Lady Cards Claim State Track Team Title

Congratulations to the St. Mary's Lady Cardinals. They won the Class D State Track Title in Omaha on Saturday.

Team members medaled in 12 events:

• Emily Everitt, 2nd, Long Jump 16' 7.5"; 4th, High Jump 5'2"
• 3200M Relay - Alejandra Kersenbrock, Jessi Simons, Kaylee Krotter, Riley Sibbel - 2nd  10:00.48
• Mackenzie Wecker, 3rd, Pole Vault  10'; 6th, 100M Hurdles, 16.31; 7th, 300M Hurdles  50.73
• Alejandra Kersenbrock, 3rd, 3200M run  12:27.14; 6th, 800M run  2:27.26
• Jessi Pongratz, 4th, Discus  121' 4"; 7th, Shot Put, 37' 6.5"
• Paula Zakrzewski, 5th, 3200M Run  12:33
• 400M Relay - Emily Everitt, Riley Sibbel, Jessi Simons, Bridget Schneider - 6th, 51.83
• 1600M Relay - Jessi Simons, Krissy Krotter, Kaylee Krotter, Riley Sibbel - 8th, 4:21.44

 Other results:

• Alejandra Kersenbrock, 1600M run 5:55.94 (10th)
• Paula Zakrzewski, 1600M run  6:01.88 (13th)
• Emily Everitt, 200M Dash  27.56 (10th)
• Tracy Chvala, Shot Put  35' 3.5" (11th)
• Brooke Bauer, Discus  94'11"  (18th)
• Bridget Schneider, 100M Dash  13:40
• Jessi Simons, 400M Dash  1:02.10  (10th)

 The Boys track team finished 27th at State. Three tracksters earned medals.

• Kyle Loecker, 3rd, Triple Jump  43' 2.5"
• Kyle Pardun, 7th, 400M Dash  52.30
• Connor Connot, 8th, Discus  135' 4" 

Other results:

• Aaron Ohri, Triple Jump  41'7"  (9th)
• Kyle Pardun, 200M Dash  23:45 (9th)
• Ty Eiler, Pole Vault, 12' (12th)
• 400M Relay - Ty Eiler, Jared Tomjack, Aaron Ohri, Kyle Loecker - 45.98 (12th)
• 1600M Relay - Jared Tomjack, Brant Shoemaker, Zach Novak, Anthony Harvey - 3:48.83 (16th)
• Kyle Loecker, Long Jump  18' 10.75" (19th)
• Wil Hupp, Shot Put  41'5.5" (23rd)

Marian Award

Congratulations to Kaylee Krotter and Kyle Loecker, 2013 Marian award winners. The award was presented at the Senior Grandparents Breakfast and Award ceremony on Friday, May 10.

Rodeo Team Has Successful Weekend

by Cody Colman

On Friday April 26, the St. Mary’s rodeo contestants traveled west to McCook to kick off the spring rodeo season.  Contestants from St. Mary’s who competed where Rachel Schmitz, Amy Schmitz, and Cody Colman.  Rachel competed in the barrel racing, Amy in goat tying, and Cody participated in calf roping and team roping.  

In Saturday’s performance, Cody had some hard luck, with a 26-second run in the calf roping and a no time in team roping.  Rachel had a nice run, with a time of 16.89 seconds, and Amy tied down her goat in 20.18 seconds.

All three members seemed to have a better performance on Sunday.  Rachel ran her personal best with a run of 16.49 seconds.  Amy had a great run in goat tying, with a time of 12.45 seconds.  Cody also had a personal best in team roping, with an outstanding 6.43 second run which led to Cody and Tom Littel (Cody’s roping partner) receiving a first place victory.  Cody also placed seventh in calf roping, with a time of 14.67 seconds.

Rodeo competitors travel to Hyannis on Saturday and head to Arthur on Sunday.  

Tracksters Have Successful Day at Classic

by Seth Miles 

    On April 25, the St. Mary’s top competitors went to the Norfolk Classic.  Coach Alan was impressed with the day as a whole, impressed that the athletes all competed at the level he knew they were capable of achieving.

     “Finally had some nice weather for a chance which helped the kids compete at a higher level,” the head coach said.

    The 4x800 M relay team of Kaylee Krotter, Krissy Krotter, Alejandra Kersenbrock, and Jessi Simons, brought home silver, bumping 14 seconds off their previous fast time,  going from 10:35 to 10:21. Emily Everitt landed a silver medal in high jump. Her best jump was 5'4".

     The 4x100 M relay placed fourth with a :52.30, improving their time by a second; Mackenzie Wecker placed fourth in pole vault going 9'. 

     Jessica Pongratz nabbed a medal with sixth-place throw of 123’ 3” in Discus. 

     Kersenbrock placed eighth in the 3200 M run with a time of 12:50.70, and Paula Zakrzewski placed 9th in the 3200 M with a time of 12:52.80. 

    Kaylee Krotter was really happy with the day and her 4x8’s second placing.

    “We were all nervous, but we knew we had a pretty good chance of high placing. Our game plan was to stick with Crofton. We have improved a lot.”

    The boys tracksters had quite a showing at the Classic.

    St. Mary’s jumpers Aaron Ohri and Kyle Loecker dominated long jump and triple jump.  Aaron won triple with a jump of 43-05.25 and placed second in long jump with a jump of 20-05.25.  Kyle placed third in triple jump with a jump of 42-08.25 and won long jump with a jump of 21-02.25.

    But the jumpers were not the only ones having a good day.  Kyle Pardun ran the 400 M dash in his best time of 52 seconds, placing third in the race.  

    Ty Eiler pole vaulted but just missed placing, finishing in seventh with a 12' vault.

    Kyle Loecker was really happy with his and his teammates performances at the classic.

    “The Classic was phenomenal experience; it was really great. It was amazing to be in that atmosphere!”

    Coach Alan was also pleased with the teams’ performances.

    “In my fourteen years of coaching and going to the Classic, this is the first year the kids brought a lot of medals in the top three in their events.”

Boys Win Boyd County Invite; Girls Place Third

by Aaron Ohri

    The St. Mary’s boys track team brought home the team championship from the Boyd County Invite held Thursday, April 25. The day was full of personal bests, and many Cardinals stepped up to replace some of their peers who were not participating in the meet due to rescheduling.

    Anthony Harvey was one of the main contributors on Thursday, scoring 36 points for the team.

    Did the senior runner feel pressure? “Yes, I felt pressure because I wanted to finish the track season with us winning all of our meets.”

    Harvey was happy with the team’s performance.  ““They all performed their best with quite a few personal records.”

Results:

Anthony Harvey: 1st in 400 M dash; 3rd, 800 m dash; 3

1st, 4x400 m relay(Harvey, Brant Shoemaker, Jared Tomjack, Zach Novak):

1st, 4 x 800M relay (Harvey, Brant Shoemaker, Zach Novak, Michael Wecker)

5th, 4x100 relay

Michael Wecker: 6th, 200 m dash; 2nd, high jump

Jared Tomjack: 4th, 300 hurdles, 7th, 100 m dash

Zack Novak,  4th, 800 m dash, 1st, 3200 m run

Marcus Schneider: 5th, 110 high hurdles

Will Hupp: 6th, Shot Put

Connor Connot, 1st , Discus

Jeremiah Cuddy,  5th, Discus

by Sarah Pribil

  On April 23, the St. Mary’s girls’ track team competed in the Boyd County Invite in O’Neill. Even though the team was missing their top performers due to the Norfolk Classic being held the same day, the team did well overall. St. Mary’s girls finished third as a team with 63 points, following O’Neill JV who placed first with 107 points and Stuart who placed second with 90 points.

    Jayde Rosenkrans, a freshman, was a member of the 4x800 team which placed first on Tuesday with a time of 11:46.76.

    When asked what her motivation for the day was, Rosenkrans said, “I just ran as fast as I could so we could do well. I knew I had to do it for my team.”

    Freshman Ellery Butterfield placed second in the 3200 meter race with a time of 14:24.03 and a photo finish, losing to Brittany Reiman of Boyd County by only 0.02 seconds.

    Ellery said she was glad to hear her coaches cheering her on throughout her race. “Hopefully I was making them proud.”

Results-Girls

Ellery Butterfield: 2nd, 3200 M run (14:24.03)

Erin Boyle: 3rd, triple jump (28’8”)

Ashley Everitt: 3rd, long jump (13’7”); 6th, high jump 4’6”; 6th, 600 M run (6:43.90)

Traci Vandersnick: 3rd, 3200 M run (14:25.31)

Tracy Chvala: 3rd in shot put (32’1”)

Sydney Hupp: 4th in shot put (32’1”)

Emily Pongratz: 4th in 100 M hurdles; 6th in 300 M hurdles

Riley Pistulka: 5th in 300 M hurdles

Marisa Miles: 5th, 100 M Hurdles (19.01sec)

3200 M Relay, 1st, (Pribil, Vandersnick, Harvey, Jayde Rosenkrans,

400 M Relay, 4th, (Harvey, Pistulka, Emily Pongratz, Jayde Rosenkrans)

1600 M Relay, 5th, (Ashley Everitt, Harvey, Pistulka, Emily Pongratz)