Cedar Bluffs
Central City
Cross County
Elba
Fullerton
High Plains
Mead
Nebraska Christian
Palmer
Twin River
Wood River
Location: Central City High School (Bison Stadium – Preferred Popcorn Field)
Date: Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
No make-up date is scheduled
Schedule: 11:00 am - Scratch Meeting
12:00 pm - Field events begin
2:30 pm - Track events begin
Schools: Cedar Bluffs, Central City, Cross County, Elba, Fullerton, High Plains, Mead, Nebraska Christian, Palmer, Twin River, & Wood River
Entry Fee: $100.00 per school (includes boys and girls).
Starter: Richard Jeffery
Entries: Entries are due no later than 11:00am on Monday, March 23rd. Log in on: On Bound https://gobound.com/ne/ – Instructions for the Coaches: How to Submit Meet Entries | Bound Help Center (intercom.help) If a coach has not registered for Bound yet please have them contact Brian at brian.kujath@bound.com for instructions and login. We have also attached wording to put in your meet information letter.
Hospitality Room: High School Commons (Coaches/Bus Drivers/Administrators Only)
Numbers: No team score will be kept. You may enter as many athletes in an event as you want. You may enter more than one team in a relay. Remember, only FOUR events for any one athlete.
Awards: Medals will be awarded to the first six place finishers in each event, and members of the first four relay teams.
Procedures: Field events - shot, discus, long jump, and triple jump - four throws or jumps. No finals.
Girls' high jump will start at 3'10" and boys high jump will start at 4'8".
Girls' pole vault will start at 5' 6" and boys' pole vault will start at 8'.
Special Considerations:
Please police your athletes. Stop them from marking the track with spikes and from doing anything detrimental to the surface.
High School and Middle School teachers will need to park on the west side of the schools to free up some space on the east side.
No food or drink on the field (only water)
Athletes and non-participants will not be allowed to "camp out" on the football field once running events begin. Only those warming-up will be allowed on the field. All others are to be outside the track area.
Buses must park on the gravel parking lot north of the football field.
You can view live results at: Merrick County Track & Field Invite Results
RESTRICTED AREAS: After the completion of the field events, Only Meet Officials, Coaches, Administration, and Participating Athletes are allowed in the staging area or the track and on the infield or near the start/finish lines. Please communicate this request to your coaches and fans. Non-compliance will be addressed one time on the P.A. system and then an administrator/coach from your school will be asked to remove the offender.
Workers:
Tickets 11:00pm - 1:00pm North TBD
Tickets 11:00am - 11:30am South TBD
Tickets 11:30am - 2:30pm South TBD
Tickets 1:00pm - 4:00pm North TBD
Tickets 2:30pm - 4:00pm South TBD
Hip Numbers Hannah Wegner
Hip Numbers TBD
Hurdle Setup TBD
Girls Clerk of Start Mark Speer
Boys Clerk of Start Robb Schnitzler
Clerk of Finish Justin Anderson
Computer Black Squirrel
Booth Helper (Medals/Packets) TBD
Announcer TBD
Concessions Dance
Hospitality Room Lori Senkbile
Athletic Trainer Natalie Rihanek
DQ Sky Deck TBD
FIELD EVENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND STARTING TIMES:
* We will continue to use schools for events at this meet. You may change with a school if needed.
12:00 - Girls Shot Fullerton
12:00 - Unified Long Jump followed by Girls Long Jump Palmer
12:00 - Boys Discus Wood River
12:00 - Boys High Jump Twin River
12:00 - Boys Long Jump Mead
12:00 - Girls Pole Vault Central City - Pearson / Huebert
These events will follow the above:
Boys Shot Central City - Hood
Boys Triple Jump Nebraska Christian
Girls Discus High Plains (would like to switch to long or triple jump)
Girls High Jump Cedar Bluffs
Girls Triple Jump Cross County
Boys Pole Vault Central City - Pearson / Huebert
Track Event Order All Finals
First Session
3200 Relay Girls
3200 Relay Boys
100M Hurdles Finals Girls
110M High Hurdles Finals Boys
100M Dash Finals Unified
100M Dash Finals Girls
100M Dash Finals Boys
400M Dash Finals Girls
400M Dash Finals Boys
3200M Run Girls
3200M Run Boys
(20 minute break will follow)
Second Session
800M Run Girls
800M Run Boys
300M Low Hurdles Finals Girls
300M Intermediate Hurdles Finals Boys
200M Dash Finals Girls
200M Dash Finals Boys
1600M Run Girls
1600M Run Boys
400M Relay Girls
400M Relay Boys
1600M Relay Girls
1600M Relay Boys
Fillmore Central
Central City
York
Location: Central City High School (Bison Stadium – Preferred Popcorn Field)
Date: Monday, April 13th, 2026
No make-up date is scheduled
Schedule: 2:00pm - Scratch Meeting
3:00pm - Field events begin
4:00pm - Track events begin
Schools: Central City, Fillmore Central, & York
Entry Fee: None
Entries: Entries are due no later than 9:00am on Monday, April 13th, 2026. Log in on: On Bound https://gobound.com/ne/ – Instructions for the Coaches: How to Submit Meet Entries | Bound Help Center (intercom.help) If a coach has not registered for Bound yet please have them contact Brian at brian@blacksquirreltiming.com for instructions and login. We have also attached wording to put in your meet information letter.
Awards: None
Special Considerations:
Please police your athletes. Stop them from marking the track with spikes and from doing anything detrimental to the surface.
High School and Middle School teachers will need to park on the west side of the schools to free up some space on the east side.
No food or drink on the field (only water)
Athletes and non-participants will not be allowed to "camp out" on the football field once running events begin. Only those warming up will be allowed on the field. All others are to be outside the track area.
Buses must park on the gravel parking lot north of the football field.
No team score will be kept.
Workers:
Tickets (North) 2:30pm - 5:00pm TBD
Tickets (South) 2:30pm - 4:00pm TBD
Tickets (North) 4:00pm - 5:30pm Eleanor Cerveny
Tickets (South) 4:00pm - 5:30pm TBD
Boys Jumps TBD
Girls Jumps TBD
Shot Put TBD
Discus TBD
High Jump TBD
Pole Vault Natalie Pearson
Hurdle Setup HS Athletes
Clerk of Start Mark Speer & Justin Anderson
Clerk of Finish TBD
Timers Avery Palu, Alyssa Wilshusen,
Medals/Packets None
Announcer TBD
Concessions TBD
Exchange Zones Coaches
Athletic Trainer Natalie
Custodial TBD
Starter Richard Jeffrey
AIC Justin Anderson
Track & Field Quad Schedule
ORDER OF EVENTS
3:00 PM – Field Events
Boys Shot Put followed by Girls Shot Put
Girls Discus followed by Boys Discus
Girls Long Jump followed by Girls Triple Jump
Boys Long Jump followed by Boys Triple Jump
Girls High Jump followed by Boys High Jump
Boys Pole Vault followed by Girls Pole Vault
4:00 PM – Track Events
Girls 4 x 800M Relay – (probably run with boys)
Boys 4 x 800M Relay – (probably run with girls)
Girls 100M High Hurdles
Boys 110M High Hurdles
Girls 100M Dash
Boys 100M Dash
Girls 1600M Run
Boys 1600M Run
Girls 4 x 100M Relay
Boys 4 x 100M Relay
Girls 400M Dash
Boys 400M Dash
Girls 300M Low Hurdles
Boys 300M Intermediate Hurdles
Girls 800M Run
Boys 800M Run
Girls 200M Dash
Boys 200M Dash
Girls 3200 Run
Boys 3200 Run
Girls 4 x 400M Relay
Boys 4 x 400M Relay
York
Central City
Scotus Central Catholic
Columbus Lakeview
Adams Central
Waverly
St. Paul
Northwest
Milford
Schuyler
Location: Central City High School - Preferred Popcorn Field
Date: Friday, April 17th, 2026
Schedule: 12:00pm - Scratch (Under Stadium)
1:00pm - Field Events
2:30pm - Running
Unified Schools : Aurora, Central City, North Platte, and Platteview
Entry: $125.00 per school
Entries: Entries are due no later than 11:00am on Wednesday, April 16th. Log in on: On Bound https://gobound.com/ne/ – Instructions for the Coaches: How to Submit Meet Entries | Bound Help Center (intercom.help) If a coach has not registered for Bound yet please have them contact Brian at brian.kujath@bound.com for instructions and log in. We have also attached wording to put in your meet information letter. All Unified Student-Athletes should be emailed to Brian at Black Squirrel.
Hospitality Room: High School Commons
Awards: Medals will be awarded to the first six place finishers in each event and relays. Unified will medal the top four places in each event.
Procedures: Three athletes per event
Shot Put - Three attempts and top eight to finals
Discus - Three attempts and top eight to finals
Long Jump - Three attempts and top eight to finals
Triple Jump - Three attempts and top eight to finals
High Jump - Girls start at 4'0" ; Boys start at 5'0" - 2" increments
Pole Vault - Girls start at 7'2" ; Boys start at 9'2" - 6" increments
Unified Events (Single-gender Division Only)
100M Dash - One athlete and one partner compete as a unified team. Athletes will be heated/compete against each other, the same for partners. Each unified team will have their times combined.
4x100 Relay - Two athletes and two partners compete as a unified team. The order in competition is as follows: partner 1, athlete 1, partner 2 and athlete 2. Each school will run against time.
Long Jump - One athlete and one partner compete as a Unified team. Athletes will be flighted/compete against each other, the same for partners. Each athlete and partner will get 3 long jump attempts. Each unified team will have their best jumps combined.
Shot Put - One athlete and one partner compete as a Unified team. Athletes will be flighted/compete against each other, the same for partners. Each athlete and partner will get 3 throwing attempts. Each unified team will have their best throws combined.
Special Considerations:
Please police your athletes. Stop them from marking the track with spikes and from doing anything detrimental to the surface.
High School and Middle School teachers will need to park on the west side of the schools to free up some space on the east side.
No food or drink on the field (only water)
Athletes and non-participants will not be allowed to "camp out" on the football field once running events begin. Only those warming up will be allowed on the field. All others are to be outside the track area.
Buses must park on the gravel parking lot north of the football field.
You can view live results at: Central City Track & Invite Results
Workers
Tickets North (12:00pm - 2:00pm) TBD
Tickets South (12:00pm - 2:00pm) TBD
Tickets North (2:00pm - 5:00pm) Eleanor Cerveny
Tickets South (2:00pm - 5:00pm) TBD
Boys Jumps Trevor Thorell
Girls Jumps Darin Garfield
Shot Put TBD
Discus Josh Hood
High Jump TBD
Pole Vault Natalie Pearson & Troy Huebert Pole Vault Procedures
Hip Numbers Avery Palu
Hip Numbers Alyssa Wilshusen
Hip Numbers Kaylee Fuelberth
Hurdle Set-Up MS Track Athletes
Girls Clerk of the Start Mark Speer
Boys Clerk of the Start TBD (No Robb)
Clerk of the Finish Justin Anderson
Computer Black Squirrel
Booth Helper (Medals/Packets) Heather Negus
Announcer TBD
Concessions Cheer
Hospitality Room Lori Senkbile
DQ Sky Deck TBD
Athletic Trainer Natalie Rihanek
Starter Robert Drews
AIC Justin Anderson