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Ohlson, Stroup 3-4 at McCook cross country meet
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Chase County-Imperial's Scott Ohlson and Dundy County's Jordan Stroup placed 3-4 in the varsity boys race at Thursday's McCook Invitational cross country meet.
Ohlson was clocked in the 5K with a time of 17 minutes, 10 seconds. Stroup's time was 17:18.
Ogallala's Jesse Adams and Tanner Fruit placed 1-2 and led their team to a first-place finish with 24 points. Three other Ogallala runners placed in the top 20.
The Dundy County boys, led by Stroup and seventh-place finisher Brandon Shirkey (17:40) placed second with 90 points.
The Tigers were followed by North Platte 95, Holdrege 98, McCook 107, Chase County 110 and Grant 112.
Gothenburg ran away with the varsity girls title with 24 points.
North Platte placed second with 55, followed by Ogallala 70, Holdrege 76, Grant 93, Chase County 98 and Decatur Community-Oberlin 98.
McCook's Ryan Ankersen was the lone Bison in the top 10. He placed ninth with a time of 17:43.
Other area runners in the top 10 were Brett Gooden, Chase County, 12th, 18:01; McCook's Cody Martin, 14th, 18:10; and Chase Ciunty's Brett Harmon, 18th, 18:49.
Other McCook varsity runners were Jacob Forbes 43rd, 21:13; Michael Jordan, 48th, 21:37; Ian Hunter, 51st, 21:53; and Clay Jordan, 61st, 23:58. Charles Clapp did not finish the race.
North Platte's Brittany Bunker won the varsity girls 4K with a time of 16:32.
Area girls in the top 20 were Chase County's Jamie Lines, 8th, 17:24; Oberlin's Becky Helm, 12th, 17:42; McCook's Rebecca Rawlings, 13th, 17:49; Eustis-Farnam's Hillary Wiils, 15th, 18:07; Oberlin's Whitney Beinke, 18th, 18:41; Dundy County's Megan Baird, 19th, 18:46; and McCook's Renetta Rawlings, tied for 20th, 18:48.
Other McCook runners were Kelsey Schoup, 48th, 21:04; Sarah Calvin, 64th, 24:04; and Jennifer Herron, 68th, 24:38.
McCook's Emily Geschwentner and Christi Burrows did not finish the race.
McCook's Hailey Buddenberg won the Junior High Girls 1600-meter race with a time of 6:40.
McCook's Brian Roberts was fifth in the Junior High Boys 1600 with a time of 6:23.
McCook cross country coach Tom Sughroue said the Bison runners had a good day on their home course.
"I thought that everyone did an exellent job," Sughroue said. "Almost all of the runners improved their times from last year, some were by seconds while others improved by minutes.
"It was great to see the kids rebound from Saturday's meet, by coming back and running so stong at our home meet.
"I see our course as one of the hardest we see -- the only one that might be harder is the state course in Kearney. This can be and is very intimidating to other runners, we use this to our advantage. Once again I was very impressed with our younger runners."
Oberlin cross country coach Dick Ahlberg said he was happy with the effort of his boys and girls runners.
"Becky (Helm) had a good race," Ahlberg said. "She got out at the start and really competed. Anne Wasson (who placed 59th) had her best race of the season to date.
"Our boys are running together in a pretty strong pack. They got out quickly the first half-mile and were not afraid to compete.
"This was a big tough meet with some of the best Nebraska schools competing on a challenging course. And we were more competitive.
"This is a learning experience for all of our runners. Our times were improved significantly from last year. It was nice to show improvement."
The McCook Bison boys and girls will compete at the Ogallala Invitational next Thursday.
Oberlin hosts its invitational Sept. 27 at the Oberlin Country Club.
VARSITY Girls
Team Results
Gothenburg 24
North Platte 55
Ogallala 70
Holdrege 76
Grant 93
Chase County 98
Decatur Community 98
McCook 128
Southwest 155
Sutherland 171
Dundy County 183
Maywood 215
AREA RUNNERS
Junior High girls 1600
1. Hailey Buddenberg MC 6:40
6. Adrian Lambing MC 7:25
16 Holly Wolfe SW 9:55
Varsity Girls 4K
8. Jamie Lines CC 17:24
12. Becky Helm Dec 17:42
13. Rebecca Rawlings MC 17:49
15. Hillary Wills EF 18:07
18. Whitney Beinke Dec 18:41
19. Megan Barid DC 18:48
20. Renetta Rawlings MC 18:48
25. Emily Ringleman CC 19:09
28. Kyle-Lynn Hughes EF 19:16
29. Lora Marietta Dec 19:19
30. Layne McConville SW 19:21
33. Erica Madron EF 19:32
37. Emma Fulton CC 20:03
41. Sally Osler CC 20:40
41. Jennifer Milhon SW 20:40
46. Julie Gates SW 21:00
48. Kelsey Schoup MC 21:04
49. Katie Strand CC 21:13
52. Laura Terryberry CC 21:30
53. Celsie Contreras May 21:40
54. Nikki Lincoln Dec 22:00
57. Brittany White May 23:06
58. Leslie Burrell DC 23:07
61. Danica May Dec 23:31
62. Nadja Koecher SW 23:39
64. Sarah Calvin MC 24:04
67. Heather Park May 24:30
68. Jennifer Herron MC 24:38
69. Kara Melchert DC 25:18
70. Shaina Bassett May 25:38
71. Carmon Crawford SW 27:40
Emily Geschwentner MC DNF
Christi Burrows MC DNF
varsity boys
Team RESULTS
Ogallala 24
Dundy County 90
North Platte 45
Holdrege 98
McCook 107
Chase County 110
Grant 112
Decatur Community 141
Cozad 155
Cambridge 170
Maxwell 185
AREA RUNNERS
JV BOYS 5K
12. Terry Mowry Cam 21:29
13. Drew Cramer Cam 21:36
19. Zeke Ruzicka Dec 22:16
23. Carson Kain MC 22:33
26. Charles Clapp MC 22:51
29. T.R. Thomas DC 23:27
31. Dallas Palmer Cam 23:47
32. Scott Miller Dec 24:14
33. James Zlomke MC 25:29
34. Forrest Kain MC 26:13
35. Cameron Nedland Dec 26:50
36. Cody Haas Dec 26:53
JUNIOR HIGH BOYS 1600
5. Brian Roberts MC 6:23
Varsity BOYS 5K
3. Scott Ohlson CC 17:10
4. Jordan Stroup DC 17:18
7. Brandon Shirkey DC 17:40
9. Ryan Ankerson MC 17:43
12. Brett Gooden CC 18:01
14. Cody Martin MC 18:10
18. Brett Harmon CC 18:49
24. Trevor Confer DC 19:23
27. IIsai Peralta CC 19:40
29. Preston Bernhardt CC 19:52
32. Joseph McHale Cam 20:07
33. Daniel Sandman EF 20:11
34. Andy Leitner Dec 20:13
36. Andrew Bellamy EF 20:24
40. Teryn Grafel Dec 20:47
41. Kellen Doeden Dec 20:48
42. Brian Lee CC 20:56
43. Aaron Helm Dec 21:13
43. Jacob Forbes MC 21:13
47. Brett Palmer Cam 21:28
48. Michael Jordan MC 21:37
50. Josh Gates SW 21:47
51. Ian Hunter MC 21:53
54. Thomas McHale Cam 22:08
55. Tony Steinhour May 22:20
56. Brent Stallman Dec 23:43
57. Robert Blume SW 22:37
58. Doug Malchow Cam 22:52
59. Corbin Sherlock Dec 23:43
61. Clay Jordan MC 23:58
63. Rock Steinhour May 24:17
70. Michael Tyson DC 28:43
Charles Clapp MC DNF