Other Sports Track & Field State Records (Updated after 2021 season completed)

[Alum-Ni]

Track is probably my favorite sport. Was disappointing to see the entire season wiped out last year. With the season starting this week, here is a listing of the state records athletes will be chasing in 2021

BOYS

100 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	10.41	Kenzo Cotton	Papillion-LaVista	2013
B	10.67	Tirus Meaders	Boys Town	2007
C	10.70	Dylan Kautz	Norfolk Catholic	2018
D	10.85	Nate Probasco	Scribner-Snyder	2001

200 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	21.31	Kenzo Cotton	Papillion-LaVista	2012
B	21.4	Kent McCloughan	Broken Bow	1961
C	21.78	Cole Biodrowski	Fort Calhoun	2001
D	22.20	Nate Probasco	Scribner-Snyder	2001

400 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	46.98	Lukas Hulett	Bellevue East	2006
B	47.05	Cody Rush	Grand Island Northwest	2012
C	48.33	Joel Duffield	Morrill	2002
D	48.89	Parker Anderson	Cross County	2013

800 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	1:50.82	Brian Turner	Millard North	2000
B	1:51.59	Ryan Barrows	York	1997
C	1:52.2	Scott Poehling	Fremont Bergan	1976
D	1:55.24	Matthew Shipp	Bertrand	2008

1600 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	4:09.84	Milo Greder	Omaha Westside	2017
B	4:16.62	Steve Doran	Grand Island Central Catholic	1981
C	4:18.6	Larry Kassebaum	Hebron	1967
D	4:23.75	Juha Joutsenlahti	Orleans	1983

3200 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	8:54.12	Seth Hirsch	Millard West	2017
B	9:12.9	Bryan Clark	Auburn	1983
C	9:24.56	Carson Noecker	Hartington Cedar Catholic	2021
C	9:24.88	Dale Mackel	Elgin Pope John	1982
D	9:23.61	Juha Joutsenlahti	Orleans	1983

110 Meter High Hurdles

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	13.69	Darius Luff	Lincoln High	2019
B	14.02	Aaron Brandt	Wahoo Neumann	2006
C	14.37	Sean Pille	Oakland-Craig	2012
D	14.57	Lance Thorell	Loomis	2007

300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	37.36	Jeremy Buckner	Grand Island	1991
B	37.29	Aaron Brandt	Wahoo Neumann	2006
C	38.61	Phalen Sanford	Dundy County-Stratton	2018
C	38.61	Jack Drahota	Ravenna	2019
D	38.48	Anthony Harms	Filley	1998

4x100 Relay

CLASS	MARK	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	41.40	Papillion-LaVista	2013
B	42.14	Boys Town	2010
C	42.99	Hastings St. Cecilia	1993
D	43.59	Twin Loup	2012

4x400 Relay

CLASS	MARK	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	3:16.48	Millard West	2013
B	3:21.7	Aurora	1980
C	3:23.91	Heartland	2000
D	3:26.85	Eustis-Farnam	2004

4x800 Relay

CLASS	MARK	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	7:44.13	Lincoln North Star	2005
B	7:55.54	Ogallala	2017
C	8:01.06	Oakland-Craig	2001
D	8:05.36	Cambridge	2005

Pole Vault

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	16' 4.25"	Brady Koolen	Lincoln Southeast	2021
A	16' 3.25"	Steven Cahoy	Grand Island	2013
B	16' 7.25"	Tyce Hruza	Gothenburg	2019
C	16' 2.5"	Tyler Loontjer	Fillmore Central	2014
D	15' 4.75"	Brandon Benson	Axtell	2012

Long Jump

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	25' 0.25"	Robert Rands	Bellevue East	2005
B	23' 8.25"	Tyler Wullenwaber	Centennial	2009
C	23' 8.5"	Seth Wiedel	Thayer Central	2010
D	23' 3.25"	Brian Schukar	Loomis	1998

Triple Jump

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	48' 11.25"	John Gibson	Papillion-LaVista	1996
B	50' 2.25"	Todd Brown	Holdrege	1978
C	48' 9"	Derek Zimmerman	Freeman	2014
D	47' 9"	Tony Little	Mullen	1977

High Jump

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	7' 4"	Randal Carter	Papillion-LaVista	2007
B	7' 2.25"	Mayson Conner	York	2018
C	7' 0"	Josh Long	Arapahoe	1994
D	6' 9.5"	Whit Smith	Waterloo	2001

Shot Put

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	64' 9.5"	Larry Station	Omaha Central	1982
B	66' 11.5"	Marty Kobza	Schuyler	1981
C	62' 10"	Cassidy Kramer	Atkinson West Holt	2003
D	63' 1.25"	Steve Kriewald	North Loup-Scotia	2000

Discus

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	202' 1"	Larry Station	Omaha Central	1982
B	203' 6"	Andy Meyer	Superior	1989
C	196' 11"	Derric Werner	Elkhorn Valley	2002
D	197' 4"	Bobby Musil	Pawnee City	2003

 

[Alum-Ni]

GIRLS

100 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	11.69	Chloe Akin-Otiko	Bellevue West	2015
B	11.94	Katy Jay	Mitchell	1999
C	11.98	Sarah Lyons	Omaha Brownell-Talbot	2006
D	12.36	Regan Carlstrom	St. Edward	2001

200 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	24.11	Chloe Akin-Otiko	Bellevue West	2016
B	24.83	Katy Jay	Mitchell	1998
C	24.06	Sarah Lyons	Omaha Brownell-Talbot	2006
D	25.2	Karol McKenzie	Elwood	1975

400 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	55.05	Clara Nichols	Millard South	2011
B	56.29	Molly Sughroue	McCook	2014
C	55.37	Sarah Lyons	Omaha Brownell-Talbot	2006
D	57.67	Lesley Ringenberg	Eustis-Farnam	1994

800 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	2:12.12	Elizabeth Lange	Lincoln Pius X	2004
B	2:08.84	Alice Schmidt	Elkhorn	1999
C	2:15.16	Marissa Bongers	East Butler	2009
C	2:15.16	Rylee Rice	Ainsworth	2017
D	2:13.45	Deb Spickelmier	Hayes Center	1985

1600 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	4:49.2	Elizabeth Lange	Lincoln Pius X	2003
B	4:50.06	Aubree Worden	Scottsbluff	2011
C	5:05.25	Rylee Rice	Ainsworth	2017
D	4:58.06	Donna Spickelmier	Hayes Center	1985

3200 Meters

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	10:23.00	Emily Sisson	Millard North	2008
B	10:27.33	Aubree Worden	Scottsbluff	2011
C	10:59.05	Tamala Resh	Shelton	1983
D	10:19.0	Karlene Erickson	Wheeler Central	1982

100 HH

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	13.87	LaQue Moen-Davis	Omaha North	2011
B	14.59	Kailynn Gubbels	Arlington	2021
B	14.78	Julianna Burr	Holdrege	2014
C	14.65	Kalyn Brannagan	Kearney Catholic	2013
D	14.52	Skylar Hadley	Loomis	2018

300 LH

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	43.04	Kianna Elahi	Millard North	2007
B	43.86	Kris Nelson	McCook	1989
C	43.29	Ashleigh Carr	Oakland-Craig	2015
D	44.76	Skylar Hadley	Loomis	2018

4x100 Relay

CLASS	MARK	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	46.84	Omaha North	2010
B	48.75	Blair	2021
B	48.95	Mitchell	1998
C	49.1	Hastings St. Cecilia	1975
D	49.12	Riverside	2016

4x400 Relay

CLASS	MARK	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	3:52.92	Millard South	2012
B	3:58.41	Ord	2015
C	4:01.36	Lincoln Christian	1991
D	4:03.27	Humphrey St. Francis	2009

4x800 Relay

CLASS	MARK	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	9:12.70	Lincoln East	2018
B	9:29.02	Seward	2011
C	9:33.52	Chase County	2017
D	9:41.4	Wheeler Central	1983

Pole Vault

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	13' 4"	Jaidyn Garrett	Columbus	2019
B	13' 3"	Jenny Green	Grand Island Central Catholic	2003
C	12' 9"	Josie Puelz	Lincoln Lutheran	2019
D	12' 3"	Catherine Mick	Bruning-Davenport/Shickley	2015

Long Jump

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	20' 2.75"	LaQue Moen-Davis	Omaha North	2010
B	19' 6.5"	Tierra Williams	Auburn	2013
C	19' 1.5"	Bethany DeLong	Laurel-Concord	2009
D	18' 5.75"	Claire Cornell	Elm Creek	2018

Triple Jump

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	42' 4"	LaQue Moen-Davis	Omaha North	2010
B	39' 4"	Tierra Williams	Auburn	2013
C	40' 5.5"	Jaime Volkmer	Kearney Catholic	1999
D	38' 1.75"	Tonya Kneifl	Newcastle	1997

High Jump

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	5' 11"	Meredy Porter	Bellevue West	1987
B	5' 10"	Sue Lind	Albion	1980, 1981
B	5' 10"	Kailynn Gubbels	Arlington	2021
C	5' 10"	Kendra Schroer	Hastings St. Cecilia	2000
D	5' 8"	Amanda Owens	Harvard	2003
D	5' 8"	Lindsy Siegel	Ansley/Litchfield	2014

Shot Put

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	52' 9.25"	Becky Beachler	Fremont	1997
B	50' 10.75"	Teri Steer	Crete	1993
C	49' 6"	Jenny Svoboda	Howells	2005
D	48' 5"	Jenny Svoboda	Howells	2004

Discus

CLASS	MARK	NAME	SCHOOL	YEAR
A	164' 9"	Michaela Wallerstedt	Omaha Burke	2004
B	165' 0"	Emily Duran	Nebraska City	2000
C	185' 4"	Melanie Uher	Wilber-Clatonia	2002
D	157' 2"	Samantha Musil	Pawnee City	2006

 

[nenebskers]

Who in the state has a chance at breaking a state record this year? A couple that come to mind for me who lost the opportunity last year was Sara Riefenrath from Hartington Cedar Catholic in the 100, 200, and 400 and Kaylen Meyer from Superior in the discuss.

 

[TC53]

We should have had a girl 6' high jumper by now. Still waiting. Maybe Porter and Lind were just way ahead of their time?

 

[Power_I_82]

Pretty crazy to think there has only been one 50' triple jump in the history of the state and it was 43 years ago. Not even a 49' jump yet either. Would have loved to see some video of Todd Brown jumping. The girls discus record is pretty impressive too. Girl from class C has a 20' lead on the next highest throw.

 

[nenebskers]

Pretty crazy to think there has only been one 50' triple jump in the history of the state and it was 43 years ago. Not even a 49' jump yet either. Would have loved to see some video of Todd Brown jumping. The girls discus record is pretty impressive too. Girl from class C has a 20' lead on the next highest throw.

Kaylen Meyer had a throw of 176'8 at the 2019 state meet in Class C That was tops in the country for the year. The Nebraska volleyball player lost the opportunity to compete in her senior season last year.

 

[Power_I_82]

Kaylen Meyer had a throw of 176'8 at the 2019 state meet in Class C That was tops in the country for the year. The Nebraska volleyball player lost the opportunity to compete in her senior season last year.

Good info. I was wondering what the next closest throw was

 

[TC53]

Uher made that throw at Tri County on a hill with a stiff wind. All six of her throws that day were over 170'. She considered that throw more a result of the circumstances and considered 155' thrown in more circumstances as her personal best. She won state with a 145' throw as a junior, the same year as the record throw.

 

[ClkTwr2011]

Uher made that throw at Tri County on a hill with a stiff wind. All six of her throws that day were over 170'. She considered that throw more a result of the circumstances and considered 155' thrown in more circumstances as her personal best. She won state with a 145' throw as a junior, the same year as the record throw.

Interesting information! Thanks.

 

[coachsloup]

Uher made that throw at Tri County on a hill with a stiff wind. All six of her throws that day were over 170'. She considered that throw more a result of the circumstances and considered 155' thrown in more circumstances as her personal best. She won state with a 145' throw as a junior, the same year as the record throw.

As the story goes there were all kinds of PR's that day at Tri County. Former WSC teammate of mine Lindsay Stockwell also threw an all-time top 10 mark that day at 157' (if memory serves me correctly).

 

[wsc-oline]

Pretty much every discus record is done with aid from the wind...it plays a huge factor.

 

[Sadlerfan]

Tom Haase of Aurora long jumped 24 6.5 which was all time all class record at the time. He should be listed as Class B leader.

 

[Alum-Ni]

Tom Haase of Aurora long jumped 24 6.5 which was all time all class record at the time. He should be listed as Class B leader.

NSAA doesn't seem to recognize it. Was it wind-aided?

Nebraska High School Track & Field State Records

secure.nsaahome.org

 

[Sadlerfan]

not sure, just know it was regarded as the state record at the time and up until it was broken many years later. I don't recall anything about it being wind aided.

 

[Sadlerfan]

Lincoln Journal star has him. Odd NSAA don't.

Nebraska boys all-time track charts

A listing of top times and marks in state boys track and field history.

journalstar.com

 

[Alum-Ni]

Lincoln Journal star has him. Odd NSAA don't.

Nebraska boys all-time track charts

A listing of top times and marks in state boys track and field history.

journalstar.com

Those charts just mark best times/distances/etc, regardless of wind.

NSAA only recognizes marks that took place under a certain level of wind and were FAT.

 

[TC53]

FAT?

Any idea of when the state started recognizing records not set at the state meet?

 

[Alum-Ni]

FAT?

Any idea of when the state started recognizing records not set at the state meet?

Fully Automatic Timing.

Not sure when they started that. The requirements to submit a mark as an official state record are:

1) Track event must be conducted at metric distance
2) Performance will only be considered from meets involving four or more schools being run under NFHS/NSAA rules
3) Performance must be certified on an NSAA record application form

I should note, upon further research, hand-held times may be submitted if they are converted to FAT standards. From the application form:

* ONLY fully automatic times (FAT) or manual times, with the differential equation included, will be considered for state records. Hand-held times shall be rounded up to the slower 1/10th of a second before adding the conversion factor of .24 seconds (i.e. MT+.24 = FAT).

So, if an athlete runs a hand-held time of 10.81 in the 100 meters, that time is rounded up to 10.9 and then +.24 is added on for a new converted time of 11.14.

Also any track event that is less than one full lap around the track and for the long jump and triple jump, the wind must remain below 4.474 miles per hour (2 meters per second) at all times during the performance, with a wind measurement taken using an anemometer.

 

[pitspitrsbro]

Thank you Almu-ni for all that you do on here.

Let's look at the class B 200 meter record in 1961. Kent McCloughan was a man amongst boys, literally. He turned 21 in Feb before setting the record in May. Is there a conversion table for that?

 

[TC53]

What you say fits with McCloughan's Wikipedia birthdate, but doesn't jibe with NSAA rules at the time as I understand them. Is there a story behind this? In 1928 the state (called NHSAA then) ruled a student was eligible until his 20th birthday. If that happened in the season, he was done. In 1951, track eligibility was open to anyone who hadn't turned 19 on March 31st of that year. In 1953, eligibility for all sports was limited to those turning 19 only after Sept 1 of the school year. Now the cut-off is, what, not-19 by August 1? I can't imagine the age ever went up in that gap between 1953 and now. How was McCloughan eligible? Is his birthdate listed incorrectly?

 

[TC53]

Looks like Stu covered this when OWH did their top 100 athletes.

"Sorting out fact from fable. Even the official NFL website has it wrong — No. 34 Kent McCloughan was not born in 1940. He was a 1943 baby. Several readers had wondered, with a 1940 birthdate, how he could have been competing in high school sports in 1961."

The 1940 date is still all over the Internet.

Pospisil: Summer’s nearly over, but there’s still reading to do on Nebraska 100

While you wait for our new Nebraska 100 book to come out in time for the holidays, there’s plenty in print about some of our state’s greatest athletes.

starherald.com

 

[Alum-Ni]

Brady Koolen of Lincoln Southeast with the first state record of the 2021 season. At the Lincoln Public Schools Championships he set a mark of 16' 4.25" in the pole vault, which is a new Class A state record.

It breaks the old mark of 16' 3.25" set by Steven Cahoy of Grand Island in 2013.

The all-class state record remains at 16' 7.25" set by Tyce Hruza of Gothenburg in 2019.

 

[Alum-Ni]

Don't know how I missed this one, but Arlington's Kailynn Gubbels tied the Class B state record in the high jump on May 1 at the Capitol Conference track meet by clearing 5' 10".

The mark ties the record set in both 1980 and 1981 by Sue Lind of Albion. Gubbels is one inch off the all-class state record of 5' 11" set by Meredy Porter of Bellevue West in 1987.

 

[Alum-Ni]

Arlington's Kailynn Gubbels, less than a week after tying the state record in the Class B girls high jump has now tentatively set a new Class B record in the girls 100 meter high hurdles at her home invite with a time of 14.75



If the mark holds up (a wind measurement needs to be verified) it would break the old Class B record of 14.78 set by Julianna Burr of Holdrege in 2014.

The All-Class record remains 13.87 set by LaQue Moen-Davis of Omaha North in 2011.

 

[Alum-Ni]

The original post above has been updated following the conclusion of the 2021 Track & Field season. The following state records were established in 2021:

BOYS

3,200 meters / Class C
Carson Noecker of Hartington Cedar Catholic ran a 9:24.56 to set a new Class C state record, breaking the old record of 9:24.88 set by Dale Mackel of Elgin Pope John in 1982.

Pole Vault / Class A
Brady Koolen of Lincoln Southeast set a new Class A state record with a vault of 16' 4.25", breaking the old record of 16' 3.25" set by Steven Cahoy of Grand Island in 2013.

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GIRLS

100 Hurdles / Class B
Kailynn Gubbels of Arlington ran a 14.59 to set a new Class B state record, breaking the old mark of 14.78 set by Julianna Burr of Holdrege in 2014.

4x100 Relay / Class B
Blair set a new Class B state record of 48.75 in the 4x100 relay, breaking the old record of 48.95 set by Mitchell in 1998. Members of the record-setting Blair relay team were Abby Osborn, Reese Beemer, Erika Roehrs and Grace Galbraith.

High Jump / Class B
Kailynn Gubbels of Arlington tied the Class B state record in the high jump with a leap of 5' 10". That mark equals the record of 5' 10" set by Sue Lind of Albion who accomplished that feat in both 1980 and 1981.

 

[TC53]

One of the data projects I have tried to start a couple of times is the history of each record. I think data on how long records lasted is valuable. I've been stymied a bit by some of the things you see above and more. Not only are all-time best lists different from state records because of wind and timing method, but there were eras in Nebraska where a state record could only be set at state (now we have a different set of state-meet records that diverged from the state records). I think (THINK) there was also an era where state records were allowed to be set at districts, before the current era described in the rules above. I am not certain there weren't other steps Nebraska went thru before the rules on records (and track itself) became more standardized. Even the shape and distance of tracks took quite a while to spread throughout the state. Anyone have any nuggets of wisdom on this multi-faceted problem?