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NSAA Cross Country Championships

            The Osmond Tigers made their first team appearance at the State Cross Country meet held at the Kearney Country Club Friday October 25^th.  This was the first time five of the six runners had been at the State Meet.  One hundred fifty two runners lined up for the start including the six Tigers.   

          At the first mile Johnson Chishiba was 31^st, Graysen Schultze 54^th, Mason Bykerk 84^th, Ryan Schmit 94^th, Aaron Chishiba 101^st, and Octavio Palacios 120^th with Johnson running a 5:32.  The pack thinned and there was a lot of movement in the field during mile two which has the most hills of the course. 

          At the two mile Johnson fell back one spot to 32^nd  in a time of 11:36.0 with Mason moving all the way up to 33^rd place right behind Johnson at 11:37.0.  Graysen also moved up to 45^th place and Ryan up to 90^th.  Aaron and Octavio fell back slightly. 

          Running the last tough mile to the finish line Mason Bykerk moved up to 28^th place and was the top finishing Tiger.  His time was 18:07.4.  Graysen moved up to 37^th place in a time of 18:21.8.  Johnson struggled on the third mile and fell to 78^th place in a time of 18:54.0 while Ryan moved up to 84^th place in a time of 18:58.9.  Aaron came across the line in 127^th place in a time of 20:09.0 and Octavio finished in 132^nd place and was clocked at 20:23.7.

          As a team Osmond finished in 9^th place.  Axtel won Class D.

“I thought overall we ran very well” complimented Coach Ortmeier, “most times were near our runners best for a difficult course like this.  The boy’s had a great season winning five meets and runner-up in two others with a District championship to their credit.”

          Team Scores:

1^st      69     Axtel

2^nd     80     Aquinas Catholic

3^rd     93     St Paul

4^th     102   Shelton

5^th     114   Stanton

6^th     115   BRLD

7^th     131   Wilber-Clatonia

8^th     133   Norfolk Catholic

9^th     136   Osmond

10^th   177   Cornerstone Christian

11^th   178   Ainsworth

12^th   195   Hershey

13^th   203   Ravenna

14^th   220   Gibbon

15^th   225   Fillmore Central

16^th   226   North Platt St Patrick’s

17^th   237   Cambridge

18^th   245   Perkins County