<div>Coltan Ham of North Platte St. Pat’s, Jackson Saner of Sutherland and the Hershey 4×100 meter relay broutht home gold medals on Saturday at the Nebraska State Track and Field Meet in Omaha.Ham won the Class C championship in the 1600 meters. The junior finished with a time of 4:23.07, defeating Kaser Johnson of Doniphan-Trumbull by a second and a quarter.The victory in the 1600 was a bit of redemption for Ham after he was edged by Johnson in the 3200 meters on Friday. Johnson’s won at 9:27.21 to defeat Ham by just four hundredths of a second.Johnson, who also won the Class D championship in cross country this fall, is also a junior and Ham and Johnson should continue their rivalry next year.Ham’s Irish teammate, Mason Giebler finished second in the 100 and 200 meters to Andy Ricchio of Battle Creek. Ricchio won the 100 at 10.79 seconds, defeating Giebler by six hundredths of a second. In the 200, Ricchio won at 21.71 seconds besting Giebler by nearly a tenth of a second.The St. Pat’s boys finished fifth in Class C with 34 points. SPVA rival Chase County was first with 55.33. The Irish were within 3.33 points of runner-up Battle Creek. Doniphan-Trumbull was third with 36 and Lincoln Lutheran was fourth with 35.Saner claims pole vault titleSaner won the Class D championship in the pole vault on Saturday.The senior won with a height of 15’0″. Cooper Knackstedt of Hi-Line was second at 14’6″.Last year, Saner finished second in the event at 13’6″, a height he was outdueled at by Gage Hammond of Southwest. Hammond finished third this year behind Saner and Knackstedt at 14’0″.As a sophomore, Saner finished fourth and as a freshman, he finished 12th in Class C as one of two state qualifying Sutherland vaulters along with then-fourth place finisher Jace Smith.Hershey relay beats GICC by a tickIn a photo finish, the Hershey 4×100 relay defeated Grand Island Central Catholic by as narrow of a margin as possible, one hundredth of a second.Eli Smith, J.T. Lantis, Kale DaMoude and Cole Murdock won at 42.49 seconds.Last year in the event, the Panthers finished 10th with three of the four current runners — Smith, DaMoude and Murdock.Smith, the leadoff runner, finished fifth individually in the 100 at 11.02 seconds.Hershey’s senior throwers, Michael Salinas and Rhodee Hill, earned medals at state. Salinas finished fifth in the shot put on Friday at 57’5.25″. Mannox Martin of Ravenna was first at 61’10.75″.On Saturday, Hill finished sixth in the discus at 161’11”. Noah Rau of Chase County, the Class C all-time record holder, was first at 196’4″.Reyes, Maxwell relay earn bronze medalsJahven Reyes of Maxwell finished third in the Class D 100 meter dash at 11.01 seconds. The senior was two hundredths of a second short of Cayson Havranek of Axtell, while Brennan Lindner of Pleasanton was first at 10.93.Reyes anchored the Wildcats’ 4×100 relay that also finished third. Colt Gosnell, Jayden Cyr, Jesse Reyes and Jahven Reyes clocked in at 43.97 seconds. Anselmo-Merna was first at 43.53.© 2026 The North Platte Bulletin. All rights reserved!</div>

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Coltan Ham of North Platte St. Pat’s, Jackson Saner of Sutherland and the Hershey 4×100 meter relay broutht home gold medals on Saturday at the Nebraska State Track and Field Meet in Omaha. Ham won the Class C championship in the 1600 meters. The junior finished with a...

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