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            Scoring six runners in the top ten is a pretty good start to winning a cross country meet.  That is what the Tigers did at Neligh-Oakdale on Monday September 16^th.  Due to flooding at the Antelope Country Club the meet was moved to the fair grounds.

          In the early stages of the meet the Tigers were clumped with Bennet of Elkhorn Valley and Thiele of Summerland.  By the last 800 meters the field had spread out and Tiger senior Mason Bykerk had the lead to the finish gate.  His time was 16:42.  Hunter Bennet of E-V was second and Osmond’s Johnson Chishiba and Graysen Schultze flew in at 3^rd and 4^th place in 16:49 and 16:58 respectively.

          Tigers Ryan Schmit and Octavio Palacios came in 6^th and 7^th behind Eli Theile of Summerland.  Their times were 18:04 and 18:19.  Aaron Chishiba followed in 9^th place in 18:39. 

          Robert Aschoff was the next Tiger to cross the line in 19^th place in a time of 19:16.  A trio of Osmond runners came through in 22^nd, 23^rd, and 24^th place.  Kaden Polt led the group (19:34), Zach Alderson next (19:36), and Justus Maertins followed (19:37). Bodie True was 35^th (20:43), Keaton Timmerman 39^th (21:04), Hunter Beacom 43^rd (21:28) and Connor vonRentzell 52^nd (25:10).

          For the fifth place girls Riley Wagner medaled coming in 13^th in a time of 23:52 and Lexi Beacom also earned a medal at 17^th place in a time of 24:25.  Hayle Krienert was 23^rd in a time of 26:34, and Jozie Kumm was 29^th.  Jozie’s time was 27:56.

          In the junior high division Andrew Bucklew earned a 7^th place medal covering the course in 11:10.  On the girl’s side Keli Aschoff collected a 5^th place medal in a time of 10:49.  Also medaling were Erica Heiman and Caydence Krienert.  Erica finished in 9^th place in 11:29 and Caydence 10^th in 11:35.  Juliana Kumm took 15^th place in 12:25 and Brianna Kumm 16^th in a time of 12:26.

          “I thought everyone ran very well considering we just had a big meet last Friday in Norfolk” complimented Coach Joe Ortmeier.  “The season is half over and we still have some big goals in front of us.”

Team Scores:

Boys                                         Girls

1^st                14      Osmond                         19      North Central

2^nd               52      North Central                58      Boyd County

3^rd               53      Elkhorn Valley              58      Burwell

4^th               59      Boyd County                 61      Summerland

5^th               63      Summerland                 57      Osmond

5^th                                                               57      Neligh-Oakdale

6^th                                                               84      Niobrara-Verdigre