St. Mary's, West Holt Win Niobrara Valley Conference Meet

St. Mary's and West Holt won the Niobrara Valley Conference track meet on Saturday.

Held at West Holt's Roger Brink Track and Field Complex, nearly 700 athletes competed at the meet, which included high school and junior high competitors. 

Girls
Team Scores
1. St. Mary’s 141, 2. North Central 96, 3. Clearwater/Orchard 64.5, 4. West Holt 59, 5. Elgin Public/Pope John 58, 6. Stuart 57.5, 7. Chambers/Wheeler Central 46.5, 8. Boyd County 41, 9. Neligh-Oakdale 38, 10. Ewing 37, 11. Elkhorn Valley 23.5, 12. Niobrara/Verdigre 1.

Holt County Medalists
1. 100: 2. Bridget Schnider, St. Mary’s, 13.10; 6. Micheala Jensen, West Holt, 13.7; 7. Lydia Fry, Ewing, 13.8; 8. Jaci Laetsch, CWC, 13.9; 200: 2. Meagan Carr, CWC, 27.9; 3. Schneider, St. Mary’s, 28.1; 6. Jenae Osborne, West Holt, 29.3; 400: 1. Harlee Fischer, Stuart, 1:01.40; 3. Carr, CWC, 1:04.40; 4. Rachel Kaup, Stuart, 1:04.7; 5. Taylor Colman, St. Mary’s, 1:04.80; 7. Bailey Schindler, Ewing, 1:07.80; 800: 1. Fischer, Stuart, 2:30.0; 5. Alejandra Vargara-Kersenbrock, St. Mary’s, 2:42.4; Logan Connot, St. Mary’s, 2:49.1; 7. Hattie Blumenstock, St. Mary’s, 2:51.10; 1600: 1. Vargara-Kersenbrock, St. Mary’s, 6:04.80; 3. Kristin Mahony, CWC, 6:12.10; 4. Paula Zakrzewski, St. Mary’s, 6:16.7; 5. Alyssa Reima, West Holt, 6:17.9; 3200: 2. Reiman, West Holt, 13:14.3; 3. Zakrzewski, St. Mary’s, 13:32.20; 4. Reinman, West Holt, 13:40.5; 5. Mahony, CWC, 13:57. 80; 6. Ellery Butterfield, St. Mary’s, 14:06.0; 100H: 2. Mackenzie Wecker, St. Mary’s, 16:5; 3. Jensen, West Holt, 17.1; 5. Fry, Ewing, 17.8; 300H: 2. Wecker, St. Mary’s, 50.2; 4. Fry, Ewing, 51.0; 6. Bailey Kraus, West Holt, 53.4; 4x100: 1. Stuart (Schafer, Kaup, Paxton, Fischer) 53.1; 4. West Holt (Jensen, Huston, Osborne, Kraus) 54.5; 5. St. Mary’s (Schneider, Pistulka, Miles, Colman) 54.6; 8. Ewing (Eacker, Davis, Fry, Nordby) 57.2; 4x400: 1. Stuart (Paxton, Kaup, Schaefer, Fischer) 4:18.50; 3. St. Mary’s (Schneider, Vergara-Kersenbrock), Wecker, Colman) 4:29.6; 6. West Holt (Butterfield, Jelinek, Huston, Reiman) 4:46.5; 8. Ewing (Nordby, Koenig, Fry, Schindler) 4:53.6; 4x800: 3. St. Mary’s (Vergara-Kersenbrock, Blumenstock, Connot, Colman) 10:53.10; 6. West Holt (Burk, Jelinek, Steinkraus, Wollsen) 12:09.3; High jump: 3. (tie) Hailey Paxton, Stuart, 4-8; Tami Jo Marcellus, CWC, 4-8; 5. Sydney Hupp, St. Mary’s, 4-8; 6. Ashley Everitt, St. Mary’s, 4-8; Pole vault: 1. Wecker, St. Mary’s, 9-7; 2. Kendra Kozisek, St. Mary’s, 8-0; 3. Caleigh Miles, St. Mary’s, 7-6; 6. Amber Forst, West Holt, 6-6; Long jump: 2. Fry, Ewing, 15-5; 3. Bailey Kraus, West Holt, 15-0.25; 5. Krissy Krotter, St. Mary’s, 14-11.5; 6. Monique Schafer, Stuart, 14-10.75; 8. Katie Koenig, Ewing, 14-2.5; Triple jump: 2. Marcellus, CWC, 32-3; 4. Jenae Osborne, West Holt, 32-0; 5. Megan Davis, Ewing, 31-9.5; 7. Bailey Kraus, West Holt, 31-7.25; Shot put: 2. Jodi Fry, Ewing, 37-4.5; 3. Tracy Chvala, St. Mary’s, 37-2; 6. Emily Pongratz, St. Mary’s, 34-9; 7. Marissa Koenig, CWC, 34-7; 8. Sydney Hupp, St. Mary’s, 34-1; Discus: 2. Pongratz, St. Mary’s, 119-1; 3. Koenig, CWC, 99-4; 4. Hupp, St. Mary’s, 97-6; 5. Trisha Fox, Stuart, 97-5. 

Boys
Team Scores
1. West Holt 160, 2. Elkhorn Valley 93, 3. Chambers/Wheeler Central 86, 4. Stuart 72.67 5. North Central 66, 6. Neligh-Oakdale 46, 7. Boyd County 45, 8. Elgin Public/Pope John 44, 9. Clearwater/Orchard 22.33, 10. St. Mary’s 15, 11. Niobrara/Verdigre 8, 12. Ewing 5.

Holt County Medalists
1. 100: 1. Alex Kunz, Stuart, 11.7; 6. Sawyer Williams, West Holt, 12.1; 8. Jeffrey Judge, West Holt, 12.2; 200: 1. Kunz, Stuart, 23.6; 5. Viktor Jonseth, West Holt, 24.9; 7. Breydon Mlady, West Holt, 25.0; 400: 1. Josiah McAllister, West Holt, 53.9; 2. Kolby Cone, West Holt, 54.7; 4. Derek Tomjack, CWC, 55.2; 5. Ryan Linders, West Holt, 55.3; 6. Mitchell Dvorak, Stuart, 55.5; 7. Tate Schmaderer, Stuart, 56.3; 800: 1. McAllister, West Holt, 2:09.8; 2. Payton Williams, West Holt, 2:13.9; 3. Riley Bilstein, West Holt, 2:14.2; 7. Derek Mahoney, CWC, 2:17.4; 1600: 4. Jon Walnofer, CWC, 5:08.3; 8. Nick Haburchak, CWC, 5:20.4; 3200: 2. Walnofer, CWC, 10:46.9; 5. McDermott, West Holt, 11:40.5; 110H: 1. Bo Jensen, West Holt, 15.7; 3. Pat Tomjack, CWC, 17.4; 7. Judge, West Holt, 18.4; 300: 1. Dvorak, Stuart, 43.0; 5. Judge, West Holt, 46.7; 8. Jordan Sterns, CWC, 48.3; 4x100: 1. Stuart (Broders, Dvorak, Paxton, Kunz) 45.6; 2. West Holt (Judge, Mlady, Linders, Williams) 46.9; 6. CWC (Tomjack, Libolt, Crabtree, Hinkle) 49.0; 8. St. Mary’s (Gleason, Shoemaker, Atkeson, Schneider) 52.6; 4x400: 1. West Holt (Jonseth, McAllister, Cone, Jensen) 3:33.0; 4. CWC (Tomjack, Libolt, Mahoney, Hinkle) 3:49.9; 5. St. Mary’s (Spencer, Gleason, Regan, Shoemaker) 3:57.1; 6. Stuart (Dvorak, Broders, Schmaderer, Kunz) 3:58.4; 4x800: 1. West Holt (McDermott, Williams, Bilstein, McAllister) 8:29.6; 3. CWC (Walnofer, Hoffschneider, Haburchak, Croxen) 8:58.7; 4. St. Mary’s (Dickau, Dexter, Jarman, Shoemaker) 9:41.9; High jump: 2. Paxton, Stuart, 5-10; 3. Broders, Stuart, 5-10; 5. Daniel Libolt, CWC, 5-6; 6. Tyler Regan, St. Mary’s, 5-6; Pole vault: 2. Croxen, CWC, 10-6; 3. Troy Childress, West Holt, 10-6; 6. Mlady, West Holt, 9-0; 8. Shayden Neptune, West Holt, 8-0; Long jump: 1. Jensen, West Holt, 20-6.25; 5. Bilstein, West Holt, 18-7.50; 6. Libolt, CWC, 18-0.75; 8. Luke Welborn, West Holt, 17-10; Triple jump: 1. Jensen, West Holt, 41-10.5; 2. Bilstein, West Holt, 41-0; Shot put: 1. Jayle Hinkle, CWC, 51-0; 2. Paxton, Stuart, 46-2.5; 5. Lars Laenen, Ewing, 44-7.5; 6. Jonseth, 42-3; 8. Haburchak, CWC, 40-0; Discus: 1. Hinkle, CWC, 142-5; 2. Haburchak, CWC, 128-10; 4. Jonseth, West Holt, 123-01; 7. Grady Novak, St. Mary’s, 119-2; 8. Laenen, Ewing, 119-2.