Bison boys run strong at Lexington

LEXINGTON, Neb. —

Senior Erik Graff earned a Top 10 place to lead McCook High’s strong cross country performanc at the Lexington Invitational on Tuesday.

Graff earned ninth place among 91 varsity runners who finished this 5,000-meter challenge.

Bison teammates Brandon Tucker (11th) and Josh Hegwood (12th) gave McCook three of the top 12 placers. The Bison tallied 74 points for second placer overall in “hypothetical” totals appearing on athletic.net. Here are more invite results:

Unofficial team scores: 1. Lexington 26, 2. McCook 74, 3. Adams Central 76, 4. Axtell 77, 5. Wood River 161, 6. Southwest 169, 7. Alma-Southern Valley 179, 8. Arapahoe 215.

The overall top 10: 1. Cyrus Rhea, Lex, 17:34.9; 2. Alexis Hernandez, Lex, 17:42.6; 3. Lincoln Trent, AXT, 17:51.2; 4. Yanni Vasquez Garcia, Lex, 17:52.8; 5. Luke Bonifas, AC, 18:01; 6. Sean Worthman, Lex, 18:03.3; 7. Jaron Bergstrom, AXT, 18:37.2; 8. Omar Tinajero, W.R., 18:41.1; 9. Erik Graff, McCook, 18:42.1; 10. Reuben Barry, AC, 18:53.4.

Other leaders from area schools:

McCOOK: 11. Brandon Tucker 19:04; 12. Josh Hegwood 19:06.8; 19. T.J. Renner 19:34.9; 29. Colton Craig 20:41.4; 32. Bryce Dutton 20:52.6; 36. Glenn Ruggles 21:10.7; 46. Ryan Unger 22:14; 50. Matt Herron 22:43.8; 51. Tucker Gillespie 22:55; 52. Andrew Stevens 23:01.5; 57. Cooper Lines 23:20.2; 59. Taylor Jacobs 23:39.7; 61. Caleb Wilkinson 23:42.7; 66. Logan Farr 24:43.8; 68. Kallen Feikert 24:53.2; 70. Ethan Graff 25:05.6; 73. Coleton Lentz 25:19.6; 74. Trenton Brooks 25:36.8.

SOUTHWEST: 17. Jake O’Dea 19:26; 42. Carter Van Pelt 21:47.9; 53. Cole Barnett 23:03.9; 76. John Stritt 25:49.6.

ALMA-SO. VALLEY: 28. AJ Russell 20:34; 48. Kyle Johnson 22:40.3; 54. Chet Fisher 23:09.5; 58. Trevor Brown 23:23.1; 60. Kristaps Drunka 23:40.6; 63. Colten Fischer 24:02.8; 71. Michael Edgar 25:13.9; 75. Colton Dahlgren 25:45.5.

ARAPAHOE: 35. Ashton Vargas 21:09.9; 55. Reilley Einspahr 23:17.7; 77. Jacob Moore 25:52.4.

Middle school

McCook’s Grant Cappel won the 3,000-meter race in 11:00.1 on Tuesday while Bison teammate Joshiah Wilkinson took second (11:04.8) among 91 finishers.

Evan Mai was next in 18th place at 12:12.1.