O’Neill – The KBRX area saw 66 total athletes compete at the Nebraska State Track & Field Championships this past week at Burke Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Athletes from Boyd County, Creighton, CWC, EPPJ, Neligh-Oakdale, Niobrara-Verdigre, North Central, O’Neill, St. Mary’s, Stuart, Summerland, and West Holt all competed for the opportunity to medal at State.
The State Track meet was highlighted with multiple medalists, State & Meet Records, and State Championships over the week.
The West Holt Huskies highlighted the week as they finished as the Class C State Runner-up with 57 total points. The West Holt Huskies 4×400 M Relay earned a state championship and set the meet record while the 4×100 M Relay team finished with a state championship, but also set the State and Meet record!
Overall, the KBRX area saw 5 team/individual State Championships, 5 team/individual State Runner-ups, and 34 team/individual medalists at the Class B, C, and D State Track & Field Championships.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Class C Boys 4×400 M Relay
1 West Holt, 3:19.17 (MEET RECORD)
(Drake Nemetz, Andrew Rentschler, Lincoln Konrad, Brody Galyen)
Class C Girls 4×400 M Relay
1 West Holt, 3:57.20 (STATE/MEET RECORD)
(Pavan Larson, Hollynn Konrad, London Konrad, Ainsley Galyen)
Class C Boys 4×100 M Relay
1 West Holt, 42.40 (STATE/MEET RECORD)
(Brody Galyen, Marek Dvorak, Andrew Rentschler, Lincoln Konrad)
Class C Girls 4×100 M Relay
1 West Holt, 48.69
(London Konrad, Hollynn Konrad, Abbygail Davis, Ainsley Galyen)
Class C Boys 400 M Dash
1 Brody Galyen, West Holt, 48.92
STATE RUNNER-UPS:
Class D Girls Discus
2 Karlene Kepler, North Central, 131-03
Class C Boys 400 M Dash
2 Lincoln Konrad, West Holt, 49.40
Class D Girls Shot Put
2 Karlene Kepler, North Central, 43-00
Class C Boys 200 M Dash
2 Lincoln Konrad, West Holt, 22.26
Class C Boys State Runner-up
2 West Holt, 57
STATE MEDALISTS:
Class D Boys 4×400 M Relay
8 Stuart, 3:34.11
(Drew Schmaderer, Luke Ludwig, Ben Paxton, Kayde Ramm)
Class C Boys 200 M Dash
3 Brody Galyen, West Holt, 22.40
Class D Boys 300 M Hurdles
6 Taylor Nilson, Creighton, 41.67
Class C Girls 200 M Dash
6 Ainsley Galyen, West Holt, 25.57
Class D Boys 110 M Hurdles
4 Trey Anthony, North Central, 15.75
Class D Girls 100 M Dash
6 Annabelle Barlow, St. Mary’s, 13.21
Class D Girls 1600 M Run
5 Angela Frick, North Central, 5:33.73
Class C Girls 1600 M Run
3 Delani Runnels, Niobrara-Verdigre, 5:19.31
Class D Boys 1600 M Run
4 Conner Rohrer, Creighton, 4:44.04
Class D Girls 300 M Hurdles
4 Annabelle Barlow, St. Mary’s, 46.23
Class D Boys Long Jump
8 Ben Barlow, St. Mary’s, 20-05
Class C Girls 800 M Dash
3 Taylen Stark, Niobrara-Verdigre, 2:20.24
4 Pavan Larson, West Holt, 2:20.53
Class C Girls Shot Put
4 Taylor Pavlik, Niobrara-Verdigre, 38-03.25
7 Avery Nemetz, West Holt, 37-03.25
Class C Boys 800 M Dash
3 Will Nelson, Boyd County, 1:56.70
Class D Boys Discus
8 Cameron Kaup, Stuart, 146-10
Class D Boys 3200 M Run
3 Conner Rohrer, Creighton, 10:18.32
5 Max Berg, St. Mary’s, 10:27.09
Class D Girls Shot Put
7 Mya Lewis, North Central, 36-07
Class D Girls 3200 M Run
7 Angela Frick, North Central, 12:06.91
Class C Girls 3200 M Run
3 Delani Runnels, Niobrara-Verdigre, 11:43.71
Class C Girls 400 M Dash
3 Ainsley Galyen, West Holt, 57.05
8 London Konrad, West Holt, 1:00.03
Class D Girls Pole Vault
5 Annabelle Barlow, St. Mary’s, 9-06
Class D Boys Triple Jump
7 Noah Seberger, North Central, 42-00
Class C Boys Triple Jump
8 Tripp Uecker, West Holt, 41-11.75
Class C Girls 4×800 M Relay
5 West Holt, 9:52.29
(Leah Pistulka, London Konrad, Taylor Walnofer, Pavan Larson)
Class D Boys 4×800 M Relay
6 Stuart, 8:33.43
(Drew Schmaderer, Luke Ludwig, Ben Paxton, Kayde Ramm)
Class C Girls Discus
5 Avery Nemetz, West Holt, 119-06
Class C Boys High Jump
5 Ryan Rifer, Summerland, 6-04
Class B Girls Long Jump
6 Madelynn Heiss, O’Neill, 17-00.50
Class B Boys 110 M Hurdles
4 Pryor Mathews, O’Neill, 14.93
KBRX would like to congratulate all our area athletes that competed at the 2025 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships!
