On his way . . . Sawyer Cox has been a leader for the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders in 2024 in the "Weights" events. He is shown above throwing the shot put in an earlier meet. However . . . When he competed at the district meet he earned a trip to the state track meet in Omaha in the discus. He finished third at the district, but his throw of 130'5" was among the top six in the state that did not finish first or second at their district meet.
Running to Omaha . . . Sydney Biltoft has had a good measure of success this 2024 track season. She has won many gold medals in the hurdle races and at the district meet she earned a state meet qualifying time in the 300 Meter dash. She is shown above in a Meet leading other opponents over the last hurdle.
The Nebraska high school track season is the shortest sports season in the school calendar. And it is often disrupted by stormy spring weather.
However, it also carries an intense interest. It has many events carried out right on top on one-another. For spectators, it carries a lot of interest. For those involved, it can be a lot of work.
The end of the season came last week as high schools across the state took part in the district meets to see would qualify for the state meet in Omaha this week Friday and Saturday.
The L-N Raiders traveled to Kenesaw for their district meet. Two Raiders, one boy and one girl, were among the best in the state and will compete in Omaha this weekend.
Sydney Biltoft continued her success in the hurdle events. She earned another gold medal in the 300M Hurdles with a time of 49.4. She earned another silver in the 100M Hurdles with a time of 16.64.
Sydney has also been running the 400M Dash in recent meets. At Kenesaw, she placed 3rd with a time of 1:03.81. In the running events, the top two earn the automatic place at the state meet. However, they also give the next fastest six runners a 'wild card' entry to Omaha. As such Sydney will be competing in all three events in Omaha.
Sawyer Cox was the lone Raider boy to earn a place in Omaha. At Kenesaw he place 3rd in the discus with a throw of 130'5". Again, the top two earn the automatic entry to Omaha, but they give wild card entries to the next six best throws. Sawyer was one of these six.
Just like any sport, participants and spectators hope everyone improves over the season. This seemed to be true in this track season as many set new Personal Records (PR) at this meet.
The Meet Results:
BOYS: The boys scored ten points at the meet placing them 11th out of the 12 teams taking part. Following are those taking part in the event and notation for scoring points, or for Personal Records.
100 M. Dash: Ace Wulf, Cody Funk PR, Brandt McLaughlin PR.
200 M. Dash: Aidan Zikmund PR, Ace Wulf, Brandt McLaughlin.
400 M. Dash: Aidan Zikmund PR, Sawyer Cox PR.
800 M. Run: Jace Hoelting.
1600 M. Run: Leslie Corman, Gus Harrison.
3200 M. Run: Leslie Corman PR, Gus Harrison.
300 M. Hurdles: Cody Funk, Jackson Williams PR.
400 M. Relay: Ace Wulf, Cody Funk, Sawyer Cox, Aidan Zikmund, PR.
Pole Vault: Aidan Zikmund, Jace Hoelting.
High Jump: Jackson Williams.
Long Jump: Cody Funk.
Triple Jump: Jackson Williams 4th, 37'3.5".
Shot Put: Sawyer Cox, Caleb Griffis, Gus Harrison.
Discus: Sawyer Cox 3rd, Ace Wulf PR, Caleb Griffis.
GIRLS: Sydney Biltoft brought home the lone gold medal for the Raiders for this meet. Together, they scored 25 points to finish number 8 out of the 12 teams. Sydney will compete in three events at the state meet in Omaha this weekend. Following are the girls participating, their places and personal records if they recorded them.
100 M. Dash: Natalia Wehrman PR, Addi McCloskey, Hadley Ostdiek PR.
200 M. Dash: Natalia Wehrman 6th, 29.45 PR, Brook Glebe PR.
400 M. Dash: Sydney Biltoft 3rd, 1:03.81, Kynnedy Beale PR.
800 M. Run: Kynnedy Beale.
1600 M. Run: Jessica Sole.
3200 M. Run: Jessica Sole.
100 M. Hurdles: Sydney Biltoft 2nd, 16.64.
300 M. Hurdles: Sydney Biltoft 1st, 49.40.
Long Jump: Hanna Skinner PR, Addi McCloskey, Brook Glebe PR.
Triple Jump: Hanna Skinner.
Discus: Hadley Ostdiek.
The state track meet is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 17, 18 at the Omaha Burke Stadium.
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