BATTLE CREEK —The Wolfpack cross country team is heading into the most important part of the season.
Having competed last week at Battle Creek, runners’ Samantha Stuhr and Matthew Kerkman are now focusing their attention on the most important meets of the season.
They will compete later this week at the Niobrara Valley Conference meet to be held at Ainsworth. The meet will be held Thursday, October 8, with the girls race to begin at 4 p.m. and the boys race to follow
That will be their final tuneup before the district meet to be held Thursday, October 15, at the Antelope Country Club. The girls race will start at 3 p.m. with the boys race to follow at 3:45 p.m.
The top 15 individual runners will qualify for the Class D State Meet to be held the following week at Kearney.
Battle Creek meet
Competing Friday morning at Evergreen Country Club near Battle Creek, Stuhr competed against 68 other runners in the 5K race. She finished 28th with a time of 23:21. Winning the race was Annah Perdue of York who crossed the finish line with a time of 19:24.2.
In the boys division, Kerkman finished 69th out of 106 runners in the boys 5K race. His time was 21:27.
Winning the event was senior Jordan Anderson of Archangels. He crossed the finish line in a time of 16:31.
