14 Antelope County Athletes Qualify For State Track Meet

Fourteen Antelope County athletes qualified for next week's state track meet in Omaha.

At the C-9 district meet in Burwell on Thursday, Clearwater-Orchard led the local qualifiers with seven athletes. Kinzly Macke (100, 200), Kylie Thiele (400, 800) and Jagger Smith (high jump, long jump) were all double qualifiers. 

The Cyclones went 1-2 in the high jump with Alexis Pokorny and JoCee Johnston qualifying. Sierra Schroeder (long jump) and Brooklynn Chipps (shot put) also will advance to Omaha.

For Elgin Public/Pope John, Austin Meis is a double-qualifier in the 100 and 200 while the brother-sister duo of Dylan and Lydia Behnk also qualified in the triple and long jump, respectively. Ryan Pelster qualified int he 3,200.

For Neligh-Oakdale, three Warriors punched their ticket to Omaha. Grant White (triple jump), Alexis Jensen (100) and Bailey Frey (300 hurdles) all qualified. 

State Qualifiers
Austin Meis, EPPJ, 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash
Dylan Behnk, EPPJ, triple jump
Lydia Behnk, EPPJ, long jump
Ryan Pelster, EPPJ, 3200
Grant White, Neligh-Oakdale, triple jump
Alexis Jensen, Neligh-Oakdale, 100 meter dash
Bailey Frey, Neligh-Oakdale, 300 meter hurdles
Kinzly Macke, Clearwater/Orchard, 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash
Kylie Thiele, Clearwater/Orchard, 400 meter run, 800 meter run
Alexis Pokorny, Clearwater/Orchard, high jump
JoCee Johnston, Clearwater/Orchard, high jump
Sierra Schroeder, Clearwater/Orchard, long jump
Jagger Smith, Clearwater/Orchard, high jump, long jump
Brooklynn Chipps, Clearwater/Orchard, shot put

Boys Team Results
1. Ainsworth, 161
2. Ord, 126
3. Burwell, 60
4. EPPJ, 53
5. West Holt, 48
6. Neligh-Oakdale, 39
7. Clearwater/Orchard, 23
8. Niobrara-Verdigre, 17

Boys 100 Meter Dash
2. Austin Meis, EPPJ, 11.7
3. Andrew Fangman, EPPJ, 11.8
5. Alex Kerkman, Neligh-Oakdale, 11.8

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
5. EPPJ, Ryan Pelster, Kyle Kallhoff, Andrew Fangman, Dylan Behnk, 3:53.4

Boys 800 Meter Run
3. Pepper Marchant, Neligh-Oakdale, 2:09.0

Boys Shot Put
6. Damon Arehart, Neligh-Oakdale, 41-1

Boys Triple Jump
1. Dylan Behnk, Elgin Public-Pope John, 41-6
2. Grant White, Neligh-Oakdale, 41-3
6. Jacob Long, Clearwater-Orchard, 39-6

Boys Pole Vault
6. Cole Belitz, Neligh Oakdale, 10-0

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
5. Neligh-Oakdale, Pepper Merchant, Tyson Belitz, Austin Miller, Devan Breuer, 9:16.6

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
3. Grant White, Neligh-Oakdale, 43.4

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
2. Elgin Public-Pope John, Kyle Kallhoff, Andrew Fangman, Dylan Behnk, Austin Meis, 47.2
3. Neligh-Oakdale, Grant White, Jayden Arehart, Cade Wilkinson, Alex Kerkman, 47.8

Boys 1600 Meter Run
6. Ryan Pelster, Elgin Public-Pope John, 5:07.50

Boys 200 Meter Dash
1. Austin Meis, Elgin Public-Pope John, 23.80

Girls Team Results
1. Ord, 168
2. Clearwater/Orchard, 105
3. West Holt, 69
4. EPPJ, 52
5. Ainsworth, 50
6. Burwell, 42
7. Neligh-Oakdale, 39
8. Niobrara-Verdigre 2

Girls 100 Meter Dash
1. Kinzly Macke, Clearwater/Orchard, 13.1
2. Alexis Jensen, Neligh-Oakdale, 13.2
5. Kristen Snodgrass, Neligh-Oakdale, 13.6
6. Kayla Wright, Neligh-Oakdale, 13.6

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
2. Clearwater/Orchard, Mallory Cooper, Alexis Pokornny, Kinsly Macke, Kylie Thiele, 4:15.5
5. EPPJ, Lydia Behnk, Baylee Wemhoff, Kaylee Martinsen, Jenna Parks, 4:35.1

Girls 800 Meter Run
1. Kylie Thiele, Clearwater/Orchard, 2:27.0

Girls 200 Meter Dash
2. Kinzly Macke, Clearwater/Orchard, 27.2
4. Heather Pellatz, Neligh-Oakdale, 28.2
5. Paige Meis, EPPJ, 28.3
6. Skye Schroeder, Clearwater/Orchard, 28.6

Girls Discus
4. Mallory Cooper, Clearwater-Orchard, 101-9

Girls High Jump
1. Alexis Pokornny, Clearwater Orchard, 5-1
2. JoCee Johnston, Clearwater-Orchard, 5-0
6. Kaylee Martinsen, Elgin Public-Pope John, J4-6

Girls Long Jump
1. Lydia Behnk, Elgin Public-Pope John, 15-9
2. Sierra Schroeder, Clearwater-Orchard, 15-9
4. Skye Schroeder, Clearwater-Orchard, 15-3
5. Kristen Snodgrass, Neligh-Oakdale, J15-0.5

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
3. Elgin Public-Pope John, Anna Heilhecker, Emma Kerkman, Baylee Wemhoff, Jenna Parks, 10:59.10
4. Clearwater-Orchard, Taylor Sanne, Allison Kerkman, JoCee Johnston, Mallory Cooper, 11:15.9
6. Neligh-Oakdale, Kasi Grosserode, Rachel Higgins, Haley Kerkman, Jayda Chance, 11:45.0

Girls 400 Meter Dash
1. Kylie Thiele, Clearwater-Orchard, 1:02.2
4. Alexis Pokornny, Clearwater-Orchard, 1:06.50
5. Kaylee Martinsen, Elgin Public-Pope John, 1:06.80
6. Lydia Behnk, Elgin Public-Pope John, 1:07.50

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
3. Audrey Kester, Neligh-Oakdale, 17.20
4. Taya Voborny, Elgin Public-Pope John, 17.30

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
2. Bailey Frey, Neligh-Oakdale, 50.90
5. Jenna Parks, Elgin Public-Pope John, 53.80
6. Liz Selting, Elgin Public-Pope John, 54.20

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
3. Neligh-Oakdale, Heather Pellatz, Kayla Wright, Kristen Snodgrass, Alexis Jensen, 53.7
4. Clearwater-Orchard, Kylie Theile, Skye Schroeder, Mallory Cooper, Kinzly Macke, 53.80

Girls 1600 Meter Run
​4. Anna Heilhecker, Elgin Public-Pope John, 6:06
5. Allison Kerkman, Clearwater-Orchard, 6:11.07