The Wakefield Trojans boys and girls track teams wrapped up their season at the 2024 NSAA Class C State Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18 in Omaha.
After a hard-fought two days of competition, the trojans walked away with four total individual medals earned between two separate Trojan competitors.
Jordan Metzler led the way for the Lady Trojans with yet another impressive outing at the State Track and Field Championships. After her historic outing last season, Metzler wrapped up her career in style, earning three medals at this years’ competition.
Metzler took home seventh in the 300M Hurdles, second in the 400M Dash, and was crowned the 2024 NSAA Class C girls 800M State Champion with a time of 2:14.53, three full seconds ahead of the state runner up in the event.
Metzler, who owns the state and meet record in the girls 800M race with her performance in 2023, ends her career as a two-time state champion in the event.
On the boys side, sophomore Cael Johnson brought home the teams’ lone medal. With a time of 40.34, Johnson placed third in the boys 300M Hurdles competition.
Johnson, who entered the meet with a qualified time of 41.03, shaved nearly a full second off of his qualifying time to bring home the boys teams only state medal of the year.
As a team, the boys finished the invite in 26th place, while the Lady Trojans were able to crack the top ten, ending the meet in ninth place.
Individual and team results from the 2024 Class C NSAA State Track and Field Championships are as follows:
Girls
Team Results (49 total teams)
Place, Team, Points
9, Wakefield, 20
Individual Results
Event, Place, Name, Time/Mark (P=Preliminary Placement)
400M: 2, Jordan Metzler, 57.90s
800M: 1, Jordan Metzler, 2:14.53
300M Hurdles: 7, Jordan Metzler, 46.73s
Triple Jump: 12, Boston Brown, 34’ 3”
Boys
Team Results (49 total teams)
Place, Team, Points
26, Wakefield, 6
Individual Results
Event, Place, Name, Time/Mark (P=Preliminary Placement)
110M Hurdles: 21P, Cael Johnson, 16.61s
300M Hurdles: 3, Cael Johnson, 40.34s
Discus: 19, Jesse Lundahl, 140’ 11”
Long Jump: 20, Mason Lamprecht, 19’ 1”; 23, Timothy Kaufman, 18’ 9.25”
More pictures of Wakefields athletes competeing at the State Track Tournament can be found on page 4 of this edition of the Wakefield Republican.