STATE TRACK & FIELD 2025 VIKINGS BRING HOME HARDWARE!
Well, the Track and Field Season has come to a close as the Viking Track & Field squads wrapped up the season at the 2025 State High School Track & Field meet in Omaha last weekend. The Wausa Boys finished 8th scoring 4 points and the Wausa Girls finished tied for 11th with 19 points. Medaling for the boys were Sophomores Mac Carlson who finished 8th in the 110HH with a time of 16.65 and Sophomore Ryan Kleinschmit finishing in a tie for 5th in the High Jump with a mark of 6’2”. Also competing was senior Colton Baue finishing 16th in the Pole Vault at a height of 11’6”, and finishing 15th in the Long Jump with a mark of 19’5 ¼”. Junior Preston Schlote finished 13th overall in the Shot Put with a mark of 47’3 ¼’. Junior Gaven Nipp finished 19th overall in the 300m Hurdles with a time of 43.26. Mac Carlson finished 18th in the 300m Hurdles with a time of 43.26
For the Girls, the Lady Vikings medaled in 5 events bringing home 11 medals in all from two days of competition. Individually for the Wausa, Sophomore Reagan Gillilan finished 4th in the 400 with a time of 59.09. Sophomore Kennedy Gillilan finished 4th in the 200 with a time of 26.35 and Junior Mackenzie Suhr finished tied for 6th in the High Jump with a mark of 5’1”. Junior Lexi Wright finished the 200 prelims with a personal best at state with a time of 27.59 and 15th overall in that event. The Lady Vikings also qualified both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. In heat 1 of 2 of the 4x100m relay, the Lady Vikings won that section with a new school record of 50.90. When the smoke cleared from heat 2, the mark that the Lady Vikings put up in heat 1 was good enough for a 4th place finish with relay members Avery Stevens, Reagan Gillilan, Mackenzie Suhr, and Kennedy Gillilan. In the 4x400, Lady Vikes finished came in seeded 8th and finished 8th overall scoring 4 more medals and a season best with a time of 4:15. 61 with Relay members of Reagan Gillilan, Kenley Anderson, Avery Stevens, and Kennedy Gillilan which puts them as the 3rd fastest girls 4x400 at Wausa High School.
What a great weekend for Viking Track & Field, bringing home 13 medals, a new school record in the girls 4x100 and a 3rd best overall time in school history in the girls 4x400m and after a 44 year layoff, Colton Baue makes two height progressions in the PV after only 2 years in that event for Wausa High School. It was just a great weekend of competition for all of our athletes. We were very pleased with how our kids competed on the big stage with veterans and first time competitors, they all did a great job! I just don’t have enough words for how proud I am of all of our athletes who competed in track and field for Wausa and the athletes who represented our team and school in Omaha for the State Track & Field meet. I am also really proud of our coaching staff who really worked hard every day in practice to make sure our athletes were ready to go for each competition! I am so blessed to have worked with these individuals, Kirk Hamm, Tanner Johnston, Joe Pfanstiel, and Julia Miller and I greatly appreciate all of their work and sacrifices throughout the season. I have always said, I am only the head coach on paper and the one who turns in our entries. We are all head coaches in what we do and we all have a hand in all of the decisions we make. It’s all a team effort and so proud of everything they do!
Well another season in the books as the 2025 Wausa Track & Field season has come to a close with so many exciting things to look back on and many more great things to look forward to!