Adrian Flores in the pole vault

The Wakefield girls and boys track teams have finished up their regular seasons this past week with a trip to the Norfolk Catholic Invitational on Thursday, May 2.

Amongst a tough field of competition, neither Trojan team was able to bring home a team plaque, but both managed to leave with multiple medalists on both the girls’ and boys’ side.

Jordan Metzler

Jordan Metzler brought home the only gold medal of the day for either squad with a first-place finish in the 800M race. On the boys’ side, it was Cael Johnson and Jesse Lundahl leading the way for the team. Johnson took home a second-place medal in the 300M hurdles, while Lundahl took home runner-up honors in the discus throw.

With the 2024 regular season coming to a close, the Trojans will now set their sights on the Class C District 4 track and field invite on Thursday, May 9 in Hartington. There, the Trojans will compete against individuals from nine other class C schools to attempt to qualify for the 2024 NSAA Class C Track and Field Championships later this month.

Individual and team results from the Norfolk Catholic Invite are as follows:

Girls

Team Results

1, Pierce, 114

2, Norfolk Catholic, 95

3, Crofton, 83

4, Stanton, 72

5, Wisner-Pilger, 62

6, O’Neill, 52

7, Wakefield, 36

Individual Results

Event, Name, Place, Time/Mark

100M: 5, Gracyn Keagle, 13.7s; 11, Alli Brown, 14.0s; 19, Victoria Galindo, 17.2s

200M: 11, Montse Avila, 29.9s; 14, Sierra Kaufman, 30.9s; 18, Natalie Ramirez, 33.2s

400M: 7, Gracyn Keagle, 1:10.90; 9, Sierra Kaufman, 1:11.00; 18, Michaela Beaty, 1:16.30

800M: 1, Jordan Metzler, 2:15.90

100M Hurdles: 6, Daveigh Munter-McAfee, 17.3s

300M Hurdles: 2, Jordan Metzler, 47.2s; 4, Boston Brown, 49.6s

4x100M Relay: 5, Alli Brown, Montse Avila, Gracyn Keagle, Boston Brown, 54.9s

4x400M Relay: 2, Alli Brown, Montse Avila, Jordan Metzler, Boston Brown, 4:19.40

4x800M Relay: 6, Maria Perez, Izabella Sarmiento, Angie Gomez, Kinslee Metzler, 12:51.50

Shot Put: 8, Mikkie Mogus, 29’ 10”; 25, Jazmynn Scott, 24’ 00”

Discus: 8, Mikkie Mogus, 85’ 6”; 26, Tiffany Surber, 50’ 00”

Pole Vault: 11, Montse Avila, 7’ 3”

Long Jump: 15, Gracyn Keagle, 11’ 11.25”

Boys

Team Results

1, Pierce, 138

2, Norfolk Catholic, 130.5

3, O’Neill, 60

4, Stanton, 59

5, Hartington-Newcastle, 40

6, Wakefield, 34

Individual Results

Event, Name, Place, Time/Mark

100M: 10, Cael Johnson, 11.8s; 13, Mason Lamprecht, 12.1s; 19, Brandon Paredes, 12.6s

200M: 9, Jacob Borg, 24.7s; 12, Jesse Lundahl, 25.3s; 14, Timothy Kaufman, 26.0s

400M: 8, Adrian Flores, 58.3s; 17, Jaden Sievers, 1:05.8s; 18, Kade McWhorter, 1:08.0

800M: 6, Sam Chase, 2:16.4; 10, Sawyer Brudigam, 2:39.7; 11, Joaquin Chavez, 2:41.5

1600M: 5, Benny Palma, 5:05.00

110M Hurdles: 3, Cael Johnson, 15.8s; 7, Ivan Sanchez, 19.6s

300M Hurdles: 2, Cael Johnson, 41.5s; 10, Ivan Sanchez, 49.1s; 13, Carter Kratke, 54.6s

4x100M Relay: 5, Timothy Kaufman, Cael Johnson, Mason Lamprecht, Jacob Borg, 47.5s

4x400M Relay: 3, Timothy Kaufman, Mason Lamprecht, Jacob Borg, Jesse Lundahl, 3:48.3

4x800M Relay: 6, Sam Chase, Benny Palma, Daniel Deleon, Iker Soloman, 9:37.00

Shot Put: 7, Juan Martin, 40’ 7”; 25, Jaxon Benscoter, 32’ 6”; 30, Juan Lopez, 31’ 00”

Discus: 2, Jesse Lundahl, 131’ 00”; 19, Juan Martin, 91’ 4”; 25, Jorge Chavez, 81’ 8”

Pole Vault: 11, Adrian Flores, 9’ 3”

Long Jump: 9, Mason Lamprecht, 16’ 8”; 12, Ivan Sanchez, 15’ 8.5”; 15, Carter Kratke, 13’ 11.5”

Triple Jump: 7, Brandon Paredes, 35’ 11.5”