Bearcat Track & Field News
Bearcats hold off Millard West at Columbus [04/14/2009]
COLUMBUS — The Kearney High boys track team withstood a challenge from Millard West at the Columbus Invitational on Monday, stretching its winning streak to 112 straight invitationals.
The Bearcats scored 191 points, while Millard West finished second with 174 points. Fremont was a more than 100 points back, taking third place with 71½ points.
The meet was originally scheduled for April 4 but was postponed by bad weather. Jack Chatelain won four gold medals for the Bearcats, winning the long jump (21 feet, 10½ inches), the triple jump (44-2½) and the 110-meter high hurdles (15.20), then anchoring the 4x100-meter relay (43.07).
Josh Mead helped hold Millard West at bay by winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and running on the 4x100. Mead defeated defending state champion Kohlman Adema-Schulte of Millard West in the 100 and 200.
Those points proved costly to the Wildcats’ effort as the reigning state cross country champions didn’t win the 4x800 and scored only one point in the 3,200.
Besides Mead and Chatelain, the Bearcats had only two other individual winners — Brant Haupt in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and Tyler Shields in the high jump. Shields cleared 6-7, four inches higher than he has jumped earlier this year.
Columbus Inv.
TEAM SCORES
Kearney 191, Millard West 174, Fremont 71.6, Omaha Northwest 30, Millard North 28.3, Creighton Prep 18, Columbus 14.
Event Results
(Winners and KHS placers)
100-METER DASH — 1, Josh Mead, KHS, 10.91. 3, Vince Molina, KHS, 11.06.
200 — 1, Josh Mead, KHS, 22.37. 5, Steve Stumbrough, KHS, 23.69.
400 — 1, A.J. Macagtis, OCP, 51.85. 4, Jordan Moncrief, KHS, 52.46. 5, Chase Bolin, KHS, 52.48.
800 — 1, Jared Kinney, MW, 1:57.64. 2, Brandt Humphrey, KHS, 1:58.86. 3, Alex Johnson, KHS, 1:59.25. 4, Jacob Olsen, KHS, 1:59.67.
1,600 — 1, Mitch Hunt, FRE, 4:23.30. 5, David Prater, KHS, 4:36.02.
3,200 — 1, Mitch Hunt, FRE, 9:55.07. 3, David Prater, KHS, 10:05.42. 4, Travis Walker, KHS, 10:06.89.
110-METER HIGH HURDLES — 1, Jack Chatelain, KHS, 15.20. 2, Brant Haupt, KHS, 15.23. 4, Brandon Landanger, KHS, 15.82.
300-METER INT. HURDLES — 1, Brant Haupt, KHS, 40.70. 3, Brandon Landanger, KHS, 41.77.
4x100 — 1, Kearney 43.07.
4x400 — 1, Millard West 3:26.84. 2, Kearney 3:27.97.
4x800 — 1, Fremont 8:13.67. 3, Kearney 8:26.55.
HIGH JUMP —1, Tyler Shields, KHS, 6-7. 4, Zac Jameson, KHS, 6-0.
POLE VAULT — 1, Rod Eckwall, MW, 13-6. 4, Paul Bolin, KHS, 13-0.
LONG JUMP — 1, Jack Chatelain, KHS, 21-10 ¾. 5, Vince Molina, KHS, 20-4 ½.
TRIPLE JUMP — 1, Jack Chatelain, KHS, 44-2 ½. 6, Tyler Shields, KHS, 39-11 ½.
SHOT PUT — 1, Taylor Shapland, MW, 55-0 ½. 2, Josh Redman, KHS, 53-8 ¼. 4, Alex Johnson, KHS, 50-4 ¼. 5, Zach Maloley, KHS, 49-6.
DISCUS — 1, Drew Staskiewicz, MN, 165-11. 3, Dillon Snider, KHS, 155-9. 4, Alex Johnson, KHS, 152-7.