STATE TRACK MEET: East’s Cappos Sets State Record In Shot Put, Kessler Wins Boys High Jump

OMAHA–(KFOR May 18)–A 41-year-old record at the NSAA State Track and Field Meet was broken on Wednesday, as Lincoln East’s Sam Cappos won the Class A title in shot put and broke a state record with a throw of 63 feet, 9 and 3/4 inches.

Cappos, an Arizona State track commit, broke the Class A meet record held by Omaha Central’s Larry Station since 1982. It was also the longest all-class throw in state meet history.

Lincoln Pius X’s Jackson Kessler won the boys high jump with a leap of 6-8, successfully defending his state title against Southwest’s Lukas Helms and Bellevue West’s Daevonn Hall, who each tied for second with a leap of 6-6.  Other boys high jump finishers from Lincoln include Southwest’s Aidan Welch finishing fifth at 6-4; East’s Carter Templemeyer and Jang Dak both tied for sixth at 6-2, and Northeast’s Porter Bazil was eighth at 6-2.

On the girls side, the Lincoln East’s two-mile relay team captured the gold medal with a time of 9 minutes 13.18 seconds.

Here are the team standings and results from Wednesday.

BOYS CLASS A

Through Five Events

TEAM STANDINGS: Millard West 28, Lincoln Southwest 22, Omaha Westside 21, Lincoln East 16, Lincoln Pius X 14, Papillion-La Vista South 11, Omaha Central 11, Elkhorn South 10, Omaha Burke 10, Creighton Prep 10, Fremont 8, Lincoln High 7, Bellevue West 7, Kearney 5, Columbus 5, Norfolk 4, Grand Island 2, Gretna 2, Lincoln Northeast 1, North Platte 1.

FINAL RESULTS

Shot put: 1. Sam Cappos, Lincoln East, 63-9¾ (state meet record, betters 63-7 1/2 by Luke Pinkelman, Cozad, 2007); 2. Caiden Fredrick, Papillion-La Vista South, 61-10¼; 3. Isaac Ackerman, Omaha Central, 56-4; 4. Liam Blaser, Columbus, 53-1¼; 5. Jackson Bos, Norfolk, 52-11½; 6. Christian Jones, Omaha Westside, 52-3¾; 7. Ashton Murphy, Elkhorn South, 52-2; 8. Cole Luedtke, Lincoln Southwest, 51-11¾.

High jump: 1. Jackson Kessler, Lincoln Pius, 6-8; 2. Lukas Helms, Lincoln Southwest, 6-6; 2. Dae’vonn Hall, Bellevue West, 6-6; 4. Fredrick Harbols, Kearney, 6-4; 5. Aidan Welch, Lincoln Southwest, 6-4; 6. Carter Templemeyer Lincoln East, 6-2; 6. Jang Dak, Lincoln East, 6-2; 8. Porter Bazil, Lincoln Northeast, 6-2.

Triple jump: 1. Jaylen Lloyd, Omaha Westside, 47-11¾; 2. Cory Vaughan, Omaha Westside, 46-6½; 3. Davieian Williams, Lincoln High, 45-11; 4. Andrew Brown, Omaha Central, 44-11½; 5. Arop Akol, Creighton Prep, 44-5¼; 6. Josh Lima, Millard West, 43-8½; 7. Yiech Wal, Grand Island, 43-2¼; 8. Dane Mentore, Lincoln High, 42-11.

3,200: 1. Jack Witte, Millard West, 9:19.45; 2. Juan Gonzalez, Fremont, 9:21.57; 3. Dennis Chapman, Creighton Prep, 9:23.72; 4. Max Myers, Lincoln Southwest, 9:28.57; 5. Piercze Marshall, Millard West, 9:41.26; 6. Porter Bickley, Millard West, 9:43.24; 7. Luke Johnson, Elkhorn South, 9:44.85; 8. Isaac Graff, Lincoln East, 9:45.31.

3,200 relay: 1, Omaha Burke (Thomas Vasquez, Kirk Pulliam, Dillon Burge, Reed Emsick), 7:55.24; 2. Millard West, 7:55.64. 3. Elkhorn South 7:57.76; 4. Lincoln Southwest, 7:58.70; 5. Lincoln Pius X 7:58.90; 6. Papillion-La Vista South, 8:01.71. 7. Gretna, 8:02.01. 8. North Platte, 8:02.77.

Fastest Time Qualifiers

100: 1. Kennie Williams, Lincoln High, :10.77; 2. Jack Gillogly, Creighton Prep, :10.78; 3. Jaylen Lloyd, Omaha Westside, :11.00; 4. Isaiah McMorris, Bellevue West, :10.78; 5. John Pargo, Creighton Prep, :10.88; 6. Dae’vonn Hall, Bellevue West, :10.89; 7. Andrew Jones, Creighton Prep, :10.93; 8. Christian Jones, Omaha Westside, :10.94.

200: 1. Jack Gillogly, Creighton Prep, :21.43; 2. Gabe Miles, Lincoln East, :21.89; 3. Andrew Jones, Creighton Prep, :22.42; 4. Asher Jenkins, Bellevue West, :22.22; 5. Marquise McIntyre-Dailey, Omaha Burke, :22.36; 6. Anthony Jones, Papillion-La Vista South, :22.40; 7. Zyon Knox, Omaha North, :22.44, 8. Blayke Moore, Gretna, :22.44.

400: 1. Gabe Miles, Lincoln East, :49.15; 2. Asher Jenkins, Bellevue West, :49.37; 3. Christian Lanphier, Creighton Prep, :49.61; 4. Blayke Moore, Gretna, :49.46; 5. Bradyn Johnson, Millard West, :50.34; 6. Henry Woods, Lincoln Southeast, :50.48; 7. Ethan Mann, Papillion-La Vista, :50.49; 8. Ethan Hawes, Millard North, :50.70.

110 hurdles: 1. Jack Dahlgren, Kearney, :14.49; 2. Dash Bauman, Lincoln East, :14.56; 3. Jesse Malone, Papillion-La Vista, :14.65; 4. Nick Kieny, Creighton Prep, :14.79; 5. Connor Plahn, Lincoln North Star, :14.80; 6. Andrew Brown, Omaha Central, :14.92; 7. Grant Hunsaker, Millard North, :15.13; 8. Jacob Young, Millard West, :15.16.

300 hurdles: 1. Jack Dahlgren, Kearney, :38.65; 2. Connor Plahn, Lincoln North Star, :39.12; 3. Dash Bauman, Lincoln East, :39.22; 4. Grant Barrett, Millard West, :39.39; 5. J.P. Mattern, Lincoln Pius X, :39.82; 6. Declan Buss, Creighton Prep, :39.93; 7. Cole Dobberstein, Gretna, :39.97; 8. Andrew Brown, Omaha Central, :39.97.

GIRLS CLASS A

Through Five Events

TEAM RESULTS: Papillion-La Vista South 23, Papillion-La Vista 21, Lincoln East 18, Omaha Westside 18, Lincoln Southwest 16½, Elkhorn South 14½, Millards North 12, Fremont 12, Millard West 9, Omaha Burke 8, Millard South 8, Gretna 6, Kearney 6, Bellevue West 5, Grand Island 5½, Omaha Northwest 5, Lincoln High 3½, North Platte 2, Lincoln North Star 1.

FINAL RESULTS

Long jump: 1. Lademi Davies, Omaha Westside, 19-9¾. 2. Amari Laing, Millard South, 19-4½. 3. Zaidah Lightener, Papillion-La Vista South, 18-5¼. 4. Rome Bridger, Papillion-La Vista South, 17-7½. 5. Imani Skanes, Omaha Northwest, 17-5¾. 6. Aaliyah Franklin, Omaha Burke, 17-4. 7. Carly Purdy, North Platte, 17-3½. 8. Mikaiya Rodgers, Omaha Northwest, 17-2.

Discus: 1. Dannika Rees, Papillion-La Vista, 133-5. 2. Katharine Beachler, Millard North, 128-5. 3. Audrey Wilcoxson, Gretna, 125-5. 4. Jalecia Williams, Omaha Burke, 120-11. 5. Haidyn Skeen, Kearney, 119-9. 6. Caroline Carrico, Papillion-La Vista, 118-1. 7. Makenna Meyer, Fremont, 116-5. 8. Clare Ullery, Papillion-La Vista South, 115-1.

Pole vault: 1. Tayler Evans, Fremont, 12-0. 2. Hailey Watermeier, Lincoln Southwest, 11-0. 3. Malisa Savice, Lincoln Southwest, 10-6. 3. Rylei Degen, Grand Island, 10-6. 5. Brynn Tlamka, Lincoln High, 10-6. 5. Ali Armstrong, Elkhorn South, 10-6. 7. Kyah Hazard, Kearney, 10-6. 8. Teagan Little, Lincoln Southwest, 10-0.

3.200: 1. Jaci Sievers, Elkhorn South, 10:36.55. 2. Claire White, Omaha Westside, 11:00.06. 3. Mia Murray, Lincoln East, 11:06.60. 4. Kaitlyn Southwestartz, Papillion-La Vista South, 11:22.27. 5. Isabelle Hartnett, Millard West, 11:34.27. 6. Kara Muller, Bellevue West, 11:39.17. 7. Sadie Yager, Lincoln East, 11:45.42. 8. Hope Riedel, Lincoln North Star, 11:52.11.

3.200 relay: 1. Lincoln East (Mia Murray, Jordyn Wissing, Peyton Svehla, Berlyn Schutz), 9:13.08. 2. Papillion-La Vista 9:30.72. 3. Papillion-La Vista South 9:33.29. 4. Millard West 9:33.93. 5. Millard North 9:46.98. 6. Bellevue West 9:53.52. 7. Lincoln Southwest (9:57.79. 8. Elkhorn South 9:57.90.

Fastest Time Qualifiers

100: 1. Lademi Davies, Omaha Westside, :11.93; 2. Neryah Hekl, Lincoln High, :12.31. 3. Zakeirah Johnson, Omaha Burke, :12.40. 4. Elizabeth Wemhoff, Columbus, :12.36. 5. Amari Laing, Millard South, :12.54. 6. Teriana Taylor, Omaha North, :12.56. 7. Regan Barnard, Lincoln East, :12.59. 8. Imani Skanes, Omaha Northwest, :12.61.

200: 1. Lademi Davies, Omaha Westside, :24.70; 2. Elizabeth Wemhoff, Columbus, :25.05; 3. Maggie Madsen, Elkhorn South, :25.38; 4. Teriana Taylor, Omaha North, :25.52; 5. Zakeirah Johnson, Omaha Burke, :25.54; 6. Kiarra Fennell, Lincoln Southeast, :25.77; 7. Gabby Martinez, Kearney, :25.79; 8. Nonic Oelling, Lincoln Southwest, :25.83.

400: 1. Brooke Rose, Gretna, :57.03; 2. Vivian Dalton, Lincoln Pius X, :57.53; 3. Katie Shafer, Papillion-La Vista South, :58.52; 4. Teriana Taylor, Omaha North, :58.50; 5. Kiarra Fennell, Lincoln Southeast, :59.07; 6. Maggie Madsen, Elkhorn South, :59.24; 7. Nonic Oelling, Lincoln Southwest, :59.42; 8. Sydney Glause, Fremont, :59.51.

100 hurdles: 1. Laney Songster, Lincoln Northeast, :14.93; 2. Emma Rauch-Word, Grand Island, :15.08; 3. Kate Campos, Lincoln Pius, :15.12; 4. Morgan Glaser, Papillion-La Vista, :15.24; 5. Makayla Thompson, Omaha Burke, :15.27; 6. Nyasia Thomas, Omaha North, :15.30; 7. Breylee Botts, Papillion-La Vista South, :15.55; 8. Kelsey Hatcher, Kearney, :15.64.

300 hurdles: 1. Makayla Thompson, Omaha Burke, :45.14; 2. Kate Campos, Lincoln Pius X, :45.15; 3. Celia McCoy, Grand Island, :45.49; 4. Morgan Glaser, Papillion-La Vista, :45.27; 5. Bethany Schuhmacher, Papillion-La Vista South, :45.51; 6. Rachel Smith, Lincoln East, :46.59; 7. Nyasia Thomas, Omaha North, :46.64; 8. Thea Kutash, Millard West, :47.12.

BOYS CLASS B

Through Five Events

TEAM STANDINGS: Omaha Skutt 18, Hastings 16, Norris 14, Waverly 11, McCook 11, Aurora 10, Columbus Lakeview 10, Elkhorn 10, Cozad 8½, Blair 8, Platteview 8, Elkhorn North 8, Boone Central 7, South Sioux City 6, St. Paul 6, Omaha Roncalli/Duchesne 5, Lexington 5, Boys Town 5, Pierce 5, Lincoln Christian 5, Broken Bow 4, West-Point Beemer 4, Sidney 3½, Gering 3, Mount Michael 2, Gothenburg 2.

FINAL RESULTS

Shot Put: 1. Landon Ternus, Lakeview, 61-7¾; 2. Sam Thomas, Elkhorn North, 59-8¼; 3. Aidan Betz, Elkhorn, 55-6¾; 4. Isaiah Pompey, Boys Town, 54-3; 5. Max Denson, Broken Bow, 64-3; 6. Jackson Ninete, Elkhorn, 53-8; 7. Benjamin Brahmer, Pierce, 53-4; 8. Trent Patzel, Boone Central, 52-10.

High jump: 1. Nolan Studley, Hastings, 6-6; 2. Jaxon Adams, Platteview, 6-4; 3. Jaxon Lipker, Boone Central, 6-4; 4. Cohen Burhoop, Waverly, 6-2; 5. Cash Chytka, Cozad, 6-2; 5. Jacob Dowse, Sidney, 6-2; 7. Parker Ablott, Hastings, 6-2; 8. Nathan Roberts, Elkhorn, 6-0.

Triple jump: 1. Carsen Staehr, Aurora, 47-9¾; 2. Brett Fraker, McCook, 45-8¾; 3. Jonah Paulsen, St. Paul, 44-10¾; 4. Cord Chytka, Cozad, 44-8; 5. Treven Weddle, West Point-Beemer, 44-1¾; 6. Gavin Sullivan, Pierce, 43-11¼; 7. Adam Dugger, McCook, 43-7¾; 8. Alex Messinger, McCook, 43-0¼.

3,200: 1. Riley Boonstra, Norris, 9:39.28; 2. Tommy Rice, Omaha Skutt, 9:44.02; 3. Mesuidi Ejerso, South Sioux City, 9:52.18; 4. Gus Lampe, Omaha Roncalli, 9:53.56; 5. Austin Carrera, Hastings, 9:54.32; 6. Lazaro Adame, Lexington, 10:03.34. 7. Ian Salazar, Lexington, 10:04.75. 8. Maxwell McCoy, Mount Michael, 10:06.84.

3,200 relay: 1. Omaha Skutt Catholic (Jack Wade, Tommy Rice, McCoy Haussler, Alex Rice) (Class B state and meet record, betters 9:29.02 by Seward, 2011), 7:49.18; 2. Blair, 7:57.39; 3. Waverly 8:04.13. 4. Lincoln Christian, 8:07.90. 5, Norris, 8:09.86; 6. Gering, 8:14.07; 8. Mount Michael, 8:14.84.

Fastest Time Qualifiers

100 meters: 1. Ethan Baessler, Blair, :10.73; 2. Jared Kuhl, Platteview, :10.97; 3. Grant Schere, Waverly, :10.99; 4. Lucas Gomez-Wilson, McCook, :11.15; 5. Isak Doty, Sidney, :11.17; 6. Landon Ternus, Columbus Lakeview, :11.20; 7. Landon Fye, Crete, :11.22; 8. Greg Pruitt, Hastings, :11.25.

200: 1. Ethan Baessler, Blair, :22.12; 2. Braxton Smith, Waverly, :22.18; 3. Carsen Staehr, Aurora, :22.32; 4. Grant Schere, Waverly, 22.34; 5. Grant Trausch, Adams Central, :22.37; 6. Isak Doty, Sidney, :22.38; 7. Lucas Gomez-Wilson, McCook, :22.42; 8. Landon Fye, Crete, :22.56.

400: 1, Ezra Stewart, Platteview, :49.14; 2. Braxton Smith, Waverly, :49.73; 3. Daniel Kasparek, Waverly, :49.88; 4. Jett Tingelhoff, Elkhorn North, :49.73; 5. Reiman Zebert, Platteview, :50.30; 6. Landon Fye, Crete, :50.38; 7. Devon Carel, Fairbury, :50.43;. 8. Isak Doty, Sidney, :50.44.

110 hurdles: 1. Xander Provance, Chadron, :14.51; 2. Tyler Carroll, Central City, :14.67; 3. Zach Fox, Wahoo, :14.99; 4. Jacob Horner, Elkhorn North, :14.78; 5. Rhett Cullers, Chadron, :14.88; 6. Braxton Borer, Columbus Lakeview, :14.96; 7. Benjamin Brahmer, Pierce, :15.09; 8. Antron Izzard, Boys Town, :15.25.

300 hurdles: 1. Tyler Carroll, Central City, :38.26; 1. Jackson Roberts, Boone Central, :38.26; 3. Malachi Southwestallow, Chadron, :38.59; 4. Jacob Horner, Elkhorn North, :38.88; 5. Zach Fox, Wahoo, :38.94; 6. Rhett Cullers, Chadron, :39.57; 7. Braxton Borer, Columbus Lakeview, :39.73; 8. Isaah Poteet-Brown, Boys Town, :40.34.

GIRLS CLASS B

Through Five Events

TEAM STANDINGS: Norris 25, Holdrege 23, Elkhorn North 15, Gothenburg 15, Northwest 12, Seward 11, Gering 10, Waverly 9, Bennington 8, Sidney 8, Ogallala 8, Wayne 8, Blair 6, York 6, South Sioux City 6, Elkhorn 5, Beatrice 4, Platteview 3, Omaha Gross 3, McCook 3, Adams Central 2, Columbus Scotus CC 2, Omaha Skutt 2, Columbus Lakeview 1.

FINAL RESULTS

Discus: 1. Madison Smith, Gothenburg, 145-2; 2. Brooklyn Kruse, Wayne, 135-5; 3. Lovely Hibbert, Seward, 134-0; 4. Ella Jacobson, Holdrege, 130-10; 5. Sage Burbach, Norris, 127-10; 6. Ashley Dierks, Bennington, 126-9; 7. Kennedy Karschner, Platteview, 123-4; 8. Erinn Briggs, Lakeview, 120-5.

Long jump: 1. Taylor Bredthauer, Norris, 18-8½; 2. Karsyn Leeling, Sidney, 17-5¼; 3. Jordan Kriens, South Sioux, 16-11¼; 4. Ava Weyers, Gothenburg, 16-10; 5. Avery Barnard, Beatrice, 16-9; 6. Maria Connealy, Omaha Gross, 16-8¼; 7. Kyra Bowen, Scotus CC, 16-8; 8. Rayna Apley, Bennington, 16-7.

Pole vault: 1. Bradie Medina, Holdrege, 11-6; 2. Kaitlyn Jewett, Holdrege, 11-0; 3. Greta Gailbraith, Blair, 11-0; 4. Aizlynn Krafka, Northwest, 11-0; 5. Amarae Krafka, Northwest, 11-0; 6. Kyra Ray, Northwest, 10-6; 7. Megyn Scott, Adams Central, 10-6; 8. Avery Scott, Waverly, 10-6.

3,200: 1. Madison Seiler, Gering, 11:01.12; 2. Lindee Henning, Ogallala, 11:27.85; 3. Kassidy Stuckey, York, 11:28.05; 4. Ella Ford, Elkhorn North, 11:30.84; 5. Kendall Zavala, Norris, 11:51.91; 6. Tessa Greisen, Seward, 11:57.43; 7. Karnie Gottschalk, Seward, 12:01.91; 8. Atlee Wallman, Norris, 12:04.42.

3,200 relay: 1. Elkhorn North (Ella Ford, Jenna Polking, Morgan Sacha, Sydney Stodden) (Class B state and meet record, betters state record of 7:55.54 by Ogallala, 2017; betters meet record of 7:56.02 by Blair, 2010), 9:27.97; 2. Waverly, 9:36.12; 3. Norris, 9:41.54; 4. Elkhorn, 9:44.53; 5. Bennington, 9:48.08; 6. McCook, 9:48.79; 7. Omaha Skutt, 9:53.15; 8. Platteview, 9:56.39.

Fastest Time Qualifiers

100 meters: 1. Alonna Depalma, Waverly, :12.35; 2. Avyn Urbanski, Northwest, :12.37; 3. Kennedy Wade, Bennington, :12.41; 4. RaeAnn Thompson, Falls City, :12.53; 5. Reese Beemer, Blair, :12.62; 6. Avery Barnard, Beatrice, :12.63; 7. Emily Penne, South Sioux, :12.67; 8. Jacie Rexilius, Lincoln Christian, :12.68.

200: 1. Kennedy Wade, Bennington, :24.54 (betters own state and meet record of :24.71, 2022). 2. Jacie Rexilius, Lincoln Christian, :25.25; 3. Avyn Urbanski, Northwest, :25.39; 4. Taylor Bredthauer, Norris, :25.48; 5. Avery Barnard, Beatrice, :25.63; 6. RaeAnn Thompson, Falls City, :25.90; 7. Reese Beemer, Blair, :25.93; 8. Ellie Shanahan, Omaha Roncalli, :25.95.

400: 1. Alonna Depalma, Waverly, :57.15; 2. Sydney Stodden, Elkhorn North, ;57.31; 3. Taylor Bredthauer, Norris, :57.90; 4. Grace Heaney, Elkhorn North, :57.75; 5. Ellie Thomas, Norris, :58.14; 6. Karlie Villwok, Elkhorn, :58.46; 7. Alexis Hiatt, Bennington, :59.03; 8. Addison West, Omaha Skutt, :59.13.

100 hurdles: 1. Chloe Ahrens, Sidney, :14.82; 2. Kelsey Miller, Seward, :14.90; 3. Paige Horne, Scottsbluff, :14.96; 4. Aubrey O’Hare, Gothenburg, :15.18; 5. Aizlynn Krafka, Northwest, :15.35; 6. Jadah Laughlin, Ashland-Greenwood, :15.66; 7. Elle Powicki, Wayne, :15.68; 8. Riley Schwisow, Beatrice, :15.73.

300 hurdles: 1. Chloe Ahrens, Sidney, ;45.07; 2. Karyn Burkholder, Cozad, :45.35; 3. Kelsey Miller, Seward, ;45.79; 4. Addison Darnell, Auburn, :45.76: 5. Kaitlyn Mousel, Adams Central, :46.05; 6. Katelyn Langford, Bennington, :46.06; 7. Mia Hunke, West Point-Beemer, :46.31; 8, Aubrey O’Hare, Gothenburg, :46.39.