Longhorns chase Irish, Wildcat races to first place

Cambridge sophomore Rachel Harris nearly reached the top 10 at Thursday’s Chase County Invitational.

Cambridge High courtesy photo

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Chase County’s boys placed second only to North Platte St. Patrick’s at the Longhorns’ annual cross country invitational on Thursday.

Wallace Wildcat Trey Robertson took first overall while Ogallala great runner Lindee Henning took the girls’ title.

BOYS

Teams: 1. North Platte St. Patrick’s 18, 2. Chase County 62, 3. Bertrand 72, 4. Hershey 79, 5. Ogallala 80; 9. Hitchcock County 158; 10. Cambridge 161.

The 10 fastest finishers: 1. Trey Robertson, Wallace, 16:26.7; 2. Jarrett Miles, NPSP, 16:27.5; 3. Mason McGreer, Perkins County, 17:07.7; 4. Marcus Hernandez, BERT, 18:03; 5. Porter Connick, NPSP, 18:03.7; 6. Dax Connick, NPSP, 18:08.4; 7. Zeke Christensen, Garden County, 18:12.1; 8. Rylin Johns, Paxton, 18:15.7; 9. Andrew Brosius, NPSP, 18:23.2; 10. Trevin Moreno, CC, 18:27.2.

Other area runners in the top 20: 18. Cole Barnett, Southwest, 19:10.8; 19. Navy Smith, CC, 19:13.8.

Reaching the top 40 among 72 varsity finishers: 21. Haven Hauxwell, CC, 19:43.2; 24. Andrew Wiest, CC, 20:03.1; 29. Brayan Reyes, CC, 20:27.2; 30. Salvador Venegas, CC, 20:29.5; 35. Peyton Dubas, CC, 20:52; 36. Kobe Norman, CC, 20:58.9; 37. Austin Thompson, Southwest, 21:01.7; 38. Gavin Gunderson, Cambridge, 21:03.2.

GIRLS

Teams: 1. Ogallala 31, 2. Paxton 39, 3. Sutherland 61, 4. North Platte St. Patrick’s 62, 5. Chase County 66; 8. Hitchcock County 110.

The 10 fastest finishers: 1. Lindee Henning, OGA, 19:45.5; 2. Peyton Paxton, Mullen, 20:21.5; 3. Braelyn Gifford, NPSP, 20:28.8; 4. Ashley Robertson, Wallace, 21:35.5; 5. Brenna Deterding, Cambridge, 21:43.8; 6. Lauren Henning, OGA, 21:58.6; 7. Dajana Garrison, Wallace, 22:03.9; 8. Kinley Folchert, Hershey, 22:10.1; 9. Meredith Gloy, Perkins County, 22:23.7; 10. Ainsley McConnell, Paxton, 22:49.9.

Other area top 20 placers: 11. Rachel

Harris, Cambridge, 22:56.5; 18. Lizbeth Cardoza, Dundy County-Stratton, 25:09.3.

Area top 40 placers among the 61 varsity girls who finished: 21. McKenzie Vogt, CC, 25:34.6; 25. Tessa Smith, CC, 26:06.6; 26. Faith Hauxwell, CC, 26:06.8; 29. Calista Carney, Hitchcock County, 26:20.7; 30. Bailey Hidy, Hitchcock County, 26:25.4; 33. Paige Nickless, CC, 26:28.9.