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          Jared Bessmer running a little under the weather took 6^th place in a good time of 17:44 followed by Johnson Chishiba in 7^th at 18:03 also a good time.  Aaron Chishiba covered the course in 18:51 for 9^th place followed by Keaton Timmerman in 18^th place in 19:26, nearly two minutes faster than he had run his previous 5K races.  Also Keaton’s last 200 meters of the race was a sprint to the finish gate with three other runners. 

          Ethan Pfanstiel also had a sprint to the gate edging out a runner from Elkhorn Valley.  This was significant because in the final results Osmond and Elkhorn Valley were tied at 39 points for second place.  The tie breaker is the best fifth runners finish.  With Ethan out kicking the Falcon’s fifth runner Osmond took the runner-up plaque.  His time was 20:14.  Alexander Heiman was 36^th in 22:22, Alex Kumm 37^th in 23:06, and Connor vonRentzell was 42^nd in a time of 24:33. 

          “The team really went after it, they really wanted that plaque,” noted Coach Ortmeier.  “We had many runners step it up and work even though they were hurting.”

Team totals: 1^st - Boyd County (27), 2^nd - Osmond (39 – w/tiebreaker), 3^rd - Elkhorn Valley (39), 4th - Neligh-Oakdale (40), 5^th - Niobrara-Verdigre (79)

          Earlier in the girl’s division, Hayle Krienert and Lexi Beacom finished 14^th and 15^th in times of 25:28 and 25:45 respectively.  Jozie Kumm earned herself a medal placing 19^th in her best time of 27:19. 

          In the Jr. High boys division the runners covered a course of 2,250 meters.   Kaden Polt finished in 7^th place in a time of 9:31, and Robert Aschoff was right behind in 8^th place in 9:33.