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            On a warm humid day the Osmond Tigers took the course against 20 area class C and D teams at Skyview Lake for the Norfolk Catholic Invitational.  Norfolk Catholic won the boys team race with Pierce second and the Tigers finished in 9^th place.  Wayne won the girls side and Pierce again was second.

          Hartington-Newcastle’s Carson Noecker won the boy’s race in record time of 15:37.48 and second was Ben Hammond of Norfolk Catholic in a time of 17:56. Gavin Geneski was the top placer for Osmond as he missed out on a medal by one place.  He finished in 16^th place in a time of 18:57.18.

          Robert Aschoff finished in 29^th place (19:55.41), Dominic True 42^nd place (20:51.47), Karter Johnson 51^st place (21:16.86), Kaden Polt 60^th place (21:47.88, Caleb Miller 72^nd place (22:35.81), and Bodie True 73^rd place in (22:37.36).

          Crofton’s Jordyn Arens won the girl’s race in 20:00.0 with Darla Nelson of Bloomfield/Wausa finishing second in 21:23.82. Keli Aschoff had the top finish for the Osmond girl’s at 24^th place in a time of 25:05.70.  Riley Wagner was 51^st covering the distance in 30:20.41. 

          The Osmond junior varsity boys were second led by medal winner Matthew Alderson’s 5^th place finish.  Matthew’s time was 21:54.44.  Hunter Beacom was 13^th (22:59.03), Hudson Schultze 24^th (24:06.36), and James Doyle 29^th in (24:54.48) in the field of 55 runners.

          In the junior high division Rachel Harder just missed medaling as she finished 11^th in a time of 8:13.0 for the 2000 meter race.  Charley Aschoff was close behind placing 13^th in a time of 8:16.58.  There were 102 runners in the girl’s race.  For the boy’s race Kooper Gubbels finished in 79^th place in a time of 9:55.19.  There were 109 runners in the boy’s race.

          “I thought we competed well on a tough day to run, on a tough course” Noted Coach Joe Ortmeier.

Varsity Boy’s Scores                                 Junior Varsity Boy’s Scores

1^st      25      Norfolk Catholic                     28      Boone Central

2^nd     72      Pierce                                      41      Osmond

3^rd      92      Battle Creek                            43      O’Neill

4^th      107    Hartington-Newcastle             51      Elkhorn Valley

5^th      118    Humphrey St Francis              65      Wayne

6^th      120    Wayne

7^th      126    Elkhorn Valley

8^th      130    Boone Central

9^th      132    Osmond

10^th    142    O’Neill

11^th    151    BRLD

12^th    161    Stanton

13^th    194    Wisner-Pilger

14^th    225    Oakland-Craig

15^th    231    Crofton