Oct 28

Written by: ngreditor
10/28/2009 6:59 AM 

2009 Class D State Runner Up Cross Country Team - Lindsay Holy Family/Newman Grove. Back Row (L-R): Coach John Ramaeker, Breanna Korus, Andrea Weeder and Coach Rich Weeder. Front Row (L-R): Stacy Beller, Katie O’Brien, Natalie Korus, April Ramaeker and Melanie Fehringer. Photo by Jeannette Korth

Bulldogs take second and third at State

Kevin Weeder and Ross Sueper

On a sunny but cool day, with the temperature in the 40’s, the Lindsay Holy Family/ Newman Grove Cross Country team finished their season off with a run at the State Meet in Kearney. Both the Girls and Boys teams ran with other teams targeting them because they knew what they were capable of.

Andrea Weeder heads for the finish line and a second gold medal.

Also, the Bulldogs had to compete against larger schools because Class D gets the overflow from the other classes. Despite this challenge, the girls still completed the race with a runner-up trophy 50 points behind Crofton. The boys knew what they wanted but fell short in the end taking third with 68 points behind Hastings St. Cecilia and Ainsworth.

The girls results for the state meet were Andrea Weeder placing first for the second time in a row with a time of 15:18 and Breanna Korus finishing 13th with a time of 16:08. Natalie Korus finished 25th with a time of 16:50 and April Ramaekers was close behind finishing twenty-eighth with a time of 16:56. Coming in 88th with a time of 18:35 was Melanie Fehringer and right behind her was Stacy Beller finishing 89th with a time of 18:39.

Kevin Weeder strides out to a silver medal performance.

The boys results for the State Meet were Kevin Weeder taking second place with a time of 17:04 and Kyle Wegener finishing 14th with a time of 17:52. Kelan Schumacher finished 37th with a time of 18:40 and Shawn Korth finished 52nd with a time of 19:04. Coming in 56th with a time of 19:07 was Jerett Sueper and coming in 111th with a time of 20:52 was Tommy Thompson.

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