Chris Basnett

1 day ago | journalstar.com | Chris Basnett

Charlie Thorne won the 100-meter dash, 400, 300 hurdles and ran the anchor on Lincoln Southeast's winning 1,600-meter relay for a four-gold day at the A-1 district meet in Norfolk. Thorne will head to Omaha as the favorite in the 400 and 300 hurdles, and will give Southeast a chance in the relay as the Knights try to bring home a trophy from next week's state tournament. Southeast on Tuesday scored 141 points to win the district title by 10 over Elkhorn South.

1 day ago | journalstar.com | Chris Basnett

WAVERLY — Emma Steffensen has been at this long enough to know the drill. The hottest, windiest day of the track season wasn't going produce many eye-popping marks during the B-1 district meet at Waverly High School — managing the conditions and getting the job done were the name of the game Tuesday. And Steffensen did just that, winning four gold medals to set herself up for another potentially big state meet next week in Omaha.

1 week ago | journalstar.com | Chris Basnett

A few feet apart at the southeast corner of UBT Stadium, Taylor Schuster and Finn McGovern put plenty of distance between themselves and the rest of the field. The Lincoln Southwest long jumpers had another big day Tuesday at the Heartland Athletic Conference track and field championships, bringing home gold in both the girls and boys long jump events at UBT Stadium.

1 week ago | journalstar.com | Chris Basnett

The biggest golf meets of the season will arrive soon enough. But Thursday's Capital City Invitational provided a pretty good taste of what will be coming in the next few weeks. Lincoln Southeast's Thomas Bryson won the individual title with a 4-under 67, and Omaha Westside took the team crown with a 290 at Holmes Golf Course. The meet featured the four teams considered the top contenders for the Class A state championship in four weeks — Westside, Southeast, Lincoln East and Creighton Prep.

2 weeks ago | journalstar.com | Chris Basnett

The biggest name at Friday's Harold Scott Invitational was one of two athletes to win three golds. Fremont distance wizard Juan Gonzalez hardly had to break a sweat while winning the 800 and 1,600, also running a leg on Fremont's winning 3,200-meter relay squad. One of the top prep distance runners in the country still did plenty of damage, setting a meet record in the 800, and nearly getting another in the 1,600 despite a low-stress run in which he hardly pushed the pace.