Hot and cold

In a welcome change from recent weeks, student athletes finally took center stage over the weather at the Best of the West Classic track meet in Scottsbluff on Tuesday.

Though the high temperature of 43-degrees was about 20-degrees below normal and winds from the northwest were steady at 14 mph, the skies remained mostly sunny.

 “The cold weather was a problem for us, but it was the same problem for everyone,” said Sidney head coach John Ganser. “I’m just very pleased with how we competed, especially after 11 days without a meet.”

Among the local high schools to compete were Sidney, Potter Dix, Leyton and Creek Valley. The Best of the West Classic takes only athletes that have qualified by previous performance.

In the girls competition, Morgan Linneman and Kali Robb picked up four and three gold medals respectively. Linneman won the 200 and 400-meter dash’s to earn two individual golds. She was also a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay and the 4 x 400 meter winning relay teams.

Robb won the shot put and discus and was a member of the winning 4 x 100-meter relay.

“I was pleased my shot put,” Robb said. “I just wanted to beat 40 (feet) and I did that.”

Robb’s winning throw was 40-9.

In addition to Robb and Linneman, Gabbie Addleman and Karissa Segelke earned gold as part of the 4 x 100 squad.

In the 4 x 400 meter relay, Linneman partnered with Abby Heller, Segelke and Genessa Schilz for gold.

“Our handoffs went really well that’s the important thing,” said Robb after the 4-by-100.

As for the cold, Robb just shrugged that off.

“I think it’s a mental game when you don’t get the conditions that allow you to do what you want to do,” she said. “You still have to compete.”

The Sidney girls team also had two other individual podium finishes. Alli Ehler finished third in the 1600-meter run while Segelke took bronze in the 100-meter hurdles.

In the girls triple jump, Leyton’s Kaitlyn Berner had a solid fifth-place finish. Also for Leyton, Kassandra Harris narrowly missed out on a podium with fourth in the discuss throw.

Kaidee Livingstone of Potter-Dix, the leading qualifier in the pole vault, finished eighth.

On the boys side, Logan Lewis and Lucas Rosenbaum each reached the podium on multiple occassions for Sidney. Lewis finished third in the 200-meter dash and second in the shot put. Meanwhile, Rosenbaum was the silver medalist in the pole vault.

“I’m a little dissapointed in my vault,” said Rosenbaum. “I wanted to get 13 feet. I was almost there I just came down a little on that last one.”

Both Lewis and Rosenbaum were on the 4 x 100 meter relay team which took second place. Also earning silver on the relay team were Michael Muggli and Cole Stiles.

Best of the West Classic results

Girls Events:

200-Meter Dash

1. Morgan Linneman Sidney 26.97

2. Ashley Turner Burns 27.35

3. Liz Cunningham Scottsbluff 27.67

400-Meter Dash

1. Morgan Linneman Sidney 1.00.77

2. McKenna Zulkowski Mitchell 1.02.80

3. Jessica Kidow Bridgeport 1.02.85

1600-Meter Run

1. Rachel Huffman Gering 5.25.56

2. Taylor Muncie Scottsbluff 5.27.81

3. Alli Ehler Sidney 5.40.10

3200-Meter Run

1. Nicky Applegarth Chad. 12.06.17

2. Duni Wellnitz Gordon-Rush. 12.09.97

3. Muncie Taylor Scottsbluff 12.10.19 5. Alli Ehler Sidney 12.30.37

100-Meter Hurdles

1. Kelsy Wood Hemingford 15.48

2. Chensey Walker Scopttsbluff 15.67

3. Karissa Segelke Sidney 16.36

300-Meter Hurdles

1. Kelsy Wood Hemingford 47.01

2. Allison Marsh Torrington 48.07

3. Chesney Walker Scottsbluff 48.54

4. Karissa Segelke Sidney 49.22

4-by-100 Meter Relay

1. Sidney 51.34

(Gabbie Addleman, Karissa Segelke, Kali Robb, Morgan Linneman)

2. Scottsbluff 52.02

3. Torrington 52.23

4-by-400 Meter Relay

1. Sidney 4.16.79

(Abby Heller, Karissa Segelke, Genessa Schilz, Morgan Linneman)

2. Mitchell 4.18.03

3. Torrington 4.19.17

4-by-800 Meter Relay

1. Chadron 10.07.96

2. Gering 10.15.55

3. Torrington 10.29.94

5. Sidney 10.44.52

9. Potter-Dix 11.37.60

High Jump

1. Anna McLaughlin Garden Co. 5-0

2. Shana Wilcoxson Burns 4-11

3. Megan Upp Gering 4-09

5. Savanna Rosenbaum Sidney 4-09

Long Jump

1. Kelsy Wood Hemingford 17-03.75

2. Shana Wilcoxson Burns 16-1.25

3. Kaitlyn Berner Leyton 16-04.00

9. Kylee Price Sidney 14-08.75

Triple Jump

1. Shana Wilcoxson Burns 35-04.25

2. Avery Madden Torrington 34-08.50

3. Kaitlyn Jespersen Hemingford 33-00.00

5. Kaitlyn Berner Leyton 32-07.00

Shot Put

1. Kali Robb Sidney 40-09.00

2. Zoey Rada Scottsbluff 38-02.00

3. Kady Lower Mitchell 35-08.50

Discus

1. Kali Robb Sidney 130-08

2. Kady Lower Mitchell 124.06

3. Shaylee Richard L-Fort Laramie 121.10

4. Kassandra Harris Leyton 114-04

Boys Events

100-Meter Dash

1. Luke Worden Scottsbluff 11.03

2. Andres Mendoza Minatare 11.37

3. Jackson Dickerson Chad. 11.57

4. Logan Lewis Sidney 11.58

200-Meter Dash

1. Andres Mendoza Minatare 22.99

2. Ian Duncan L-Fort Laramie 23.48

3. Logan Lewis Sidney 23.52

800-Meter Run

1. James Taylor Scottsbluff 2.01.81

2. Gary Kaplan Gord. Rus. 2.03.67

3. Garret Derr Torrington 2.04.92

7. Hayden Linnemann Sidney 2.10.54

1600-Meter Run

1. Cody Franklin Bridgeport 4.39.95

2. Brendan Trachter Scottsbluff 4.47.85

3. Shane Burkey Scottsbluff 4.50.41

5. Sam Arterburn Sidney 4.57.34

3200-Meter Run

1. Mathew Barazza Scottsbluff 10.10.38

2. Cody Franklin Bridgeport 10.13.15

3. Gary Kaplan Gord. Rush. 10.28.00

7. Sam Arterburn Sidney 10.53.90

8. Jachob Wiedeburg Sidney 11.15.11

110-Meter Hurdles

1. Matt Klein Scottsbluff 14.96

2. Dillon DeMott Gering 15.90

3. Daniel Rohrer Scottsbluff 16.22

4. Nick Conger Sidney 16.42

4-by-400 Meter Relay

1. Scottsbluff 44.87

2. Sidney 45.66

(Michale Muggli, Lucas Rosenbaum, Cole Stiles, Logan Lewis)

3. Bayard 45.81

4-by-800 Meter Relay

1. Scottsbluff 8.10.05

2. Lingle-Fort Laramie 8.33.61

3. Mitchell 8.34.34

4. Sidney 8.38.79

(Hayden Linnemann, Sam Arterburn, Logan Uhlir, Brenner Keane)

High Jump

1. Zac Bibb Gering 6-04.00

2. Lex Haller Gord. Rush. 6-02.00

3. Kane McLaughlin Gaco. 6-02.00

4. Nick Conger Sidney 6-00.00

6. Brendan Holly Sidney 5-10.00

Pole Vault

1. Nick Smith Alliance 13-00.00

2. Lucas Rosenbaum Sidney 12-06.00

3. Javier Figueroa Kimball 12-00.00

Triple Jump

1. Adam Schlotthauer Mitchell 41-10.50

2. Andres Mendoza Minitare 41-10.50

3. Jason Berglund Alliance 41-08.00

7. Lucas Rosenbaum Sidney 39-10.75

Shot Put

1. Jon Maag Scottsbluff 51-07.00

2. Logan Lewis Sidney 47.08.00

3. Andrew Aratani Scottsbluff 46-05.50

4. Jake Heeren Sidney 46-02.50