Holt County Runners Qualify For State Cross Country Meet

Eleven individuals and one team from Holt County are state-bound after competing in district cross country meets in Ainsworth and Norfolk on Thursday.

The O'Neill boys team earned second place to qualify as a team at the state meet in Kearney on Friday, Oct. 23. Three of the Eagles - Blake Johnston, Grant Johnston and Jonathon Gettert - placed in the top 15 in District C-2 to qualify as individuals and led the team to a runner up finish, qualifying the team for state. The top-3 teams earn a trip to the state meet.

O'Neill Boys Team:
3. Blake Johnston (12), 17:29.32
5. Grant Johnston (12), 17:47.54
14. Jonathon Gettert (12), 18:28.29
Nathaniel Jennings (10), 18:45.46
Mccoy Strong (11), 19:18.58
Zeb O'Bryan (11), 19:47.07

Other individual qualifiers from Holt County are:
D-3:
5. Alyssa Reiman, West Holt (22:00.9)
8. Kira Dickau, Stuart, (22:15.)
10. Jayden Reiman, West Holt, (22:36.8)
10. Connor McDermott, West Holt (18:44.4)
12. Benjamin Thiele, West Holt (19:05.6)
14. Derek Mahony, CWC (19:10.4)

C-2:
10. Whitney Watson, O'Neill (22:00.89)
13. Abigail Gillham, O'Neill (22:19.10)