Paige West made an impressive debut in the Hurdles Thursday at the Worth County Early Bird, placing a strong second in both hurdle events and pushing Anna Gladstone both times. West had been doing well in the hurdle events in Junior High last year, but what happened Thursday exceeded all expectations, including her own.
In the 100 Hurdles, West was placed in the slow heat, but beat everyone else out by over two and a half seconds to win her heat. She was second to Anna Gladstone, getting 18.38 to Gladstone’s 17.83. The two fought another close duel in the 300 as well. Running in the 300 Hurdles for the first time ever, West was seeded to run it in a minute, but exceeded that by almost six seconds, finishing with 54.07 to Gladstone’s 53.06.
Colton Wilmes put on an impressive throwing performance Thursday. In the Shot Put, he beat his personal best by over four feet and finished second to Drake Kinsella, getting 42’8” to Kinsella’s 46’7”. In the Discus, Wilmes threw into the wind and won, getting a throw of 121’4”, beating out Mason Hawk (117’9½”), Logan Caldwell (Winston, 115’2”), and Drake Kinsella (112’7”).
The other winning performance for NEN at the Early Bird was Dylan Mildfeldt, who beat his previous personal best in the 100 by .3 of a second and won the event with a time of 11.87 to Austin Pankau’s (Mound City) 12.17.
On the girls side, Jana Walker was 5th in the 200 with a time of 30.27. Dana Chandler was 4th in the 3200 with a time of 16:41.42.
NEN fielded a 4x100 team of Breanna Coulter, Blair Stoll, Jana Walker, and Paige West which took 6th with a time of 59.06. The 4x200 team of Saige Kohleppel, Zayla Carlson, Angela Standiford, and Jana Walker was also 6th with a time of 2:09.88. The 4x400 team of Cassy Redden, Victoria Moran, Anne Schieber, and Angela Standiford was 6th with a time of 5:35.79.
Paige West collected four track medals on the day, the first NEN female track athlete to do so since Jacqueline and Michelle Schulte. She was 6th in the Long Jump with a just of 14’½”; she was also on the 4x100 Relay team as well as the two hurdling events.
On the boys side, Nathan Schieber was 5th in the 800 with a time of 2:25.04.
The 4x100 team of Ethan Adwell, Dylan Mildfeldt, Brayden Welch, and Nathan Schieber was sixth with a time of 51.59.
The girls were seventh for the day with a total of 26 team points. The boys were also seventh, getting 31 team points.
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