Winds don't keep Valley from taking lead in district meet

A smooth-sailing trip to the Class 3A State Track and Field Championships for Valley's Amanda Boro and Katie Chrisp was aided in part by a strong tailwind on Saturday.

The pair finished first and second in the 100 meters, with Boro clocking in at 13.15 seconds and Chrisp right behind at 13.17. That was a far cry from the seed times each brought into the meet, with Chrisp coming in at 13.64 and Boro at 13.74.

So no doubt, the 35 to 40 mile-per-hour winds that blew to the south at the 3A District 2 meet at Eaton's Leslie R. Leake Stadium made a difference in those times. But nobody needs to know that.

"It's OK," Boro said. "We can tell people we made that time without the wind."

The constant gusts played a factor in every aspect of Saturday's meet. The winds got so strong at one point that the pole vault wasn't only postponed, but the padding in the vault pit was blown up and over the fence on the south side of the stadium. Meet officials rescheduled the event for Monday, weather permitting.

The biggest toll it took was on the middle- and long-distance runners, who spent half of their race running into the wing before getting a relief running down the backstretch. Some runners who had prequalified for state in their respective events opted not to run in the district meet for fear of injury.

At one point, wind variance got up as high as a 9.3 reading. Anything close to 3.0 is considered high.

Valley's girls, regardless of the wind, were dominant in the running events and sailed to a lead in the team standings with 133 points. Brush finished second at 122.5, Eaton third at 120.5, and each could surpass Valley in the team standings when their pole vaulters compete on Monday.

Lindsey Hubbard of Valley, who had already prequalified for state in the 100 and 200, didn't run in the finals after posting a preliminary time of 12.78, won the 200 by nearly a second in 26.45 and took first in the 300 hurdles in 47.52. Alyssa Sinner of Platte Valley won the 1,600 in a slow 5:57.02 and took first in the 3,200 in 13:00.26.

The Platte Valley boys, thanks in part to first-place finished in the 400, 800 and 1,600 relays, has wrapped up the team title with 162.5 points. Brush is second with 100, followed by Eaton (86.5) and Yuma (86). Meet results won't become official until all events have been completed.

Platte Valley's Brad Madison and Kalvin Ratzlaff finished 1-2 in the 100, with Madison winning with a wind-aided time of 11.16. Madison also won the 200 in 22.94, with the wind reading reaching 8.9 during the race.

Highland's Mat Mathiason coasted to a victory in the 110 hurdles, winning in 14.96 seconds with a wind reading of 8.5 at his back, and took the 300 hurdles in a no-so-fast 41.57. Platte Valley's first-place performances in five field events also helped the Broncos prevail, highlighted by a first-place leap of 20 feet, 1 1/2 inches in the long jump by Everardo DelaCruz.

Boys

Team Scores - 1. Platte Valley 162.5; 2. Brush 100; 3. Eaton 86.5; 4. Yuma 86; 5. Strasburg 78; 6. Valley 70; 7. Highland 52; 8. Academy 8.

110-meter high hurdles - 1. Mat Mathiason, H, 14.96; 2. Kameron Weber, S, 16.05; 3. Preston Karre, PV, 16.36; 4. Shawn Southards, V, 16.52; 400 relay - 1. Platte Valley (Ty Burman, Brad Madison, Adam Sitzman, Austin Whipple) 45.63; 2. Strasburg 46.67; 3. Eaton 47.00; 4. Brush 49.38; 800 relay - 1. Platte Valley (Ty Burman, Brad Madison, Austin Whipple, Kyle Symonds) 1:35.07; 2. Eaton 1:37.02; 3. Valley 1:37.65; 4. Yuma 1:39.37; Shot put - 1. Lucas Navarro, PV, 43-3; 2. Kenton Schuett, E, 43-3; Rico Portuese, B, 42-0.5; 4. Austin Traphagen, Y, 39-10.5; Discus - Levi Greenley, PV, 139-4.5; 2. Ryan Lebsack, Y, 134-10; 3. Michael Keever, H, 129-0; 4. Alex Brown, Y, 124-2; Long jump - 1. Everardo DelaCruz, PV, 20-1.5; 2. Kameron Weber, S, 19-8.5; 3. Parker Gutterson, PV, 19-8; 4. Nathan Stone, H, 18-7; 1,600 - 1. Tanner Christensen, B, 4:53.68; 2. Amos Bowen, B, 4:55.51; 3. Jordan Karlberg, E, 5:03.47; 4. Kyle Muhr, B, 5:07.05; 400 - 1. Isaac Woodward, S, 52.22; 2. Alexander Schneider, V, 52.85; 3. Nolan Bohm, Y, 54.13; 4. Josue Maraz, B, 54.34; Triple jump - 1. Travis Hergenreder, PV, 42-1.5; 2. Everardo DelaCruz, PV, 42-0; 3. Jaden Winger, Y, 41-5.5; 4. Alex Brown, Y, 39-0; 800 - 1. Alex Schneider, V, 2:10.04; 2. Tanner Christensen, B, 2:14.18; 3. Ty Cyphers, E, 2:15.48; 4. Jordan Karlberg, E, 2:16.59; 200 - 1. Brad Madison, PV, 22.94; 2. Isaac Woodward, S, 23.14; 3. Ty Burman, PV, 23.31; 4. Daniel Jones, V, 23.63; 3,200 - 1. Rocky Montgomery, Y, 11:02.58; 2. Ryne Montgomery, Y, 11:03.54; 3. Bryan Devore, E, 11:07.25; 4. Amos Brown, B, 11:09.48; 1,600 relay - 1. Platte Valley (Sterling Zhender, Parker Gutterson, Travis Hergenreder, Preston Karre), 3:39.89; 2. Valley 3:41.02; 3. Brush 3:42.97; 4. Eaton 3:44.03; 300 hurdles - 1. Mat Mathiason, H, 41.57; 2. Kamerson Weber, S, 42.60; 3. Preston Karre, PV, 44.12; 4. Jairo Villa, B, 45.87; High jump - 1. Preston Karre, PV, 5-10; 2. Colini McCrary, H, 5-8; 3. Nathan Stone, H, 5-8; 4. Andrew Terrell, Y, 5-6; 100 - 1. Brad Madison, PV, 11.14; 2. Ty Burman, PV, 11.27; 3. Isaac Woodward, S, 11.33; 4. Daniel Jones, V, 11.39; 3,200 relay - 1. Brush (Tanner Christensen, Kyle Muhr, Amos Bowen, Joe Rosenbrock) 9:03.57; 2. Eaton 9:16.92; 3. Yuma 9:32.16; 4. Valley 9:47.38.

Girls

Team scores - 1. Valley 133; 2. Brush 122.5; 3. Eaton 120.5; 4. Platte Valley 115; 5. Yuma 82; 6. Strasburg 58; 7. Highland 25; 8. Academy 18.

100-meter low hurdles - 1. Hladky Caitlyn, V, 16.02; 2. Ellie Wills, Y, 16.04; 3. Megan Pabst, B, 16.21; 4. Kaelie Jeldon, E, 16.24; 400 relay - 1. Platte Valley (Anna Bowman, Brianne Maestas, Amy Miller, Adrianna Maestas) 54.39; 2. Eaton 55.17, 3. Brush 55.22; 4. Highland 55.81; 800 relay - 1. Platte Valley (Anna Bowman, Brianne Maestas, Amy Miller, Adrianna Maestas) 1:53.42; 2. Valley 1:53.78; 3. Yuma 1:55.11; 4. Strasburg 1:59.59; Shot put - 1. Annita Alvarez, E, 37-4.25; 2. Becca Reyes, A, 33-8.5; 3. Morgan Spencer, Y, 31-6.5; 4. Kristin Walpole, E, 31-1.5; Discus - 1. Annita Alvarez, E, 115-4; 2. Morgan Spencer, Y, 103-3.5; 3. Rebecca Walker, B, 11-5.5; 4. Christine Dreitz, B, 100-1; Long jump - 1. Kendra Miller, S, 15-3; 2. Amy Miller, PV, 14-7; 3. Shila Branch, E, 14-5; 4. Sheila Brophy, Y, 14-0; 1,600 - 1. Alyssa Sinner, PV, 5:57.02; 2. Lauren Shoop, E, 6:00.83; 3. Jamie Christensen, B, 6:01.37; 4. Savannah Garcia, V, 6:03.39; 400 - 1. Ashley Araujo, B, 1:02.83; 2. Jessica Pelz, E, 1:03.38; 3. Michaela Odenbaugh, V, 1:05.58; 4. Chelsea Lyons, S, 1:07.74; Triple jump - 1. Beth Jones, E, 34-11.5; 2. Kendra Miller, S, 33.7.5; 3. Amy Miller, PV, 33.7.5; 4. Sherry Jesse, Y, 33-3; 800 - 1. Sarah Goss, B, 2:30.18; 2. Danielle Zehnder, PV, 2:34.25; 3. Christina Dreitz, B, 2:38.59; 4. Lindsey Foy, V, 2:39.10; 200 - 1. Lindsey Hubbard, V, 26.45; 2. Jessica Pelz, E, 27.23; 3. Brianne Maesteas, PV, 27.89; 4. Michaela Odenbaugh, V, 27.97; 3,200 - 1. Alyssa Sinner, PV, 13.00.26; 2. Savannah Garcia, V, 13.21.09; 3. Jamie Christensen, B, 12.27.79; 4. Ariel Andrews, Y, 14:16.41; 1,600 relay - 1. Valley (Kayla Meisner, Michaela Odenbaugh, Alejandra Franco, Hladky Caitlin) 4:19.37; 2. Brush 4:20.59; 3. Platte Valley 4:23.20; 4. Yuma 4:26.71; 300 hurdles - Lindsey Hubbard, V, 47.52; 2. Ellie Wills, Y, 52.03; 3. Taylor Hale, E, 52.26; 4. Alejandra Franco, V, 52.27; High jump - 1. Emily Lubbers, Y, 4-6; 2. (tie) Heather Harris, PV, and Calla Uhrich, H, 4-4; 4. Sarah Padilla, B, 4-4; 100 - 1. Katie Chrisp, V, 13.15; 2. Amanda Boro, V, 13.17; 3. Kaelie Jeldon, E, 13.21; 800 medley relay - 1. Valley (Lindsey Hubbard, Amanda Boro, Hladky Caitlyn, Katie Chrisp); 2. Brush 1:58.90; 3. Platte Valley 1:59.92; 4. Strasburg 2:01.19; 3,200 relay - 1. Brush (Ashley Araujo, Christine Dreitz, Sarah Goss, Jamie Christensen) 10:30.43; 2. Valley 10:49.17; 3. Platte Valley 10:50.18; 4. Strasburg 10:55.39.