Shawn McMurtrey first at Ogallala Invitational

Shary Skiles/McCook Daily Gazette McCook senior Shawn McMurtrey placed first at the Ogallala cross country meet Thursday.

OGALLALA -- The McCook Bison boys placed third at the Ogallala Invitational cross country meet on Thursday.

The Bison girls placed fifth in the team standings.

The boys were paced by the first-place finish of Shawn McMurtrey. McMurtrey finished with a time of 17 minutes flat.

Cody Martin was 12th for the Bison, with a time of 18:26. Ryan Ankersen (17), Brian Gaston (25), Kelly Maiden (32) and Dallas Korus (35) also competed for the Bison boys.

In the girls division, McCook was paced by a Rebecca Rawlings top 10 finish. Rawlings finished in 17:32, good enough for 10th place. Teammate Emily Gechshwentner came in four seconds later for 11th place.

Connie Ferneau was 15th with a time of 18:01.

Meghan Ecker (24), Renetta Rawlings (27) and Jessica Battreall (33) all ran for the Bison.

McCook will be back in action on Saturday at the Minden Invitational.

OGALLALA INVITATIONAL

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

Thursday, Sept. 23

Team Scores

Boys

1 Ogallala 40

2 Kimball 49

3 McCook 55

4 Alliance 58

5 Hodrege 60

6 Sidney 66

Girls

1 Holdrege 38

2 Ogallala 41

3 Alliance 41

4 Sidney 46

5 McCook 60

6 Kimball 115

McCook Finishes

Varsity Boys

1 Shawn McMurtrey 17:00

12 Cody Martin 18:26

17 Ryan Ankersen 19:02

25 Brain Gaston 19:37

32 Kelly Maiden 20:29

35 Dallas Korus 21:33

Varsity Girls

10 Rebecca Rawlings 17:32

11 Emily Gecshwentner 17:36

15 Connie Ferneau 18:01

24 Meghan Ecker 18:43

27 Renetta Rawlings 18:58

33 Jessica Battreall 19:45

JV Boys

19 Jacob Eckhardt 21:33

20 Jacob Fobes 21:36

25 Michael Jordan 22:05

30 Alex Sughroue 22:30

31 Charles Clapp 22:32

32 Ian Hunter 22:35

37 Matt Fritz 23:04

38 Derek Carriker 25:30

39 Forrest Kain 27:12

40 James Zlomke 27:58

JV Girls

3 Kelsey Schoup 19:46

4 Kim Brown 19:55

8 Sarah Calvin 23:55

9 Jennifer Herron 24:23

10 Melissa Dixon 25:06

Junior High Boys

15 Matt Carriker 7:15

Junior High Girls

3 Hailey Buddenburg 6:34

12 Megan Skiles 7:21

24 Jessica Lotter 9:00

Oberlin girls place 4th,

boys 7th at Hill City

HILL CITY -- The Oberlin Red Devils girls and boys cross country teams competed Thursday at the Hill City Invite.

The Red Devil girls finished fourth in the team standings.

The Oberlin girls were paced by Becky Helm, Oberlin's lone medalist. Helm finished 14th in a time of 14:27.

The boys came in seventh in their division.

Andy Leitner was the top runners for the Oberlin boys. He finished the race in 20:23, good enough for 28th place.

"Our girls showed some improvement this week. They were more competitive," said Oberlin coach Dick Ahlberg.

"Whitney ran more up to her potential. Becky was solid again. Kellen and Zeke had pretty good races for the boys," added Ahlberg.

Oberlin hosts the 37th Annual Oberlin Invitational Tuesday at the Oberlin Country Club.

HILL CITY, Kan.

INVITATIONAL

CROSS COUNTRY MEET

Thursday, Sept. 23

Team Scores

Boys

1 Quinter 45

2 Brewster 74

3 Norton 79

4 Wheatland 92

5 Trego 112

6 Ness City 129

7 Oberlin 157

Hill City, Natoma, Stockton--No team scores

Girls

1 Natoma 35

2 Oakley 43

3 Wheatland 77

4 Oberlin 92

5 Osborne 102

6 Trego 157

7 Northern Valley 157

8 Dighton 208

Oberlin Boys

28 Andy Leitner 20:23

41 Teryn Grafel 21:14

45 Kellen Doeden 21:29

51 Aaron Helm 22:49

52 Zeke Ruzicka 23:05

60 Brent Stallman 24:59

62 Scott Miller 25:13

Girls

14 Becky Helm 14:27

20 Whitney Beinke 14:58

29 Lora Marietta 15:21

30 Molly Coleman 15:28

33 Amy Grace 15:36