LHS Boys Finish Third, Girls are Fourth at ECNC (5-1-10)

The Louisville boys and girls teams each scored 76 points at the annual East Central Nebraska Conference Track and Field Meet resulting in a third place finish for the boys and a fourth place showing for the girls.

Again, the LHS boys were led by Dallas Lemmers, as the senior distance specialist racked up gold in the 3200 and the 1600, the later in a time of 4:38.8, just 1.4 seconds off the ECNC meet record set by Brad Nick of Cedar Bluffs in 1980.

Lemmers led from wire-to-wire, bursting out from the pack from the start to register an 80 meters lead at the half way point where his time of 2:08 would have been good for first place in the open 800. The 3200 victory was just as dominating as Lemmers claimed his seventh straight 2010 win in an undefeated 2010 season.

Senior sprinter Avery Hopkins added to the gold medal harvest despite battling a slight injury which forced him to drop out of the 200. Hopkins won the 100 in a time of 11:5 in one of the closest finishes of the meet.

While the wins by Lemmers and Hopkins were not surprising, the discus victory by Shelby Hrabik came out of the blue. The freshman discus thrower won her specialty, tossing the discus 111’ 3” on her second throw of the finals to capture the gold medal.

Prior to her ECNC championship, Hrabik’s only team point came four days ago when she placed sixth at the Fort Calhoun Invite with a throw of 96’ 7”, a toss that represented a 29’ 4” improvement over her previous personal best. Shelby then added an additional 14’ 8” to claim the ECNC title.

“I’ve really begun to practice hard the past two weeks,” said a happy Hrabik, still smiling an hour after her victory. “Now I want to get the school record.” The winning ECNC throw ranks fifth on the all-time Louisville High School record board which is topped off by Kathy Gottberg’s 163’ 5” toss in 1985.

Louisville’s next action is next Friday, May 7 at the Johnson County Invite. “The kids said their legs weren’t as strong today,” said LHS head coach, Chase Rasby. “We’ll keep that in mind for the JCC Meet next week while focusing on districts the following week.”

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ECNC Team Results
Boys
Elmwood-Murdock 116.5, Malcolm 87.5, Louisville 76, Yutan 73, Johnson County Central 71, Palmyra 35, Conestoga 22, Mead 20, East Butler 14, Weeping Water 12.

Event Winners: 100 meter dash: Avery Hopkins, LOU, 11.5. 200: Sam Burtch, ELM, 22.6. 400: Burtch, 50.6. 800 run: Burtch, 2:08.30. 1600: Dallas Lememrs, LOU, 4:38.8. 3200: Lemmers, 10:22.6. 110 hurdles: Wade Bartels, JCC, 16.4. 300: Bartels, 42.8. 400 relay: Palmyra, 45.4. 1600: Elmwood-Murdoch, 3:33.7. 3200: Malcolm, 8:36.3. Discus: Derek Kuhl, JCC, 104-73⁄4. Shot put: Brouk Thomas, YUT, 49-7. High jump: Justin Kosmicki, JCC, 6-0. Pole vault: Nile Limbach, YUT, 11-6. Long jump: Kosmicki, 20-4. Triple jump: Kosmicki, 42-13⁄4.

Girls
Yutan 105, Elmwood-Murdock 91, East Butler 78, Louisville 76, Johnson County Central 47, Malcolm 38, Palmyra 29, Conestoga 28, Mead 27, Weeping Water 8.

Event Winners: 100 meter dash: Breanna Norrenpohl, JCC, 12.7. 200: Marissa Bongers, EB, 26.7. 400: Bongers, 59.7. 800 run: Bongers, 2:20.6. 1600: Cassie Aerts, EB, 5:42.9. 3200: Aerts, 12:34.6. 100 hurdles: Borrenpohl, 16.4. 300: A.J. Ita, ELM, 48.7. 400 relay: Yutan, 53.3. 1600: Elmwood-Murdoch, 4:25.6. 3200: East Butler, 10:12.8. Discus: Shelby Hrabik, LOU, 111-3. Shot put: Katie Johnson, MEA, 38-113⁄4. High jump: Brooke Spiering, ELM, 4-10. Pole vault: Emily Lostroh, MAL, 9-0. Long jump: Borrenpohl, 16-8. Triple jump: Erica Stubbendeck, ELM, 34-6

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Dallas Lemmers, see here in the 3200, won that race as well as the 1600, as the Lions claimed the third place team plaque at the 2010 ECNC Track and Field Meet.
Coach Chase Rasby congratulates Shelby Hrabik on her victory in the discus. Shelby record a personal best of 111' 3" to earn the victory.
Avery Hopkins easily won his preliminayr heat of the 100 then claimed the crown in the finals at the ECNC meet held at Yutan.

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