Holt County Runners Qualify For State Cross Country

O'Neill, West Holt and Stuart will all be represented at the state cross country meet in Kearney next week.

Numerous Holt County runners earned an individual qualifying spot with a top 15 finish in their district races on Thursday, and the O'Neill boys captured the district runner up plaque to qualify as a team.

In the C-2 district at Albion, Whitney Watson was the lone qualifier for the O'Neill girls with her 11th place finish in 20:50.

The O'Neill boys had three break into the top 15:
5. McCoy Strong, 17:21
11. Nathaniel Jennings, 17:32
14. Caden Moore, 17:41

With the help of their teammates, Oscar Lopez (18:13), Ehric Strope (18:58) and Cody Watson (19:10), the O'Neill boys also qualified for state as a team.
 
In the D-4 district in Ainsworth, Kira Dickau of Stuart ran her way to a runner up finish and a trip to state with a time of 21:11.8.

West Holt runners also competed in the D-4 district and came away with three state qualifiers:
8. Alyssa Reiman, 22:14.9
10. Ben Thiele, 18:20.8
15. Brandon Heller, 18:49.7

Click here for state information.