Between Arapahoe, Cambridge, Southwest, Hi-Line, and Southern Vallley, thirtythree athletes represented Southwest Nebraska at the 2022 State Track and Field Championships in Omaha. These schools brought home a total of twenty state medals.

Thirty-three area athletes qualified for this weekend’s State Track and Field Meet in Omaha. Classes C and D will compete together throughout the meet for the first time as both will begin competition Friday at 9 a.m. at Omaha Burke High School. A complete listing of qualifiers and schedule for the State Meet can be found on Pages B2 and B3. ABOVE: Cambridge’s Quintin Shaner (left) and Arapahoe’s Tristian White (right) each qualified for State in the 110 hurdles. RIGHT: Southern Valley’s Brianna Russell reached State in the High Jump, finishing second to teammate Ann Bose, who set a new school record at 5-5. BOTTOM LEFT: Both Southwest’s Anastasia Gallegos (left) and Cambridge’s Autumn Deterding (right) reached State in the 100 hurdles. BOTTOM RIGHT: Southwest’s Ambie Custard cleared automotic qualifying height to reach the State Meet in pole vault.

NORTH PLATTE - A pair of local competitors finished in the top ten and Southern Valley beat out Arapahoe for the third team spot to the State Meet at the District D-4 Golf Meet in North Platte Monday.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - Southern Valley will be represented by five athletes in four events and Hi-Line will send four athletes to compete in three events at the Class C State Track and Field Meet in Omaha this weekend.

CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge track and field teams continued their dominant ways in the team standings, sweeping the team titles at the district meet Thursday while also qualifying 11 individuals in 22 events along with four relay teams for the Class D State Meet in Omaha this weekend.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - The Southern Valley and Hi-Line track and field teams will take part in the District C-8 Meet Thursday at Southern Valley. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

SCAMBRIDGE - The Arapahoe, Cambridge and Southwest track and field teams will take part in the District D-7 Meet Thursday at Cambridge. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

ALMA - All five area track and field teams wrapped up their regular seasons at the Alma Dale Harsin Twilight Invite Thursday. Cambridge again swept the team titles as the Trojans’ girls team nearly scored 200 points in running away to the title over runner-up Arapahoe, which scored 57.5 points.

OXFORD - Southern Valley’s Kamden Bose tied for the best score on the day and took second and his Eagles finished second as a team at the annual Knipping Invite in Oxford. Bose shot a round of 85, even with Alma’s Grant McQuay, who took first while Bose was second.

NORTH PLATTE - The Arapahoe, Cambridge, Hi-Line, Southern Valley and Southwest golf teams will travel to North Platte’s River’s Edge Golf Course for the District D-4 Tournament Monday. Therer are 15 teams in the field and the top three teams and top 10 individuals will advance to the Class D State Tournament, which is also at North Platte, but at the Lake Maloney Golf Club on May 24 and 25..