campbell, meet placing: Fourth fr., high jump, triple District: 11 jump, long jump; Josie Last year’s district Perez, fr., 800, discus; meet placing: Fifth Shania Freesman, fr., Head coach: William 400, 800; Carlee Hinn, Wilber (First year) fr., 200, 300 hurdles Varsity assistant Season outlook: “We coaches: Todd Westohave a nice mix of ver, Jessica Cabela upperclassmen and Returning state qualiyounger athletes,” Gering fiers: Summer Mueller, coach Joel Nelson said. Nickname: Bulldogs sr., pole vault, 1,600; “We are hoping to show Class: B Hannah Schievelbein, improvement and be Conference: Western jr., discus competitive in a number District: 6 Other returning letter of meets this year.” Last year’s district winners: Hannah BlackSchedule welder, so., 100, 4x100, meet placing: Fourth March 29 Sidney Invite long jump, shot put; Jer- Last year’s state meet April 5 Bayard C-D Invite ry Straber, sr., 100, high placing: 33rd April 12 Perkins County jump, triple jump, 4x100; Head coach: Randy Invite Plummer (27th year) Summer Mueller, sr., April 17 WTC 1,600, pole vault, 4x100; Assistant coaches: April 26 Chadron Invite Bill Bauer, Rick Marez, Chandra Smith, so., April 29 Best in the West triple jump, 100, 4x100; Randy Johnson, Jimmie May 9 Bayard B-C-D Rhodes, Gene Russell, Ashley Burr, sr., 800, Invite Roger Schmidt triple jump; Hannah May 15 Districts at Returning state meet Schievelbein, jr., shot Bayard qualifiers: Jerilyn Laws, put, discus May 23-24 State at Top newcomers/trans- so., 4x800 relay; Kali Omaha fers: Jessie Straber, fr., Rimington, 1,600, 4x800 relay high jump, 4x100, long Guernsey-Sunrise Other returning letter jump; Stefanie Mitchell, winners: Holly Grote, jr., high jump Nickname: Vikings Season outlook: “With sr., jumps; Allison WitClass: 1A cofski, sr., distance; Kathirty-one track memConference: SEWAC bers this year, we hope tie O’Boyle, sr., hurdles, Regional: East sprints; Julia Ybarra, jr., to finish higher in the Head coach: Glenn W. distance; Dakota Wade- Freeburg (37th year) standings,” Coach Wilman, jr., weights; Nicober said. Varsity assistant lette Cook, jr., weights; Team strengths: coaches: Casey Moats, Brooke Doggett, jr., “Depth,” Wilber said. Jeannette Christensen weights; Jade Riedel, Team goals: “With Returning state qualifiso., hurdles, sprints; higher numbers, we ers: Ashley Garhart, jr., Kaelyn Shaul, so., dishope to finish higher,” jumps, sprints tance; Lauren Shaul, Wilber said. Other returning letter Other comments: Last so., distance winners: Viviana HollisNewcomers/transfers: ter, so., sprints season at state, Mueller placed sixth in the 1,600 Karlee Muth, sr., sprints; Top newcomers/transin 5:40.1 and 10th in the Rebecca Brenner, jr., fers: Vanessa Vasquez, jumps; Marisa Robles, pole vault with a height jr., jumps, sprints; so., distance; Shae of 9-6. Schievelbein Michelle Thompson, Kaus, fr., sprints; Hope was 20th in the discus. jr., sprints, middle disAbel, fr., distance; Britance; Tenisha Carr, fr., weights; Natalie Blaise, Garden County anna Eckerberg, fr., weights; Kaylee Bohnso., jumps Nickname: Eagles sack, fr., distance; Keltie Former athletes comClass: D Imus, fr., jumps, sprints; peting in college: Cori Conference: MinuteRebekah Rawlings, fr., Christensen, South man distance Dakota School of Mines Last year’s conference Season outlook: “We & Technology (hammer meet placing: Third have 43 girls out for and discus) District: 11 track,” Coach Randy Schedule Last year’s district Plummer said. “Our March 22 CSC Indoor meet placing: Third strength will be in the March 29 Morrill Early Last year’s state meet: middle and long disBird Invite DNP tance. We do have April 4 Wheatland Invite Head coach: Jamie some quality in most April 12 Guernsey Invite McColloch (8th year at every event. Our job as April 17 Alliance Invite Garden County) coaches is to get the April 25 Calvert Invite at Varsity assistant girls into the right events Mitchell coaches: Kim Colton, and coach them to be April 26 Pine Bluffs Invite Tiffany Rice successful.” April 29 Best in the West Returning state qualifiers: Alisha Heelan, sr., Gordon-Rushville 400, 800, 4x100; Alicia Nickname: Mustangs Ehrlich, sr., 100, 200, Class: C LJ, 4x100; Anna McConference: Western Laughlin, so., HJ, 300 Trails low hurdles, 100 high Last year’s conference hurdles meet placing: Fourth Other returning letter District: 11 winners: Baily Davis, Last year’s district sr., hurdles, triple jump, meet placing: Eighth in 4x100; Kelsey VinB-6 cent, sr., throws; Katie Head coach: Joel NelParmenter, sr., 1,600, 3,200; Courtney Leach, son (4th year) Varsity assistant jr., throws; Ashley Heecoaches: Mike Fowler, lan, so., 400; Courtney Matt Stetson, Angie Stegman, so., throws; Mikayla Wiant, so., pole Hoagland Returning state qualivault, sprints Top newcomers/trans- fiers: Dani Wellnitz, jr., 3,200 fers: Megan Dormann, Other returning letter fr., 400 winners: Rachel JohnSeason outlook: “We son, sr., 800, 1,600; Dehave low numbers with nie Jacobson, jr., 1,600, some quality return3,200; Hali Sahr, jr., 100 ers,” Coach McColloch hurdles, 300 hurdles; said. “We should see Keelie Campbell, so., improvement from our shot put, discus; Robin throwers.” Ferguson, so., 100, 200; Team strengths: Becca Wellnitz, so., Jumps, throws, middle
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distance Team goals: “Win conference [and] district,” McColloch said. Last year’s highlights: Garden County’s thirdplace finishes in both the conference and district meets were the Eagles’ highest in those meets in years.
fiers: Kaelia Nelson, jr., 1,600, 3,200 Other returning letter winners: Precious Campbell, sr., hurdles Season outlook: “A good, solid freshman class coming in and adding to all events,” coach Cindy Ahrens said. Team strengths: “Hurdles, weights, distance,” Hay Springs Ahrens said. Nickname: Hawks Team goals: “Work to Class: D improve and finish the Conference: Panhanseason with personal dle bests,” Ahrens said. District: 11 Last year’s highlights: Head coach: Rachel “Kelsy Wood winning Mandelko (6th year) all-around trackster at Varsity assistant coaches: Val Bila, Rusty every meet including Best in the West two Belina, Cassie Barth Returning state qualifi- years in a row [and] Kelsy medaling in all four ers: None events at state,” Ahrens Returning letter winsaid. ners: Whitney Heiting, Schedule jr., long jump, triple March 22 CSC Indoor jump, 100 hurdles; CydMarch 29 Kimball Invite ney Jancik, jr., 100, 100 Bayard C-D hurdles; Brittany Fergu- April 5 son, jr., high jump, 400, April 10 Mitchell Invite April 17 WTC at Morrill 800; Jenn Scherbarth, April 26 Chadron Invite jr., 400, 800, 1,600; Katrena Ryan, so., long April 29 Best in the West May 3 PAC at Morrill jump, 100 May 9 Bayard B-C-D Top newcomers/transMay 15 Districts at fers: Steph Tlustos, sr., shot put, discus, sprints; Bayard May 23-24 State at Brooklyn Morrill, so., shot put, discus; Alexis Omaha Olson, fr., shot put, disHyannis cus Team strengths: “I beNickname: Longhorns lieve that our strengths Class: D are going to be in the Conference: Sandhills mid distances and hurHead coach: Chris dles,” Coach Rachel Kraus Mandelko said. Varsity assistant Team goals: “To take coach: Janice Kraus three individual girls to Returning state meet the state track meet and qualifiers: Frannie place third at least in the Young, sr., 400; SavanPanhandle Conference,” na Jamison, sr., discus; Mandelko said. Hannah Haney, sr., triple jump (as a freshHemingford man) Other returning letter Nickname: Bobcats winners: Shontell RoseClass: C berry, sr., sprints, relays; Conferences: PHC, Chelsea Nollette, sr., WTC Last year’s conference weights; Kaitlyn Ramsay, jr., distance; Isameet placings: Third in bele Safarik, jr., jumps, PHC; Sixth in WTC middle distance; Sierra Last year’s district Rediger, so., hurdles, meet placing: Sixth Last year’s state meet relays Top newcomers/transplacing: 10th fers: Madison Ramsay, Head coach: Cindy fr., distance, relays; Ahrens (23rd year) Brook Jamison, fr., hurVarsity assistant dles, relays coaches: Kate Jungck, Lisa Janssen Season outlook: “We Returning state qualihave some quality ath-
May 2 Wyoming Track Classic at Casper May 3 Goshen County Invite May 6 Lusk Qualifying Meet May 9 Wiseman Invite May 16-17 Regionals at Torrington May 22-24 State at Casper
letes and decent numbers out, so I’m hoping to be competitive,” coach Chris Kraus said. “We need to get healthy and stay healthy. Hopefully, our younger girls develop and give us some depth in individual events and relays.” Team goals: “Be competitive individually and as a team,” Kraus said. “Qualify a relay team for state.”
Kimball Nickname: Longhorns Class: C Conferences: WTC, SPVA Last year’s conference meet placing: Fifth District: 11 Last year’s district meet placing: Third Head coach: Gene Mohr (3rd year) Varsity assistant coaches: Jim Reeves, Dane Wardeman, Wade Brasheer Returning state qualifiers: Brooke Hager, sr., 4x100; Shelby Vogel, sr., 4x100; Kelly Green, sr., 4x100; Madison Biesecker, so., 4x100, 300 hurdles; Alisha Hunsaker, so., 400 Other returning letter winners: Laura Flores, sr., 1,600, 3,200; Jessica Hanks, jr., shot put, discus; Danika Daum, so., shot put, discus; Mikayla Fiehtner, so., 100 hurdles; Brianna Jones, sr., shot put Top newcomers/transfers: Kimball has nine freshmen out. Season outlook: “Twenty-four out for track is an improvement in number,” Coach Mohr said. “Good mix to fill most of the events.” Team strengths: “The shot and discus should score a lot early in the meet,” Mohr said. “Vogel should score in the triple jump. Green and Fiehtner will score in the 100 and high hurdles. Biesecker and Husaker will score in the 300 hurdles and 400. All the relays should score. Overall, we should be scoring throughout the meet.” See GIRLS TRACK, page 9
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