Windy Weather Doesn’t Hamper Centurions’ Effort

The field wasn’t deep at the Ravenna Invitational Track Meet last weekend, but that didn’t mean that the athletes who took to the oval and the field in northern Buffalo County weren’t able to stitch together some impressive performances.

On a windy Thursday afternoon, Centura joined four other schools for the Bluejays’ annual invite, and Centura finished the competition with a pair of top-three finishes.

In the girls’ competition, the Centurions ended up snagging runner-up honors, with the Burgundy and Gray scoring 124 points for second place. Axtell won the team title last week, with the Wildcats notching 162 points, while Doniphan-Trumbull scored 103 points to finish in third. The Cardinals won the boys’ team title with 152 points, Axtell came in second after they notched 133, and Centura finished in third with 94.5.

Paige Crawford set the pace for Centura in the field, winning the girls’ high jump with a leap of 4-10. Amherst’s Aliza Houser finished in second in that event after the Bronco cleared 4-08. In the pole vault, Lauren Suntych slipped past 8-00 for the gold, with Hope McDonald reaching the same height, but finishing with the silver. Centura’s Emma Jacobs also medaled in that event, with the freshman finishing in fifth.

Crawford also snagged some hardware in the triple jump, as her leap of 32-01.5 put her in third place. Kassidy Wehrer of Axtell won that event with a mark at 33-08, while Kassidy Halvorsen, also a Wildcat, landed at 32-02.5 for the silver.

In the long jump, Suntych hit 15-02 for fourth place.

On the oval, Crawford won the 300-meter hurdles in 52.53. Halvorsen of Axtell ran that race in 53.21 for the silver. Crawford also competed in the 100-meter hurdles, placing third at 18.74, with Logan Rainforth of Doniphan-Trumbull and Makenna Rohde of Amherst placing first and second, respectively, at 18.23 and 18.67.

Jacobs, Carlie Sokol, Ella Rasmussen, and Hailey Marr teamed up to place third in the girls’ 4x100-meter relay last week. The Centurions completed a trio of handoffs in 54.47, while Axtell won the race in 52.99. In the 1600-meter relay, Alaina Suntych, Jacobs, Taylor Neilsen, and Rasmussen tackled four laps around the oval in 4:38.62 for silver medals. Amherst won that race in 4:32.43.

Individually, Marr placed second in the 100-meter dash, with the sophomore hitting the chalk in 13.56. Sokol also medaled in that race, with the sophomore placing sixth at 14.65. Hanna Dunning of Doniphan-Trumbull won the shortest sprint in 13.34.

Wehrer or Axtell won the 200-meter race, with Marr placing third. The Centurion secured the bronze with a time of 28.33, while the Wildcat ran the race in 27.79. Emma Callan of Axtell took the silver in 28.12.

Neilsen completed on lap around the oval in 1:09.33 for the silver in that race. The junior clocked in at 1:09.33, with Kaleah Olson of Doniphan-Trumbull winning the race in 1:06.05.

McDonald medaled in the half-mile, placing sixth at 2:53.50, while Katie Hadenfeldt just missed the hardware in that race, finishing seventh at 2:55.68. With a time of 2:38.29, Josee Tesmer of Amherst secured the gold in the 800-meter event.

On the boys’ side of the meet, Centura’s runners had a tough time beating Axtell to the line. The exception to that was Quentin Morris, who won the 100-meter dash in 11.51. Caden Anderson also medaled in that event, with the junior clocking in at 11.83.

Morris placed third in the 200. The senior finished the half-lap in 24.02 for the bronze. Zach States ended up securing the fourth-place medal in 24.70, while Calvin Zimmerman hit the line in 24.84 for sixth. Cooper Miller of Axtell won that race in 23.78.

Domenic Hruby placed sixth in the 400-meters, tackling the single lap in 58.09. Tyus Francl also earned a sixth-place medal on the track, with the junior completing the halfmile run in 2:24.39.

Mason Janda competed in the two-mile event, placing sixth at 15:10.69. Tyler Hansen of Axtell won that race in 11:43.41, which was almost twenty seconds faster than the silver-medalist, his teammate, Isaiah Springer.

Centura earned six total medals in the hurdle events.

Bladen Garcia placed second in the 110-meter event at 16.13, while Reid Mackey came in second, and Jack Jacobs placed third. In the 300-meter hurdles, Lemburg took second at 45.18, Garcia placed third in 46.46, and Jacobs ended up in fifth after he hit the line in 48.46.

Axtell’s Jake Halvorsen won the 110-meter race in 15.90, while Doniphan-Trumbull’s Jack Poppe claimed the crown in the 300, completing that race in 42.16.

In the relay races, Centura’sbestperformance was in the 4x100. In that event, Morris, Lemburg, Jason Fanta, and Anderson teamed up to execute three exchanges in 44.74 for the gold. Fanta, Morris, Mackey, and Lemburg took second in the 4x400meter event at 3:41.58, while, in the longest relay of the day, Zavery Jensen, Francl, Cole Callahan, and Landen Marr took second at 9:55.39.

Axtell won both the 4x400-meter and 4x800meter relays in 3:40.08 and 9:55.39, respectively.

The Centurions were equally as impressive in the field last Thursday.

Calvin Finley paced the Centura delegation in the early afternoon by winning the pole vault after he cleared 11-00. Andy Schultz of Doniphan-Trumbull came in second at 9-06, with Hruby winning the bronze after he slipped past 9-00.

Fanta and Anderson both won medals in the long jump, with the senior landing at 18-03.5 for the bronze, and Anderson hitting 18-02.5 for fourth place. Nolan Eloe of Amherst won that event with a jump of 20-01.50.

Lemburg, Francl, and Trevin Grabowski all medaled in the triple jump at the Ravenna meet.

Lemburg placed third at 37-11; Francl made his mark at 34-05.20; and Grabowski hit the sand at 33-05.00. Reilly Fisher of Amherst won that event after he hit 38-10. Cayson Havranek of Axtell landed at 38-10 for the silver.

In the throws, Mackey unspooled for a toss of 12100, which put him in third place on Thursday. Gavin Standage of Ravenna won that event after the senior hit 138-04. Carter Riessland of Amherst took the silver with a throw of 124-01.5.

Bladen Garcia was the Centurions’ only medalist in the shot put. The senior had a heave of 36-02.25 for sixth place. Wyatt Anderson of Amherst won the event with a put of 4007.

This week, Centura will be in the field at the Ron Priebe Invitational at Gibbon. Following that meet, the Centurions will prep for April 28th LouPlatte Conference competition at St. Paul.