Athlete of the Week: Reese Beemer (April 12, 2023)
Blair junior sprinter breaks her own 200 dash school record
Blair sprinter Reese Beemer wins her 60-meter dash prelim heat Thursday in Seward.
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Blair sprinter Reese Beemer, middle, wins her 200-meter prelim Thursday at Krantz Field.
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Blair's Brynn Lundgren, left, and Reese Beemer practice sprints Tuesday at Krantz Field.
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Blair's Grace Galbraith, from left, Erika Roehrs, Reese Beemer and Abby Osborn set the Class B and state meet records in the 400-meter relay last week. The sportswriter who took this photo, meanwhile, didn't know what to do after it happened.
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Blair's Reese Beemer runs the 100-meter dash Friday in Omaha.
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Blair freshman Reese Beemer closes out her school-record 100-meter dash effort Friday at Omaha Burke Stadium.
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The Blair 400-meter relay team — Reese Beemer, from left, Abby Osborn, Erika Roehrs and Grace Galbraith — set a Class B and state meet record Saturday at Omaha Burke Stadium.
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Blair freshman Reese Beemer closes out her school-record 100-meter dash effort Friday at Omaha Burke Stadium.
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Twenty-two Blair Bears qualified for the Class B State Track & Field Championships in Omaha. Front row: Hailey Baker. Second row, from left: Mason Bell, Sami Cemer, Reese Beemer, Grace Galbraith, Abby Osborn, Mary Roskens, Chloe Schrick and Dawson Fricke. Third row: Zach Keeling, Nick Wayman, Gage Casanova, Lance Hume, Schuyler Roewert, Tessa Villotta, Erika Roehrs, Nolan Slominski, Hailey Amandus, Makayla Baughman, Kaitlynn Amandus, Reece Ewoldt and Seagan Packett-Trisdale.
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Blair sprinters Grace Galbraith, middle left, and Reese Beemer, middle right, finish out front during their preliminary race Friday at Krantz Field.
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The Blair 400-meter relay team of Greta Galbraith, clockwise from top right, Reese Beemer, Erika Roehrs and Grace Galbraith earned first Tuesday during the Nebraska Track & Field Festival in Papillion.
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Blair sprinter Reese Beemer competes in a relay Saturday at Ralston High School.
Nannen & Harte Physical Therapy Athlete of the Week Reese Beemer of Blair broke her own school record in the 200-meter dash, while also winning the 100 dash in Nebraska City. The junior was honored alongside Arlington's Kaden Foust and Ely Olberding of Fort Calhoun.