Chase County, Perkins boys match points at Longhorns' invite

IMPERIAL, Neb. —

Chase County and Perkins County’s boys both totaled just 25 points wile leading the 10-team pack at Thursday’s Chase County Cross Country Invitational.

The Perkins tandem of Mason McGreer and Elijah Goodell finished 1-2 just ahead of Chase leader Haven Hauxwell.

All three finished the course with times below 17 minutes.

Tevin Moreno and Navy Smith gave Chase three of the top six boys finishers overall.

Team scores, top 15 medals and other Gazette-area finishers.

Chase County’s girls took third behind top five placers Alayna Smith and Tessa Smith.

Maywood-Hayes Center freshman Agnesha Sankey finished 12th, less than four seconds before Chase veteran Ashlyn Heermann.

The Longhorns are set to compete in Thursday’s McCook Invitational at Heritage Hills.

BOYS

Teams: 1. Perkins County 25, 1. Chase County 25, 3. Hershey 38, 4. Bertrand 66, 5. Wallace 107, 6. Ogallala 110, 7. Yuma (Colo.) 119, 8. Paxton 143, 9. Cambridge 144, 10. Wray (Colo.) 206.

Fastest 15 medalists: 1. Mason McGreer, PC, 16:02.87; 2. E. Goodell, PC, 16:20.48; 3. Haven Hauxwell, CC, 16:56.65; 4. M. Hernandez, BERT, 17:25.99; 5. Tevin Moreno, CC, 17:57.67; 6. Navy Smith, CC, 18:01.27; 7. E. Elliott, HERS, 18:09.48; 8. B. Tines, PC, 18:12.64; 9. J. Arensdorf, HERS, 18:30.63; 10. C. Hacker, HERS, 18:32.63; 11. Andrew Wiest, CC, 18:38.15; 12. J. Arensdorf, HERS, 18:51.98; 13. M. Hanson, WAL, 18:52.55; 14. L. Barry, PC, 18:58.27; 15. E. Swesey, PC, 19:05.9.

Other area finishers among 93 varsity: 25. Spencer Kelley, CC, 20:01.02; 30. Gavin Gunderson, CAM, 20:04.12; 39. Rubiel Lopez, Maywood-Hayes Center, 21:25.36; 50. Henry Shoemaker, CAM, 21:57.07; 55. Ashton Baker, Hitchcock County, 22:05.81; 57. Connor Latta, Hitchcock County, 22:16.09; 58. David Peaslee, Hitchcock County, 22:18.94; 60. Carter Shoemaker, CAM, 22:37.12; 71. Colton Gross, CAM, 23:36.55; 78. Steven Werkmeister, M-HC, 24:32.94; 91. Xander Cardoza, Dundy County-Stratton, 31:29.26.

GIRLS

Teams: 1. Mullen 32, 2. Wallace 45, 3. Chase County 51, 4. Wray (Colo.) 84, 5. Axtell 87, 6. Cambridge 94, 7. Paxton Fastest 15 medalists: 107, 8. Perkins County 111, 9. Ogallala 113, 10. Maywood-Hayes Center 114.

Fastest 15 medalists: 1. Ashley Robertson, WAL, 20:05.52; 2. P. Paxton, MUL, 21:19.31; 3. A. Jones, Wray, 21:22.44; 4. Alayna Smith, CC, 21:44.94; 5. Tessa Smith, CC, 21:47.38; 6. R. Hegland, MUL, 22:08.1; 7. R. Hanson, WAL, 22:40.51; 8. E. Hall, AXT, 22:51.89; 9. E. Robertson, WAL, 22:52.24; 10. H. Anderson, MUL, 22:56.43; 11. N. Jorgensen, PAX, 22:57.44; 12. Agnesha Sankey, M-HC, 23:06.59; 13. Ashlyn Heermann, CC, 23:10.41; 14. A. Hampton, MUL, 23:13.23; 15. A. Stritt, AXT, 23:34.08.

Other area finishers among 60 varsity: 20. Briar Gunderson, CAM, 24:26.42; 25. Katie Fegley, CAM, 24:48.81; 26. Charlotte Broker, M-HC, 24:58.93; 28. Rachel Harris, CAM, 25:19.12; 33. Paige Nickless, CC, 25:41.33; 34. Ambie Custard, Southwest, 26:09.04; 36. Jensyn Weiss, CAM, 26:20.48; 38. Rylan Custard, Southwest, 26:25.4; 42. Kesli Cox, M-HC, 27:06.38; 56. Adrianna Estrada, M-HC, 31:11.23.