Poor weather hampers Newcastle meet

One week removed from competing in nearly 90-degree weather in Chadron, Neb., the Custer High School track team traveled to Newcastle, Wyo., for the Laura Chord Memorial Track Meet last Thursday.
They were greeted by more typical Wyoming/South Dakota track weather.
Athletes endured rain, sleet, snow and increasingly decreasing temperatures throughout the day—a day that was made longer by the fact the meet had junior high events throughout, as well.
“It was horrible weather. It was the longest meet,” head coach Karen Karim said. “The kids were very cold. It was a tough meet to do well at. The kids did pretty well considering the weather and length of the meet.”
Despite the poor weather some Wildcats were able to post personal record marks and/or bring home medals, including Karyn Ellerton, who placed first in both the shot put and discus in the meet, throwing the shot put 37-1 while posting a best park of 123-1 in the discus.
Kiran Pesicka also brought home a gold medal from the meet, winning the 400 in a time of 1:07.55, while Kelsey Stiefel won the pole vault with a top height of 11-6.
Silver medals included  Emma Halverson in the 400 with a personal record of 1:09.55, Rylan Lowe in the discus with a best throw of 108-0, and the 400 relay team of Siena Schultz, Taylor Busch, Emarysn Jared and Tenlee Stiefel at a time of 54.34.
Mikayla Dennis placed third in the 1600 in a personal best time of 5:52.93, as did Karmyn Ellerton in the high jump with a top height of 4-5. Rounding out the third-place finishes for the girls was the medley relay team of Jaure, Kingsley Ludwig, Makenzi Ham and Myah Keller at 4:58.26.
Busch was fourth in the high jump with a best height of 4-5, and was a part of the fourth-place finishing 1600 relay that posted a time of 4:40.73. She was joined on the team by Brianna Noble, Dennis and Pesicka.
The 3200 relay team of Halverson, Noble, Ham and Riley Messer was fourth at 11:47.12, as was Karmyn Ellerton in the triple jump at 29-7 1/2. Gloria Keller rounded out the fourth-place finishes by clearing a personal record height of 8-6 in the pole vault.
Myah Keller was fifth in the long jump at 14-3 1/2, as was Schultz in the 100 at 13.5 and Madeline Noble in the 800 at 3:01.84.
Sixth-place finishes came from Ava Hohn in the shot put with a best throw of 28-11, and Lila Moore and Kadence Spaans in the high jump at a top height of  4-1.
Sienna Musemeci was seventh in the 110 hurdles at a time of 19.29, while Keira Nelson was eighth in the same event at 19.85. Busch was eighth in the long jump at 14-5.
The boys had three champions, including Ezra Wollman in the pole vault with a top height of 12-0, Kian Rusch in the 800 at 2:04.95 and Adam Hohn in the 3200 at a personal record time of 11:03.41.
Rusch also grabbed a second-place finish in the 400 in a personal record time of 53.04, while Zach Cooper was second in the 800 at 2:07.96 and Carter Cooper was second in the 1600 at 5:02.84. Ayden Dooley was second in the pole vault with a top height of 10-6, and the final second-place finish came from the 400 relay team of Marcus Merrill, Veek Johncour, Brady Virtue and Danny Immormino at 46.70.
The medley relay team of Dooley, Carson Hanis, Ian Schiffer and Connor Lunde was third in a time of 4:19.21, as was Lincoln Golder in the discus with a best throw of 131-3 and Wyatt DeFreece in the pole vault with a top height of 11-0.
Zach Cooper finished third in the 400 at a time of 53.52, while Zane Gunnell was third in the 3200 in a personal record time of 11:19.94.
Immormino finished in fourth in the 100 at a time of 11.91, as did Cheydon McPhee in both the 110 hurdles in a personal record time of 20.73 and the high jump with a personal record height of 5-7. Peyton Kruger was fourth in the 3200 at a time of 11:25, and the 1600 relay team of Austin Drew, Will Kimball, Jared Cooper and Carter Cooper was fourth at 4:09.13.
Fifth-place finishes came from Immormino in the long jump with a best distance of 19-5, Golder in the shot put with a best throw of 41-4 and Saylor Rice in the 800 at 2:18.80.
Daniel Wozney finished sixth in the 400 in a person best time of 55.48, while seventh-place finishes came from Logan Olson in the shot put (36-9), Mason Dirkes in the high jump (5-5), Johncour in the triple jump (37-5), Merrill in the 100 (11.96), Austin Drew in the 400 (56.68) and the 400 relay team of Aiden Airheart, Coda Lorimor, Eli Kobza and Hanis at 52.20.
Finally, eight-place finishes included Kimball in the high jump with a top height of 5-1 and Olson in the discus with a personal record throw of 111-8.
The Wildcats are scheduled to compete in the Southern Hills Early Bird Meet tomorrow at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, but weather may very will put the kibosh on that meet. If so, the Wildcats will next be in action next Tuesday at the Douglas Early Bird Meet in Box Elder.