Chadron State College Athletics

Deb and her identical twin sister, Donna, helped put the Hayes Center Cardinals in the spotlight during the mid-1980s and then had outstanding collegiate track careers. Both initially enrolled at what was then Kearney State College, but Deb transferred to Chadron State after her freshman year to major in family and consumer science.
While at CSC, Deb set school records both indoors and outdoors in the 800 and 1500. Her outdoor time of 2:11.34 in 1987 still stands. Her best time of 4:51.8 in the 1500 in 1989 stood for 18 years before it was broken by Stacy Girard.  Deb earned All-American honors at NAIA National Track and Field Meets four times. Indoors, she was fifth in the 800 in 1987, fourth in the 800 in ’88 and third in the 1,000 in ’89. She also was seventh in the 800 outdoors as a senior in 1989. In addition, she won three medals at the national meet for Kearney State as a freshman.
As a high school athlete, Deb scored 1,234 points for the basketball team and won 15 medals and scored 80 points at the state track meet in individual events. She still holds the Class D state meet record of 2:13.45 in the 800 meters.
With the Spickelmier twins leading the way, Hayes Center won state championships in both basketball and track and field and was the runner-up in volleyball when they were seniors in 1984-85. Hayes Center also was the Class D state champion in track and field the previous year.
After graduating from Chadron State, Deb married her CSC track coach, Scott Noble. They now live at Atwood, Kan., where he is the high school athletic director and football coach and she is a middle school teacher and coach. They have three children.