Two Washington County high school athletes earned medals Wednesday during the first day of the NSAA Class B State Track and Field Championships in Omaha.
Blair junior Hayden Daggett was fourth in the 400-meter dash, stopping the clock in 49.2 seconds. He was 10th in the high jump, too, while also qualifying for the 200 dash finals in fourth during preliminary races.
Fort Calhoun’s Afton Byelick, meanwhile, made the most of her first state qualification with a seventh-place showing in the pole vault. The Pioneer cleared the bar set at 10 feet, 6 inches, securing a spot on the podium for top-eight finishers.
After six scored events, the Blair boys are tied for 17th in the team standings. FCHS, meanwhile, has yet to score in Class B competition.
The Pioneer girls, however, are tied for 22nd with the Bears yet to score.
The Waverly boys and Norris girls are both first through the first of two days of B competition at Burke Stadium. The meet continues 9 a.m. Thursday with more field events before Arlington starts Class C competition Friday.
NSAA STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Washington County Results
CLASS B
Wednesday Field Events
Girls pole vault: 7, Afton Byelick, Fort Calhoun, 10 feet, 6 inches.
Boys triple jump: 15, Gaige Bolton, Blair, 42-1.5.
Boys high jump: 10, Hayden Daggett, BHS, 6-2. 11, Chase Cottle, BHS, 6-2.
Boys shot put: 24, Dylan Keyser, FCHS, 40-10.
Wednesday Running Events
3,200-meter relay: Boys: 13, FCHS (Will Dennis, Merritt Olberding, Chris Post-Whiteowl, Seth Waters), 8:26.01.
100 hurdles: Girls: 20, Emma Ammon, BHS, 16.13 seconds.
100 dash prelims: Boys: 11, Michael Maxon, FCHS, 10.99. 18, Colin McCabe, BHS, 11.14. Girls: 21, Brynn Lundgren, BHS, 12.77.
400 dash: Boys: 4, Daggett, BHS, 49.2. 16, C.McCabe, BHS, 52.16.
3,200 run: Girls: 22, Jade Wickwire, BHS, 12:26.89.
200 dash prelims: 4, Daggett, BHS, 22.31. 24, M.Maxon, FCHS, 23.08.
Thursday Field Events
9:30 a.m.
Girls high jump (Emma Ammon, BHS; Hailey Roewert, BHS; London Larsen, BHS; Emilee Thayer-Mencke, FCHS)
Boys long jump
Girls shot put
11:30 p.m.
Girls triple jump (Kaylee Taylor, FCHS)
Noon
Boys pole vault
Boys discus (Keyser, FCHS; Andrew Namuth, FCHS)
1:30 p.m.
Unified shot put (Jaden Rogge and Cornez Tucker Jr., BHS; Jess Hineman and Elizabeth Bray, BHS; Will Maxon and Colton Miles, FCHS; Reilly Rauterkus and Samantha Thomas, FCHS)
3 p.m.
Unified long jump (W.Maxon and Gavin Welchert, FCHS)
Thursday Running Events
12:30 p.m.
Unified 100 dash (Riley Yanak and Keenan Wyman, BHS)
12:45 p.m.
Unified 400 relay (Wyman, Caden Finken, AJ Damme, Yanak, BHS)
1:30 p.m.
800 run (Declan McCabe, BHS; Waters, FCHS)
2:10 p.m.
400 relay (Clay Bohnenkamp, M.Maxon, Kaiden Rodriguez and Alex Schuler, FCHS)
3:10 p.m.
100 hurdle finals
3:20 p.m.
110 high hurdle finals
3:30 p.m.
100 dash finals
4:05 p.m.
1,600 run (Kate Wulf, BHS)
4:40 p.m.
300 low hurdles (Taylor, FCHS)
5 p.m.
300 intermediate hurdles
5:20 p.m.
200 dash finals (Daggett, BHS)
5:55 p.m.
1,600 relay (Cottle, Daggett, C.McCabe and D.McCabe, BHS)
For the full story and additional photos, check out next Tuesday’s edition of the Washington County Pilot-Tribune. Coverage will appear online at enterprisepub.com/sports that same day, but online updates like this will also be available at the end of each session this week.
