We had a very good opening weekend. Our experienced athletes seemed to pick up where they left off at the end of last season. Our younger athletes performed better than I thought they might for their first time at the high school level.”

Coach Mike Lashley

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LFL tracksters board the bus to compete at an invite in Bayard, Nebraska, on Saturday, April 5.

SCOTTSBLUFF – The Lingle-Fort Laramie (LFL) High School track team opened the 2025 outdoor season with a bang, returning from the Binfield Invite in Scottsbluff with a bag full of hardware and new PRs on Friday, March 28.

Team scores were not kept at the meet but seven LFL tracksters and four relay teams prequalified for state in their respective events.

“We had a very good opening weekend,” coach Mike Lashley wrote. “Our experienced athletes seemed to pick up where they left off at the end of last season. Our younger athletes performed better than I thought they might for their first time at the high school level.”

In the boys competition, athletes clinched top-eight placings in 11 of 12 events while the Lady Doggers made the top eight in 13 of 14 events.

Senior Brody Roberts set the pace for the Doggers with a pair of gold medals. Roberts captured first place in the 400-meters, timing in at 51.75 seconds. The senior beat the second-place finisher from Scottsbluff by 1.18 seconds.

Roberts went on to clinch gold in the finals for the 200-meters at 23.36 seconds. Roberts crossed the finish line 0.18 seconds ahead of the runner-up from Scottsbluff.

Senior Louden Bremer garnered gold in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles, clocking in at 42.25 seconds. Bremer finished with more than four seconds to spare over the second-place hurdler from Gordon-Rushville.

In girls mid-distance events, junior Jordynn Speckner punched in a first-place finish in the 800-meters. Speckner reached the finish line at 2 minutes, 33.55 seconds, pulling ahead of the runner-up from Torrington by more than two seconds.

Senior Jada Kaufman snagged first place in the finals for the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. Kaufman pulled ahead of the second-place finisher from Scottsbluff by 0.81 seconds to post a time of 17.19 seconds.

“It is exciting to think that performances will only get better as we continue to focus on technique and kids get into peak condition,” Lashley added. “Hopefully, the athletes are as happy with the results as the coaching staff and are motivated to keep working hard.”

Up next, LFL tracksters head to Bayard, Nebraska for an invitational on Saturday.

“The Bayard CD will be a big challenge for us,” Lashley said. “There are 17 teams entered and some of them are track and field heavyweights.”

Girls top eight highlights

In sprinting events, senior Kenzie Wilkins scooped up third place in the finals for the 200-meters, timing in at 29.90 seconds.

Four athletes broke into the top eight in the 1600-meters, led by junior Anna Frederick in third place with a time of 6:34.07. Freshman Cate Kinberg came in fifth place, clocking in at 6:37.50, with fellow freshman Talia Kinberg in seventh place at 7:06.68. Senior Haven Torres finished the event in eighth place with a time of 7:32.76.

Timing the finals for the 100-meter hurdles in at 18.54 seconds, senior Grace Gibson secured bronze. Freshman Madyn Clarke took seventh place in the event at 19.87 seconds.

In the 300-meter hurdles, sophomore Addi Wilkins picked up bronze with a time of 52.78 seconds. Gibson finished seventh, posting a time of 56.09 seconds.

Two athletes made the top eight in the shot put. Senior Brenly Shipp secured fifth place, hitting a mark of 28 feet. Fellow senior Alisha McGraw placed eighth, clearing 26 feet, 11 inches.

McGraw went on to capture eighth place in the discus with a mark of 72-01.

Frederick came in fourth place in the pole vault, leaping 7-00.

In the long jump, junior Kaiten Schilreff led the LFL pack with a fourth-place finish measuring 14-07. Speckner took seventh place at 14-00 with Clarke eighth at 13-08.

Addi Wilkins rounded out individual top eight performances with a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at 29-09 ¾.

The 4x100-meter relay team of Gibson, freshman Madison Bugher, Kenzie Wilkins and Schilreff pulled into second place, clocking in at 57.01 seconds.

Addi Wilkins, Kaufman, Kenzie Wilkins and Speckner clinched silver in the 4x400-meter relay, timing in at 4:30.02.

In the 4x800-meter relay, Frederick, Talia Kinberg, Cate Kinberg and Torres took third place at 12:00.51.

Boys top eight

Two Doggers advanced to the finals in the 110-meter hurdles, led by Bremer in second place with a time of 16.47 seconds. Junior Brady Cook garnered bronze, posting a time of 16.67 seconds.

Three LFL tracksters made the top 10 in the long jump. Freshman Lincoln Speckner set the pace with a second-place finish at 18-10 ½. Bremer took fourth place, clearing 18-03, while freshman Ethan Teeters picked up eighth place with a mark of 17-04.

In the triple jump, Roberts snagged silver, reaching a mark of 40-07. Speckner picked up bronze, clearing 40-03 ½, while Teeters finished seventh at 37-00 ½.

Senior Cooper Smith clinched second place in the discus, hitting a mark of 124-08. Brady Cook pulled into third place at 124-05.

Cooper Smith went on to bag fifth place in the shot put with a mark of 38-09.

Representing LFL in the pole vault, freshman Briggs Erskine placed fourth at 8-00.

In relays, junior Rhett Clarke, Speckner, Brady Cook and sophomore Trent Dennis reached the finish line for the 4x400-meters in second place with a time of 3:54.93.

Additional results – girls

• 100-meter prelims: Kiera Fleenor in 13th place at 15.18 seconds.

• 200-meter prelims: Kenzie Wilkins in fourth place at 29.63 seconds.

• 100-hurdles prelims: Kaufman in first place at 17.31 seconds, Gibson third at 18.55 and Clarke sixth at 20.32.

• 300-hurdles: Clarke in 10th place at 57.50 seconds.

• Shot put: Bugher in 14th place at 23-00.

• Discus: Shipp in 11th place at 64-03.

• Long jump: Shipp in 13th place at 12-10 ½ and Andrea Valenza 16th at 8-11 ¼.

• Triple jump: Schilreff in ninth place at 27-03 ½.

Additional results – boys

• 100-meter prelims: Speckner in 11th place at 12.19 seconds and Dennis 19th at 14.75.

• 200-meter prelims: Roberts in second place at 24.02 seconds, Urijah Fish 15th at 26.78, Clarke 18th at 27.00 and Dennis 20th at 27.63.

• 400-meters: Ivan Seals in 14th place at 1:02.81, Garrett Henderson 16th at 1:03.42, Fish 18th at 1:04.84 and Matthew Cook 22nd at 1:11.55.

• 800-meters: Erskine in ninth place at 2:41.11.

• Shot put: Colter McFarlin in 11th place at 34-10 ½ and Matthew Cook 19th at 28-00 ½.

• Discus: Matthew Cook in 18th place at 75-02 and McFarlin 19th at 69-03.

• Long jump: Clarke in ninth place at 17-03, Fish 11th at 16-08, Henderson 15th at 14-07 ½, Tyler Smith 17th at 12-09 and Skyler Patrick 18th at 11-03.

• Triple jump: Fish in 10th place at 35-00 ½, Erskine 17th at 28-02 ½, Patrick 18th at 28-01 ½ and Henderson 19th at 27-11.