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            Thursday October 14^th Osmond traveled to the Ainsworth Golf Course for the District D-3 meet.  The weather was cool, but perfect for cross country.  The Osmond boys' team finished in 4^th place, just one place away from qualifying as a team, the girl’s finished tied for 7^th place, but Summerland had the tiebreaker, so the Tigers were 8^th.

            Ainsworth senior Ty Schueter won the race in a time of 16:45.8.  Osmond’s Gavin Geneski ran stride for stride with North Central’s Mason Hagan until the third mile when Hagan pulled ahead and took third place. Gavin was 4^th in a good time of 17:56.8. Robert Aschoff finished in 15^th place holding onto the final qualifying spot and nearly catching Luke Ludwig of Stuart. Robert’s time was his best ever time for 5K of 18:53.5. 

            Caleb Miller was the next Tiger to cross the finish line in 19^th place, nearly catching Drew Martin of West Holt.  Caleb’s time was his fastest ever of 19:26.8.  Karter Johnson was right behind Caleb in 20^th place in one of his fastest times of 19:27.3. Dominic True was close to Karter in 22^nd place also in a good time of 19:37.6.

            “I was very proud of the effort the boy’s put out trying to qualify the team for the State meet” praised Coach Joe Ortmeier, “all five runners in the top 22 is really something special.  It was too bad they missed third place by just 3 points.”

            The girls also ran some of the best times of the season.  The meet was won by Katherine Kerrigan of Ainsworth in a time of 20:09.1. Osmond’s top finisher was Keli Aschoff who finished in 17^th place.  She battled her way up to around 15^th place passing runners and runners passing her to the finish line.  She missed qualifying for the State meet by two positions and ran her fastest time ever by nearly 2 minutes. She covered the course in 22:55.2 which is a school record.

            Riley Wagner finished in 29^th place in her fastest time of the season and again by nearly 2 minutes.  Her time was 25:48.1. Sydney Peck was the next Tiger to cross the finish line in 41^st place in a time of 30:53.0. This was also one of her fastest times.

            “The girls also really competed; they ran very tough and their times show that” Coach Ortmeier noted. “I was really happy with how they improved all season.”

        Team Scores

    Boys                                                                                                 Girls

 1st      21         Elkhorn Valley                                     16         Ainsworth

2nd     24         Ainsworth                                                  21         North Central

3rd      31         West Holt                                                   26         Neligh-Oakdale

4th       34         Osmond                                                        36         West Holt

5th       37         North Central                                         47         Niobrara/Verdigre

6th       86         St. Edward                                                 57         Burwell

7th       88         Riverside                                                     69         Summerland

8th       94         Stuart                                                               69         Osmond

9th       100     Summerland                                            80         St. Edward

10th   101     Niobrara/Verdigre

11^th    122     Boyd County

12th   139     Twin Loup