ALBION — Wayne High’s track and field teams qualified a total of 11 entries to next week’s state meet after action Tuesday in the B-4 District at Albion.
The Blue Devil girls finished fourth in the nine-team meet and had seven qualifiers, led by senior thrower Brooklyn Kruse, who took runner-up honors in the shot put and was third in the discus.
Freshman Elle Powicki broke a 40-year old school record in winning the 100-meter hurdles title. Her time of 15.41 seconds bettered the mark of 15.54 seconds (converted), set in 1983 by Missy Stoltenberg.
Wayne’s 3,200-meter relay team also qualified by winning their event, as the foursome of Kierah Haase, Jala Krusemark, Laura Hasemann and Kyla Krusemark won the event in a season-best time of 10:08.55.
Kyla Krusemark qualified in two events, placing second in the 800 and third in the 400, and Hasemann earned a trip with a runner-up finish in the 3,200.
On the boys side, Sedjro Agoumba qualified in two events to lead the Wayne boys to a seventh-place finish. He won the 200-meter dash by three-hundredths of a second and also claimed third in the 100-meter dash.
Also qualifying for the Wayne boys were Drew Miller, taking second in the 3,200; and Alex Phelps, who gutted out a third-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles.
Wayne will compete in the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships next Wednesday and Thursday, May 17-18, at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
B-4 District
Girls Team Standings
South Sioux City 125, Columbus Lakeview 74, West Point-Beemer 73, Wayne 68.5, Boone Central 66, Pierce 48.5, O’Neill 32, Columbus Scotus 29, Schuyler 10.
Wayne Medalists (*-state qualifier)
Discus: 3. Brooklyn Kruse, 122-8*.
Shot put: 2. Kruse, 40-2*.
Pole vault: 6. Nyla Bolles, 7-6.
3,200 relay: 1. Wayne (Haase, J. Krusemark, L. Hasemann, K. Krusemark), 10:08.55*.
100 hurdles: 1. Elle Powicki, 15.41* (school record).
400: 3. Kyla Krusemark, 1:02.96*.
3,200: 2. Laura Hasemann, 13:23.69*; 5. Lilyan Hurner, 14:15.69.
800: 2. Kyla Krusemark, 2:32.27*; 5. Kierah Haase, 2:38.04.
300 hurdles: 6. E. Powicki, 52.23.
1,600: 6. L. Hasemann, 6:02.62.
1,600 relay: 3. Wayne (Barner, E. Powicki, F. Powicki, K. Krusemark), 4:19.79.
Boys Team Standings
Boone Central 112.33, Pierce 98.33, Columbus Lakeview 92, Columbus Scotus 69, South Sioux City 45, West Point-Beemer 36.33, Wayne 33, Schuyler 28, O’Neill 13.
Wayne Medalists (*-state qualifier)
Pole vault: 6. Grant Maas, 11-0.
3,200 relay: 5. Wayne (Miller, York, Dobbins, Frank), 9:14.57.
100: 3. Sedjro Agoumba, 11.04*.
3,200: 2. Drew Miller, 10:47.52*.
200: 1. Agoumba, 23.09*.
300 hurdles: 3. Alex Phelps, 41.63*.
