Sticky posts in query_posts

I’m having an issue. On the home page of my site, I use 4 query_post calls as I want an individual post to show up in each separate div. Example:

<div class="colwide">

<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=1&offset=0'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php static $count1 = 0; if ($count1 == "1") { break; } else { ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/inc/meta.php' ); ?><div class="entry">
<?php the_content( '<span class="moretext">Continue Reading...</span>' ); ?>

<?php $count1++; } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
</div><!--End colwide-->

</div><!--End mainposts-->

<div id="recentposts" class="group">
<div class="col1">

<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=1&offset=1'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php static $count2 = 0; if ($count2 == "1") { break; } else { ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/inc/meta.php' ); ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

<?php $count2++; } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div><!--End Col1-->

<div class="col2">

<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=1&offset=2'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php static $count3 = 0; if ($count3 == "1") { break; } else { ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/inc/meta.php' ); ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

<?php $count3++; } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div><!--End Col2-->

<div class="col3">
<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=1&offset=3'); foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php static $count4 = 0; if ($count4 == "1") { break; } else { ?>

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/inc/meta.php' ); ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

<?php $count4++; } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div><!--End Col3-->			

</div><!--End Recentposts-->

I know that’s a lot. In the first Query, I want just 1 sticky post to show up, OR the most recent post for a the category “Main.” It doesn’t matter which. Anyone have any thoughts on how to get only one post from the “main” category to work? Thanks in advance.