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    Thursday September 7^th the Osmond cross country teams traveled to the Hartington golf course for their Invitational. It was a beautiful day for racing as 72 boy’s 37 girls and 53 junior high runners took to the course.

    The Tiger boy’s got off to a quick start and ran strong over the 5K distance.  At the finish gate Jared Bessmer was passed by Winnebago’s D’Von LaPointe .  Brian Santiago of Hartington won the race in 16:53,and his teammate Seth Wiebelhaus was second, LaPointe third and Jared fourth with a time of 18:21.

     Johnson Chishiba was 9^th in a solid time of 18:55, his brother Aaron came in 15^th in 19:30, also a good time.  Ethan Pfanstiel finished in 28^th place in 21:06 and Keaton Timmerman 33^rd in 21:29. Alexander Heiman placed 44^th in 22:36 and Alex Kumm was 54^th in 23:57.  Connor vonRentzell was 58^th in the 72 runner field in a time of 24:32.

    As a team the boy’s finished in fourth place.  Hartington was 1^st  (26), Winside 2^nd  (34), Winnebago 3^rd  (43), Osmond  4^th  (48), Laurel Concord Coleridge 5^th  (92), Battle Creek  6^th  (110), Ponca  7^th (146), Hartington JV 8^th (162), Randolph 9^th (170), and Pender 10^th (179).     

    In the girl’s race Hayle Krienert finished the race in 21^st place in 26:03, Lexi Beacom was 28^th in 29:14, and Jozie Kumm 30^th in 29:34.  All the girls had strong finishes.

    In the junior high division Robert Aschoff finished in 21^st place in a time of 7:24 and Kaden Polt was 27^th in a time of 8:01.

    “Everyone ran well today” noted Coach Joe Ortmeier, “this is one of the toughest meets we will run in all season.”