Thirty-four Washington County high school track and field athletes will continue their seasons May 21-22 during the NSAA State Championships at Omaha Burke.
The 22 Blair Bears, eight Arlington Eagles and four Fort Calhoun Pioneers qualified Thursday during district meets at Krantz Field and Albion Boone Central High School.
The BHS girls won the Class B-2 District meet with 164 team points to second-place Elkhorn North's 110, while the hometown boys team claimed fourth with 69.
The Bears won eight district events overall. Reese Beemer, Erika Roehrs, Nolan Slominski, Abby Osborn, Grace Galbraith, Hailey Amandus, Reece Ewoldt, Kaitlynn Amandus, Makayla Baughman, Zach Keeling, Nick Wayman and Mason Bell contributed to those victories with Beemer walking away with four gold medals.
Fort Calhoun, meanwhile, was seventh in the B-2 boys standings with 32 points, and the girls were ninth with nine. Jacob Rupp won two races for the Pioneers — the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs.
In Albion, the Arlington girls earned runner-up honors with 81 points to their hosts' 107.5. The boys were were eighth with 21 points.
The Eagles' Kailynn Gubbels, Keelianne Green, Chase Andersen, Kiersten Taylor and Jesse Thompson were apart of AHS event wins.
The full list of Washington County state qualifiers is as follows with the events they've qualified for state in:
Blair Bears (22 qualifiers)
Hailey Amandus: 800-meter run, 1600 relay, 3200 relay
Kaitlynn Amandus: 3200 relay
Hailey Baker: Discus, shot put
Makayla Baughman: 400 dash, 1600 relay, 3200 relay
Reese Beemer: 100 dash, long jump, 200 dash, 400 relay
Mason Bell: 3200 relay
Gage Casanova: 400 dash
Sami Cemer: 100 hurdles, pole vault
Reece Ewoldt: 400 dash, 1600 relay, 3200 relay
Dawson Fricke: 1,600 run, 3,200 run
Grace Galbraith: 100 dash, 200 dash, 400 relay
Lance Hume: Shot put
Zach Keeling: 3200 relay
Abby Osborn: 400 relay
Seagan Packett-Trisdale: Discus
Erika Roehrs: 300 hurdles, 400 relay
Schuyler Roewert: 1600 relay
Mary Roskens: High jump
Chloe Schrick: 3,200 run
Nolan Slominski: 800 run, 3200 relay
Tessa Villotta: 100 hurdles
Nick Wayman: 3200 relay
Arlington Eagles (8 qualifiers)
Chase Andersen: 1600 relay
Taylor Arp: Discus
Keelianne Green: Long jump,triple jump, 1600 relay
Kailynn Gubbels: 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, high jump, 1600 relay
Cadie Robinson: Shot put
Kiersten Taylor: 1600 relay
Jesse Thompson: Shot put
Kali Thomsen: Discus
Fort Calhoun Pioneers (4 qualifiers)
Wyatt Appel: High jump
Bria Bench: High jump
Lance Olberding: 3200 run
Jacob Rupp: 1600 run, 3200 run
For full stories on district track and field, and additional photos, make sure to check out Tuesday's Washington County Pilot-Tribune. District tories and photos will be published online at enterprisepub.com/sports that same day.
