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Lineup of Bison and area runners at Friday's state cross country
KEARNEY, Neb. — Gazette-area runners have qualified in every state race from Class B through D as the Nebraska cross country championship meet takes place Friday afternoon at Kearney Country Club.
Here's the full lineup of runners along with race planned starting times:
Class B girls, 1 p.m.
McCook: Juniors Emma Cappel (eighth at B-3 district) and Brecken Gale (15th)
Class D boys, 2:30 p.m.
Junior Kael Garrett, Medicine Valley, sixth at D-6 district
Senior Gavin Gunderson, Cambridge, 12th at D-5 district
Class C boys, 3 p.m.
Chase County’s entire team which placed third at C-5 district
Junior Haven Hauxwell (third at district), senior Navy Smith (10th), senior Andrew Wiest, senior Trevin Moreno, sophomore Spencer Kelley, sophomore Brandon Chavira
Class D girls,3:30 p.m.
Freshman Agneshka Sankey, Maywood-Hayes Center, 13th at D-6 districtClass C girls, 4 p.m.
Cambridge’s entire team, third at D-5 district
Freshman Briar Gunderson (13th at district), sophomore Katie Fegley, senior Rachell Harris, freshman Kylie Koeppen, junior Jensyn Weiss Freshman Alayna Smith, Chase County, 10th at C-5 district
Class C girls, 4 p.m.
Junior Tessa Smith, Chase County, eighth at C-5 district
Freshman Alayna Smith, Chase County, 10th at C-5 district
McCook coach Tom Sughroue also offered some final remarks about his Bison cross country runners at Class B district competition in Overton Thursday afternoon:
"The district meet was a very windy and dirty day! But on distinct day the weather isn't really something we try to worry about. We have bigger things to think about.We knew going in that we were in for a battle in both the girls and boys races."
The boys raced first, Our team this year is made up mostly of younger guys or guys that don't have a lot of experience in the sport of Cross country. I felt we ran pretty good for the most part. (Junior) Blake Rodewald was our lead runner once again finishing in the 29th spot. the team finished 8th. We have some work to do before next year.
On the girls side, we had one of the toughest districts to compete in. Our district was LOADED with fast runners and tough teams. As a team we finished 5th. We do have 2 girls qualified for the state. Emma Cappel finished 8th with a strong finish and Brecken Gale battled the whole race for that 15th place.
Brecken just out worked the other girl in the last half mile earning that 15th spot!"