O'Neill Boys Track Team Earns District Runner Up, Girls 6th

The Eagles track teams headed east to Pierce on Thursday, May 14th to compete at the Class B-4 District Track meet. The boys competed hard, and came away with the runner up hardware, while the Lady Eagles managed 6th place, competing against nine other schools.

Boys Head Coach Cole Hilker was pleased with his team's performance. 

"[I'm] really proud of all the boys that competed yesterday and during the season.  We got better every meet. One of the last times that O’Neill has seen themselves top two in districts is 1962. Scoring 84 points at the district meet and sending 7 athletes to the Class B state meet show the type of hard work these boys do to get better."

BOYS TEAM SCORES:
1. Columbus Scotus, 119
2. O'Neill, 84
3. Pierce, 71
4. Boone Central/Newman Grove, 60
5. David City, 47
6. West Point-Beemer, 46
7. Central City, 42
8. Wayne, 41
9. Schuyler, 10
10. Columbus Lakeview, 7

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Boys Pole Vault: 1 Jonathon Marvin 12 O'Neill 13-09.00 
Boys Discus Throw: 1 Walker Liewer 11 O'Neill 152-00
Boys 100-Meter Dash: 6 Kedron Koehler 12 O'Neill 11.73
Boys 800-Meter Run: 1 Tyson Hostert 11 O'Neill 2:03.09 6 Nathaniel Jennings 9 O'Neill 2:07.23
Boys 1600-Meter Run: 2 Blake Johnston 11 O'Neill 4:45.94 3 Grant Johnston 11 O'Neill 4:46.46
Boys 3200-Meter Run: 1 Grant Johnston 11 O'Neill 10:18.40 2 Blake Johnston 11 O'Neill 10:23.57
Boys 300-Meter Int. Hurdles: 1 Kedron Koehler 12 O'Neill 41.49
Boys 400-Meter Relay: 5 O'Neill 46.68 Chance Sholes Dylan Belik Trevor Dempster Kedron Koehler 
Boys 3200-Meter Relay:2 O'Neill 8:23.96 Tyson Hostert Nathaniel Jennings Blake Johnston Grant Johnston 

GIRLS TEAM SCORES:
1. Boone Central/Newman Grove, 145
2. Pierce, 114
3. Columbus Scotus, 90
4. Wayne, 88
5. West Point-Beemer, 34
6. O'Neill, 17
7. Central City, 14
8. David City, 13
9. Columbus Lakeview, 12
10. Schuyler, 0

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Girls 100-Meter Hurdles: 4 Aurora Gutshall 9 O'Neill 16.15 
Girls 400-Meter Relay: 6 O'Neill 54.43  Aurora Gutshall Briaunna Parks Randi Pinkerman Samantha Eichelberger 

Several Eagles will head to the State Track meet at Omaha Burke High School next week. Competing at the state track meet will be:

Aurora Gutshall - 100 Hurdles
Mikayla Marvin - Pole Vault
Jon Marvin - Pole Vault
Walker Liewer - Discus
Kedron Koehler - 300 Hurdles
Grant Johnston - 1600, 3200, 3200 Relay
Blake Johnston - 1600, 3200, 3200 Relay
Tyson Hostert - 800, 3200 Relay
Nathaniel Jennings - 3200 Relay

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