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09Districts
10-15-09
Meet Information: Pioneer Park, West Van Dorn and Coddington Ave., Lincoln, NE (I-80 to Highway 77 south towards Beatrice; take West Van Dorn exit to Pioneer Park. Alternate route: I-80 to Crete exit at Highway 103; go south to Highway 6; turn east/left to town of Emerald to SW 84th/Spur 55A; turn south/right to West VanDorn; turn east/left to Pioneer Park)
Schedule -
4:30 p.m. – Girls
5:00 p.m. – Boys
5:30 p.m. – Awards
TEAM STATE QUALIFIERS: Top three teams in team scoring will qualify for the State Meet.
INDIVIDUAL STATE QUALIFIERS: The first fifteen (15) runners to finish, whether part of a team or running as an individual will qualify for the State Meet.
TEAMS: Fremont, Grand Island, Lincoln East, Lincoln High, Lincoln Southeast, Omaha Central, Omaha Westside
Ranked Teams: Fremont Boys-5, Girls-9; Omaha Westside Girls-6; Lincoln East Girls-7
Boys
Top 15 Individuals:
1. Britt Jensen (11) Fremont 16:38.0
2. Steven Wilson (11) Fremont 16:40.4
3. Chase McClaren (12) Grand Island 17:01.5
4. Cory Poehling (11) Fremont 17:06.7
5. Mason Christensen (11)Lincoln Southeast 17:10.3
6. Jack Schrager (12) Omaha Westside 17:11.3
7. Seth Meharg (11) Grand Island 17:13.0
8. Pierce Tallichet (10) Lincoln East 17:15.6
9. Blake Peterson (10) Fremont 17:23.2
10. Paolo Dapo (12) Omaha Westside 17:26.4
11. Larohn Latimer (11) Lincoln Southeast 17:26.7
12. Tyler Soderberg (11) Fremont 17:27.0
13. Andrew Schulenberg (10) Lincoln East 17:28.2
14. John Jones (11) Lincoln Southeast 17:30.7
15. Justin Kohl (10) Lincoln East 17:31.1
Team Scores:
1. Fremont, 28
2. Lincoln East, 70
3. Lincoln Southeast, 75
4. Omaha Westside, 80
5. Grand Island, 102
6. Omaha Central, 174
7. Lincoln High, 175
Grand Island Runners:
3. Chase McClaren 17:01.5
7. Seth Meharg 17:13.0
27. Tanner McClaren 17:58.8
31. Austin Appel 18:10.6
34. Alex Hart 18:21.6
48. Jaden Hesman 19:44.0
49. Carter Duis 19:56.8
Girls
Top 15 Individuals:
1. Kayla Fenske (12) Fremont 15:44.7
2. Katherine Janike (10) Lincoln East 16:05.9
3. Madeline McCann (10) Omaha Westside 16:08.9
4. Britni Waller (12) Lincoln East 16:10.3
5. Kasey Hoppes (11) Lincoln East 16:22.2
6. Hannah Schroeder (11) Fremont 16:23.2
7. Ali Tewes (12) Lincoln Southeast 16:24.4
8. Julia Kerrigan (12) Lincoln East 16:25.3
9. Skyeler Tenopir (11) Lincoln East 16:25.6
10. Katherine Leibel (12) Omaha Westside 16:26.3
11. Sophie Cemaj (10) Omaha Westside 16:26.6
12. Samantha Gallegos (10) Lincoln Southeast 16:30.6
13. Hailey Schmidt (9) Grand Island 16:33.3
14. Karen Graves (10) Fremont 16:34.3
15. Chloe Gustafson (11) Lincoln Southeast 16:47.2
Team Scores:
1. Lincoln East, 28
2. Fremont, 58
3. Omaha Westside, 61
4. Lincoln Southeast, 73
5. Lincoln High, 160
6. Omaha Central, 168
7. Grand Island, 173
Grand Island Runners:
13. Hailey Schmidt 16:33.3
36. Erin Sheffield 18:44.0
37. Traci Coleman 19:15.3
43. Kateri Hiatt 19:56.5
44. Chelsea Reeh 19:56.9
45. Autumn Kunze 20:08.5
The Islander girls placed seventh at the A-1 District Cross Country Meet held at Pioneer’s Park. Freshmen Hailey Schmidt, lead the girls by qualifying for the State Meet next Friday at the Kearney Country Club by placing 13th. Her time of 16:33.3 was an improvement of nearly 5 seconds off her previous course best set last week at the HAC Meet. The girls were without two of their top four runners – senior Maren Mykkeltveit with an injury and freshmen Tera McVicker with illness. Senior Erin Sheffield, competing with a hip injury, turned in a courageous effort by placing 36th with a time of 18:44.0, an improvement of 13 seconds over her time at the NE Wesleyan Invite at Pioneer’s Park early this season. Kateri Hiatt (43rd), Chelsea Reeh (44th), and Autumn Kunze (45th) all improved their times for this course.
The boys placed two runners in the top ten lead by senior Chase McClaren in third with a time of 17:01.5 and junior Seth Meharg in seventh with a time of 17:13.0. Both runner’s qualified for State. This will be McClaren’s fourth trip to the State Meet and Meharg’s second. The boys team run extremely well by placing fifth overall. The top six Islander boys all ran PR’s for the tough Pioneer’s Park course with Tanner McClaren (27th) cutting 33 seconds, Alex Hart (34th) cutting 57 seconds, and Jaden Hesman (48th) improving by 19 seconds. Rounding out the Islander Team was sophomore Carter Duis (49th) in a time of 19:56.8.
09 State Cross Country Qualifiers: Junior Seth Meharg (two time qualifier), Freshman Hailey Schmidt (first time qualifier), and Senior Chase McClaren (four time qualifier)
Senior Chase McClaren finishing third in the A1 District Meet at Pioneer's Park in a time of 17:01.5
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Grand Island Senior High School
2124 North Lafayette
Grand Island, NE 68803
Phone: 308.385.5950
Fax: 308.385.5966
Counselor Phone: 308.385.5574
Counselor Fax: 308.385.5100
Doug Jensen, Principal
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