Arlington junior Kaden Foust celebrated his 400-meter dash win just after crossing the finish line Saturday during the Nebraska Capitol Conference (NCC) Meet.
His teammate, Dallin Franzluebbers, shared in the success, taking second on the AHS track.
“We're really just trying to get as many team points as we can,” Foust said.
The Eagles and Fort Calhoun Pioneers did all day, earning top finishes across the 34 total boys and girls events. The AHS boys won the NCC title, edging second-place Syracuse by nine points, while the Arlington girls finished three behind the Rockets for runner-up honors.
The FCHS boys were fifth and the girls seventh, too.
In total, the host Eagles won 13 events. They had to beat out second-place Pioneers more than once.
Nolan May did it twice. The AHS junior won the NCC's 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, besting second- and third-place Calhoun brothers Ely and Lance Olberding both times.
May finished the 1-mile race in 4:40.39, while claiming the 2-mile in 10:13.55. Ely Olberding, however, clocked in at 4:44.97 and 10:25.26, respectively.
Lane Olberding, meanwhile, was third in both distance races. Arlington's Luke Hammang and FCHS' Will Dennis took fourth and fifth in the 1,600 as well, giving Washington County all top-five spots.
In the long jump, though, Foust edged out Pioneer Michael Maxon by 2 inches. The Eagle finished with a gold medal jump of 19-11, while the FCHS standout covered 19-9.
“My shin has been bugging me, so, like, still getting a couple jumps in and being able to win was really nice,” Foust said.
Maxon, meanwhile, has shown improvement in the long jump all season, recently breaking 20 feet at a regular season meet.
“I've learned the form,” he said. “Last year, I was pretty new to it. It was my first year doing it.”
Now, though, he has new goals. He wants to clear 20 feet, 6 inches, and wants to qualify for state with a complete understanding of what it will take.
“Hit the board,” the Pioneer said, noting the preferred takeoff point in both the long and triple jumps.
In addition to Foust and May, Arlington's Keelianne Green, Cadie Robinson, Hailey O'Daniel and Kevin Flesner won conference titles in individual events. Green was first in the long jump (17-2.75), 400 dash (1:00.22) and 800 run (2:22.02).
Flesner won the boys' 800 (2:06.24), while O'Daniel earned the 1,600 run in 5:38.99. Robinson's best attempt in the shot put covered 38-11, which was 3-7 further than teammate Taylor Arp's silver-medal attempt.
Three Eagle relay teams also finished their events in first. Franzluebbers, Flesner, May, Foust, Whitney Wollberg, O'Daniel, Kelise Krivohlavek, Green and Macy Wolf all contributed.
Fort Calhoun's top relay finish came in the boys' 3,200-meter race. Seth Waters, Lawson Tjardes, Chris Post-Witeowl and Dennis took second in 8:48.06, besting a third-place Arlington lineup of Hammang, August Burns, Trey Hill and Flesner.
NEBRASKA CAPITOL CONFERENCE MEET
Saturday at Arlington High School
BOYS
Team standings: Arlington 112, Syracuse 103, Ashland-Greenwood 83, Douglas County West 82, Fort Calhoun 73, Yutan 34, Conestoga 15, Raymond Central 13, Louisville 9, Logan View 2.
Top-6 Washington County Finishers
200-meter dash: 6, Michael Maxon, Fort Calhoun, 23.99 seconds.
400 dash: 1, Kaden Foust, Arlington, 53.05. 2, Dallin Franzluebbers, A, 53.5. 4, Wyatt Appel, FC, 54.98.
800 run: 1, Kevin Flesner, A, 2:06.24. 2, Franzluebbers, A, 2:07.05.
1,600 run: 1, Nolan May, A, 4:40.39. 2, Ely Olberding, FC, 4:44.97. 3, Lance Olberding, FC, 4:54.12. 4, Luke Hammang, A, 4:54.57. 5, Will Dennis, FC, 4:57.85.
3,200 run: 1, Nolan May, A, 10:13.55. 2, Ely Olberding, FC, 10:25.26. 3, Lance Olberding, FC, 10:50.57. 5, John Morrison, A, 11:09.84.
400 relay: 4, FCHS (Clay Bohnenkamp, Maxon, Alex Schuler, AJ Duros), 46.05.
1,600 relay: 1, AHS (Franzluebbers, Flesner, May, Foust), 3:37.51. 3, FCHS (Appel, Bouwman, Bohnenkamp, Maxon), 3:43.45.
3,200 relay: 2, FCHS (Seth Waters, Lawson Tjardes, Chris Post-Witeowl, Will Dennis), 8:48.06. 3, AHS (Luke Hammang, August Burns, Trey Hill, Kevin Flesner), 8:51.38.
110 hurdles: 6, Matthew Kelly, FC, 17.23.
Long jump: 1, Kaden Foust, A, 19 feet, 11 inches. 2, Michael Maxon, FC, 19-9. 6, Grayson Bouwman, FC, 19-2.
High jump: 3, Wyatt Appel, FC, 5-10.
Triple jump: 2, Trent Koger, A, 40-7. 5, Bouwman, 38-10.
Discus: 2, Kyle Quinn, A, 149-7. 5, Andrew Namuth, FC, 136-1. 6, Dylan Keyser, FC, 135-7.
Shot put: 3, Jacob Beans, A, 46-10. 5, Quinn, A, 43-9.
GIRLS
Team standings: Syracuse 103, Arlington 100, Ashland 57, DC West 56, Yutan 48.5, Conestoga 45, Fort Calhoun 37, Raymond Central 36, Logan View 24, Louisville 21.
Top-6 Washington County Finishers
100-meter dash: 4, Dala Drowne, Fort Calhoun, 13.21 seconds.
400 dash: 1, Keelianne Green, Arlington, 1:00.22.
800 run: 1, Green, A, 2:22.02.
1,600 run: 1, Hailey O'Daniel, A, 5:38.99.
3,200 run: 3, Bria Bench, FC, 13:10.61.
400 relay: 6, AHS (Callee Shearer, Austyn Flesner, Ryann Kirchmann, Emme Timm), 55.53.
1,600 relay: 1, AHS (Whitney Wollberg, O'Daniel, Kelise Krivohlavek, Green), 4:15.73. 3, FCHS (Kaylee Taylor, Bella McLaughlin, Ella Bouwman, Drowne), 4:23.74.
3,200 relay: 1, AHS (Kelise Krivohlavek, Whitney Wollberg, Macy Wolf, Hailey O'Daniel), 10:20.98. 5, FCHS (Kaitlyn Thalman, Emily Barta, Kylie Perfetti, Bench), 11:32.75.
100 hurdles: 4, Flesner, A, 17.3.
300 hurdles: 6, Bella McLaughlin, FC, 52.04.
Long jump: 1, Green, A, 17 feet, 2.75 inches. 3, Kaylee Taylor, FC, 15-9.25. 6, Hailey O'Daniel, A, 15-5.5.
Triple jump: 3, Taylor, FC, 33-6. 5, Wolf, A, 32-4.5.
High jump: 4, Bench, FC, 4-10.
Pole vault: 3, Wollberg, A, 8-4. 5, Kirchmann, A, 7-10.
Discus: 3, Taylor Arp, A, 113-1. 5, Raegen Wells, FC, 111. 6, Cadie Robinson, A, 108-6.
Shot put: 1, Robinson, A, 38-11. 2, Arp, A, 35-4.
FC UNIFIED RESULTS
100-meter dash: 1, FCHS (Morgan Ishii and Will Maxon), 28.78 seconds. 3, FCHS (Reilly Rauterkaus and Anna Taylor), 38.81.
400 relay: 1, FCHS (Rauterkaus, Taylor, Maxon, Ishii), 1:03.72.
Long jump: 1, FCHS (Maxon and Ishii), 26-3. 2, FCHS (Rauterkaus and Taylor), 18-1.
Shot put: 2, Sophie Thomas, 25-6.5. 3, Will Maxon, 23-1.5. 5, Samantha Thomas, 20-3.75. 6, Reilly Rauterkaus, 9-9.5. NA, Anna Melville, NA.
