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            The Lewis & Clark / Bloomfield Invitational cross country meets were moved up to Wednesday October 9^th due to the threat of cold, wet, windy weather forecast for Friday.  The Tigers had already missed out on the Stanton invite which was canceled to wet conditions at the Stanton golf course the week before.

          The L&C and Bloomfield meets are run on the Rolling Hills golf course.  At the conclusion of the race the meets are scored separately as runners from the Bloomfield meet that are not in the Lewis & Clark conference are removed from the score.

                             Lewis & Clark Conference Meet

          Hartington freshman Carson Noecker easily won the race in 16:53.  Hartington’s Braden Kathol edged Osmond’s Mason Bykerk at the line as Kathol’s time was 18:10 and Bykerk was 18:13.  Johnson Chishiba was 5^th at 18:31 and Grayson Schultze 6^th in a time of 18:40.  Ryan Schmit ran a very good race finishing in 11^th place in 19:16.  Octavio Palacios was 23^rd (20:12) and Aaron Chishiba 25^th (20:27).  So for scoring purposes after removing runners not on full teams, Osmond scored 3, 4, 5, and 9 for 21 points while Hartington scored 1,2,6, and 11for 20 points edging the Tigers for the top spot.

          Other Tigers results were Robert Aschoff 30^th (21:09), Zach Alderson 32^nd (21:28), Kaden Polt 33^rd (21:29), Justus Maertins 34^th (21:30), Bodie True 40^th (22:32), Keaton Timmerman 41^st (22:34), Karter Johnson 43^rd (22:37), Hunter Beacom 44^th (22:38), Hudson Schultze 55^th (24:21), and Connor vonRentzell 60^th (25:49).

          The girls finished in third place behind champion Bloomfield/Wausa and runner-up Hartington /Newcastle.  The girl’s ran tough with Riley Wagner placing 14^th (24:33), Lexi Beacom 15^th (27:28), Hayle Krienert 16^th (27:35) and Jozie Kumm 21^st (29:57).

          In the junior high division of the Bloomfield meet Erica Heiman places 5^th in 11:56 for the 2500 meter course.  Caydence Krienter was 7^th (12:03), Juliana Kumm 8^th (12:14) and Brianna Kumm 9^th (12:15).  All four girls received medals.

          James Doyle received a 6^th place medal finishing in a time of 10:22.  Andrew Bucklew was 16^th in a time of 11:48.

          “I thought we ran very well since we hadn’t raced in quite a while” Coach Joe Ortmeier noted.  “I really thought the boy’s had beaten Hartington since our kids came in positioned well with the Wildcats.”

Lewis & Clark Scores

Boy’s                                                                   Girl’s

1^st      20      Hartington/Newcastle              17      Bloomfield/Wausa

2^nd     21      Osmond                                   20      Hartington/Newcastle

3^rd      56      Plainview                                 51      Osmond

4^th      72      Winside

5^th      79      Winnebago

6^th      108    Laurel/Concord/ Col

7^th      109    Ponca                  

                   Bloomfield Meet: Boy’s 2^nd: Girls 4^th

          The times were the same, but the places may be different due to the addition of Lutheran High Northeast and Norfolk High Reserves being added to the scores.

Tiger Places:

3        Mason Bykerk               16      Riley Wagner

5        Johnson Chishiba          24      Lexi Beacom

6        Graysen Schultze           25      Hayle Krienert

11      Ryan Schmit                  34      Jozie Kumm

24      Octavio Palacios

26      Aaron Chishiba

33      Robert Aschoff

37      Zach Alderson

38      Kaden Polt

39      Justus Maertins

50      Bodie True

51      Keaton Timmerman

53      Karter Johnson

54      Hunter Beacom

67      Hudson Schultze

73      Connor vonRentzell      

Bloomfield Invitational Scores

Boy’s                                                                   Girl’s

1^st      20      Hartington/Newcastle              17      Bloomfield/Wausa

2^nd     21      Osmond                                   20      Hartington/Newcastle

3^rd      57      Plainview                                 52      Norfolk High Res

4^th      78      Winside                                   70      Osmond

5^th      86      Winnebago

6^th      101    Norfolk High Res

7^th      122    Ponca

8^th      126    Laurel/Concord/Col