Athletes from West-Central NE descended on Omaha Burke Stadium Friday and Saturday for the 2018 State Track and Field Championships and a few came away with gold medals. Below is the list of area athletes who brought home a medal. Full results are available here.
North Platte
Elliott Purdy – 2nd Place, Shot Put; 7th, Discus
Jacob Harvey – 6th, Pole Vault
Joey Larson – 3rd, Discus
Sutherland
Garrett Elfeldt – 1st, Pole Vault
Connor Floyd – T-2nd, Pole Vault
Bailee Fear – 4th, Long Jump
Hershey
Kyler Banks, T-2nd Pole Vault
McKade Smith – 5th, 110 Hurdles; 7th, 300 Hurdles
South Loup
Kalen Dockweiler – 4th, 800M
Boys 4×1 Relay, 6th
Boys 4×4 Relay, 5th
Jadeyn Bubak – 2nd, 100M; 3rd, 200M
Maxwell
Tahjzha Botts – 7th, 3200M
Mullen
Lane Edis – 4th, High Jump; 5th, Triple Jump
Tell Spies – 3rd, Shot Put; 5th, Discus
Luke Christen – 5th, 800M; 6th, 1600M
Boy’s 4×4 Relay – 3rd
Samantha Moore – 5th, 100H
Gir’ls 4×4 Relay – 4th
Girl’s 4×8 Relay- 5th
Brady
Colton Lovitt – 5th, Triple Jump
Boy’s 4×8 Relay – 3rd
Emery Swan – 2nd, 800M; 2nd, 400M
Paxton
Boy’s 4×8 Relay – 4th
Boy’s 4×4 Relay – 5th
Sandhills-Thedford
Nolan Marten – 6th, 100M
Gage Haake – 4th, 300H
Johannah Christie – 5th, High Jump; 8th, 800M
Girls 4×1 Relay – 2nd
Carlie Collier – 5th, 100M; 8th, 400M; 5th, 200M
Wallace
Micah Swedberg – 3rd, 400M; 6th, 200M
Medicine Valley
Nathan Nicklas – 6th, 3200M
Wauneta-Palisade
Benjamin Anderjaska – 8th, 800M
Faith Simpson – 1st, Discus; 2nd, Shot Put
Maywood-Hayes Center
Kayla Minary – 7th, 3200M
Girl’s 4×4 Relay- 6th
Girl’s 4×8 Relay – 6th
