MITCHELL TRACK & FIELD INVITE: Sidney boys, girls sweep team titles

MITCHELL – Powered by a depth that provided multiple placings in 10 boys' and girls' events combined at the Mitchell Invite on Friday, both Red Raiders' track and field teams were the easy winners on a perfect day to be running outdoors.

The Raiders' girls finished with 140 points, which far outpaced runner-up Mitchell at 94. Gering (77), Alliance (66) and Burns (Wyo.) (42) completed the top five. Mitchell was also runner-up in the boys' competition as it tallied 108 points to Sidney's 131. Like the girls order, the top five were completed by Gering (78), Alliance (68) and Burns (Wyo.) (63).

The Lady Raiders path to victory was aided by placing three in two separate events, including a top-three sweep of the pole vault. Sidney also had three point earners in the 100 meters. In the vault, Jolene Oliverius finished on top with Jasmine Jallen and Jami Flores right behind.

"That ties a personal best (8-0 feet) so hopefully I can get 8-6 next week," said Oliverius, who first set her best height at the Sidney Invite. "I was thinking today, 'why not start thinking about 9-6, you know that's about what it would take to get to state.' Instead, I have to just keep thinking about moving forward."

While the girls yielded the top spot to Ashley Turner of Burns in the 100, the Raiders earned three top-six medals. Kelly Von Seggern was second, Sara Von Seggern fourth and Gabbie Addleman sixth. Kelly Von Seggern and Turner raced side-by-side for nearly the entire race before Turner pulled away late.

The Von Seggerns also added punch to the 200 with Sara crossing in second and Kelly in sixth.

The Raiders boys scored multiple times in six different events including three times in the long jump. Sophomore Alex Linneman won the event while smashing his personal record after spending the previous week perfecting a new plan of attack. Chance Anglin and Josh Schaub medaled in fifth and sixth.

"I went up to a 10 stride versus an eight stride because I wasn't getting enough speed from the eight step," Linneman said. "I knew how fast I could go and I just knew the eight step wasn't getting me up to full speed. I've been working on it since Monday. I was trying to get it down well enough so I wouldn't scratch."

Linneman and Anglin also teamed for a double score in the 100. Linneman was second behind Jackson Dickerson of Chadron, and Anglin was sixth. Linneman's productive day included running second in the 200 and being a part of the winning 4x400 relay. Linneman was joined by Josh Schaub, Michael Banaszak and Hunter Secrest in the 400 relay. Banaszak also took fourth in the 200.

The Sidney boys also double-dipped in the 800 and 1,600 meters. Jachob Wiedeburg and Hayden Lienemann swapped places with Wiedeburg winning the 800 and Lienemann crossing first in the mile. Logan Uhlir also placed in the 800 in sixth and Brenner Keane was fifth in the 1,600. Lienemann was also runner-up in the 400.

"They let Hayden have a chance at the mile today so it seemed like a good idea to put me in the 800," Wiedeburg said. "It's good for me though. I think it's great training for the mile."

The success Sidney showed in the 800 translated well to the 4x800 relay where the Raiders broke a meet record for a second consecutive time. After smashing the Ed Moore Invite record at Ogallala last week by six seconds, the foursome did it again. Wiedeburg, Brody McKnight, Uhlir and Keane erased the old mark at Mitchell by five seconds.

"Before Ogallala, we had no idea of what the record was. We just ran out as best as we could and the record fell," Wiedeburg said. "Today we saw what the record was and we knew what it would take to do it and so we went for it. I think it was a best split for most of us."

The final event in which the boys scored twice was the triple jump, with freshman Mitch Porter taking third and Garrett Deer fourth. The field events were boosted by Brian Rolls, who scored in both throwing events. He was second in the discus and fifth in the shot put.

Porter added additional points to the Sidney cause by finishing fourth in the high jump. Derek Robb took the bronze in the pole vault.

For the Lady Raiders, senior Gabbie Addleman joined Oliverius with gold when she won the 100-meter hurdles. Addleman won the race for the second week in a row after spending much of last season on the sidelines.

"I had a back injury last year so I couldn't hurdle until the last two weeks," said Addleman, whose winning time was 16.94. "My goal this year is to go to state. Honestly, I think I'm there in terms of time already, but I'm hoping to get down to the low 16s.

"I want to be three stepping but I not there yet. I'm going to need a little more practice," Addleman added.

In the middle and distance races, the Sidney girls continue to be consistent point earners. Genessa Schilz had another high finish in the 400, taking second. Preslie Allen matched that in the 800 with her runner-up finish. In the distance races, freshman Charlie Brockhaus was third at 1,600 meters and Erin Lindeman second at 3,200.

In the field, Savanna Rosenbaum continued to be a consistent point gainer with a runner-up finish in the high jump. She actually jumped the same height (4-10) as the winner, but lost out on least misses. Abby Heller added to the Sidney point column by taking fourth.

Annalise Lecher added more than three feet from her effort at Ogallala to earn second in the discus. Natalie Radcliffe, another freshman, was fourth in the long jump.

The Raiders are back on the track at Gothenburg on Thursday for a meet that begins at 1 p.m. MDT.

MITCHELL INVITE RESULTS

BOYS

TEAM SCORES

1. Sidney, 131; 2. Mitchell, 108; 3. Gering, 78; 4. Alliance, 68; 5. Burns, 63; 6. Chadron, 50; 7. Hemingford, 20; 8. Crawford, 9.

100 Meters

1. Jackson Dickerson, Chadron, 11.02; 2. Alex Linneman, Sidney, 11.06; 3. Christian Perez, Mitchell, 11.12; 4. Drew Gilliland, Mitchell, 11.14; 5. Brendinh Sayaloune, Chadron, 11.69; 6. Chance Anglin, Sidney, 11.79.

200 Meters

1. Christian Perez, Mitchell, 23.10; 2. Alex Linneman, Sidney, 23.25; 3. Brody Brennan, Alliance, 23.66; 4. Michael Banaszka, Sidney, 23.99; 5. Klayton Nordeen, Alliance, 24.05; 6. Jameson Wood, Hemingford, 24.54.

400 Meters

1. Paden Wilson, Burns, 51.83; 2. Hayden Lienemann, Sidney, 52.17; 3. Brody Brennan, Alliance, 52.50; 4. Cody Robinson, Alliance, 53.09; 5. Abe Hernandez, Mitchell, 53.31; 6. Joey Godinez, Gering, 53.96.

800 Meters

1. Jachob Wiedeburg, Sidney, 2:05.08; 2. Rowan Fichtner, Burns, 2:06.80; 3. Brody McKnight, Sidney, 2:09.37; 4. Abe Hernandez, Mitchell, 2:11.02; 5. Kyle Upp, Gering; 2:13.38; 6. Logan Uhlir, Sidney, 2:15.44.

1,600 Meters

1. Hayden Lienemann, Sidney, 4:50.65; 2. Xavier Arellano, Gering, 4:53.25; 3. Noah Taylor, Burns, 4:54.26; 4. Chase Watson, Mitchell, 4:56.66; 5. Brenner Keane, Sidney, 5:02.42; 6. Layne Huss, Hemingford, 5:04.53.

3,200 Meters

1. Chase Watson, Mitchell, 10:29.41; 2. Tyler Morgan, Burns, 10:43.18; 3. Xavier Arellano, Gering, 10:46.71; 4. Edward Grentz, Mitchell, 11:01.00; 5. Cody Mueller, Mitchell, 11:12.07; 6. Josh Hyer, Chadron, 11:13.46.

110-Meter Hurdles

1. Drew Gilliland, Mitchell, 14.89; 2. Paden Wilson, Burns, 15.19; 3. Jeff Schmidt, Gering, 16.15; 4. Marcus Fernandez, Chadron, 16.78; 5. Kade Weber, Hemingford, 17.21; 6. Cody Laursen, Hemingford, 17.33.

300-Meter Hurdles

1. Paden Wilson, Burns, 40.15; 2. Drew Gilliland, Mitchell, 40.82; 3. Jeff Schmidt, Gering, 42.25; 4. Brendan Brehmer, Alliance, 42.98; 5. Cody Laursen, Hemingford, 43.97; 6. Antonio Murillo, Gering, 45.31.

4x100 Meter Relay

1. Mitchell, 44.02; 2. Alliance, 44.84; 3. Gering, 46.74; 4. Sidney (Jo Jo Medina, Spencer Rolls, Brady Sweetser, Keaton Wakefield); 5. Burns, 52.87; 6. Sidney (Michael Muggli, Chance Anglin, Derek Robb, John Bramer), 57.66.

4x400 Meter Relay

1. Sidney (Michael Banaszak, Hunter Secrest, Alex Linneman, Josh Schaub), 3:34.58; 2. Alliance, 3:34.67; 3. Gering, 3:40.29; 4. Mitchell, 3:43.52; 5. Sidney (Josh Austad, Jarod Luptak, Braydon Cortney, Mitch Rolls), 3:54.58; 6. Chadron, 4:09.01.

4x800 Relay

1. Sidney (Jachob Wiedeburg, Brody McKnight, Logan Uhlir, Brenner Keane), 8:29.58; 2. Gering, 9:04.58; 3. Mitchell, 9:26.03; 4. Hemingford, 9:48.03; 5. Chadron, 10:05.41; 6. Hemingford, 10:22.56.

Shot Put

1. Tanner Kickland, Chadron, 44-7; 2. Esai Hernandez, Gering, 44-6; 3. Colby Eberspecher, Mitchell, 41-9.5; 4. Dawson Reifschneider, Mitchell, 39-5.5; 5. Brian Rolls, Sidney, 39-2; 6. Mitchell Marietta, Gering, 39-1.

Discus

1. Esai Hernandez, Gering, 149-7; 2. Brian Rolls, Sidney, 139-6; 3. Matthew Wood, Hemingford, 132-5; 4. Colby Eberspecher, Mitchell, 123-11; 5. Sam Sharpe, Burns, 120-8 ; 6. Taylor Alcorn, Crawford, 115-7.

High Jump

1. Trevor Ridenour, Alliance, 5-10; 2. Aaron Alcorn, Crawford, 5-8; 3. Mitch Porter, Sidney, 5-6; 4. Rowan Fichtner, Burns, 5-6; 5. Colby Dickman, Sidney, 5-6; 6. Josh Schaub, Sidney, 5-4.

Pole Vault

1. Cody Mueller, Mitchell, 12-6; 2. Josh Ellis, Alliance, 11-6; 3. Derek Robb, Sidney, 11-6; 4. Rowan Fichtner, Burns, 11-0; 5. Baden Shelmadine, Alliance, 10-6; 6. Cyrus Chalupa, Gering, 10-6.

Long Jump

1. Alex Linneman, Sidney, 21-4; 2. Klayton Nordeen, Alliance, 21-1.5; 3. Brendinh Sayaloune, Chadron, 20-2.75; 4. Jackson Dickerson, Chadron, 20-0; 5. Chance Anglin, Sidney, 18-3; 6. Josh Schaub, Sidney, 17-9.

Triple Jump

1. Marcus Fernandez, Chadron, 40-2.5; 2. Quentin Timblin, Gering, 39-4.5; 3. Mitch Porter, Sidney, 38-11; 4. Garrett Deer, Sidney, 38-1; 5. Jameson Wood, Hemingford, 36-7.5; 6. Cole Jackson, Burns, 35-4.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES

1. Sidney, 140; 2. Mitchell, 94; 3. Gering, 77; 4. Alliance, 66; 5. Burns, 42; 6. Morrill, 34; 7. Hemingford, 26; 7. Crawford, 26; 9. Chadron, 19.

100 Meters

1. Ashley Turner, Burns, 12.83; 2. Kelly VonSeggren, Sidney, 12.95; 3. Bryttnee Lemmon, Crawford, 13.13; 4. Sara Von Seggern, Sidney, 13.25; 5. Brooke Turek, Hemingford, 13.48; 6. Gabbie Addleman, Sidney, 13.51.

200 Meters

1. Ashley Turner, Burns, 26.84; 2. Sara Von Seggern, Sidney, 27.08; 3. Aspen Reifschneider, Mitchell, 27.21; 4. Bryttnee Lemmon, Crawford, 27.40; 5. Olivia Armstrong, Mitchell, 27.73; 6. Kelly VonSeggren, Sidney, 27.74.

400 Meters

1. Jori Peters, Mitchell, 1:01.16; 2. Genessa Schilz, Sidney, 1:03.58; 3. Bryttnee Lemmon, Crawford, 1:04.69; 4. Kalen Nedella, Crawford, 1:05.11; 5. Jessica Malm, Burns, 1:05.23; 6. Shae Kaus, Gering, 1:05.43.

800 Meters

1. Jori Peters, Mitchell, 2:25.00; 2. Preslie Allen, Sidney, 2:27.86; 3. Lauren Shaul, Gering, 2:35.27; 4. Kelsey Adamson, Alliance, 2:37.08; 5. Tamara McCart, Burns, 2:39.98; 6. Kaelia Nelson, Hemingford, 2:40.70.

1,600 Meters

1. Celeste Cardona, Mitchell, 5:39.91; 2. Madison Watson, Mitchell, 6:00.15; 3. Charlie Brockhaus, Sidney, 6:10.05; 4. Natalie Gasseling, Hemingford, 6:12.41; 5. Celeste Morales, Burns, 6:13.88; 6. Julia Ybarra, Gering, 6:16.83.

3,200 Meters

1. Celeste Cardona, Mitchell, 12:07.56; 2. Erin Lindeman, Sidney, 13:04.94; 3. Lacie Lietka, Crawford, 13:10.77; 4. Nicole Patton, Gering, 13:56.28; 5. Matison Mikesell, Burns, 14:22.05; 6. Franscheska Plasencio, Gering, 14:24.87.

100-Meter Hurdles

1. Gabbie Addleman, Sidney, 16.94; 2. Madison Reiber, Alliance, 17.58; 3. Kaetlyn Todd, Gering, 17.74; 4. Lauren Block, Alliance, 17.80; 5. Brooke Galles, Hemingford, 18.67; 6. Dana Dunbar, Chadron, 18.89.

300-Meter Hurdles

1. Chandler Hageman, Chadron, 49.25; 2. Abby Heller, Sidney, 51.20; 3. Jade Riedel, Gering, 52.47; 4. Dana Dunbar, Chadron, 53.19; 5. Kaetlyn Todd, Gering, 53.93; 6. Madison Reiber, Alliance, 54.39.

4x100 Meter Relay

1. Sidney (Abbey Mills, Jocilyn Hessler, Julia Evertson, Abby Heller), 51.76; 2. Mitchell, 51.88; 3. Hemingford, 54.48; 4. Morrill, 54.68; 5. Alliance, 55.29; 6. Sidney (Kaetlyn Todd, Sarah Lang, Jade Riedel, Shae Kaus), 56.28.

4x400 Meter Relay

1. Mitchell, 4:12.12; 2. Sidney (Preslie Allen, Abby Heller, Genessa Schilz, Natalie Radcliffe), 4:15.95; 3. Alliance, 4:27.36; 4. Burns, 4:29.28; 5. Gering, 4:32.47; 6. Hemingford, 4:43.94.

4x800 Meter Relay

1. Gering, 10:41.16; 2. Burns, 11:00.82; 3. Sidney (Charlie Brockhaus, Elea McKnight, Chantal Riggs, Kara Birner), 11:01.99; 4. Hemingford, 11:03.57.

Shot Put

1. Kaitlin Howell, Morrill, 34-10.5; 2. Abbie Luger, Alliance, 34-10.5; 3. Precious Williams, Alliance, 34-5.5; 4. Brianna Eckerberg, Gering, 34-3; 5. Emily Hansen, Hemingford, 32-5.5; 6. Sariah Grant, Alliance, 32-3.

Discus

1. Abbie Luger, Alliance, 106-10; 2. Annalise Lecher, Sidney, 103-7; 3. Precious Williams, Alliance, 101-10; 4. Ashley Hills, Chadron, 99-9; 5. Sariah Grant, Alliance, 93-9; 6. Dakota Wademan, Gering, 86-7.

High Jump

1. McKeltie Imus, Gering, 4-10; 2. Savanna Rosenbaum, Sidney, 4-10; 3. Taylor Evans, Gering, 4-8; 4. Abby Heller, Sidney, 4-8; 5. Dani Carter, Alliance, 4-6; 6. Lilyanna Martin, Morrill, 4-6.

Pole Vault

1. Jolene Oliverius, Sidney, 8-0; 2. Jasmine Jallen, Sidney, 7-6; 3. Jami Flores, Sidney, 7-6; 4. Jessica Harvey, Morrill, 7-6; 5. Shae Toof, Alliance, 7-6; 6. Kaylee McDonald, Alliance, 7-0.

Long Jump

1. Taylor Evans, Gering, 15-8; 2. Aspen Reifschneider, Mitchell, 15-6.5; 3. Jessica Harvey, Morrill, 15-0.5; 4. Natalie Radcliffe, Sidney, 14-6; 5. Madison Reiber, Alliance, 14-5.5; 6. Madison Morgan, Alliance, 14-2.

Triple Jump

1. Aspen Reifschneider, Mitchell, 32-2; 2. Lilyanna Martin, Morrill, 31-6; 3. Taylor Evans, Gering, 31-2; 4. Christian Rozmiarek, Hemingford, 30-6; 5. Matison Mikesell, Burns, 28-8; 6. LeAnne Sherrod, Morrill, 28-0.