RECORDS TUMBLE IN 2024 St. Paul’s girls’ track team, according to St. Paul Head Coach Matt Koehn-Fairbanks, broke five school records this season: Zaya Lewis in the 300, Kamden Sack in the 800, the 4x100-meter relay, the 4x400-meter relay, and the 4x800-meter relay.
Track athletes are no strangers to the impact that Mother Nature can have on outdoor competition, especially when it comes to the NSAA State Track and Field Championships. However, rarely does changing weather force athletes to make the kind of on-the-fly adjustments they had to on Saturday.
When the Centura track team makes its entrance at Burke Stadium in Omaha on Friday, the two athletes who qualified for this year’s state meet won’t pay any attention to the track. Last Thursday, Centura joined nine other teams at the District C-6 Track Meet held at Centennial High School.