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            If you happened to be in Kearney on Friday October 23^rd you know it was cold, low 30’s cold with a breeze.  Normally the course at the Kearney Country Club is tough enough with its hills and twists and turns, but the cold was something else.

          Senior Graysen Schultze took all the challenges in stride and ran one of his better times of the year placing 28^th in 18:17.7.  Teammate Johnson Chishiba was with Graysen at the mile and two mile check points before the cold took its toll on him.  At the two mile he was in 38^th place, but finished in 83^rd in a time of 19:21.8.

          Robert Aschoff, Karter Johnson, and Kaden Polt ran in a pack throughout the entire race.  They hit the mile and two mile checkpoints within five or six seconds of each other and finished the same way.  Karter finished 120^th in a time of 20:30.2: Robert 121^st in 20:33.2: and Kaden finished in 123^rd place in a time of 20:38.1. All their times were close to their best times, which is really good when compared to the difficulty factor of the Kearney course.

            “I want to congratulate our team for qualifying for the state meet and their courageous effort racing on a cold and raw day” Coach Joe Ortmeier said. “Also great job for Grayson Schhultze placing 28^th in a tough field of runners and to Johnson Chishiba for being Osmond’s first four time state qualifier in cross country.”

Team Score:

1^st      14      Aquinas Catholic

2^nd     19      Norfolk Catholic

3^rd      61      Freeman

4^th      68      Axtell

5^th      69      McCool Junction

6^th      72      Ainsworth

7^th      78      Sandhills Valley

8^th      82      North Platte St. Patrick’s

9^th      83      Garden County

10^th    95      BRLD

11^th    99      Mullen

12^th    115    West Holt

13^th    118    Shelton

14^th    123    Crofton

15^th    136    Osmond

16^th    139    Ravenna

17^th    149    Bayard

18^th    179    Doniphan-Trumbull