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Leigh Track Team Concludes Season With 3 State Qualifiers

May 27, 2022

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By: Paige Kurpgeweit and Elijah Schaefer, freshmen at Leigh High School

The Patriot track team has had a really busy and successful end to their season! 

They had great success at the East Husker Conference meet. 

Sophomore Chloe Hanel placed 1st in High Jump, while senior Kennedy Settje placed 2^nd in the Long Jump and 5^th in Triple Jump. 

Sophomore Tanyn Larson finished 4^th in the 200M Dash and 5^th in the 100M Dash. 

Baylee Settje finished 8^th in Triple Jump.

The girls’ 4x1 team of Hanel, Kennedy Settje, Larson, and Korbee Wendt placed 3^rd. The girls’ 4x4 team of Wendt, Baylee Settje, Izzy Hollatz, and Cassi Rayback placed 7^th.  Finally, the girls’ 4x8 team of Rayback, Hollatz, Sage Fernau, and Kylee Compton placed 6^th.

On the boys’ side, senior Carter Hanel placed second in Discus.

Senior Eli Hays finished 3^rd in Long Jump and 4^th in Triple Jump.  Trey Steffensmeier also finished 8^th in Long Jump, and junior Mason Whitmore finished 8^th in High Jump.

In sprints, junior Drew Beeson finished 7^th in the 100M Dash and 7^th in the 200M Dash.

The boys’ 4x8 team consisting of Isaac Baumert, Nile Jones, Garrett Stodola, and Caleb Christenson placed 7^th.

Overall, the girls’ team placed 6^th at Conference, and the boys’ team finished 10^th.

There was just one meet in Humphrey in between the conference and the all-important district meet.  Districts was held on May 12 in Oakland.  The Patriots competed in Class C against Guardian Angels CC, Stanton, Howells-Dodge, BRLD, Madison, Tekamah-Herman, Logan View, Oakland-Craig, and Wisner-Pilger. 

Many tracksters finished in the top 6 and earned a medal!  To qualify for state, you have to be place 1^st for a relay, or in the top 2 for individual events.

The Patriots had 3 athletes qualify for state in 5 events! 

Senior Kennedy Settje qualified in Long Jump after jumping 16 ft and placing second. 

Senior Eli Hays also finished 2^nd in Long Jump on the boys’ side, jumping 19’5”.

Sophomore Chloe Hanel finished 1^st in 100M Hurdles with a time of 15.35 seconds and 2^nd in 300M Hurdles with a time of 47.07, placing 2^nd.  She also coasted to victory in High Jump with a jump of 5’3”.

As a team, the girls placed 5^th at districts, and the boys’ placed 6^th out of 10 teams.

The Class C State Track meet was held at Omaha Burke High School on May 20-21, 2022, and Patriot athletes gave it their all!

In the 100M Hurdles, Hanel’s prelim time was 15.62. This was enough to get her into finals, where she finished in 5^th overall with a finals time of 15.66. Hanel also finished 5^th overall in High Jump with a jump of 5-02!

Hanel ran 49.09 in the 300M Hurdles prelim, and this was not enough to get her into finals. 

In the Long Jump, Settje and Hays both fell short of medaling.  Settje’s best jump of the day at Burke was 15-02.25.  Hays’ was 19-03.25.

We congratulate all our Patriot track athletes and coaches on a good season competing and representing our schools! 

Full results from the district meet in Oakland are as follows below:

Girls’ District Track Results:

Long Jump: Kennedy Settje—16-00 (2nd Place, STATE QUALIFIER), Brynn Settje—14-02, Baylee Settje—13-09; Triple Jump: Kennedy Settje—33-05 (4^th Place), Alyssa Gurnsey—31-01, Baylee Settje—29-11.5; Discus Throw—Gracie Eisenmann—105-04 (6^th Place), Macy Clausen—79-10, Makenna Hake—56-01; Shot Put—Gracie Eisenmann—33-11.75 (6th Place), Macy Clausen—28-05.25, Makenna Hake—23-07; High Jump: Chloe Hanel—5-03 (1^st Place, STATE QUALIFIER), 4x800 Meter Relay: Compton, Rayback, Hollatz, Fernau—11:46.17 (5^th Place); 100M Hurdles: Chloe Hanel—15.35 (1^st Place, STATE QUALIFIER); Faith Indra—19.55; 100M Dash—Brynn Settje—14.07, Cadence Indra—14.14; 400M Dash: Alyssa Gurnsey—1:13.80; 200M Dash: Korbee Wendt—28.46 (5^th Place); Cadence Indra—29.98, Baylee Settje—30.97; 800M Run: Cassi Rayback—2:53.45, Izzy Hollatz—2:55.60, Ella Urban—3:20.81; 300M Hurdles—Chloe Hanel—47.07 (2^nd Place, STATE QUALIFIER), Faith Indra—58.97; 1600M Run: Brianne Kuhr—7:21.20; 4x100M Relay: K. Settje, Br. Settje, Wendt, Hanel: 52.91 (3^rd Place); 4x400M Relay: Ba. Settje, Rayback, Hollatz, Wendt—4:48.47 (6^th Place)

Boys’ District Track Results:

Long Jump: Eli Hays—19-05 (2^nd Place, STATE QUALIFIER), Trey Steffensmeier—18-10 (4^th Place), Joey Steffensmeier (18-00); Triple Jump: Eli Hays—40-04 (5^th Place), Jack Brabec—37-11, Trey Steffensmeier—37-05; Discus Throw—Carter Hanel—132-08, Korbin Lemburg—115-03, Kyle Holmberg—101-10; Shot Put: Mitch Beeson—24-11.5; Samual Pocasangre—37-05; Korbin Lemburg—35-07.5; High Jump: Eli Hays—5-07, Isaac Baumert—5-01; 4x800M Relay: Baumert, Stodola, Christenson, Jones—10:33.46 (4^th Place); 110M Hurdles: Mitch Beeson (18.20, 6^th Place), Isaac Baumert—20.33; Mason Whitmore—20.96; 100M Dash: Drew Beeson—11.81 (4^th Place), Joey Steffensmeier—12.38; 400M Dash: Jairo Alverado—1:07.71; 200M Dash: Drew Beeson—23.67 (3^rd Place), Joey Steffensmeier—26.1, Trey Steffensmeier—26.45; 800M Run: Isaac Baumert—2:40.91, Garret Stodola—2:41.75; Nile Jones—2:42.91; 300M Hurdles: Mitch Beeson—45.42, Mason Whitmore—47.21; Jack Brabec—51.88; 4x100M Relay: Hays, Higby, Hanel, Beeson—45.43, (2^nd Place)