The Crofton Track Teams traveled to Hartington to compete in the Class C-4 Districts Championships. Both teams competed well, earning a series of personal records and qualifying eight to the State Track Competition in Omaha’s Burke Stadium on May 19 through 20.
The girls team came home with runner-up qualifying seven in eight events for state. Jayden Jordan, in spite of an ankle injury, pulled off a first place in pole vault and earned her way to state for the third time in pole vault.
Ellie Tramp came in first in both the 100 and 300 hurdles qualifying for state in both for the second year in a row. Tramp also managed to break the school record for the 100 hurdles not once but twice, once in prelims and again in finals.
Qualifying in discus Caitlin Guenther threw a personal best of 111-03 which also placed her first in the event. Guenther also qualified in triple jump placing second.
Jordyn Arens ran her way to state in the mile and the two mile for the second year in a row placing first in both.
The girls 4x800 relay which consisted of Rylie Arens, Kiera Altwine, Elizabeth Wortmann, and Jordyn Arens also qualified for state. The relay team placed first at districts beating the second place team, Hartington Cedar Catholic, at the line by four hundredths of a second.
For the boys team Mayson Ostermeyer qualified in pole vault for the second year placing first with a new personal record of 14 feet.
The girls team competed in 35 events for the day.
Girls 100m Dash: 5, Sammie Allen, 13.62; 12, Samantha Strunk, 13.84; 13, Cassie Allen, 14.01.
Girls 200m Dash: 6, Samantha Strunk, 29.19; 8, Alexa Wiebelhaus, 30.42; 10, Jaida Allen, 30.72.
FGirls 400m Dash: 7, Rylie Arens, 1:07.28; 10, Kaylee Mauch, 1:11.29.
Girls 800m Run: 3, Rylie Arens, 2:39.27; 8, Elizabeth Wortmann, 2:57.50.
Girls 1600m Run: 1, Jordyn Arens, 5:25.66; 5, Kiera Altwine, 6:09.19.
Girls 3200m Run: 1, Jordyn Arens, 12:43.42; 3, Kiera Altwine, 14:04.54.
Girls 100m Hurdles: 1, Ellie Tramp, 15.61.
Girls 300m Hurdles: 1, Ellie Tramp, 49.18.
Girls 4x100m Relay: 3, Cassie Allen, Sammie Allen, Caitlin Guenther, Ellie Tramp, 53.33.
Girls 4x800m Relay: 1, Rylie Arens, Kiera Altwine, Elizabeth Wortmann, Jordyn Arens, 10:32.46.
Girls High Jump: 5, Alexa Wiebelhaus, 4-05.00; 8, Sammie Allen, 4-03.00.
Girls Pole Vault: 1, Jayden Jordan, 8-00.00; 6, Cassie Allen, 7-00.00.
Girls Long Jump: 6, Alexa Wiebelhaus, 14-02.00; 7, Jaida Allen, 14-01.50; 8, Cassie Allen, 13-09.00.
Girls Triple Jump; 2, Caitlin Guenther, 34-04.25; 9, Sammie Allen, 30-01.00; 11, Samantha Strunk, 28-07.75.
Girls Shot Put: 5, Rylie Arens, 32-00.00; 12, Annabelle Poppe, 28-10.00; 21, Jenna Jackson, 25-04.00.
Girls Discus: 1, Caitlin Guenther, 111-03; 9, Jenna Jackson, 75-02; 15, Annabelle Poppe, 67-01.
The boys team competed in 28 events for the day and placed eighth overall.
Boys 100m Dash: 7, Mayson Ostermeyer, 11.74; 22, William Steffen, 12.45; 25, Wesley Lucht, 12.83.
Boys 200m Dash: 5, Trevor Sejnoha, 24.31; 19, Tyler Barnes, 26.44; 20, William Steffen, 27.47.
Boys 400m Dash: 5, Trevor Sejnoha, 56.67; 6, Simon McFarland, 56.71; 15, Wyatt Tramp, 1:01.26.
Boys 800m Run: 12, Kody Kleinschmit, 2:25.30.
Boys 1600m Run: 7, Austin Guenther, 5:01.27.
Boys 3200m Run: 5, Austin Guenther, 11:13.15.
Boys 4x100m Relay: 7, Brady Anthony, Simon McFarland, Wyatt Tramp, Mayson Ostermeyer, 48.01.
Boys High Jump: 5, Simon McFarland, 5-07.00.
Boys Pole Vault: 1, Mayson Ostermeyer, 14-00.00; 7, Wyatt Tramp, 9-09.00; 8, Brady Anthony, 9-03.00.
Boys Long Jump: 7, Trevor Sejnoha, 17-09.00; 14, William Steffen, 16-04.50; 17, Jack Schieffer, 15-06.50.
Boys Triple Jump: 9, Simon McFarland, 37-06.25.
Boys Shot Put: 15, Jacob Stewart, 35-01.00; 22, Tate Sejnoha, 31-11.00; 26, Sam Birger, 28-11.50.
Boys Discus: 14, Jacob Stewart, 91-05; 18, Tate Sejnoha, 82-08; 25, Sam Birger, 58-03.
The district runner-up girls track team of front row Kaylee Mauch, Keira Altwine, Ellie Tramp, Samantha Strunk, Rylie Arens, Cassie Allen, and Jaida Allen. Back row Jordyn Arens, Jenna Jackson, Caitlin Guenther, Elizabeth Wortmann, Ava Backer, Cameryn Fiscus, Annabelle Poppe, and Sammie Allen.