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Another Track Meet . . . another School Record . . .

As we mentioned last week, those records are made to be broken, and that is what Emma Epley did Saturday at the Twin Valley Conference Track Meet in Red Cloud.

Emma competes in both hurdle events, the long jump, and a relay event. She will compile a number of medals by the time this season is over, bringing home four gold medals in the 100M hurdles so far.

Saturday's gold medal has to be especially sweet coming at the Conference Meet, but also breaking a 20 year record for the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders. Emma set the record this year by running a time of 15.3 seconds. This time was about two seconds faster than an earlier time in the season.

The previous record belongs to Brenda Brockman with a time of 16.0 seconds, set in the year 2001.

Nine schools from the Twin Valley Conference met for the annual Conference Track Meet. The Raiders did not win either division but the girls finished second in their division and the boys finished third in their division.

Personal records have pretty much been a hallmark for the season for both the boys and girls. However they were not as plentiful for this meet.

Overall, individual performances are getting better from Meet to Meet. Team results and individual results are as follows.

BOYS: Shelton 149 points; Kenesaw 85, L-N 60.33, Red Cloud 55, Blue Hill 53, Deshler 45.33, Franklin 28.5, Silver Lake 27.50, Harvard 24.

100 M. Dash: Trevor Biltoft, PR, but no score.

800 M. Run: Logan Menke 3rd, 2:16.66; Nolan Ostdiek 5th, 2:20.19.

1600 M. Run: Logan Menke 2nd, 5:20.23; Cole Troudt 3rd, 5:21.61.

3200 M. Run: Cole Troudt 1st, 11:09.02; AJ Koehler, PR.

400 M. Relay: L-N 5th, 49.99: Erik Wheeland, Trevor Biltoft, Tyson Kotinek, Devyn Zikmund.

1600 M. Relay: L-N 3rd, 3:59.21: Tyson Kotinek, Nolan Ostdiek, Gabe Zikmund, Devyn Zikmund.

3200 M. Relay: L-N 2nd, 9:00.19, PR: Logan Menke, Tyson Kotinek, Nolan Ostdiek, Cole Troudt.

High Jump: Trevor Biltoft T-4th, 5'4", PR.

Long Jump: Devyn Zikmund 3rd, 18'3.5", PR; Trevor Biltoft PR.

Triple Jump: Tyson Kotinek 6th, 36'10".

Shot Put: Keaton Mazour 6th, 37'10", PR; Rocky Miller PR.

Discus: Keaton Mazour 5th, 113'10" PR; Erik Wheeland PR.

GIRLS: Shelton 105, L-N 91, Deshler 84, Kenesaw 75, Blue Hill 53, Harvard 31, Franklin 30, Silver Lake 29, Red Cloud 18.

100 M. Dash: Elsa Jorgensen 1st, 13.7 PR; Katelyn Mazour PR.

200 M. Dash: Tori Miller PR.

800 M. Run: Aleah Heikkinen 3:03.57.

1600 M. Run: Emily Troudt 6th, 7:16.39 PR.

100 M. Hurdles: Emma Epley 1st, 15.3, PR and School Record; Sydney Biltoft 2nd, 16.20 PR.

For most of the track season, Elsa Jorgensen and Katelyn Mazour have competed against each other as well as other teams in the 100 meter dash. Most often their times are within a second of each other. Sort of like a step apart. They are shown here at the TVC held last Saturday in Red Cloud. (Photo courtesy of Denise Mazour)

300 M. Hurdles: Sydney Biltoft 4th, 51.39.

400 M. Relay: L-N 2nd, 56.11: Elsa Jorgensen, Emma Epley, McKenzie Ostdiek, Katelyn Mazour.

1600 M. Relay: L-N 1st, 4:47.30: Sydney Biltoft, Aleah Heikkinen, Claire Himmelberg, Elsa Jorgensen.

3200 M. Relay: L-N 2nd, 12:11.81: Claire Himmelberg, Aleah Heikkinen, Tori Miller, Emily Troudt.

High Jump: Sydney Biltoft 6th, 4'2".

Long Jump: Emma Epley 2nd, 16'11", PR.

Shot Put: Kylie Beard 3rd, 34'1", PR; Emily Troudt PR.

Discus: Aleah Heikkinen 3rd, 105'5", PR; Kylie Beard 4th, 105'3", PR;

This Thursday, May 6, the Track teams will host the L-N Invitational at the Sandy Creek Track, beginning at 10 a.m.

The District Meet (D-6) is set for May 12 at Kenesaw with the following teams for both the boys and girls: Alma, Axtell, BDS, Deshler, Franklin, Harvard, Kenesaw, Lawrence-Nelson, Red Cloud, Silver Lake, Wilcox-Hildreth.