Coach Mandy Taylor's Fort Calhoun track and field team did its record-breaking at home.
The Pioneers snapped four school records Tuesday, winning the boys team title and taking third in the girls' team standings during the FCHS Invite.
Altogether, seven hometown athletes completed history-making efforts in front of their home crowd. Alex Schuler, Clay Bohnenkamp, Kaiden Rodriguez and Michael Maxon won the 400-meter relay in a school-record time of 43.21 seconds, breaking last year's record time with Preston Johnson by 0.21. The mark bested second-place Omaha Roncalli by 0.55 Tuesday, too.
Kaylee Taylor, meanwhile, beat the 30-year-old Calhoun record of Kelly Koziol in the triple jump. The senior cleared 35 feet, 9 inches, winning the event by 2.75 inches.
In the pole vault, Pioneers Afton Byelick and TJ DeMilt both set records, too. Byelick bested her own mark, clearing 10 feet for first in the event.
DeMilt, meanwhile, put his name atop a list once topped by Eugene Tietz's top mark from 1985. The senior Pioneer's best effort Tuesday cleared the bar set at 13-2, securing him a second-place meet finish.
Altogether, though, the FCHS boys scored 139 team points during the home meet. The total bested second-place Yutan by 53.
In addition to the finishes above, Maxon, Seth Waters, Matthew Kelly and Andrew Namuth added first-place individual results to their team's overall finish. Maxon won the 100 dash in 11.04 seconds, while Waters took first in the 800 run with a 1:58.39 run.
Kelly earned first in the 300 hurdles with a 41.64 effort as well and Namuth covered 45-10 with his best shot put attempt.
The Fort Calhoun boys' 3,200-meter relay team crossed the finish line first, too. Waters, Chris Post-Whiteowl, Merritt Olberding and Will Dennis clocked in at 8:23.38.
As noted, Byelick and Taylor won events for the FCHS girls, but so, too, did Emilee Thayer-Mencke and Isabel Wray. Thayer-Mencke cleared 5 feet in the high jump, while Wray won the discus with a 106-11 throw.
Fresh off of their record-breaking performances, the Pioneers next compete 10 a.m. Saturday during the Nebraska Capitol Conference meet at Conestoga.
Unified athletes compete
Tuesday's track and field meet featured Unified competition as well with the host Pioneers, the Blair Bears and the Bennington Badgers all participating.
The athletes and partners ran the 100-meter dash and the 400 relay, while also competing in long jump and shot put. In the 100, the top Washington County athletes were Riley Yanak and Taylor O'Neil of Blair, who finished in 12.85 and 21.38 seconds, respectively. The top partners were Fort Calhoun's Gavin Welchert (11.98) and BHS' Elizabeth Bray (14.29).
The Bears' team of Keenan Wyman, Caden Finken, AJ Damme and Yanak won the 400 relay, too.
The best Unified athlete shot put attempts belonged to Jaden Rogge (36-0.25) and Jess Hineman (24-4.5) of Blair. The Washington County partners with the best efforts were BHS' Cornez Tucker Jr. (38-9) and Rylie Keyser (36-7.5) of FCHS.
Lastly, in the long jump, Will Maxon (12-7.25) of the Pioneers and Hineman (7-4.5) led all County athletes. Partners Gavin Welchert (18-7.5) of Calhoun and Bray (13-1) produced the best jumps of the meet, too.
FORT CALHOUN INVITE
Tuesday at Fort Calhoun High School
BOYS
Team standings: Fort Calhoun 139 points, Yutan 86, Douglas County West 81, Omaha Roncalli 60, Omaha Concordia 60, Bennington 46, Mead 26.
Top-6 Fort Calhoun Finishers
100-meter dash: 1, Michael Maxon, 11.04 seconds. 5, Clay Bohnenkamp, 11.29.
200 dash: 3, Maxon, 22.61. 5, Bohnenkamp, 23.17.
800 run: 1, Seth Waters, 1:58.39. 4, Chris Post-Whiteowl, 2:06.2.
1,600 run: 6, Merritt Olberding, 5:08.41.
3,200 run: 2, Brayden Bessey, 10:59.71. 4, Maddox Nelson, 11:14.36.
400 relay: 1, FCHS (Alex Schuler, Bohnenkamp, Kaiden Rodriguez, Maxon), 43.21.
1,600 relay: 3, FCHS (Conner Hart, Logan Brewer, TJ DeMilt, Matthew Kelly), 3:36.79.
3,200 relay: 1, FCHS (Waters, Post-Whiteowl, Olberding, Will Dennis), 8:23.38.
110 hurdles: 3, Kelly, 15.93. 5, Trey King, 16.4.
300 hurdles: 1, Kelly, 41.64. 3, Schuler, 43.15.
Long jump: 4, Maxon, 20 feet, 10.75 inches.
Pole vault: 2, TJ DeMilt, 13-2. 5, Lucas DeMilt, 10-2.
Shot put: 1, Andrew Namuth, 45-10. 5, Dylan Keyser, 42-8. 6, Colton Miles, 42-7.
Discus: 2, Keyser, 144-11. 3, Namuth, 131-4. 6, Miles, 114-11.
GIRLS
Team standings: Omaha Roncalli/Duchesne 128 points, Yutan 125, Fort Calhoun 68, Bennington 64, Concordia 43, Tekamah-Herman 35, DC West 35, Mead 16, Omaha Christian Academy 10.
Top-6 Fort Calhoun Finishers
3,200-meter run: 5, Raeann Massey, 13:26.49.
400 relay: 6, FCHS (Ella Bouwman, Ari Nelson, Emilee Thayer-Mencke, Afton Byelick), 54.24.
1,600 relay: 4, FCHS (Maelie Nelson, Bella McLaughlin, Madi Larrick, Kaylee Taylor), 4:14.12.
3,200 relay: 4, FCHS (Anna McMahon, Sam Engen, Lauren Lammers, Massey), 11:05.29.
300 hurdles: 2, Taylor, 48.21.
Triple jump: 1, Taylor, 35-9.
High jump: 1, Thayer-Mencke, 5.
Pole vault: 1, Byelick, 10. 4, Ali Dill, 7-2. 6, Sammie Ladwig, 6-8.
Shot put: 4, Emily Warfield, 31-8.
Discus: 1, Isabel Wray, 106-11.
