Tom Lee has been named as the new athletic director and an assistant principal at Omaha Central following Darin Williams’ promotion to principal of Hale Middle School.

Lee has been the Eagles’ girls basketball coach for the past three years, taking them to the Class A state championship in 2012. He also has coached in the Omaha Public Schools at North and Burke, winning a state title with North. He was that school’s athletic director for four years.…

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Crusaders’ Elliston wins award
Maddie Elliston is the state’s Gatorade girls soccer player of the year and the third from Omaha Marian.
The 5-foot-2 junior defender and midfielder, a Penn State commitment, helped Marian card 22 consecutive shutouts over two years. She had a goal and three assists this season as the Crusaders (13-2) advanced to the Class A state semifinals.
A member of the U.S. under-18 women’s national team, she is ranked 12th in the 2014 recruiting class by TopDrawerSoccer.com.

Last-throw heartache
Not once, but three times in the past two years at the state track meet, Wayne State throws recruit Michaela Dendinger lost to the final contestant in the competition.
This year in Class D, it was Jordan Lempka of Sterling thwarting Dendinger …

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When: Tuesday and Wednesday
Courses: Class A, Pioneers, Lincoln. Class B, Jackrabbit Run, Grand Island. Class C, Highlands, Lincoln. Class D, Meadowlark Hills, Kearney

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TOURNAMENT FIELD
Class A: Bellevue East, Bellevue West, Fremont, Hastings, Kearney, Lincoln East, Lincoln Pius X, Lincoln Southwest, Millard North, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha Creighton Prep
Class B: Aurora, Beatrice, Blair, Columbus Scotus, Elkhorn South, Gretna, Holdrege, McCook, Omaha Gross, Omaha Skutt, Scottsbluff, Seward
Class C: Chase County, David City, Elgin/Pope John, Elmwood-Murdock, Fremont Bergan, Gibbon, Hartington Cedar Catholic, Hastings St. Cecilia, Kearney Catholic, Laurel-Concord/Coleridge, Logan View, Ord, Stanton, Sutton, Valentine
Class D: Bancroft-Rosalie, Cambridge, Deshler, Ewing, Friend, Fullerton, Grand Island Heartland Lutheran, Hartington, Hemingford, Medicine Valley, Mullen, Osmond, Overton, South Loup, Thayer Central

2012 TEAM CHAMPIONS
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Best on the track

Two state records — who else can it be but Kenzo Cotton of Papillion-La Vista? The record-holder in three events (100, 200 and the 400 relay) has set the bar high for his senior season in 2014. He may expand his horizons, too, to the 400 meters.

Best in the field

Kearney’s Luke McNitt notched a sweep of the Class A weights by winning the discus with a gold-medal distance of 171-1. None of Saturday’s field events generated an all-time mark.

Star search

Two freshman girls with splashy state-meet debuts were Erin Lee of York, who beat the defending champion in the 1,600 and also ran on the winning 1,600 relay in Class B, and Chloe Akin-Otiko of Bellevue West, gold …

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A listing of Nebraska high school track and field championship grand champions, team champions and all-class gold winners.

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GRAND CHAMPIONS

Boys: Lincoln Pius X

Girls: Millard West

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TEAM CHAMPIONS

CLASS A
Boys: Kearney
Girls: Millard West

CLASS B
Boys: Elkhorn South
Girls: Auburn

CLASS C
Boys: Thayer Central
Girls: Kearney Catholic

CLASS D
Boys: Hartington
Girls: O’Neill St. Mary’s

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ALL-CLASS GOLD

BOYS TEAM SCORING

Lincoln Pius X 66, Papillion-La Vista 59, Millard West 56, Kearney 53, Lincoln North Star 32, Fremont 27, Omaha Burke 25, Freeman 21, Lincoln Northeast 19, Elkhorn South 18, Lincoln East 18, Grand Island 17, McCook 17, Millard South 15, Lincoln Southwest 14, Thayer Central 11, Omaha Northwest 11, North Platte 10, …

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World-Herald videographer Kyle Benecke reports in with the sights and sounds of the Nebraska state track and field meet at Burke Stadium from Saturday.

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Best on the track: Lincoln Pius X, which had won the Class A girls 3,200 relay three of the past four years without getting an all-class gold medal, broke through with the foursome of Sarah Kottwitz, Tarin Van Slyke, Megan Drozda and Alyssa Thavenet running the No. 5 time all time at 9:25.16.

Best in the field: Tierra Williams of Auburn went to No. 2 on the all-time chart in the girls long jump with a wind-aided leap of 20-1¼ for an all-class gold.

Surprise of the day: Pius X’s boys finished fourth in their loaded district in the 3,200 relay, but ended up on top in a NASCAR-like finish. Jacob Holtmeier got to the line first to bring home golds for him and teammates …

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The annual Collin-Orcutt All-Star game will be played May 27 at 6 p.m. at Brown Park.

Greco and Don Kiviniemi of Bellevue East will coach the Collin squad while Jason Coulter of Omaha Benson and Scott Hodges of Omaha Burke will coach the Orcutt team. The game, featuring the top seniors from the Omaha area, marks the start of the American Legion season.

Rosters:
Collin — Millard West: Ryan Merrill, Nick Hargis, Eric Salmonson. Millard South: David Foley, Matt Meiners, Nick Houston. Papillion-La Vista South: Josh Kiger, Sam Palensky, Brent Kirsch. Papillion-La Vista: Matt Gay, Geoff Birkemeier. Omaha Gross: Zach Knicky, Cragin Missak. Ralston: Spencer Lavicky. Omaha South: Eric Mulligan. Omaha Westside: Bryce McMullen, Will Frei. Bellevue West: Cale Svehla. Bellevue East: Dan Gleason. Omaha …

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The Nebraska state track and field championships are underway at Burke Stadium.

See a photo showcase from the first-day action, and check out the video below to see sights and sounds from the state meet:

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Papillion-La Vista junior Kenzo Cotton grabbed the Class A state meet record in the 100-meter dash by running 10.51 in Friday’s heats at Burke Stadium.

Cotton’s personal best is a wind-aided 10.41 at last year’s state meet. That mark is second all-time on The World-Herald chart for electronic timing.

Lincoln Pius X opened the two-day meet by setting school records in the girls and boys 3,200 relays to win Class A titles. The Pius girls are now fifth on the all-time list.…

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