Another Record Bites The Dust - 13 Records Broken at Dundy County Track Invite on Tuesday
- Evan Jones
- Apr 9
- 10 min read
It was a day in Benkelman on Tuesday as Dundy County Stratton hosted their home invite. Six RPAC teams were in attendance: Cambridge, Dundy County Stratton, Maywood-Hayes Center, Southwest, Sutherland, and Wauneta-Palisade. 13 new meet records were set, and 10 went to an RPAC team. Check out all of this and more below.
No team scores were kept.
Boys Results
In the 100-meter dash, Laken Wissink of DCS placed 1st with a time of 11.11, Blaine Aldridge of DCS placed 3rd with a time of 11.65, Noah Zoltenko of DCS placed 4th with a time of 11.93, Kreyton Wiese of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a time of 12.13, and Ryan Werkmeister of MHC placed 7th with a time of 12.48.
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In the 200-meter dash, Wissink of DCS placed 1st with a time of 22.90, Aldridge of DCS placed 3rd with a time of 23.35, Brady Ahlemeyer of Cambridge placed 4th with a time of 24.72, Wiese of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a time of 24.67, David Bryner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a time of 25.01, Werkmeister of MHC placed 7th with a time of 25.39, and Henry Shoemaker of Cambridge placed 8th with a time of 25.41.
In the 400-meter dash, Ethan Latta of DCS placed 1st with a time of 51.60, Ahlemeyer of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 55.67, Gavin Gunderson of Cambridge placed 6th with a time of 56.67, Aden Acton of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a time of 56.70, and Bryner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a time of 57.03.
In the 800-meter run, Jacob Barber of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 2:19.54, Tagen Yrkoski of DCS placed 5th with a time of 2:19.66, Russell Norton of Cambridge placed 6th with a time of 2:20.40, Isaac Sinsel of Sutherland placed 7th with a time of 2:32.12, and Cooper Shaw of DCS placed 8th with a time of 2:32.63.
In the 1600-meter run, record number one was recorded by Mason McGreer of Perkins County with a time of 4:34.51. Braden Sandfort of Cambridge placed 6th with a time of 5:32.50, Caleb Haskett of Southwest placed 7th with a time of 6:04.36, and Gabriel McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a time of 6:06.58.
In the 3200-meter run, record number two was broken by McGreer of Perkins County with a time of 9:52.15. Gunderson of Cambridge placed 4th with a time of 11:49.09, Sandfort of Cambridge placed 6th with a time of 12:20.56, and Xander Cardoza of DCS placed 7th with a time of 12:24.71.
In the 110-meter hurdles, Kevin Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a time of 15.95, Colton Perks of Cambridge placed 3rd with a time of 20.87, Kaden Klumpe of Cambridge placed 4th with a time of 21.47, and Tyler Kelley of Southwest placed 5th with a time of 23.05.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Garcia of DCS placed 1st with a time of 41.52, Sawyer Dibbern of MHC placed 2nd with a time of 44.19, Breck Horner of DCS placed 3rd with a time of 45.58, Braxton Mitchell of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 48.84, Konner McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a time of 50.73, Kade Broz of MHC placed 7th with a time of 52.18, and Coleman Chism of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a time of 53.48.
In the 4x100-meter relay, DCS set a new meet record, record number three, with their 1st-place finish and a time of 43.72, which was run by Garcia, Aldridge, Latta, and Wissink; Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 47.26, which was run by Shoemaker, Gunderson, Mitchell, and Ahlemeyer; Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 47.86, which was run by Bryner, Kameran McCumb, Wyatt Hilbert, and Wiese; MHC placed 4th with a time of 47.97, which was run by Dibbern, Rubiel Lopez, Werkmeister, and Broz; and Sutherland placed 5th with a time of 49.96, which was run by Dylan Brownell, Easton Dancer, Tristan Woolf, and Jackson Saner.
In the 4x400-meter relay, DCS placed 2nd with a time of 3:38.17, which was run by Wissink, Garcia, August Shaw, and Latta; Cambridge placed 3rd with a time of 3:53.72, which was run by Norton, Roy Hoelscher, Shoemaker, and Ahlemeyer; Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 3:55.17, which was run by Bryner, Kameran McCrumb, Konner McCrumb, and Hilbert; and Sutherland placed 5th with a time of 4:03.82, which was run by 4:03.82, which was run by Dancer, Saner, Woolf, and Sinsel.
Record number four went to Perkins County in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 8:17.53. Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 9:35.78, which was run by Sandfort, Gunderson, Abram Norton, and R. Norton; DCS placed 3rd with a time of 9:45.79, which was run by Yrkoski, C. Shaw, A. Shaw, and Cardoza; and Sutherland placed 4th with a time of 10:49.45, which was run by Goodwin, Keigan Kershner, Max Buscher, and Zayn Green.
In shot put, Brock Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a throw of 55'10", Carlos Diaz of DCS placed 2nd with a throw of 46'7", Horner of DCS placed 4th with a throw of 39'3", Logan Turley of Southwest placed 5th with a throw of 38'8", Noah Sandman of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a throw of 37'8", and Trev Burke of Cambridge placed 7th with a throw of 37'1".
In discus, Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a toss of 151'10", Diaz of DCS placed 2nd with a toss of 143'9", Draven Miner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a toss of 123'1", Aaden Wheeler of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a toss of 116'9", Sandman of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a toss of 110'2", Lane Bybee of DCS placed 6th with a toss of 110'0", and Ben Harris of Cambridge placed 8th with a toss of 107'5".
In high jump, Latta of DCS placed 1st with a leap of 6'4", Acton of Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a leap of 5'10", Dibbern of MHC placed 5th with a leap of 5'4", Hilbert of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a leap of 5'2", and Damon Brewer and Chism of Wauneta-Palisade tied for 7th with leaps of 5'0".
In pole vault, Gage Hammond of Southwest placed 1st with a vault of 12'0", Klumpe of Cambridge placed 2nd with a vault of 11'6", Saner of Sutherland placed 3rd with a vault of 11'6", Woolf of Sutherland placed 4th with a vault of 11'0", and Konner McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a vault of 10'0".
In long jump, Zoltenko of DCS placed 1st with a jump of 20'8.5", Dibbern of MHC placed 2nd with a jump of 19'8.5", A. Shaw of DCS placed 4th with a jump of 19'2", Kameran McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a jump of 16'6", Hoelscher of Cambridge placed 7th with a jump of 16'5", and Mitchell of Cambridge placed 8th with a jump of 16'0".
In triple jump, Bybee of DCS placed 1st with a jump of 38'1", Steven Werkmeister of MHC placed 2nd with a jump of 37'11.5", Perks of Cambridge placed 3rd with a jump of 37'6", Hoelscher of Cambridge placed 6th with a jump of 36'7.5", and Grayden Sutherland of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a jump of 36'6".
Girls Results
In the 100-meter dash, Clara Spargo placed 1st with a time of 12.40, JoLie Farr of Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 12.82, Ava Messersmith of MHC placed 3rd with a time of 13.39, Ambie Custard of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 13.51, McKenna Doetker of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a time of 13.52, Alyssa Koch of Southwest placed 6th with a time of 13.80, Mesa Cox of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a time of 13.93, and Rylan Custard of Southwest placed 8th with a time of 13.93.
In the 200-meter dash, Spargo of DCS placed 1st with a new meet record time of 25.47, record number five; Farr of Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 27.85, Doetker of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 28.58, R. Custard of Southwest placed 4th with a time of 28.72, Kamryn Fanning of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a time of 28.85, and Cox of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a time of 28.96.
Record number six also went to Spargo in the 400-meter dash as she placed 1st with a time of 58.05, Addison Richards of MHC placed 3rd with a time of 64.61, Molly Yearous of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 66.46, Jensyn Weiss of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 66.76, and Addalyn Einspahr of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a time of 67.98.
In the 800-meter run, Richards of MHC placed 1st with a time of 2:40.34, Rachel Harris of Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 2:44.27, Karissa Stengel of MHC placed 3rd with a time of 2:47.62, Aspen Billeter of Southwest placed 5th with a time of 2:50.57, Maleah Vasquez of Sutherland placed 6th with a time of 2:53.02, Sarah Barrera of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a time of 3:10.20, and Ansley Bartels of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a time of 3:18.38.
In the 1600-meter run, Annaly Ramierz of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 6:08.41, Caylie Softley of MHC placed 4th with a time of 6:08.55, Harris of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 6:19.20, Emily Schack of DCS placed 6th with a time of 6:19.23, and Bartels of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a time of 7:41.61.
In the 3200-meter run, Softley of MHC placed 2nd with a time of 14:06.1, Agneshka Sankey of MHC placed 4th with a time of 14:31.9, Briar Gunderson of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 14:34.9, Charlotte Broker of MHC placed 6th with a time of 14:54.0, and Kylie Koeppen of Cambridge placed 7th with a time of 15:09.3.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Abi Spargo of DCS placed 1st with a time of 15.73, Anastasia Gallegos of Southwest placed 2nd with a time of 16.68, Kesli Cox of MHC placed 4th with a time of 17.88, Chloe Gooden of Cambridge placed 5th with a time of 18.51, Emma Acton of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a time of 18.68, Brooklyn Holtze of Cambridge placed 7th with a time of 18.91, and Jillian Johnson of MHC placed 8th with a time of 19.21.
In the 300-meter hurdles, A. Spargo of DCS set record number seven with a 1st place finish and a time of 46.46, Gallegos of Southwest placed 3rd with a time of 50.75, Acton of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a time of 53.07, Johnson of MHC placed 5th with a time of 53.50, Kady Fischer of MHC placed 6th with a time of 55.74, and Holtze of Cambridge placed 7th with a time of 55.82.
In the 4x100-meter relay, Southwest earned record number eight with their 1st place time of 52.32, which was run by R. Custard, A. Custard, Koch, and Gallegos; Cambridge placed 2nd with a time of 53.07, which was run by Holtze, Harris, Joslyn Holtze, and Farr; Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 53.93, which was run by Acton, Cox, Fanning, and Doetker; MHC placed 4th with a time of 54.11, which was run by Ayleen Hernandez, Blayklee Farr, Ava Messersmith, and Cox; and Sutherland placed 7th with a time of 56.95, which was run by Addisyn Gunderson, Fallyn Elfeldt, Whitleigh Mills, and Leah Harper.
Record number nine was MHC's 1st place time of 4:10.81 in the 4x400-meter relay, which was run by Farr, Reagan Stengel, Richards, and Messersmith; DCS placed 2nd with a time of 4:14.39, which was run by Schack, C. Spargo, Zoey Rogers, and A. Spargo; Cambridge placed 4th with a time of 4:32.04, which was run by Weiss, J. Holtze, Farr, and Harris; Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a time of 4:36.58, which was run by Fanning, Acton, Doetker, and Yearous; and Southwest placed 6th with a time of 4:37.26, which was run by Billeter, Koch, Allison VanPelt, and Gallegos.
In the 4x800-meter relay, MHC broke record number 10 with a time of 10:14.37, which was run by R. Stengel, Softley, K. Stengel, and Richards; Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a time of 10:53.95, which was run by Annaly Ramiez, Einspahr, Jewel Holthus, and Kenzie Bardsley; Cambridge placed 4th with a time of 11:46.80, which was run by Weiss, Koeppen, Katie Fegley, and Gunderson; and Sutherland placed 5th with a time of 12:19.58, which was run by Vasquez, Tristin Fleharty, Eliana Dyer, and Addison Arvdal.
In shot put, Kennedy Bailey of DCS placed 1st with a throw of 45'10" which was record number 11, Elisabeth Kubik of Cambridge placed 2nd with a throw of 34'5", Atleigh Nelms of Southwest placed 4th with a throw of 29'7", LiLeigh Littrel of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a thro wof 29'1", Cox of Wauneta-Palisade placed 6th with a throw of 29'0", Maggie Dewester of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a throw of 28'9", and Makenna Collier of DCS placed 8th with a throw of 28'7".
In discus, Bailey also broke the meet record, which makes record number 12, with a throw of 147'8", Nelms of Southwest placed 2nd with a throw of 100'5", Littrel of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a throw of 99'5", Aubrie Seybold of Southwest placed 4th with a throw of 90'5", Kyra Nelms of Southwest placed 6th with a throw of 87'9", Gracyn Elfeldt of Sutherland placed 7th with a throw of 85'5", and Abigail Greaves of Wauneta-Palisade placed 8th with a throw of 80'8".
In high jump, Billeter of Southwest placed 1st with a leap of 5'0", A. Spargo placed 2nd with a leap of 5'0", Weiss of Cambridge placed 4th with a leap of 4'10", K. Stengel of MHC placed 5th with a leap of 4'8", and J. Holtze of Cambridge placed 6th with a leap of 4'8".
Record number 13 was broken when A. Custard of Southwest placed 1st with her 10'2" vault, Koch of Southwest placed 2nd with a vault of 8'6", R. Custard of Southwest placed 3rd with a vault of 8'0", F. Elfeldt placed 4th with a vault of 7'6", Yearous of Wauneta-Palisade placed 5th with a vault of 7'6", Bryer Brown of Sutherland placed 6th with a vault of 7'6", and Harper of Sutherland, Gooden of Cambridge, and Haylea McGreer of Perkins County finished in a three-way tie for 7th with vaults of 7'0".
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In long jump, Farr of MHC placed 1st with a jump of 15'9.25", Fanning of Wauneta-Palisade placed 2nd with a jump of 15'3", R. Stengel of MHC placed 3rd with a jump of 14'3", Abigail Blackman of Wauneta-Palisade placed 4th with a jump of 14'5", A. Custard of Southwest placed 5th with a jump of 14'2", and J. Holtze of Cambridge placed 8th with a jump of 13'10".
In triple jump, B. Holtze of Cambridge placed 1st with a jump of 33'5", Billeter of Southwest placed 2nd with a jump of 32'2.5", Ramirez of Wauneta-Palisade placed 3rd with a jump of 30'4", Fisher of MHC placed 5th with a jump of 29'8.5", Grace Loomis of MHC placed 6th with a jump of 29'3.5", and Bartels of Wauneta-Palisade placed 7th with a jump of 28'4.5".
Sutherland will be back in action on Saturday as they will attend the Perkins County Invite. Cambridge, Dundy County Stratton, Maywood-Hayes Center, Southwest, and Wauneta-Palisade will all be back in action on Saturday at the Don Stine Invite in Cambridge.
