Neviah McBride punched her first-ever ticket to this week’s Class D state cross country meet in Kearney with a 10th-place finish in the D-3 district meet near McCool Junction Thursday, Oct. 15.
The Sandy Creek freshman finished the race in a time of 21:23.4 to gain the top-10 spot and the ticket to the Kearney Country Club this Friday, Oct. 23, with the Class D girls race set to start at noon.
McCool Junction ran away with the team title, outscoring second-place Hastings St. Cecilia by 17 points (8-25). The third and final qualifying team out of the district was Centennial, which finished five points behind the Hawkettes.
Junior teammate Paige Stengel finished 26th overall in the field of 58 runners, wrapping up her season with a time of 23:10.1.
For the Sandy Creek boys, Embry Frazier finished in 76th place out of a field of 84 runners, ending the season with his district time of 22:56.3.
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