Roughrider runs to high spot at Class D meet

Southwest senior and RPAC champion Jacob O’Dea (right) led all Gazette-area runners during the Class C and D state championship races at Kearney Country Club on Friday. O’Dea placed 11th overall in ‘D’.

Cody Gerlach/Courtesy photo

KEARNEY, Neb. — Southwest senior Jacob O’Dea finished an amazing season and Roughrider cross country career with his 11th-place finish at the Class D state meet on Friday.

O’Dea repeated as RPAC champ and won just about every other showdown during his senior season. He placed second at the UNK Invitational on the same Kearney Country Club course earlier this fall.

While it wasn’t his best finish Friday, O’Dea still earned a medal while leading all area Class D and C runners who qualified to compete with Nebraska’s best distance runners.

Arapahoe senior Isaac Goshert wasn’t far off the medal-winning pace as he earned a Top 20 finish in that Class D championship race.

Goshert was second only to O’Dea during the RPAC showdown at Cross Creek Golf Course in Cambridge earlier this month.

Senior Shane Horwart repesented the Cambridge Trojans, placing among that top half of his Class D race.

Chase County’s Jordan Jablonski paced all area girls after qualifying for the Class C ultimate season finale.

Class D

BOYS

Top five teams: 1. Aquinas Catholic 14, 2. Norfolk Catholic 19, 3. Freeman 61, 4. Axtell 68, 5. McCool Junction 69.

Top 15 placers: 1. Payton Davis, AQNS, 16:41.1; 2. Tylan Schlueter, Ainsworth, 16:48; 3. Abraham Larson, Stanton, 17:10’ 4. Kolter Van Pelt, Stanton, 17:11.1; 5. Grant Lander, Homer, 17:20.9; 6. Peter Sisco, AQNS, 17:21.5; 7. Ben Hammond, N.C., 17:21.7; 8. Trevor Kuncl, Mullen, 17:24.5; 9. Dalton Brunsing, N.C., 17:28.6; 10. Tyler Neville, MCJ, 17:29; 11. Jacob O’Dea, Southwest, 17:29.1; 12. Logan Larson, Tri County, 17:30.7; 13. Addison Smith, Bloomfield-Wausa, 17:31.1; 14. Jarrett Miles, North Platte St. Pat’s, 17:42.3; 15. Dominic Liess, N.C., 17:48.9.

Other Gazette-area finishers: 20. Isaac Goshert, Arapahoe, 17:55.9; 53. Shane Horwart, Cambridge, 18:44.7; 94. Cheve Lutz, Dundy County-Stratton, 19:41.3; 99. Bruce Teter, Southwest, 19:54.4.

GIRLS

Top five teams: 1. McCool Junction 41, 2. Ainsworth 42, 3. Bloomfield-Wausa, 47, 4. North Central 57, 5. Ravenna 57.

Top five placers: 1. Jordyn Arens, Crofton, 19:06.6; 2. Alayna Vargas, Hastings St. Cecilia, 19:49.3; 3. Katherine Kerrigan, AINS, 19:50.9; 4. Hannah Swanson, Nebraska Christian, 19:59.3; 5. Callie Coble, Mullen, 20:06.1.

Gazette-area finishers: 71. Brenna Deterding, Cambridge, 23:12.6; 74. Chayse Keith, Hitchcock County, 23:20.6.

Class C

GIRLS

Top five teams: 1. Boone Central 74, 2. Douglas County West 100, 3. Lincoln Christian 101, 4. Ogallala 107, 5. Chadron 112.

Top five placers: 1. Alexus Sindelar, Pierce, 19:18.1; 2. Lindee Henning, OGA, 19:28.6; 3. Jordan Soto-Stopak, B.C., 19:49.6; 4. Jessie Hurt, Minden, 19:49.7; 5. Danie Parriott, Conestoga, 20:06.1.

Gazette-area finisher: 55. Jordan Jablonski, Chase County, 21:55.

BOYS

Top five teams: 1. Milford 87, 2. Sidney 99, 3. Fort Calhoun 101, 4. Lincoln Christian 102, 5. Aurora 104.

Top five placers: 1. Carson Noecker, Hartington, 15:22.1; 2. Mason Sindelar, Pierce, 15:53.9; 3. Conner Wells, St. Paul, 16:43.9; 4. William Anderson, Gothenburg, 16:51.6; 5. Thomas Lokken, Wilber-Clatonia, 16:54.8.