Tuesday's gusty winds did little good for the stars of the Metro Conference track meet.

Millard South sophomore Morgan Woitzel won two events Tuesday, the 400 and 800, but running in the dinner-hour breeze at Burke Stadium slowed her times. “When I looked at the (school) flags, the wind was switching around," Woitzel said. “It made me kind of nervous."

The wind was so strong that manning the wind gauge was fruitless when Omaha North junior LaQue Moen-Davis nearly broke 20 feet in the long jump.

Still, her 19-11 tops the state's all-time charts in that event, since the chart includes wind-aided distances. The previous top mark was 19-9¼ by Candice Mills of Omaha Marian in 2002.

Moen-Davis has three events left when the meet concludes Wednesday with 11 events for boys and for girls. Moen-Davis, the state leader in the triple jump and the 100 high hurdles, will compete in both events Wednesday and will run the 300 hurdles for the first time this season in a varsity meet.

Woitzel made the 100 finals — “I'd be happy to be in the top five” — and will run on the 1,600 relay that has the only sub-four-minute time this season in the state. “I hope we can go faster," she said. “We should all be fresh."

Woitzel narrowly held off teammate Clara Nichols in the 400, winning in 57.10 to 57.22.

“I could hear her behind me all the way," Woitzel said.

She'll be pulling for Nichols to pull off a 100-200 sweep. Nichols led qualifying in each event.

Millard West got wins from Sidney Hirsch in the 3,200 and Amber Lutmer in the shot put for the first-day girls lead.

The Wildcats' boys, the defending Metro champions, ended Tuesday with a 1-3 finish in the 800 from Jared Kenney and Johnny Hower for a 52-39 lead over Bellevue West. The Thunderbirds scored 24 points on a 1-2-3 sweep of the pole vault.

Boys

Team scoring (after six of 17 events): Millard West 52, Bellevue West 39, Papillion-LV 26, Om. Burke 24, Millard South 21, Om. Central 18, Om. Westside 15, Papillion-LV South 12, Om. South 8, Millard North 8, Om. Benson 6, Om. Creighton Prep 5.

400 meters: 1, Mark Stehno, Westside, 50.01. 2, Justin Frezell, South, 50.39. 3, Dennis Barfield, BW, 50.73. 4, Chase Rasmussen, PLV, 50.82. 5, Stephon Washington, Burke, 51.26. 6, Alex VanLent, Westside, 51.49.

800: 1, Jared Kenney, MW, 1:58.71. 2, Matt Moore, Burke, 1:59.32. 3, Johnny Hower, MW, 2:00.36. 4, Elijah Tostenson, MS, 2:00.60. 5, Don Price, MS, 2:01.16. 6, Grant Hewitt, Burke, 2:01.47.

3,200: 1, Marshall Anderson, PLV, 9:37.90. 2, Anthony Pittman, MW, 9:55.71. 3, Greg Tracey, MW, 10:02.93. 4, Gus Burnette, PLV, 10:03.93. 5, Marcus Portofee, PS, 10:04.05. 6, Michael Bethel, BW, 10:12.75.

Discus: 1, Chris Reed, Central, 159-9. 2, Kevin Drwal, MW, 159-7. 3, Drew Staskiewicz, MN, 151-5. 4, Erik Johnson, MW, 141-3. 5, Brandon Yost, MW, 136-5. 6, Zach Shull, PS, 134-9.

Triple jump: 1, Pal Deng, MS, 45-4. 2, Ted Lampkin, Central, 45-3½. 3, Derrick Davis, BW, 44-3. 4, Lexi Williams, PS, 43-10½. 5, Avery Langford, Benson, 43-6. 6, Jordan Nelson, Burke, 43-4.

Pole vault: 1, Mark Seeba, BW, 13-6. 2, Chris Armistead, BW, 13-6. 3, Brandon Kyle, BW, 13-0. 4, Christian Mapes, Prep, 12-6. 5, Tyler Loseke, PLV, 12-6. 6, Alex Meckelberg, MW, 12-0.

Girls

Team scoring (after six of 17 events): Millard West 39.5, Millard South 33, Om. North 30.5, Papillion-LV 18.5, Bellevue West 18, Om. Burke 17.5, Millard North 17, Papillion-LV South 16, Om. Central 15, Om. Westside 14, Bellevue East 6, Om. South 4, Om. Northwest 4, Om. Marian 1.

400 meters: 1, Morgan Woitzel, MS, 57.10. 2, Clara Nichols, MS, 57.22. 3, Nakita Brewer, North, 59.68. 4, Alexa Whitehall, Central, 1:00.36. 5, Barbara McCraney, NW, 1:00.67. 6, Olivia Loh, Westside, 1:00.76.

800: 1, Woitzel, 2:18.57. 2, Angela Berry, Burke, 2:24.46. 3, Halee Kowalski, BW, 2:25.08. 4, Sarah Brandt, MW, 2:25.33. 5, Ashley Kildow, MS, 2:25.47. 6, Destiny Burt, PLV, 2:28.40.

3,200: 1, Sidney Hirsch, MW, 11:41.87. 2, Laura Peterson, MN, 11:54.95. 3, Burt, PLV, 11:58.60. 4, Katherine Leibel, Westside, 11:59.00. 5, Cassidy Tinsley, Burke, 12:09.13. 6, Mikayla Peck, PS, 12:10.38.

Shot put: 1, Amber Lutmer, MW, 42-3. 2, Aaliyah Pete, MN, 39-0. 3, Kaiti Williams, PS, 38-8. 4, Kayla Johnson, BW, 38-0. 5, Cynthia Thomas, South, 36-7. 6, Jordan Holst, MW, 36-1½.

High jump: 1, Averie Welton, Central, 5-4. 2, Lauren Warnock, PLV, 5-3. 3, Elizabeth Diffey, Westside, 5-2. 4, Taryn Derickson, BW, 5-2. 5, tie, Taylor Alongi, Burke; Danielle Jones, North, 5-0.

Long jump: 1, LaQue Moen-Davis, North, 19-11 (wind-aided). 2, Brianna McGhee, North, 18-5¼. 3, Taylor Stevens, BE, 17-6. 4, Anna Wagemann, MW, 17-4. 5, Nicole Bourke, PS, 17-2. 6, Kamara Avant, North, 17-0.

Contact the writer:

444-1041, stu.pospisil@owh.com

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