Stu Pospisil

2 weeks ago | omaha.com | Stu Pospisil

Fremont’s Juan Gonzalez has made his presence known in the Pacific Northwest before enrolling at Oregon. The five-time Nebraska gold medalist won the two-mile run at the Brooks PR Invitational on Sunday with a nation-leading time 8:47.06, three seconds ahead of a pack that posted five of the six fastest times this season. “I knew it was a pretty good field and I was going to have to go out there and put out a good performance,” Gonzalez told the Fremont Tribune.

3 weeks ago | lexch.com | Stu Pospisil

Bring back the Saturday roars to Burke Stadium. They’ve been missing the past five years while the state track and field meet, the first year from pandemic necessity, has been divided by class and spread out over four days. Classes A and B always on Wednesday and Thursday, when most of the all-class gold-medal performances are made, no rotating with Classes C and D on Friday and Saturday.

1 month ago | journalstar.com | Stu Pospisil

In a church pew, Alyssa Onnen sat frustrated. What was wrong? The 2024 state meet had been outwardly good for Onnen, winning three all-class gold medals for the best girls track and field team in any class, Kearney Catholic. Who knew she was in pain? Had been since mid-season. A decent amount of painkillers were required, she said, to get her through the state meet. She kept going, the pole vaulter competing at the Nike Outdoor Nationals a month later.

1 month ago | kearneyhub.com | Stu Pospisil

Stu Pospisil has compiled the athletes to watch at the 2025 Nebraska high school state track and field meet in Classes A and B. * * *Class A boysIke Ackerman, Omaha Central: At districts he closed to within a half-foot of Marty Kobza’s state-record 66-11½ in the shot. He’ll be favored to sweep the Class A throws and see if his discus mark holds up for the all-class gold. He’s signed with Ohio for football.

1 month ago | kearneyhub.com | Stu Pospisil

Stu Pospisil gives scoring projections and his take on the first two days of the 2025 Nebraska high school state track and field meet. * * *Boys team scoring projectionsKearney 57, Lincoln Southeast 46, Lincoln North Star 43, Fremont 38.2, Lincoln Southwest 29, Omaha Creighton Prep 27, Millard South 26, Gretna East 24, Omaha Skutt 22, Omaha Central 20.