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ALBION - The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcat and Lady Wildcat cross country teams competed in the C-3 District Cross Country Meet here at the Albion Country Club on Oct. 17 and will be sending two runners to this week’s Nebraska Cross Country Championships on Oct. 25 at the Kearney Country Club.
Adam Elks used a seventh-place performance in the meet to move on to Kearney while Carmen Buschkamp also placed seventh in the girls’ race to earn her spot in the state meet.
The Wildcats came in sixth in the team race with 110 points. Wayne was the team champion with 39, Battle Creek was runner-up with 42 and Bloomfield/Wausa grabbed the last team spot for Kearney with 57.
O’Neill was fourth with 80, Pierce was fifth with 94 followed by Hartington-Newcastle.
Miles Clausen of Battle Creek was the individual champion with a time of 17-minutes, 43.60 seconds with Wayne’s Gavin Redden second in 17:58.00.
Elks used an 18:26.40 to earn the seventh-place medal. The Lady Wildcats ended up not fielding a team at the finish line.
Hartington-Newcastle was down Jaden Opfer before the race as she injured her ankle during practice and Claire Rolfes, one of the Lady Wildcat top runners when down with about 400 meters left in the district race.
“This is definitely not how I wanted to finish the season but I am so proud of our girls,” HNS coach Lisa Rolfes said. “They each made incredible gains through the season and they made it a joy to come to practice.”
Boone Central won the girls’ team title with 44 points, Pierce was second with 48 and Columbus Lakeview gathered the final team slot in Kearney with 56 points.
Boone Central’s Autumn Gasper won the individuals title. The Lady Cardinal freshman covered the 5,000 meter course in 20:52.70 over a minute in front of runner-up Zoey Ebmeier of Pierce who crossed the mat in 21:56.20.
Buschkamp recorded a 22:02.80 to get her seat in the van heading south to Kearney.
“We’re very excited that even with the wind, Carmen was able to have a great day at districts and earn a bid to state,” said Rolfes. “We’re looking forward to cheering her on this week.”
The Class C boys are scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Oct. 25 with the Class C girls race slated for 4 p.m.
CLASS C-3 DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY Boys Division Team Results: 1. Wayne 39; 2. Battle Creek 42; 3. Bloomfield/ Wausa 57; 4. O’Neill 80; 5. Pierce 94; 6. Hartington-Newcastle 110; 7. Boone Central 119; 8. Winnebago 120; 9.
Columbus Lakeview 122; 10. West Point-Beemer 130; 11. Logan View 180.
Boys Division Individual Results: 1. Miles Clausen (BaC) 17:43.60; 2. Gavin Redden (WAY) 17:58.00; 3. Luke Woockman (B/W) 17:59.10; 4. Logan Spence (BoC) 18:06.60; 5. Kendall Shada (PIE) 18:12.60; 6. Emmanuel Gonzalez (WAY) 18:25.60; 7. Adam Elks (H-N) 18:26.40; 8. Kyle Abler (PIE) 18:26.40; 9. Maxwell Berg (O’N) 18:28.60; 10.
Ryan Stusse (BaC) 18:31.10; 11. Kellen Medina (WINN) 18:31.60; 12. Ty Freeman (B/W) 18:34.50; 13. Myles Allen (BaC) 18:41.20; 14. Kasen York (WAY) 18:44.80; 15. Tomik Duffy (B/W) 18:51.00; 23. Isaac Hernandez-Santiago (H-N) 19:42.10; 31. Alex Elks (H-N) 20:14.50; 49. Aidan Anderson (H-N) 21:55.80; 54. Aaron Wortmann (H-N) 22:21.60; 59. Braeden Kleinschmit (H-N) 22:57.80.
Girls Division Team Results: 1. Boone Central 44; 2. Pierce 48; 3. Columbus Lakeview 56; 4. Wayne 61; 5. West Point-Beemer 61; 6. Battle Creek 82; Logan View 99; Hartington-Newcastle NTS; O’Neill NTS; Bloomfield/Wausa NTS Girls Division Individual Results: 1.
Autumn Gasper (BoC) 20:52.70; 2.
Zoey Ebmeier (PIE) 21:56.20; 3. Aylia Weeder (PIE) 21:56.80; 4. Ava Tisthammer (BoC) 22:00.70; 5. Elle Badstieber (CL) 22:00.80; 6. Kimberly Pena (WP-B) 22:01.00; 7. Carmen Buschkamp (H-N) 22:02.80; 8. Tessa Miller (CL) 22:24.60; 9. Willow Geiger (LV) 22:32.60; 10.
NovaLee Makelin (BaC) 22:32.90; 11.
Hallie Kumm (B/W) 22:38.90; 12. Taya Dickau (O’N) 22:41.50; 13. Lilyan Hurner (WAY) 22:43.50; 14. Emerson Meiergerd (WP-B) 22:44.00; 15. Nyamalo Kantai (WAY) 22:58.10; 26. Isabel Rolfes (H-N) 24:21.60; 39. Ryell Haug (H-N) 25:47.40.
