LCC runners earn medals at recent meets

PENDER - The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge cross country teams traveled south for the Pender Invitational Cross Country Meet here at Twin Creeks Golf Course Sept. 19.

The Bears finished third in the meet while the Lady Bears came in fifth as a team.

Homer won the boys’ division with 22 points, Ponca was second with 30 and the Bears logged 43. Oakland-Craig was one point behind LCC at 44 and Yutan rounded out the top five with 64, a tie-breaker ahead of Tri County Northeast which also scored 64.

Pender was the top team in the girls’ division with 10 points, Homer was second with 21, Ponca was third with 24, Oakland-Craig was fourth with 37 and the Lady Bears posted 42.

Leading the way for the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears was Preston Rose. Rose covered the 5,000 meter course in 18-minutes, 47.58-seconds which was good enough for eighth.

Dawson Meyer from Oakland-Craig won the race in 17:24.79 with Gannon Pfister of Ponca second at 17:50.13, the only runners below 18 minutes.

Rose, a senior, has been helping along his younger teammates.

“I’ve tried to show my teammates that there are a lot of different ways to train besides putting in a bunch of miles,” he said. “You need to recover from a hard performance or hard workout and its not just drinking water, you need to get some electrolytes in your body as well.”

He even mentioned the awareness level of nutrition and hydration has changed and improved during his career.

“When I first started running you just made sure you put in the miles and drank a lot of water, but I noticed my times were just kind of sitting where they were without improving. I studied some things and started taking care of my body after meets and workouts and my times started to go down.”

Teammate, Carter Korth was just one spot out of the medals in 16th, Shane Langford was 19th, John Mc-Dermott was 41st and Sebastian Van Drongelen was 46th.

In the girls’ division, Ava Brennan from Ponca was first in 20:22.45 a couple of Pender runners, Kyla Krusemark and Megan Bretbarth were second and third.

Lady Bears Faith Galvin made the top 10 with a time of 22:32.19 which placed her ninth.

Kate Tasler was 13th, Abbie Brummels was 20th, Addy Hoeppner was 22nd and Leah Gould came in 28th.

Both teams are scheduled to run in the Crofton Invite Sept. 26 at Lakeview Golf Course north of Crofton then run in Stanton on Oct. 3.

PENDER INVITATIONAL Boys Division Team Results: 1. Homer 22; 2. Ponca 30; 3. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 43; 4. Oakland-Craig 44; 5. Yutan 64; 6. Tri County Northeast 64; 7. Winnebago 65; 8. Cedar Bluffs 69; 9. Tekamah-Herman 78; 10. Archangel Catholic 90; 11. Bancroft-Rosalie 90; 12. Humphrey/Lindsay 102; 13. Pender 127; Randolph NTS. Boys Individual Results: 1. Dawson Meyer (O-C) 17:24.79; 2. Gannon Pfister (PON) 17:50.13; 3. Broderick Hogan (PON) 18:17.26; 4. Graham Huffman (CB) 18:22.40; 5. Jaiden Anderson (AC) 18:27.41; 6. Caden Barclay (HOM) 18:33.48; 7. Jessup Snowball (HOM) 18:44.10; 8. Preston Rose (LCC) 18:47.58; 9. Triston Owens (HOM) 18:54.10; 10. Junius Snowball (HOM) 18:58.67; 11. Aayden Harris (HOM) 19:06.72; 12. Jude Ridenour (TCNE) 19:09.07; 13. Caleb Popken (YUT) 19:09.80; 14. Alex Snyder (TCNE) 19:12.17; 15. Drake Porter (B-R) 19:24.44; 16. Carter Korth (LCC) 19:25.31; 19. Shane Langford (LCC) 19:56.25; 41. John McDermott (LCC) 22:20.92; 46. Sebastian Van Drongelen (LCC) 23:08.03. Girls Team Results: 1. Pender 10; 2. Homer 21; 3. Ponca 24; 4. Oakland-Craig 37; 5. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 42; 6. Tri County Northeast 48; 7. Yutan 67; 8. Winnebago 94; 9. Lyons-Decatur Northeast 99. Girls Individual Results: 1. Ava Brennan (PON) 20:22.45; 2. Kyla Krusemark (PEN) 20:57.00; 3. Megan Breitbarth (PEN) 21:13.96; 4. Lilly Harris (HOM) 21:26.69; 5. Hadley Walsh (PEN) 21:46.80; 6. Jaedyn Bousquet 21:58.05; 7. Madison Enstrom (O-C) 22:11.31; 8. Laken Pfister (PON) 22:21.15; 9. Faith Galvin (LCC) 22:32.19; 10. Bre Millard (TCNE) 22:39.03; 11. Tawny Bolles (HOM) 22:46.89; 12. Alejandra Hermosillo (TCNE) 22:49.48; 13. Kate Tasler (LCC) 23:04.87; 14. Carolyn Magnusson (O-C) 23:11.51; 15. Addyson Chytka (PON) 23:28.77; 20. Abbie Brummels (LCC) 24:17.79; 22. Addy Hoepnner (LCC) 24:24.34; 28. Leah Gould (LCC) 26:01.33.