Noteworthy and Validated Track and Field Times/Marks
From Bertrand High School's Past (Pre 1979 Boys and 1983 Girls)
                                  And Discontinued Events
Note:  Before Jerry Stine became coach, there were no results kept. The majority of this information was found in the Bertrand Herald. 
              If you have a valid mark from a printed source (e.g. newspaper article, copy of meet results) that you would like to have included on
             this list, email me at renkenbrad@yahoo.com  The more the better - Thanks !!
    Boys        
Name Event Mark Year Notes
Roger Sand 100 Yd. Dash 9.9 1966 Is school record converted to 10.8. Set at RVL at Arapahoe
Roger Sand 100 Yd. Dash 10.0 1966 Tied district record. At North Platte. 
Roger Sand 100 Yd. Dash 10.1 1966 Broke school record. Beaver City Meet.
Dave Peterson 100 Yd. Dash 10.2 1965 Semi-Finals in Hastings Inv. Tied school record.
Wayne Bachman 100 Yd. Dash 10.2 1947 On 1961 school record board
Jim Schaefer 100 Yd. Dash 10.2 1962 Tied school record. District at McCook
Lanny Renken 100 Yd. Dash 10.3 1966 4th place at Beaver City Meet.
Jim Schaefer 100 Yd. Dash 10.3 1963 District at McCook
Bob Atkinson 100 Yd. Dash 10.6 1959
Dave Peterson 100 Yd. Dash 10.7 1963 District at McCook
Jim Howat 100 Yd. Dash 10.8 1951 Tied for 4th at Mid Valley at Arapahoe
Howard Holmquist 100 Yd. Dash 10.9 1954 Hi-Line at Farnam
Roger Sand 220 Yd. Dash 22.8 1966 Was school record - conv. to 22.7. Prelims, RVL, Arapahoe
Dave Peterson 220 Yd. Dash 23.0 1965 Was RVL and school record.
Jim Schaefer 220 Yd. Dash 23.0 1963 District at McCook
Jim Schaefer 220 Yd. Dash 23.2 1962 School record. District at McCook
Bob Atkinson 220 Yd. Dash 23.5 1960 On 1961 school record board
Jack Hall 220 Yd. Dash 23.5 1961 On 1961 school record board
Virgil Meyer 220 Yd. Dash 24.0 1954 Hi-Line at Farnam
Bob Atkinson 220 Yd. Dash 24.2 1959
Gary Myers 220 Yd. Dash 24.4 1957 Tied Virgil Meyer's school record
Jim Howat 220 Yd. Dash 25.4 1951 1st at Mid Valley at Arapahoe
Brad Renken 440 Yd. Dash 50.9 1973 Tied own school record - conv. to 50.6. Alma Twilight
Brad Renken 440 Yd. Dash 50.9 1972 Broke own school record - conv. to 50.6. RVL at Alma
Brad Renken 440 Yd. Dash 51.9 1972 Broke Virgil Meyer's record.  Adam's Central Inv. Record
Virgil Meyer 440 Yd. Dash 52.1 1955 On 1961 school record board. 3rd in Class C finals at Lincoln
Virgil Meyer 440 Yd. Dash 52.3 1955 Class C prelims at Lincoln
Virgil Meyer 440 Yd. Dash 52.4 1955 Beat district record of 54.0 at Holdrege 
Lanny Renken 440 Yd. Dash 53.8 1967 5th at District Meet. Newspaper said 54.2
Leroy Kuck 440 Yd. Dash 57.3 1954 Hi-Line at Farnam
Verlyn Johnson 440 Yd. Dash 58.3 1951 1st at Mid Valley at Arapahoe
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 1:57.3 1973 Broke own school record - conv. to 1:56.6.  2nd at State Meet
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 1:58.3 1973 Broke own record. 1st place RVL at Alma. RVL record. Conv. To 1:57.6
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 1:59.5 1972 Broke own record. 3rd place at State Meet at Omaha
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 1:59.7 1972 Tied own record at District Meet at McCook
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 1:59.7 1972 Broke own record. 1st at Arapahoe. Meet record.
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 2:00.5 1971 Broke own school record. Broke meet record of 2:01.3 at Kearney Inv.
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 2:01.1 1971 Broke own school record. Alma Twilight.
Brad Renken 880 Yd. Dash 2:01.6 1970 1st at RVL at Alma. Broke Bob Nelson's record of 2:11.0.
Dale Meyer 880 Yd. Dash 2:08.6 1973 5th at District meet at McCook
Bob Nelson 880 Yd. Dash 2:11.0 1967 6th at district meet. School record.
Don Nutzman 880 Yd. Dash 2:13.0 1953 On 1961 school record board
Van Fastenau Mile Run 4:38.2 1976 Broke Brad Renken's school record - conv. to 4:36.6
Brad Renken Mile Run 4:40.9 1972 2nd place at Kearney State Indoor. Broke Mark High's school record.
Mark High Mile Run 4:48.1 1971 Broke own record. 1st place RVL meet at Alma.
Mark High Mile Run 4:54.5 1970 School record. 4th at RVL, Alma. Broke Kim McDonald's record.
Kim McDonald Mile Run 5:00.1 1966 Broke Steve Davis's school record. Not certain on time.
Steve Davis Mile Run 5:01.6 1965 School record. District meet at Gothenburg
Wendell Westfall Mile Run 5:17.2 1951 2nd at Mid Valley at Arapahoe
James Stubbendieck Mile Run 5:20.0 1961 On 1961 school record board? Should be Westfall 5:17.2?
Brad Renken 2 Mile Run 10:43.1 1973 5th at District Meet at McCook. Broke Mark Davison's school record.
Mark Davison 2 Mile Run 10:56.9 1971 Was school record.
Ron Hall 120 Yd. High Hurdles 15.5 1964 Was school record.
Russ Besmer 120 Yd. High Hurdles 15.5 1978 Tied school record.
Byron Hock 120 Yd. High Hurdles 15.6 1971 Won 1st place at RVL at Alma
Richard Myers 120 Yd. High Hurdles 16.3 1960 On 1961 school record board
Ron Hall 120 Yd. High Hurdles 16.3 1963 District at McCook
Dennis Hinson 120 Yd. High Hurdles 16.4 1972 5th place at RVL at Alma
John Anders 120 Yd. High Hurdles 16.5 1979 RVL at Bertrand
Gary Myers 120 Yd. High Hurdles 16.5 1957 Beat Philip Crantz's record of 18.3
Nick Phillippi 180 Yd. Low Hurdles 21.2 1979 Alma Twilight
Ron Hall 180 Yd. Low Hurdles 21.4 1964 Was school record.
Gary Myers 180 Yd. Low Hurdles 21.7 1955 On 1961 school record board
Byron Hock 180 Yd. Low Hurdles 21.9 1971 6th place at Kearney State Inv.
Ron Philips 180 Yd. Low Hurdles 22.0 1958 Beat Gary Myers school record. Mid Valley at Arapahoe
Ron Hall 180 Yd. Low Hurdles 22.1 1963 District at McCook
Stan Johnson 180 Yd. Low Hurdles 22.3 1972 RVL meet at Alma
Phillip Crantz 60 Yd. High Hurdles 8.9 1955 On 1961 school record board
Gary Myers 100 Yd. Low Hurdles 12.5 1955 On 1961 school record board
Rocky Peterson 440 Yd. Relay 47.3 1978 Was school record.
Scott Johnson
Nick Phillippi
Russ Besmer
Ward Peterson 880 Yd. Relay 1:34.2 1963 Was school record.
David Peterson Placed 4th at State Meet
Larry Bennett
Jim Schaefer
Ward Peterson 880 Yd. Relay 1:35.2 1963 Was school record. District at McCook
David Peterson Grant beat Bertrand by .2 sec. but we still qualified
Larry Bennett The district team title was the first in school history.
Jim Schaefer
Ward Peterson 880 Yd. Relay 1:36.2 1962 School record and District record. At McCook
Larry Bennett LeRoy Hoehner and Claire Boroff were coaches.
Jack Hall
Jim Schaefer
James Schaefer 880 Yd. Relay 1:38.1 1961 On 1961 school record board
Jack Hall
Roger Renken
Ward Peterson
Gary Myers 880 Yd. Relay 1:39.7 1957 Broke old school record of 1:40.8
Bob Dahlgren
Kent Holen
Ron Philips
Jim Howat 880 Yd. Relay 1:44.7 1951 Mid Valley at Arapahoe
Verlyn Johnson
Russ Henderson
Richad Sargent
Duane Brand Mile Relay 3:36.8 1967 Missed medaling by one place at State Meet. 
Rod Bredenkamp Was school record.
Lanny Renken
Dick High
Dale Meyer Mile Relay 3:39.6 1973 RVL meet at Alma
Gary Wilken
Bob Hotaling
Brad Renken
Duane Brand Mile Relay 3:40.3 1967 1st at district meet.
Rod Bredenkamp
Lanny Renken
Dick High
Leroy Kuck Mile Relay 3:40.8 1955 On 1961 school record board
Howard Holmquist Class C state meet tie for 3rd with Cambridge.
Gary Myers Cambridge won flip for medal
Virgil Meyer
Leroy Kuck Mile Relay 3:41.9 1955 Beat district record of 3:43.8 by Calloway at Holdrege
Howard Holmquist
Gary Myers
Virgil Meyer
Russ Besmer Mile Relay 3:45.0 1977 Kearney Inv.    
Robert Stehl
Kevin Forster
Paul Vinzant
James Reissener Mile Relay 3:57.7 1951 Mid Valley at Arapahoe
Blair Rehnberg
Wendell Westfall
Fred Carlson
Wally Kuck 2 Mile Relay 8:36.4 1976 Was school record.
Van Fastenau
Kevin Forster
Mike Dannehl
Bill Ford 2 Mile Relay 8:40.3 1971 2nd place at Cambridge Relays. Was school record.
Jim Bowen
Kirk Winheim
Brad Renken
Bill Ford 2 Mile Relay 8:48.6 1972 3rd place at District Meet at McCook
Bob Hotaling
Jim Bowen
Dale Meyer
Byron Hock 2 Mile Relay 8:48.7 1971 3rd at Alma Inv. Was school record
Bill Ford  (until 12 days later at Cambridge)
Kirk Winheim
Jim Bowen
Jim Bowen 2 Mile Relay 8:49.1 1972 RVL meet at Alma
Bob Hotaling
Bill Ford
Dale Meyer
Dale Meyer 2 Mile Relay 8:49.7 1973 RVL meet at Alma
Bob Hotaling
Wally Kuck
Kirk Winheim
Bob Hotaling Sprint Medley Relay 3:45.6 1972 Cambridge Relays
Gary Wilken 440-220-220-880
Stan Johnson Meet Record and School Record
Brad Renken
Craig Stephens Distance Medley Relay 11:49.8 1988 Cambridge Relays
Scott Kugler 880-440-1320-Mile
Pat Wells Broke school record 
Gregg Dahlgren
Pat Wells Distance Medley Relay 11:55.1 1986 Was school record.
Scott Kugler
Robb Paulak
Gregg Dahlgren
Robert Kugler 220 Yd. HH Shuttle Relay 34.2 1990 Cambridge Relays
Mike Krajewski
Ryan Vaughn
Byron Upthagrove
Byron Hock 280 Yd. HH Shuttle Relay 39.6 1971 Cambridge Relays
Dennis Hinson One source says Mark Davison anchored - not Stan?
Gene Schaefer
Stan Johnson (or)  Mark Davison
Scott Johnson 400 Yd. LH Shuttle Relay 50.5 1979 Cambridge Relays
Mark Nelson
Nick Phillippi
John Anders
Byron Hock 400 Yd. LH Shuttle Relay 50.9 1971 Was school record.
Dennis HInson
Gene Schaefer
Scott Johnson
Dennis Duff Discus 154'9" 1967 Is school record.  3rd at State Meet
Dennis Duff Discus 146'9" 1967 2nd at district meet.
Jim Schaefer Discus 128'11 3/4" 1963 District at McCook
John Anders Discus 127'10" 1979 Alma-Arapahoe-Bertrand Tri.
Boyde Fyfe Discus 122'7" 1961 On 1961 school record board
Ivan Samuelson Discus 120'9" 1957 New to the records this year - so was school record
Wes Holen Discus    120'0" 1972 3rd place at Adams Central Inv.
Wes Holen Discus 120'0" 1972 Adam's Central Inv.
Rocky Peterson Discus 119'7" 1979 Alma-Arapahoe-Bertrand Tri.
David Naumann Discus 118'1" 1963 District at McCook
Ron Hall Discus 118'0" 1963 District at McCook
Paul Hanson Discus Relay 338'10" 1987 Cambridge Relays
Brent Samuelson
Lance Hatfield
Paul Hanson Discus Relay 327'0" 1986 Cambridge Relays
David Murray
Brent Samuelson
Randy Hock High Jump 6'0" 1972 1st place at District Meet at McCook. Was school record.
Tim Nelson High Jump 5'11" 1962 Beat Mel Davison's record of 5'10 1/2". District at McCook
Melvin Davison High Jump 5'10 1/2" 1949 On 1961 school record board
Jack Hall High Jump 5'10" 1962 District at McCook
Davis Duff High Jump ?? 1968 2nd place at State Meet
Tim Nelson High Jump    5'9" 1962 Tied for 2nd place at State Meet
Ron Hall High Jump 5'7" 1963 District at McCook
Jason High High Jump Relay 17'11" 1991 Cambridge Relays
Nate Gengenbach
Keith Krajewski
Reed Philips High Jump Relay 17'5" 1987 Cambridge Relays
Danny Mille
Craig Stephens
Jim Schaefer Broad Jump 22'9" 1963 Is school record. Won All Class Gold Medal
Jim Schaefer Broad Jump 21'8 3/4" 1963 District at McCook
Jim Schaefer Broad Jump 21'7 1/2" 1962 1st place at State Meet
Jim Schaefer Broad Jump 21'1 1/2" 1962 District at McCook
Roger Sand Broad Jump 21'0" 1966 District at North Platte
James Schaefer Broad Jump 20'11 1/2" 1961 On 1961 school record board
Roger Sand Broad Jump 20'7 1/4" 1966 3rd place at State Meet
Kyle Hoehner Long Jump 20'00" 1976 Bertrand Inv.  
Gene Schaefer Long Jump 19'11 3/4" 1971 Won 1st place at RVL at Alma
Jim Howat Broad Jump 19'5" 1951 2nd place. District meet at Arapahoe. Qualified for state.
Scott Johnson Long Jump 19' 1/2" 1979 Alma-Arapahoe-Bertrand Tri.
Reed Philips Long Jump Relay 57'1" 1986 Cambridge Relays
Gregg Dahlgren
Scott Kugler
Mike Wendell Long Jump Relay 54'3 3/4" 1989 Cambridge Relays
Chris Johnson
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Gene Schaefer Pole Vault 13'8 1/2" 1971 Class D District Record at Lexington. Was school record.
Wendell Johnson Pole Vault 13'1" 1977 Kearney Inv. Meet record.
Kirk Winheim Pole Vault 13'0" 1973 1st place at RVL meet
Wendell Johnson Pole Vault 12'10" 1977 Bertrand Inv. record.
Roger Sand Pole Vault    12'7" 1965 2nd place at State Meet. Was school record.
Roger Sand Pole Vault 12'6" 1964 1st Place. School and District record. At Gothenburg
Dennis Sand Pole Vault 12'6" 1968 District ??  Ask Dennis
Kyle Hoehner Pole Vault 12'6" 1976 2nd place at State Meet
Dennis Sand Pole Vault 12'0" 1968 4th place at State.
Roger Sand Pole Vault 11'11" 1966 District at North Platte
Randy Hock Pole Vault 11'0" 1972 RVL at Alma
Terry Ronnberg Pole Vault 10'0" 1961 On 1961 school record board
Jason High Pole Vault Relay 31'0" 1991 Cambridge Relays
Josh Marshall
Tye Johnson
Craig Stephens Pole Vault Relay 30'3" 1988 Cambridge Relays
Jeff Wilken Craig 11'9, Jeff 9'6, Eric 9'0
Eric Hagen
Dennis Duff Shot Put 55'11" 1967 School and district record. 
Dennis Duff Shot Put    55'4 1/2" 1967 1st place at State Meet
Dennis Duff Shot Put 51'4 1/2" 1966 District at North Platte
Dennis Duff Shot Put 50'10" 1966 Broke his own school record. RVL meet at Arapahoe
Dennis Duff Shot Put 50'5 3/4" 1966 Broke Water's school record of 46'5 3/4. Beaver City meet
Harry Waters Shot Put 46'5 3/4" 1961 On 1961 school record board
Ron Lavene Shot Put 46'5 3/4" 1967 4th at district meet.
Ivan Samuelson Shot Put 45'10 1/2" 1957 Beat his own school record
Ken Way Shot Put 45'6 1/8" 1963 District at McCook
John Anders Shot Put 42'4 1/2" 1979 Alma-Arapahoe-Bertrand Tri.
Byron Upthagrove Shot Put Relay 128'9 1/2" 1990 Cambridge Relays
Mike Wells
Chad Scharff
Paul Hanson Shot Put Relay 119'4 3/4" 1987 Cambridge Relays
Brent Samuelson
Todd Upthagrove
Kari Saarinen Triple Jump 42'7 1/4" 1974 Was school record.
Scott Johnson Triple Jump   40'9 1/2 " 1979 As part of Triple Jump Relay at Cambridge
Nate Gengenbach Triple Jump Relay 121'0" 1991 Cambridge Relays
Keith Krajewski
Jason High
Reed Philips Triple Jump Relay 118'7" 1986 Cambridge Relays
Mark Dahlke
Greg Olson
    Girls        
Name Event Mark Year Notes
Lorri Dannehl 50 Yd. Dash 6.2 1974 Was school record
Lorri Dannehl 50 Yd. Dash 6.5 1973 Was school record
Pam Wittfoth 50 Yd. Dash 6.8 1972 Tri. At Elwood
Lorri Dannehl 100 Yd. Dash 12.0 1973 Was school record
Lorri Dannehl 100 Yd. Dash 12.1 1974 Triangular
Lorri Dannehl 220 Yd. Dash 28.4 1972 Tri. At Elwood
Karen Dahlgren 400 Meter Dash 60.28 1981 6th Class C State Meet
Teri High 440 Yd. Dash 61.05 1973 Was school record
Sara Bachmann 1600 Meter Run 6:43.6 1979 Elwood Inv. (metric meet)
Kathy Holen 50 Yd. Hurdles 8.2 1972 Was school record
Gina Sattler 75 Meter Hurdles 13.5 1979 Elwood Inv. (metric meet)
Karen Dahlgren 80 Yd. Hurdles 11.6 1979 Bertrand Inv.
Tami Forster 80 Yd. Hurdles 13.5 1974 Triangular
Lori Franzen 80 Yd. Hurdles 13.7 1973 Was school record
Marcia High 80 Yd. Hurdles 13.7 1973 Was school record
Karen Dahlgren 100 Yd. Low Hurdles (30") 14.7 1982 Was school record
Karen Dahlgren 100 Yd. Low Hurdles (30") 15.01 1981 Won All Class Gold Medal
Wilma Renken 440 Yd. Relay 54.4 1981 UNK Indoor - 1st Place
Barb Holscher
Darla Maaske
Karen Dahlgren
Wilma Renken 440 Yd. Relay 52.0 1981 Is tied for school record
Barb Holscher Converted to 51.8
Darla Maaske
Karen Dahlgren
Chastity Wilson 880 Yd. Relay 1:53.6 1989 Cambridge Relays
Tammi Carlson Was school record
Sarah Nuttelman Converted to 1:53.1
Keri Arehart
Sarah Nuttelman 880 Yd. Relay 1:53.9 1987
Keri Arehart
Katie Corbitt
Connie Besmer
Melody Besmer 880 Yd. Relay 1:54.6 1984
Ann Dannehl
Connie Besmer
Stephanie DeBoer
Joni Kuck 880 Yd. Relay 1:56.3 1978 Converted to 1:55.8
Chris Robb
Jane Fastenau
Candy Osbourn
Bretta Kuck 880 Yd. Relay 1:57.4 1973 Was school record.
Marcy Holen
Lorri Dannehl
Teri High
Janis Bunsen Sprint Medley Relay (old) 2:01.9 1973 Cambridge Relays
Patti Williams 110-110-220-440
Lorri Dannehl
Teri High
Katie Corbitt Sprint Medley Relay 4:34.1 1987 Cambridge Relays
Sarah Nuttelman 440-220-220-880
Keri Arehart
Carrie Bennett
Wilma Renken Sprint Medley Relay 4:39.3 1981 440-220-220-880
Ann Dannehl (same as old DMR)
Karen Dahlgren
Cathy Schwan
Marcy Holen Sprint Medley Relay 5:01.0 1973 Was school record.
Carla Meyer 440-220-220-880
Bretta Kuck
Mary Fastenau
Jessica Norton Distance Medley Relay 14:24.0 1990 Cambridge Relays
Tammi Carlson 800-400-1200-1600
Jennifer Kubik Broke school record
Chastity Wilson
Jennifer Kubik Distance Medley Relay 14:29.5 1989 Was school record
Geolene Bunsen 800-400-1200-1600
Gina Kuck
Kristi Bennett
Lona Philips 320 Yd. LH Shuttle Relay 49.7 1982 Cambridge Relays
Michelle Bennett Was school record
Amy Fastenau
Karen Dahlgren
Lona Philips 320 Yd. LH Shuttle Relay 52.6 1983 Cambridge Relays
Monica Nuttelman
Christy Williams
Amy Fastenau
Tonya Wallander Discus Relay 259'10" 1988 Cambridge Relays
Melanie Warning
Diana Donnoe
Karen Dahlgren High Jump 4'10" 1979 Bertrand Inv.
Lori Franzen High Jump   4'9" 1972 Won RVL at Alma. School record then. 
Monica Nuttelman High Jump Relay 13'10" 1985 Cambridge Relays
Connie Besmer
Jodie Wissmann
Sandy Walston Long Jump 16' 1/2" 1978 Was school record
Marcy Holen Long Jump 14'4 1/4" 1973 Was school record
Amy Fastenau Long Jump Relay 42'8" 1984 Cambridge Relays
Melody Besmer
Christi Williams
Kathy Anders Shot Put 8 lb. 32'6 1/2" 1973 Was school record.
Diana Donnoe 4 kg Shot Put Relay 87'4 3/4" 1990 Cambridge Relays
Shelly Bielser
Holly Peterson
Julie Maaske 8 lb. Shot Put Relay 81'0" 1978 Cambridge Relays
Lori Bodeman
Maureen Cole
Karen Dahlgren Triple Jump 35'4 1/2" 1981 Is school record
Karen Dahlgren Triple Jump 34'2 3/4" 1979 Bertrand Inv.