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            Thursday September 5^th the Osmond cross country teams traveled to the Niobrara State Park for the Niobrara-Verdigre Invitational.  The temperature was in the 90’s and quite uncomfortable, but the Tigers didn’t seem to care as the teams ran very well.  The boy’s easily outpaced the field and the girls collected the first plaque in girls cross country earning second place.

          In the boy’s division it came down to the Tigers, one Bloomfield/Wausa runner, and Stanton.  Most of the race Addison Smith of Bloomfield/Wausa was battling Mason Bykerk and Johnson Chishiba for the top spot.  Racing down the hill to the finish Johnson took the top spot with Mason right behind him.  Graysen out-sprinted Smith for third place.  Top four times were 17:24, 17:25, 17:26, and 17:27. 

          Stanton runners took places 5, 6, and 7 before Osmond’s Ryan Schmit took 8^th place in 18:33.  Aaron Chishiba was 11^th in 18:48 and Octavio Palacios was 14^th in 19:18.

          The Tigers junior varsity swept the medals as Justus Maertins collected 1^st in 20:00, Zach Alderson 2^nd in 20:13, Kaden Polt 3^rd in 20:15, Robert Aschoff 4^th in 20:28, and Bodie True 5^th in 21:23.  Remaining Tigers placing were Keaton Timmerman 6^th in 22:11, Hunter Beacom 7^th in 22:21, Karter Johnson 8^th in 22:22, and Connor vonRentzell 9^th in 25:53.

          The runner-up Osmond girl’s team medaled all four runners.  Riley Wagner finished 11^th in 25:36, Hayle Krienert 14^th in 26:41, Lexi Beacom placed 16^th in 27:52, and Jozie Kumm placed 20^th in 29:55.

          “Our teams really ran strong considering how warm it was and the tough hilly course” noted Coach Ortmeier.  “The boy’s ran as we had hoped, and it was great for our girl’s to reach one of our early team goals.”

          The Osmond jr. high runners also did a fine job on the 1600 meter course.  Keli Aschoff took fourth place in 6:29, Caydence Krienert was 8^th at 7:00, Erica Heiman 9^th at 7:12, Juliana Kumm was 10^th in 7:19 and her sister Brianna was 11^th in a time of 7:20. 

          The top Osmond boy was James Doyle with a 4^th place finish.  His time was 6:21. Andrew Bucklew placed 12^th in 7:06 and Cody Gansebom right behind in 13^th place in a time of 7:07.

          The Tigers will run at Skyview Lake in Norfolk at the Norfolk Catholic Invitational on Friday starting at 3.

          Team Scores

Boy’s                                      Girls

1^st      13     Osmond                        10     Wausa/Bloomfield

2^nd     29     Stanton                         30     Osmond

3^rd     43     Plainview

4^th     69     Niobrara-Verdigre