Bison, Knight runners compete in Broken Bow cross country invite

Jessa Sughroue

first in girls

junior high race

BROKEN BOW -- McCook and Eustis-Farnam cross country runners competed at the Broken Bow Invite Saturday as did McCook Junior High's girls and boys.

McCook's Jessa Sughroue captured first place in the Junior High/Middle School girls one-mile race with a time of 6 minutes, 7 seconds.

Teammates Kelsea Geschweentner and Laura Brooks placed sixth and 12th with times of 6:39 and 7:03.

McCook placed ninth in both high school varsity team standings. The boys scored 177 points and the girls 164.

Thje Eustis-Farnam girls finished fourth with 59 points and the Knight boys did not have enough runners to pick up points.

Ogallala won the high school boys competition with 21 points and Broken Bow claimed the girls title with 27 points.Broken Bow swept the Junior High titles. The girls picked up 26 points and the girls had 34.

The McCook Junior High School girls finished third with 44 points and the boys were sixth with 76.

"There is one thing about the Broken Bow meet you can count on it raining about every other year," said McCook cross country coach Tom Sughroue.

"I believe it has rained on us at least three times over the past six years. Rain and running go hand in hand, our team likes to run in the rain. You don't have to worry about the heat, needing water, you just run. 

"I was pleased with the results of the meet. After running on Thursday and having homecoming on Friday. The kids were a little on the tired side. We would like to finish a little higher in the team points, but I believe that will come with time."

The top finisher for the McCook boys was Carson Kain, who finished 51st in the 5K race with a time of 20:09.

Eustis-Farnam's top boys runner was Ben Kugler, who was 45th with a time of 19:49.

Eustis-Farnam's Amanda Buehner was eighth in the high school girls 4K with a time of 16:21. Teammates Hillary Wills and Johanna Nutt placed 15-17 with times of 16:48 and 16:57.

McCook's top high school girls runners were Molly Peck and Hailey Buddenburg, who finished 35-36 with times of 18:02.

McCook's top junior high boys runners were Nate Priebe and Cody Goltl, who placed 9-11 with times of 6:15 and 6:16.

Broken Bow Invite results

High school boys team standings: Ogallala 21, Minden 41, Broken Bow 55, Ainsworth 84, Ord 88, Valentine 96, Gothenburg 101, Gibbon 114, McCook 177.

High school girls team standings: Broken Bow 27, Gothenburg 38, Ainsworth 49, Eustis-Farnam 59, Gibbon 80, Minden 82, Valentine 100, Ogallala 117, McCook 164, Ord 179.

Junior high/middle school boys results: Broken Bow 34, Minden 42, Ogallala 48, Gothenburg 58, Gibbon 69, McCook 78.

Junior high/middle school girls results: Broken Bow 26, Ainsworth 42, McCook 44, Gibbon 59, Minden 65, Ogallala 81.

Eustis-Farnam HS boys results

45 Ben Kugler 19:49

86 Bronson Gerken 22:39

87 Ethan Jones 22:45

McCook HS boys results

51 Carson Kain 20:09

56 Riley Haney 20:19

57 Michael Jordan 20:29

61 Andy Lambing 20:46

66 Brian Roberts 21:10

71 Clay Jordan 21:29

Eustis-Farnam HS girls results

8 Amanda Buehner 16:21

15 Hillary Wills 16:48

17 Johanna Nutt 16:57

22 Taylor Martin 17:16

52 Kaitlyn Young 18:45

53 Leah Keller 18:47

71 Raquel Taylor 20:25

McCook HS girls results

35 Molly Peck 18:02

36 Hailey Buddenburg 18:02

41 Emily Geschwentner 18:09

61 Melissa Lyster 19:24

62 Kelsey Schoup 19:28

66 Megan Skiles 20:13

70 Jessica McMurtrey 20:23

76 Adrian Lambing 21:07

79 Sarah Calvin 22:05

82 Jennifer Herron 22:44

McCook JH boys

9 Nate Priebe 6:15

11 Cody Goltl 6:16

31 Kyle Gaston 6:55

42 Austin Swartz 7:23

McCook JH girls

1 Jessa Sughroue 6:07

6 Kelsea Geschwentner 6:39

12 Laura Brooks 7:03

33 Lisa Schoup 8:21