Bearcat Track & Field News
Bearcat boys win by 77.5 points; girls finish second [04/30/2010]
By STU POSPISL World-Herald Staff Writer
OMAHA — Thursday’s Omaha North Invitational was a track meet devoid of surprises.
Kearney’s boys won their 121st consecutive invitational. Omaha North’s girls 400-meter relay still is dealing with injuries and still set a meet record. And the Vikings’ LaQue Moen-Davis improved on her state triple jump record and set two other meet records.
Kearney tuned up for next week’s Greater Nebraska Conference meet in McCook by scoring 191.5 points to 114 for runner-up Fremont. The Bearcats won all three relays and added wins in the shot put from Zach Maloley, discus from Dillon Snider, pole vault from Paul Bolin, 1,600 from Jacob Olson and 300-meter intermediate hurdles by Brandon Landanger.
“Just another average day for us,” Bearcats coach Roger Mathiesen said. “We had some kids sick. We were good in the intermediate hurdles and the mile time for Jacob Olson was good after the first lap went out so slow.”
Third-place North saw Brandon White win three golds: the 200, 400 and long jump.
North girls coach Lori Danner held out sprinters Maia Reynolds and Breanna McGhee to rest them for next week’s Metro Conference meet. But there were plenty of winners for the Vikings.
Bre’unna McCarty won the 100, Janesha McGhee the 200 and Nakita Brewer the 400. The 400 relay, consisting Thursday of DaRion Archie, McCarty, Dominique Brewer and McGhee, ran 48.47.
Moen-Davis went 42 feet, 4 inches in the triple jump to improve her nation-leading mark, went 18-11 to win the long jump and ran 14.92 into the wind in the high hurdles. Her third-place showing in the high jump at 5-2 has Danner considering a move for her talented junior back to the 300 hurdles for either Metro or districts.
North piled up 165 points to outdistance runner-up Kearney, which scored 129. The Bearcats had four gold medalists — McKayla Russell in the 300-meter low hurdles, Mackie Keller in the shot put, Katie Smith in the high jump and Mariah Anderson in the pole vault.