McCook girls earn two top five Lex places

McCook High senior Elsi Rodewald — shown running at Cozad on Saturday — reached the top five during Tuesday’s cross country race in Lexington.

Tri City Tribune

McCook’s determined cross country girls ignited top two performances from both Bison teams at the Lexington Invitational on Tuesday.

Senior ElsiAnna Rodewald (fifth) and freshman Samantha Rodewald (sixth) powered the Bison into second overall, according to results posted at athletic.net.

The Bison boys later took second as a team.

“I would say we ran okay,” coach Tom Sughroue remarked. “The Lexington course is a challenging course. Adding the heat and humidity made it that much more difficult. We still ran well, but we will run better as the season goes along.”

McCook’s girls took four of the top 12 places as sophomore Grace Cappel and freshman Shawna Wilkinson finished only seconds from top 10. A glance at more results for the area:

Unofficial team scores: 1. Lexington 26, 2. McCook 43, 3. Hi-Line 95, 4. Adams Central 97, 5. Wood River 129.

Top 10 finishers: 1. Grace Reiman, AC, 21:24.5; 2. Kayla Barrios, Lex, 21:42; 3. Kennadi Ureste, Lex, 21:57.4; 4. Trinity Houchin, Axtell, 22:32.5; 5. ElsiAnna Rodewald, MC, 22:40.7; 6. Samatha Rodewald, MC, 22:50.5; 7. Marissa Garcia, Lex, 23:05.9; 8. Sabrina Converse, Lex, 23:17.5; 9. Jessica Virgilio, Lex, 23:47.7; 10. Janet Aguado, Lex, 24:18.7.

Other leaders from area schools:

McCOOK: 11. Grace Cappel 24:27.4; 12. Shawna Wilkinson 24:50.8; 15. Katrine Bogardus 25:35.6; 18. Lexi Hauxwell 26:16.2; 23. Joslyn Hammond 26:50.2; 24. Madison Tarencz-Rasmusen 26:50.3; 29. Amber Gonzales 27:34.8; 40. Hailey Farr 29:43.1.

ARAPAHOE: 21. Hannah Whitson 26:33.5.

SOUTHWEST: 35. Jesse Rolland 28:26.2.

ALMA-SOUTHERN VALLEY: 42. Winona Mitchell, 29:59.4.