Stella ‘stellar’ in Broken Bow

Aurora girls claim team title behind Peterson’s 
top performance Friday

Aurora freshman Stella Peterson gets a big hug from her Mom, Sunny Wendt, after setting a new personal record in the triple jump with a mark of 37-7 to win the event at Broken Bow Friday.
Aurora freshman Stella Peterson gets a big hug from her Mom, Sunny Wendt, after setting a new personal record in the triple jump with a mark of 37-7 to win the event at Broken Bow Friday.

It was a chaotic 10 minutes for Stella Peterson around lunch time in Broken Bow.  The Aurora freshman ended up second in the 100 meter dash to Kearney Catholic’s Hazel Haarberg, running a 13.05 to Haarberg’s 12.10.  After a quick warm-up leap into the sand pit, Peterson just minutes later set a new personal record in the triple jump, clearing 37-7 to win the event by nearly a foot. …