Girls XC Team are State Champions

By Alan Carman
The Imperial Republican
    Haven and Addison Hauxwell bring home individual medals and the girls team brings home Chase County’s first Cross Country State Championship.
    It was less than a month ago, the cross country teams competed at the UNK Invitational and the girls team finished second to Scotus Central Catholic.
    At the State Meet, all four of the scoring girls times had cut between 1:18 to 1:25 off their previous times for the Chase County girls and that was enough to jump into first place and take the State Title for Class C-1, ahead of second place Adams Central. Scotus Central Catholic dropped to third place..
    It was the same girls running on Friday, that ran on Sept. 25, but the Longhorn girls all had better times at the State Meet than they did at the September 29th meet.
    Addison Hauxwell was the top runner for the Longhorns, finishing in fourth place, with a time of 19:38.81. She cut 1:25.06 off her time from September and finished five spots higher.
    Alayna Smith finished 20th,  cutting 1:18.25 off her time, finishing the race in 20:26.31.
    Tessa Smith finished 24th, with a time of 20:47.59, 1:24.18 faster than her Sept. run.
    Liz Hanna finished 49th,  with a time of 21:41.43, 1:18.24 better than her time in Sept.
    Paige Nickless finished in 107th and Zoey Kelley 113th, both with greatly improved times from the first race.
    Haven Hauxwell was the only runner that qualified for the boys team and he made the best of the day, finishing in eighth place and bringing home a medal. He cut 52.35 seconds off his time from September.
Girls Team scores
    1. CCS 67, 2. Adams Central 77, 3. Scotus Central Catholic 81, 4. Auburn 93, 5. Gothenburg 98, 6. Milford 118, 7. Boone Central 119, 8. Fort Calhoun 119, 9. Omaha Concordia 134, 10. Kearney Catholic 157, 11. Raymond Central 159, 12. Omaha Roncalli Catholic 168, 13. Wayne 170, 14. Lincoln Christian 184, 15. Bishop Neumann 228.
Girls individual top 15
    1. Scout Bell Got 19:16.37; 2. Tayla Hurner Way 19:30.68; 3. Jaelyn Witter KC 19:36.86; 4. Addison Hauxwell CC 19:38.81; 5. Macie Carter Mil 19:42.47; 6. Hailey Hengtgen Pal  19:46.1; 7. Emma Williams NBC 19:46.7; 8. Corbett Lanum OBT  19:52.5; 9. Adelyn Whitten Min 19:53.8; 10. Liston Crotty Aub 19:55.73; 11. June Lehn AC 19:56.09; 12. Neva Bauer Arl 19:56.6; 13. Emilyn Kavan SCC 19:57.92; 14. Gracie Calkins Chad 19:58.6; 15. Sage Meronk OC 20:01.85. 20. Alayna Smith CC 20:26.31, 24. Tessa Smith CC 20:47.59, 49. Liz Hanna CC 21:41.43, 107. Paige Nickless CC 24:00.90, 113. Zoey Kelley CC 24:42.77.
Boys top three team scores
    1. Lincoln Christian 44, 2. Holdrege 51, 3. Fort Calhoun 58.
Boys individual top 15
    1. Trevin Opp LC 15:59.9, 2. Tyler Hetz Got 16:05.8, 3. Bryson Neels Got 16:24.3, 4. Samuel McQuistan Hol 16:28.4, 5. Avery Carter Mil 16:34.1, 6. Nolan Gartner Syr 16:37.8, 7. Trevin Huskey JCC 16:38.4, 8. Haven Hauxwell CC 16:40.7, 9. Gannon Hubbard Pal 16:41.5, 10. Koang Deng Coz 16:41.7, 11. Miles Clausen BC 16:46.2, 12. Christophe Widick Hol 16:46.7, 13. Chris Post-Whiteowl FC 16:47.9, 14. Amos Glenn LC 16:51.8, 15. Payton Day OC 16:53.0.
Class D races
    In the girls Class D race, Annaly Ramirez of Wauneta/Palisade finished in 37th place with a time of 21:07.08.
    The Perkins County girls finished in 11th place. The PC boys finished seventh.
    Elijah Goodell of PC finished second for the PC boys, just 18.4 seconds behind Kaser Johnson of Doniphan-Trumbull.