Cool, cloudy, and damp would best describe the conditions at the 37^th Norfolk Catholic cross country invitational.  Twenty teams took part in the event hosted at Skyview Lake in Norfolk.  The Tiger boy’s team finished in eighth place just five points behind seventh place Wayne High school .The boy’s JV team finished in fourth place in that division.  None of the Osmond boy’s or girl’s placed in the top 15 to receive a medal.

          Johnson Chishiba was the top Osmond runner as he completed the course in 18:34.47 for 20^th place.  Graysen Schultze was close behind in 22 place in a time of 18:46.29.  “Both Johnson and Graysen’s times were nearly the same as last year when they both medaled, but this year people ran faster” noted Coach Joe Ortmeier.

          Karter Johnson finished in 47^th place in 20:17.16 and Kaden Polt was 58^th in a time of 21:02.95 followed by Robert Aschoff in 62^nd place in 21:12.24 and Bodie True 75^th place in a time of 21:43.01.  103 runners raced in the boy’s varsity division.

          For the fourth place Tiger JV team Hunter Beacom was the top placer coming in 11^th place missing a medal by one spot.  His time was 22:18.71.  Hudson Schultze was right behind Hunter in 12^th place in a time of 22:26.21.  James Doyle was 17^th in a time of 23:05.22 and Connor vonRentzell was 41^st in a time of 26:17.60.  51 runners competed in this division.

          Riley Wagner was the top placer for the Tiger girl’s.  She placed 33^rd in a time of 25:03.92.  Hayle Krienert was 55^th and Jozie Kumm 56^th in times of 28:51.22 and 29:29.59 respectively.

          Keli Aschoff finished in 18^th place in the jr. high division of 75 seventh and eighth graders.  Her time was 8:35.47.  For the boy’s Noah Geneski placed 19^th and Andrew Bucklew 21^st in times of 7:56.64 and 8:00.84 respectively.  Cody Gansebom finished 46^th in the 70 runner field in a time of 9:25.14. 

          “This was a really tough field and I thought we ran pretty well,” noted Coach Ortmeier.

Team Scores:

Boy’s Varsity                                             Boy’s JV

1^st      38      Pierce                                                10      Norfolk Catholic

2^nd     40      Norfolk Catholic                               34      Wayne

3^rd      100    O’Neill                                              49      O’Neill

4^th      120    Bloomfield/Wausa                            60      Osmond

5^th      128    BRLD                                               62      Boone Central/Newman Grove

6^th      130    Boone Central/Newman Grove        103    Wisner-Pilger

7^th      131    Wayne                                              

8^th      136    Osmond

9^th      155    Plainview

10^th    156^th  Hartington-Newcastle

11^th    167    Wisner-Pilger

12^th    191^st  Elkhorn Valley

13^th    192^nd Humphrey St. Francis

14^th    199^th  Battle Creek

15^th    224^th  Crofton

16^th    243    Madison