Osmond boys are third at Hartington; Tigers win medals

HARTINGTON — The Osmond cross country teams opened their season at Hartington on Thursday Aug. 26. The boys finished in third place in the team race, five points behind runner-up Laurel-Concord-Coleridge and champion Battle Creek in the 11-team field. The Tiger junior varsity team finished in eighth place. The cloudy warm day saw the

The cloudy warm day saw the Tigers off to a good start as Gavin Geneski held third place through the first mile and a half before stepping in a hole, ending his day. A group of Tigers maintained positions in the late 20 and 40’s. Heading to the finish gate, Karter

Heading to the finish gate, Karter Johnson passed three runners to finish in 11th place at 20:25.58. Close behind was Caleb Miller in his first 5K race. He finished in 14th place in a time of 20:28.30 with Robert on his heels in 15th place in 20:36.14.

Dominic True, also in his first 5K race, finished 23rd in 21:42.70, followed by Kaden Polt in 29th place in a time of 22:44.07. Hartington’s Carson Noecker won the race at 16:34.94.

Bodie True led the next pack, finishing in 37th place in a time of 23:30.21, Hunter Beacom in 39th place and Hudson Schultze in 40th place. Hunter’s time was 23:34.18 and Hudson covered the distance in 23:34.46. James Doyle was 45th and Matthew Alderson 46th in times of 23:52.27 and 23:59.54, respectively.

The Tiger girls came in ninth and 21st, as Keli Aschoff finished her first 5K race in ninth place in a time of 25:54.36. Riley Wagner covered the distance in 30:17.50 for her 21st place finish. Kairece Morris of Pender won the race in 23:23.53.

Junior High Division

In the junior high girls’ division, Rachel Harder finished sixth for the Tigers in a time 9:03.89 for the 2,000 meter distance. Teammate Charley Aschoff was right behind Rachel for seventh place in 9:06.34. For the boys, Donivan Heiman finished in 17th place with a time of 9:01.52. Teammate Kooper Gubbels placed 24th in 9:41.60.

“I thought we ran well in the warm and humid conditions,” noted Coach Joe Ortmeier. “We have a ways to go with our conditioning, but the kids showed a lot of courage and competed hard.”

Boys Team Scores:

Battle Creek 38

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 47

Osmond 52

Hartington-Newcastle 57

Pender 97

Winnebago 110

Ponca 116

Osmond JV 132

Randolph 147

Homer 154

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge JV 216