The Wayne High track and field team will have seven athletes competing in next week's State Track and Field Championships after qualifying in Thursday's B-4 distrit meet at Columbus' Pawnee Park.
Mike Leatherdale will lead the Blue Devil charge after winning both the discus and the shot put. He won the discus with a best mark of 149 feet, 9 inches, and took the shot put with a best throw of 50-11 3/4.
Cody Rogers qualified in the boys long jump with a runner-up finish, Aaron Reynolds placed second in the 400-meter dash and Reece Jaqua was third in the high jump.
Three Wayne High girls earned trips to state. Gabi Meyer was second in the 800-meter run, while Maysn Dorey and Hailey Backer finished second and third, respectively, in the pole vault.
B-4 District at Columbus
Girls Team Standings
Pierce 90.75, South Sioux City 74, Columbus Scotus 64, West Point-Beemer 60.75, Arlington 58, O’Neill 53.75, Boone Central/Newman Grove 51.75, Columbus Lakeview 35, Wayne 34, Schuyler 5.
Area Medalists
(Top three inidividuals, top two relays to state)
Pole vault: 2. Maysn Dorey, 8-10; 3. Hailey Backer, 8-10.
100: 5. Kendally Dorey, 13.42.
800: 2. Gabi Meyer, 2:29.08.
400 relay: 4. Wayne (Backer, K. Dorey, Aliah Schulz, M. Dorey), 52.91.
3,200 relay: 3. Wayne (Frankie Klausen, Rubie Klausen, Kiara Krusemark, Meyer), 10:39.97.
Boys Team Standings
Pierce 147, South Sioux City 67, West Point-Beemer 55, Boone Central/Newman Grove 52, Wayne 48, Columbus Lakeview 43, O’Neill 36, Columbus Scotus 35, Schuyler 25, Arlington 19.
Area Medalists
(Top three inidividuals, top two relays to state)
High jump: 3. Reece Jaqua, 5-7.
Long jump: 2. Cody Rogers, 20-1 1/4; 5. Aaron Reynolds, 19-5 3/4.
Triple jump: 6. Rogers, 40-5 3/4.
Shot put: 1. Mike Leatherdale, 50-11 3/4.
Discus: 1. Leatherdale, 149-9; 6. Kaden Kneifl, 141-10.
200: 5. Reynolds, 24.12.
400: 2. Reynolds, 53.26.
