State Meet shout-outs to Afton Byelick for setting another school record in the girls pole vault with a jump of 12-00 yesterday and to Colby Bentley for setting another school record in the boys discus with a throw of 157-03 today, too! 💪🏼
Update from State Track!
🧡 High Jump - Emilee 24th place
🧡 Discus - Colby 12th place
🧡 Pole Vault - Lucas 12th place
🧡 800m - Sean 19th place
🧡 800m - Seth 22nd place
Proud of our Pioneers!
Day #2 of State! Emilee high jumps at 9:30 am. Colby throws discus & Lucas pole vaults at 12 pm. Will T, Will M, Blake, & Kade run the Unified 4x100 relay at 12:15 pm. Seth & Sean 800m run at 1:30 pm.
Good luck, Pioneers!
Live results: https://t.co/Hv62zr4hIP
Day #1 of State! Afton pole vaults and Isabel throws the discus at 9 am. Chris, Seth, Will, Sean, and Boyd run the 4x800 relay at 1:30 pm. Good luck, Pioneers!
Live results: https://t.co/FcGjL4tba0
Good luck to our JH Pioneers at the Nebraska Middle School Track & Field Championship today in Gothenburg, NE! Throw far, jump long, vault high, and run fast!
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Tune in for the Nebraska Championship Meet LIVE from Gothenburg, featuring the state's top 7th and 8th graders 🏃♂️🎽🏃♀️
TV coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. CT!
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These guys are fast! Their season best time not only qualified them for State, but they are the 2nd seed in the state, too! Blake, Will M, Will T, and Kade will compete in the Unified 4x100m relay at the 2026 State Track Meet! Congrats!
Unified Bennington District Meet
Spot Put
Maxon and Caruso 2nd
Turley and Welchert 3rd
Long Jump
Maxon and Welchert 2nd
Turley and Foy 3rd
100 M Dash
Turley and Welchert 1st
Maxon and Foy 2nd
4x100 Relay
Foy, Turley, Welchert, Maxon 1st
2026 State Qualifiers:
▪️Pole Vault - Afton & Lucas
▪️Discus - Colby & Isabel
▪️High Jump - Emilee
▪️4x800m - Chris, Will, Sean, Seth & Boyd
▪️800m - Seth & Sean
✨️We are so proud of these Pioneers!✨️
Their hand-offs were on today!
Special shout-out to Madi Larrick, Ari Nelson, Maelie Nelson, & Ansley Elofson for setting a school record in the 4x100m relay with a time of 50.64! 💪🏼
Proud of our efforts today against some of the best track & field competition in the state!
▪️Girls team - 5th place
▪️Boys team - 6th place
▪️Special shout-out to Colby Bentley for setting a school record in the boys discus with a throw of 155-9! 💪🏼
Big-time effort from this relay team at districts! Chris Post-Whiteowl, Sean Waters, Will Dennis, Seth Waters, & Boyd Buker are the Class B-2 Boys 4x800m Relay Team District 3rd Placers!