Bison girls lead area runners across Wildhorse

McCook's Rinlee Blomstedt has won every junior high cross country race involving the Bison this season, including first at Gothenburg on Thursday.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — McCook senior Emma Cappel earned second place and classmate Brecken Gale took 20th in the tough Gothenburg Invitational at Wildhorse Golf Course on Thursday.

Comments from Bison coach Tom Sughroue.

“I felt we ran very well on a warm day and a difficult course,” he remarked. Emma finished 2nd and Brecken finished 20th. Wasn’t their fastest races of the season but with the difficulty of the course and weather I felt they ran very well.”

“Rinlee Blomstedt continues to run very well, winning the girls junior high race (shown below) he added. “Rinlee has won every race she has competed in this season.”

All the area results from Thursday’s 5K race that 78 varsity athletes finished.

Top 10: 1. Scout Bell, Gothenburg, 20:06.37; 2. Emma Cappel, McCook, 20:52; 3. Adelyn Whitten, Minden, 21:11; 4. Lydia McGowen, Cambridge, 21:19; 5. Alexa Warner, Minden, 21:27; 6. Ashlyn Schauda, Broken Bow, 21:30; 7. Katie Teets, North Platte, 21:34; 8. Zoe Johnson, Brady, 21:42; 9. Paige Stengel, Sandy Creek, 21:52; 10. Kierra Brunkhardt, North Platte, 22:12.

Other area Top 15 medalistsL 12. Annaly Ramirez, Wauneta-Palisade, 22:28; 15. Agneshka Sankey, Maywood-Hayes Center, 22:37.

Top 20: 20. Brecken Gale, McCook, 23:06.

Top 30: None.

Top 40: 38. Natalie Breinig, Arapahoe, 25:25.

Top 50: 43. Alaina Leising, Arapahoe, 26:20; 47. Jenna Wilkinson, McCook, 26:54; 48. Kylie Koeppen, Cambridge, 26:56; 49. Ruth Harris, Cambridge, 27:05; 50. Jensyn Weiss, Cambridge, 27:11.

Among other area placers: 53. Ashlyn Renner, McCook, 28:05; 60. Jenna Degnan, McCook, 30:02.