Heimes sisters lead Wynot girls track team

HARTINGTON — It was that time of the track and field season this past weekend as a number of conference meets took place, including the Lewis & Clark meet at the Hartington Complex.

For the Wynot Blue Devils, it was a mixed bag of results as they finished seventh in the girls competition with 52 points while the boys took home 30 points for a 12th-best haul in what was a misleading result for a plethora of reasons.

The Lady Blue Devils were led by Karley Heimes (first, high jump, 4-11; fourth, 400 meters, 1:03.72), 4x800 relay (first, 11:16.93), Krystal Sudbeck (second, long jump, 16-07.75),

Kinslee Heimes (third, 400 meters, 1:03.54; fifth, 100 meters, 13.28) and Kayla Pinkleman (fourth, 100 hurdles 17.11).

The Wynot boys got points from Jack Kuchta (second, high jump, 6-00; third, long jump, 20-01.50), 4x800 relay (third, 9:36), Peyton Wieseler (fourth, discus, 124-11), Charlie Schroeder (fifth, 400 meters, 54.60) and Garrett Lange (eighth, shot put, 40-11).

It was a culmination of a busy week for Wynot as they also competed in two meets earlier in the week among other things.

“We had graduation the same day, so we didn’t have all the competitors compete,” Wynot head coach Lee Heimes said. “We like where we are. We have one more meet then districts. We get a chance to fine tune things and get our events figured out.

“We are improving in a lot of areas so it is fun to watch these student/athletes go out and compete. For our girls teams, we really like our relays and we think we have a good shot at going to state. Also, we have several individual events for boys and girls that have a chance to make it to state.”

At the Ponca Invitational earlier that week, the Blue Devils set a school record in the girls 200-meter relay that had been held since 1978.

The time of 1:51.47 boosted Kinslee Heimes, Karley Heimes, Myrah Sudbeck and Krystal Sudbeck to the top of the charts by over two seconds.

At the Norfolk Classic just two days before the Lewis & Clark the 4x400-relay was the highlight with a second-place finish.

Tylor Nicke, who runs the anchor in the 4x800 for the boys, said that during the pandemic it was a matter of getting out and practicing as much as possible and the weight room helped out quite a bit as well.

“Our coaches really pushed to get our best performance,” Nicke, a junior, said. “I was really small as a freshman and I knew I had to get bigger. I got faster, and I was able to last longer with my endurance. I would say, after my sophomore year, I did a lot of lifting at home where I did cardio and small weights with a lot of reps. When I started football, I saw that it was helping.”

Nicke thinks the Blue Devils and himself have a shot to make some noise at the state level once they have the full roster back together.

“The 4x800, we have a pretty good shot at doing really good this year,” Nicke said. “I might do well in the mile, but I really have to push myself.”

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