Category Archives: Middle Level

We have two Junior High State Track Qualifiers this year. The Nebraska State Championship Meet was started in 2010 as a way to give junior high athletes a chance to compete at a high level against the best athletes across the state. This is not an NSAA managed event like the High School State Championships, it was started by a group of track enthusiasts to quote their website.

Only the top 24 athletes in each individual event and the top 16 relay teams across all classes and schools are invited to participate. Any athlete is able to register, but they are not guaranteed a spot. All athletes ranked in the top 24 of their event statewide are considered auto-qualifiers as long as they are registered by their coaches.

This year our team had one girl who met this requirement. Megan Anderson was ranked third in Long Jump with her PR of 16’8.5″ & ranked 19th in Triple Jump with her PR of 32’5″.

Our second athlete to qualify, who was not an auto-qualifier, was Arian Mata in the 1600M, or 1-mile. Arian was ranked #36 when registrations opened and ended up 23rd out of the 24 total athletes allowed in.

These athletes will compete this Saturday, May 11th in Gothenburg, Nebraska. The entire meet is slated to be televised and information can be found on the meet website: https://nebraskachampionshipmeet.com/

Besides being cut short due to a lightning delay that turned into a tornado warning 🌪️ the JH tracksters put on a great performance at the PANCO meet on Thursday, April 25. We had several that placed in the top 6 in their event, and we had 21 Personal Records! We have two final meets this week, Tuesday in Morrill and Friday in Valentine, so wish them luck when you see them.

PANCO RESULTS:
Arian – 1st 800m, 3rd Long Jump
Riggen – 6th 800m
Preston – 6th Discus
Grant – 2nd High Jump
Jacob – 4th High Jump
Megan – 1st 100m, 1st Long Jump, 1st Triple Jump
Emily – 1st 400m, 5th Triple Jump
Sawyer – 6th Shot Put

Megan Anderson – 1st Long Jump 16′ 0.25″(meet record)
Megan Anderson – 2nd Triple Jump 31′ 2.5″
Megan Anderson – 3rd 100M 13.49
Arian Mata – 3rd 1600M 5.12.67

The Chadron Junior High track meet scheduled for tomorrow(Saturday, April 6th) has been canceled due to forecast of bad weather.

Saturday, April 6, 2024
What: Chadron Invite (ML Only)
Where: Chadron High School, Chadron, NE
When: Field Events @ 8:00 AM, Track Events @ 10:00 AM, see attached schedule