Track Takes Victories in South Dakota Competition

by Kayla Clark
4.17.07

On March 22, the boys and girls Titan track and field
teams traveled to Vermillion, S.D., to showcase their skills in the Norm Herren HS Track and Field Meet. The meet was held indoors at the Dakota Dome.

“We went to South Dakota because they have a beautiful indoor track,” boys coach Bob Williams said.
The Titan girls set 10 new school records in South
Dakota. Junior Justine Buskirk, senior Britni Scott
and the 4x400 meter relay team were among the record setters.

“The girls did really well,” girls coach Jeremy Haselhorst said. “There is still lots of room for improvement, but I’m proud of their performance.”

Sophomore Marissa Kaluza, who placed seventh
in the girls’ division for the 60-meter dash, wishes the meet had gone better. “Even though I think I
did pretty well, I wish I had placed higher,” Kaluza said.

Overall, the girls placed second out of 10 teams in the meet, just 20 points under the Papillion-La Vista Monarchs. The boys also did well at the meet, with eight boys placing in the top three places of their events.

“We had our best meet of the season so far,” Williams said. “No team scores were kept, but if they had been, we would have won the meet.”

Junior Jake Kunkle set a new school record in his
event at the meet. “My highest vault was
13 feet, which hasn’t ever been reached in our school,” Kunkle said.

Other placers were junior Michael Burrus in the 60-
meter dash, senior Adam Meyer in the 3000-meter run and the 1500-meter run and junior Brayden Kelly in the 400-meter run. The Titan relay teams
also competed and placed high at the meet. The girls
4x400 relay team, consisting of sophomores Maddie
Glesinger, Erin Klein, Kelsey Jones and Laura Brown,
placed second in its division just four seconds after the Monarchs.

The boys 4x400 meter relay team anchored a third place win, led by Kelly and fellow junior Josh Harnisch, and the boys’ 4x200 team placed second, led by Burrus.

Overall, the Titans represented PL South well in
South Dakota.

“There was not much I could find fault with at this
meet,” Williams said.