Freeman won both the boys and girls portions of the Pioneer Conference Track meet, held Saturday in Auburn.
The Freeman girls won the meet with 104 points. Nebraska City Lourdes was second with 88 and Sterling finished third with 76 points. Then it was Southern 4th, followed by Falls City Sacred Heart in 5th place with 45 points, two points better than 6th place Friend. Johnson-Brock was 7th, followed in order by HTRS, Pawnee City, Diller-Odell, and Lewiston rounding out the team standings.
Morgan Lenners led Freeman individually, with two event victories. The junior won the 3200 and 1600 meter runs and was second in the 800. Other double winners on the girls’ side were Sterling junior Jenna Nieveen, who won both the 800 and 400 meters and Ellen Wulf of Lourdes Central Catholic, who was a winner in both the 100-meter hurdles and 100-meter dash.
Also winning individual events were Stasia Nielsen of Sterling in the 200-meter dash; Jordan Lempka of Sterling in the discuss; and Jeryn Creek of Southern in the long jump.
HTRS got second place finishes from Hannah Volker in both the shot put and discus, Britney Huppert in the triple jump, and Liz Railsback in the pole vault. Falls City Sacred Heart senior Sara Landis was second in both the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump. Johnson-Brock won the girls’ 4-by-800 meter relay, with Sacred Heart second.
The boys’ team standings have Freeman first with 111 points, Pawnee City second with 82, Sterling third with 74 points, and Lourdes Central fourth with 70 points. Johnson-Brock and Southern tied for 5th place with 47 points each, and Falls City Sacred Heart was a close 7th with 42 points. Friend, HTRS, Diller-Odell, and Lewiston rounded out the team standings.
Individually, Johnson-Brock’s Kale Wolken continued his stellar senior season with first place finishes in three events – the 100-meter dash, 300-meter hurdles, and long jump. Wolken was also second in the 200-meter dash. Sterling senior Colin VanGroningen took first place in two events, the 400 and 200-meter dash.
Sacred Heart had one event winner, with Sean Strasheim winning the pole vault. Pawnee City’s Hadley Sejkora was first in the 1600 meter run and second in the 800-meters. Pawnee City’s Garrett Borcher was second in the 400-meter dash, and the Indians also got a second place finish from Austin Smith in the triple jump. Ben Railsback of HTRS placed second in the pole vault. The Sacred Heart boys finished second in both the 4-by-800 and 4-by-100 meter relays.
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Sabetha couple killed in Brown Co crash
Holton schools mourn student death
Info sought on missing Sabetha teen
Missing Atchison couple draws renewed interest
Dean, assistant, secured for proposed BC med school
Registered drug offender returned to Atchison Co Jail
Tecumseh Prison inmates arrested for 2023 assaults
Injuries, damage averted in Sabetha house fire
Trump thankful for late Deputy's service, sends Brown Co letter
Spilled mower fuel blamed for Atchison fire
Two arrested after Humboldt search warrant
Flags to fly at half-staff in honor of fallen firefighters
Former Atchison Co Commissioner passes at 97
Atchison man pleads not guilty to charges in Brown Co case
Ceremony Tuesday for historic Lady Ravens victory
Additional Nemaha County filings
Richardson Co board conducts grievance hearing
LATEST STORIES
Mayetta man faces child sex-crimes in Shawnee Co
Annual activities planned for Saturday in Atchison
Holt County MO I-29 ramp project scheduled
Scrub -seal projects planned in NW Missouri
Richardson County Board denies grievances
Falls City Council approves bonds for added electrical capacity
Atchison man pleads not guilty to charges in Brown Co case
RELATED STORIES
Kansas High School State Track Results
Class 1A KS HS Area Track Athlete State Qualifiers
Class 2A KS HS Area Athlete Track State Qualifiers
Class 3A KS HS Area Track Athlete State Qualifiers
Class 4A KS HS Area Track Athlete State Qualifiers
Centralia Boys & Washington Co. Girls Win TVL Track Meet
Kailee Hocker Sets New Hiawatha HS Javelin Record
Pleasant Ridge Boys & Jeff Co. North Girls win DVL League Track