Coach Mandy Taylor's Fort Calhoun track and field team piled up the points Thursday during the Douglas County West Invite in Valley.
The Pioneers' boys and girls combined for 295, dominating their competition for a pair of team titles. The boys outscored the second-place host Falcons by 66.5 points, while the girls earned a 71-point victory over second-place Omaha Concordia.
Arlington, meanwhile, took fifth in the boys' standings and secured a seventh-place girls result.
FCHS wins 10 events
Across 34 boys and girls events in Valley, FCHS earned 10 wins at DC West on Thursday.
The Pioneer boys claimed six event wins, while the girls finished with four. Michael Maxon and Kaylee Taylor were apart of three each.
Maxon, notably, won the 100- and 200-meter dashes. He stopped the clock in 11.03 seconds across 100, while earning another gold in 22.44 across twice the distance.
The Calhoun sprinter also joined Alex Schuler, Clay Bohnenkamp and Kaiden Rodriguez for first in the 400-meter relay race. They finished the event into a stiff wind in 43.55 seconds.
TJ DeMilt, Dylan Keyser and Andrew Namuth secured field event wins for Coach Taylor's boys team, too. DeMilt cleared 11 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault, while Keyser's best discus attempt covered 151-2.
Namuth, meanwhile, won the shot put in 45-8.
On the girls' side, Kaylee Taylor took first in the 300-meter hurdles, the triple jump and the 1,600 relay. The senior won the individual race in 50.65, cleared 35-1 with her best leap, and joined Madi Larrick, Ari Nelson and Bella McLaughlin for the relay victory in 4:19.2.
Emilee Thayer-Mencke, however, won an event on her own, too. The sophomore cleared a high jump bar set at 5-2 for the victory.
The Pioneers next compete 11 a.m. today at the Logan View Invitational.
Eagles secure 4 wins
Hayley Arp led three Arlington event winners Thursday during the DC West Invite.
The sophomore thrower won both the shot put and discus, while her teammates — Dallin Franzluebbers and Corrine May — secured a race win apiece.
Arp's top discus attempt covered 124 feet, 4 inches. It bested the second-place effort of Fort Calhoun's Isabel Wray by 15-3.
The Eagle's top shot put attempt, meanwhile, went 37-4.25.
Franzluebbers won his event on the track. To go along with second- and third-place results in the 200- and 100-meter dashes, the senior claimed first during the 400 dash in 51.19 seconds.
May added an AHS event win in the 3,200 run, too. The freshman's gold-medal time was 13:06.12.
In addition to the first-place finishes of coach Kyle Buckingham's team, the Eagles' Cameron Hancock earned a second-place result in the pole vault. His team next competes 10 a.m. Thursday during the Wahoo Invitational, which will be contested at Waverly High School. Both FCHS and Blair are expected to be in attendance, too.
DOUGLAS COUNTY WEST INVITE
Thursday in Valley
BOYS
Team standings: Fort Calhoun 157 points, DC West 90.5, Omaha Concordia 73.2, Elkhorn Mount Michael 71, Arlington 35, Omaha Gross 30.2, Cornerstone Christian 17.2, Omaha Brownell-Talbot 17.2, Conestoga 15.5, Omaha Christian Academy 11, Weeping Water 9.2.
Top-6 Washington County Placers
100-meter dash: 1, Michael Maxon, Fort Calhoun, 11.03 seconds. 2, Clay Bohnenkamp, FC, 11.38. 3, Dallin Franzluebbers, Arlington, 11.39.
200 dash: 1, Maxon, FC, 22.44. 2, Franzluebbers, A, 23.08.
400 dash: 1, Franzluebbers, A, 51.19.
800 run: 2, Seth Waters, FC, 2:08.89.
1,600 run: 4, Will Dennis, FC, 4:58.34.
400 relay: 1, FCHS (Alex Schuler, Bohnenkamp, Kaiden Rodriguez, Maxon), 43.55.
1,600 relay: 2, FCHS (Conner Hart, TJ DeMilt, Trey King, Schuler), 3:45.98.
3,200 relay: 2, FCHS (Waters, Brayden Bessey, Merritt Olberding, Dennis), 8:49.1. 6, AHS (Ethan Hilgenkamp, Zadyn Lambert, Noah Brodahl, Oliver Rangel), 10:44.08.
110 hurdles: 2, King, FC, 16.47. 4, TJ DeMilt, FC, 17.75. 6, Sean Waters, FC, 19.03.
300 hurdles: 2, Schuler, FC, 44.97. 4, King, FC, 45.34.
Long jump: 2, Maxon, FC, 20 feet, 6 inches. 6, Logan Brewer, FC, 19-3.
Pole vault: 1, TJ DeMilt, FC, 11-6. 2, Cameron Hancock, A, 10. 3, King, FC, 10. 4, Lucas DeMilt, FC, 9-6. 5, Jack Blake, A, 9.
Discus: 1, Dylan Keyser, FC, 151-2. 3, Andrew Namuth, FC, 134-7. 4, Colby Bentley, FC, 128-8. 6, Colton Miles, FC, 118-3.
Shot put: 1, Namuth, FC, 45-8. 3, Miles, FC, 43-7.5. 6, Keyser, FC, 42-4.25.
GIRLS
Team standings: Fort Calhoun 138 points, Concordia 67, Cornerstone Christian 65, Conestoga 60, Omaha Gross 53, DC West 51, Arlington 42, Omaha Brownell-Talbot 17, Omaha Christian Academy 16.
Top-6 Washington County Placers
100-meter dash: 6, Maelie Nelson, Fort Calhoun, 13.52.
200 dash: 4, Nelson, FC, 27.65.
1,600 run: 5, Anna McMahon, FC, 6:13.78.
3,200 run: 1, Corinne May, Arlington, 13:06.12. 3, Raeann Massey, FC, 13:46.62.
400 relay: 5, FCHS (Ella Bouwman, Emilee Thayer-Mencke, Afton Byelick, Maelie Nelson), 55.66.
1,600 relay: 1, FCHS (Madi Larrick, Ari Nelson, Bella McLaughlin, Kaylee Taylor), 4:19.2.
3,200 relay: 2, FCHS (McMahon, Sam Engen, Lauren Lammers, Massey), 12:18.6.
100 hurdles: 2, Larrick, FC, 18.18. 3, McLaughlin, FC, 18.4. 5, Sammie Ladwig, FC, 18.72. 6, Ali Dill, FC, 19.11.
300 hurdles: 1, Taylor, FC, 50.65. 3, McLaughlin, FC, 53.39. 5, Larrick, FC, 54.05.
Long jump: 3, McLaughlin, FC, 16 feet, 0.75 inches. 5, Taylor, FC, 15-5.5.
Triple jump: 1, Taylor, FC, 35-1. 4, McMahon, FC, 33-3. 5, Bouwman, FC, 33-0.5.
High jump: 1, Thayer-Mencke, FC, 5-2.
Pole vault: 2, Byelick, FC, 9-3. 3, Dill, FC, 7. 4, Ladwig, FC, 7.
Discus: 1, Hayley Arp, A, 124-4. 2, Isabel Wray, FC, 109-1. 3, Britt Nielsen, A, 106.09. 4, Emily Warfield, FC, 100-1.
Shot put: 1, Arp, A, 37-4.25. 3, Warfield, FC, 31-11.75. 4, Jaydin Allen, A, 31-9.25. 5, Nielsen, A, 31-1. 6, Wray, FC, 31-0.75.
