Asa Starr, left, and Olivia Fitzgerald ran the 100m for the Bobcats last week. They both also ran on the gold medal winning 4x100 Relay team.

The Bobcats traveled to Elwood last Thursday, April 2, and came home with some hardware for their efforts. Both the boys and girls track team competed in a field of 13 teams, each coming home with 4th place overall.

On the men’s side, South Loup athletes hit the top ten 19 times across 17 events, with a gold medal in the 1600-meter run from Elijah Cool topping their day. The 4x800 Relay featuring Jaden Baker, Cool, Josiah Coleman and Walter Bierman finished in second to solidify the distance runners’ big efforts, while Noah Anderson lobbed the shot put nearly a foot further than last week to nab the bronze medal.

The ladies had an exceptional day on the track and on the field, collecting 16 top-10 finishes including two gold, three silver and one bronze. EvaLynn Wonch led the discus event, earning first place with her throw of 108’ 9”, and the 4x100m Relay secured the other gold for the day, with team members Asa Starr, Erin Fitzgerald, Rae Hagler and Olivia Fitzgerald running a blistering 52.82 to secure the top spot.

Erin Fitzgerald carried her turn of speed over to the 200m and 400m, nabbing a second-place finish in each. The distance runners picked up the slack in the 4x800m Relay as Delanie Weinman, Chloe Coleman, Lynae Wiese and Jade Bierman crossed the line at 11:26.52 for the silver medal.

The Bobcats compete next at home tomorrow, Friday, April 10, as they host the South Loup Bobcat Invite in Arnold. The first event starts at 10 a.m.

Full individual results for last week’s meet at Elwood are as follows.

Men’s Results:

100m - Braxton Cozad, 5th, 12.14; Conner Paulsen, 7th, 12.35 200m - Braxton Cozad, 11th, 25.84; Eli Hunt, 26.15; Tysen Schacher, 27.24 400m - Eli Hunt, 58.64; Jett Morgan, 1:01.03; Callen Hickenbottom, 1:04.15 800m - Walter Bierman, 6th, 2:16.75; Eli Rogers, 2:30.11; Jacob Myers, 2:53.59 1600m - Elijah Cool, 1st, 4:55.43; Jaden Baker, 6th, 5:06.08; Josiah Coleman, 5:26.73 3200m - Josiah Coleman, 4th, 11:15.61; Walter Bierman, 6th, 11:26.34 110m Hurdles - Hudson Vickers, 6th, 18:31 300m Hurdles - Dylan Pandorf, 4th, 44.07; Jacob King, 10th, 47.86; Hudson Vickers, 11th, 48.09 4x100 Relay - Wacey Schultz, Noah Anderson, Dylan Pandorf, Conner Paulsen, 5th, 47.58 4x400 Relay - Braxton Cozad, Eli Hunt, Elijah Cool, Eli Rogers, 5th, 3:52.44 4x800 Relay - Jaden Baker, Elijah Cool, Josiah Coleman, Walter Bierman, 2nd,

8:58.59 Shot Put (12 lb) - Noah Anderson, 3rd, 38’ 11.5”; Zane Ellison, 31’ 5.25”; Caleb Furrow,

30’ 10.5” Discus (1.6 kg) - Caleb Furrow, 99’ 8”; Noah Anderson, 87’ 0”; Taytum Wiese, 84’ 7” High Jump - Hudson Vickers, 5th, 5’ 9” Pole Vault - Paxton Bierman, 7th, 11’ 0”; Tysen Schacher, 10th, 9’ 6”; Jett Morgan,

11th, 9’ 0” Long Jump - Dylan Pandorf, 4th, 18’ 10”; Wacey Schultz, 16’ 6.25”; Callen Hickenbottom, 15’ 1” Triple Jump - Tysen Schacher, 8th, 35’ 2”

Women's Results

100m - Olivia Fitzgerald, 3rd, 13.74; Asa Starr, 7th, 14.27

200m - Erin Fitzgerald, 2nd, 27.57; Olivia Fitzgerald, 5th, 28.86; Alley Jorgenson,

31.67; Matilda Bollig, 53.75

400m - Erin Fitzgerald, 2nd, 1:03.81; Tasia Trotter, 1:14.89; Kaileena Running Bear,

1:38.11

800m - Delanie Weinman, 6th, 2:42.21; Jade Bierman, 3:02.09

1600m - Chloe Coleman, 12th, 6:47.69

300m Hurdles - Rae Hagler, 4th, 52.63; Kamryn Kramer, 12th, 56.36; Anna Coleman,

1:00.38

4x100 Relay - Asa Starr, Erin Fitzgerald, Rae Hagler, Olivia Fitzgerald, 1st, 52.82

4x400 Relay - Riley Leetch, Tasia Trotter, Emma Bierman, Kora Dailey, 10th, 5:13.61

4x800 Relay - Delanie Weinman, Chloe Coleman, Lynae Wiese, Jade Bierman, 2nd,

11:26.52 Shot Put - Emma Stallbaumer, 5th, 29’ 0”; EvaLynn Wonch, 26’ 4.5”; Tyra Brestel,

21’ 9.25” Discus - EvaLynn Wonch, 1st, 108’ 9”; Emma Stallbaumer, 4th, 92’ 2”; Brook Bierman, 7th, 88’ 2” High Jump - Asa Starr, 7th, 4’ 7”; Jade Bierman, 4’ 5” Long Jump - Josie Lehmkuhler, 13’ 10.5”; Emma Bierman, 11’ 11” Triple Jump - Nyachay Haidle, 10th, 27’ 1.5”; Kora Dailey, 26’ 5”; Charli Pandorf, 26’

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