The Pioneers were Tuesday's runner-ups.
Under a clear sky in its hometown, the Fort Calhoun High School track and field team finished second in both the girls and boys standings. Coach Mandy Taylor's boys finished just eight points behind Douglas County West, while the girls tallied 19 less than Yutan.
The Pioneers earned eight first-place event finishes, though.
Senior Ely Olberding secured the most with three. The Calhoun standout was first in the 1,600-meter run in 4:45.05 and won the 3,200 in 10:27.65. He joined Seth Waters, Chris Post-Whiteowl and Will Dennis to win the 3,200 relay, too, with a time of 8:39.87.
Lance Olberding, meanwhile, won the 800 run in 2:09.87. He was 0.42 faster than AJ Arensberg of Yutan.
In the Unified long jump, FCHS partners Will Maxon and Gavin Welchert combined for a gold-medal finish. Their jumps added up to 26 feet, 4 inches.
Meanwhile, on the girls' side, the Pioneers' Kaylee Taylor swept the individual long and triple jump events. She cleared 15-10.5 in the long jump and 34-1 in triple, besting second-place teammate Ari Nelson by 1 foot, 7.25 inches in the latter.
Calhoun senior Dala Drowne, meanwhile, won the 100-meter dash in 13.4 seconds. Second-place Omaha Concordia sprinter Kyra McNair was 0.17 behind.
At the conclusion of the meet, the Pioneers posed together for a photo. The seniors sat on the grass in the front row with two soon-to-be graduates holding up the runner-up plaques.
FORT CALHOUN INVITE
Tuesday at Fort Calhoun High School
BOYS
Team standings: Douglas County West 132, Fort Calhoun 124, Yutan 119, Tekamah-Herman 49, Mead 38, Omaha Concordia 24, Omaha Christian Academy 23, FCHS JV 13, Bennington 1.
Top-6 FCHS Finishers
100-meter dash: 4, Michael Maxon, 11.72 seconds.
400 dash: 5, Grayson Bouwman, 54.81.
800 run: 1, Lance Olberding, 2:09.87. 3, Seth Waters, 2:11.94.
1,600 run: 1, Ely Olberding, 4:45.05. 3, Will Dennis, 4:56.74.
3,200 run: 1, Ely Olberding, 10:27.65. 2, Lance Olberding, 10:32.67. 6, Travis Skelton, 11:16.28.
400 relay: 5, FCHS (Morgan Ishii, Kaiden Rodriguez, Trey King III, Jose Soriano), 50.29.
1,600 relay: 2, FCHS (Wyatt Appel, Bouwman, Maxon, Ely Olberding), 3:41.38.
3,200 relay: 1, FCHS (Waters, Ely Olberding, Chris Post-Whiteowl, Dennis), 8:39.87.
110 hurdles: 2, Matthew Kelly, 17.33. 3, TJ DeMilt, 17.91. 4, Xander Slatten, 18.61.
300 hurdles: 4, Kelly, 44.98. 5, Alex Schuler, 45.4. 6, Deilt, 46.14.
Long jump: 2, Maxon, 19 feet, 6-5 inches. 6, Bouwman, 19-0.5.
Triple jump: 5, Bouwman, 39-6. 6, AJ Duros, 39-0.5.
High jump: 4, Appel, 5-10. 6, Ty Ringler, 5-4.
Pole vault: 3, King III, 8-6.
Discus: 3, Dylan Keyser, 129-8. 4, Andrew Namuth, 127-2. 6, Colby Bentley, 118-9.
Shot put: 6, Namuth, 38-10.5.
Throwers relay: 2, FCHS (Bentley, Keyser, Namuth, Cody Rogers), 50.8.
GIRLS
Team standings: Yutan 134, Fort Calhoun 115, DC West 109.5, Concordia 73, Tekamah-Herman 30.5, Omaha Christian Academy 25, Mead 17, Bennington 12, Scribner-Snyder 4.
Top-6 FCHS Finishers
100-meter dash: 1, Dala Drowne, 13.4 seconds.
400 dash: 5, Kaylee Taylor, 1:05.16.
3,200 run: 3, Bria Bench, 12:58.85. 6, Kaitlyn Thalman, 14:11.47.
400 relay: 2, FCHS (Drowne, Bella McLaughlin, Ari Nelson, Angel Nelson), 53.42.
1,600 relay: 3, FCHS (Taylor, McLaughlin, Ari Nelson, Drowne), 4:23.28.
3,200 relay: 4, FCHS (Thalman, Emily Barta, Kylie Perfetti, Bench), 11:55.94.
100 hurdles: 6, McLaughlin, 17.9.
300 hurdles: 3, McLaughlin, 53.
Long jump: 1, Taylor, 15 feet, 10.5 inches. 3, Angel Nelson, 15-3.75.
Triple jump: 1, Taylor, 34-1. 2, Ari Nelson, 32-5.75.
High jump: 3 (tie), Drowne and Bench, 5-2.
Pole vault: 2, Grace Genoways, 7-6. 3, Sammie Ladwig, 5-6. 4, Sam Brewer, 5.
Discus: 3, Raegen Wells, 104. 6, Addie Benoit, 90.
Shot put: 5, Wells, 30-3.5.
Throwers relay: 2, FCHS (Wells, Mollie Dierks, Jovi Grenier, Sophie Thomas), 1:02.
FCHS UNIFIED RESULTS
100-meter dash: 3, Will Maxon and Gavin Welchert, 28.74 seconds.
400 relay: 3, FCHS (Reilly Rauterkaus, Anna Taylor, Maxon, Welchert), 1:03.46.
Long jump: 1, Maxon and Welchert, 26 feet, 4 inches.
