The level of competition was considerably higher in Scottsbluff than in Morrill, but our kids responded very well. We had multiple PRs, several season-best performances and even added a handful more automatic state qualifiers to our list.”

Coach Mike Lashley

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LFL tracksters are on the road for the George Calvert Invite in Morrill, Nebraska, on Friday.

SCOTTSBLUFF – Following the cancelation of the Morrill Invitational on Friday morning, Lingle-Fort Laramie (LFL) track coaches successfully entered the boys’ and girls’ teams into the Scottsbluff Twilight Invitational on April 19.

LFL tracksters rose to the occasion, adapting to the last-minute schedule change and posted solid performances against larger teams from Nebraska and Wyoming.

The Doggers placed fifth as a team with 71 points while the Lady Doggers came in sixth, posting 33 points.

Sophomore Sullivan Wilson broke the long-time Lingle-Fort Laramie school record in the boys’ 1600-meters, snagging second place with a time of 4 minutes, 38.79.

Bob Daiss set the previous record of 4:39.95 in 1984.

Senior Wyatt Sylvester snagged gold in the boys’ pole vault, hitting a state qualifying mark of 12 feet, 6 inches. Sylvester beat the runner-up, Dawson Barrett of Scottsbluff, by six inches and tied for the fifth all-time best pole-vaulting performance in LFL history.

Junior Louden Bremer captured first place in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles, timing in at 41.63 seconds – 2.56 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Landen Heine of Scottsbluff. Bremer also posted a state-qualifying time in the 110-hurdles, placing fourth at 16.85 seconds.

In the boys’ 400-meters, junior Brody Roberts clinched first place with a time of 53.16 seconds. Roberts crossed the finish line 0.71 seconds ahead of Alliance’s Trevor Zurn.

Senior Izzy Spears dominated the girls’ discus, garnering gold with a toss of 104-07. Spears’ toss landed nearly three feet further than the mark for the runner-up, Lexi Fiscus of Bayard.

“The level of competition was considerably higher in Scottsbluff than in Morrill, but our kids responded very well,” coach Mike Lashley said. “We had multiple PRs, several season-best performances and even added a handful more automatic state qualifiers to our list.”

Girls top eight

Sophomore Jordynn Speckner scooped up hardware in two events, placing fourth in the 800-meters, timing in at 2:30.76, and taking sixth place in the 400-meters at 1:05.30.

Senior Holly Leiseth finished seventh in the 800-meters, posting a time of 2:42.05.

In long-distance events, sophomore Anna Frederick secured fourth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 15:16.80. Frederick went on to place seventh in the 1600-meters at 6:54.61.

Clocking the 300-meter hurdles in at 52.17 seconds, junior Jada Kaufman placed fifth in the event.

Three athletes broke into the top eight in the shot put. Freshman Charlotte Speckner led the pack with a fourth-place finish at 32-10. Sophomore Avary Rising placed fifth in the event, clearing 32-06, with senior Josie Houk in eighth at 31-01.

Sophomore Kaiten Schilreff finished eighth in the long jump with a leap of 14-01. Freshman Addi Wilkins took eighth place in the triple jump at 30-00.

The 4x400-meter relay team punched its ticket to state when Kaufman, Leiseth, junior Grace Gibson and Jordynn Speckner placed fourth, clocking in at 4:30.50.

The 4x100-meter relay team – sophomore Kiera Fleenor, Wilkins, Schilreff and Gibson – crossed the finish line in fifth place at 55.53 seconds.

Boys top eight

The boys’ 4x400-meter relay team snagged a state berth with a second-place finish. Roberts, senior Nolan Spears, Sylvester and Bremer clocked the race in at 3:37.87.

Bremer, Sylvester, Roberts and junior Cooper Smith secured third place in the 4x100-meter relay at 46.11 seconds.

In the 4x800-meter relay, Sylvester, freshman Tyler Smith, junior Nathan Fish and Spears took fourth place with a time of 9:31.52.

Sophomore Brady Cook garnered silver in the 110-meter hurdles, timing in at 16.75 seconds.

Cooper Smith advanced to the 100-meter finals to place fifth with a time of 11.89 seconds. Smith also snagged eighth in the discus, hitting a mark of 109-04.

Fish captured sixth place in the pole vault with a leap of 10-06.