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2017 Warrior Cross Country ends season with Warrior Boys & Katie Pearson as State-Qualifiers!

Jacobi Swanson closes his senior year as State Medalist

Congratulations Katie Pearson and the entire Warrior Boys Team: all 2017 NSAA State Cross Country Qualifiers!

photo courtesy Nicole Burg

Warrior Cross Country runners (from left) Grant Crockett, Caleb Groff, Jacobi Swanson, and Aaron Redding (not pictured) have consistently medaled for the boys team in 2017. Warrior XC prepares for the NCC Meet, which is slated for Thursday, Oct. 15 @ Wildwood Lake.

photo by Amy Groff

Warrior senior Katie Pearson led the Warrior Cross Country Team at the season-opening Schuyler Invite on August 31, 2017. Pearson took the individual championship, and lead the girls team to a first place finish.

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Congratulations Katie Pearson and the entire Warrior Boys Team: all 2017 NSAA State Cross Country Qualifiers!

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2017 Warrior Cross Country ends season with Warrior Boys & Katie Pearson as State-Qualifiers!
Jacobi Swanson closes his senior year as State Medalist
October 20, 2017 (NSAA State Cross Country Championships @ Kearney)
The 2017 NSAA State Cross Country Championships were held at the Kearney Country Club on Friday, October 20. Katie Pearson and the Warrior Boys Team (Grant Crockett, Caleb Groff, Braedenn Olson, Aaron Redding, Micah Sears, and Jacobi Swanson) were the 2017 Warrior State-Qualifiers!

From Coach Karla Curran:
The conditions proved to be rather tough on Friday with strong winds gusting to over 30 mph, and overall times throughout the day solidified this fact. I was very proud of Katie Pearson and the race that she ran. At the mile, she came through in 69th place, but at each mile mark she just kept working her way up, and finished strong in 34th place. Going into the meet, I told Katie that if she finished in the top 35, she would have a good meet, so I’m glad that this goal came to fruition. I’m just sad that we only had her for one year, as she was just learning things all season "on the fly." It would have been nice to see what she could have done with another year under her belt, but such is life! I’m just thankful that she finally gave cross country a try! She’s a great girl, who will be successful in life!

For the boys, I am super proud of Jacobi and his medal-winning performance! He ran well, and accomplished his goal of finishing in the top 15 for the second year in a row. Like Katie, Jacobi didn’t have a lot of experience, with this being only his second season in cross, but he finished the season winning a medal at every race he ran. As for the remainder of the gentlemen, I would be lying if I said that I wasn't disappointed with our State performance. Aaron Redding was running injured and he gave it his all, and I am proud of him for trying. He has had a wonderful career for Wahoo, dramatically improving with each passing year. I know this wasn’t the way Aaron wanted to end his career, but I am very proud of the progress that he made, and I hope, in time, he will be, too. 

It is my hope that Grant, Micah, and Braedenn use this meet as incentive to work hard over the summer, and lead our team next season to do some great things, not only in our regular season schedule, but at the state level as well. We have the talent to do so; now it’s up to these young men to put their grit and determination to the test!

Katie Pearson - 34th Place (21:49.4) [95 total runners]
   Click HERE to view full Class C State Girls results.

Boys Team - 10th Place (120 points) [95 total runners]
   Click HERE to view full Class C State Boys results.
Boys Team Scoring - 1) Holdrege 35, 2) Fort Calhoun 70, 3) Hartington-Newcastle 79, 4) Norfolk Catholic 86, 5) Mitchell 92, 6) Lincoln Christian 98, 7) Pierce 102, 8) Boys Town 110, 9) Arlington 113, 10) Wahoo 120, 11) Chadron 153, 12) Kearney Catholic 198
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Jacobi Swanson (13th, 17:55.3)
Other Individual Results
Grant Crockett (32nd, 18:36.3), Micah Sears (65th, 19:19.1), Caleb Groff (70th, 19:31.8), Aaron Redding (74th, 19:40.9), Braedenn Olson (77th, 19:45.9)

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Warrior Boys & Katie Pearson: 2017 Warrior Cross Country State Qualifiers!
Wahoo Boys take runner-up @ C3 Districts; Girls finish 6th
October 12, 2017 (NSAA C3 District Meet @ Minden)

Girls Team - 6th Place (80 points) [61 total runners]
   Click HERE to view full girls results of all Class C Districts.
Girls Team Scoring - 1) Adams Central 31, 2) Minden 57, 3) Fairbury 63, 4) Milford 70, 5) Lincoln Christian 71, 6) Wahoo 80, 7) Kearney Catholic 103, 8) Bishop Neumann 113, 9) South Central Unified 158, 10) Elm Creek
Individual Medalist (Top 15)
Katie Pearson (10th, 21:34, STATE QUALIFIER)
Other Individual Results
Zoe Christenson (17th, 22:02), Emma Thrasher (27th, 22:55), Katie Pace (29th, 23:14), Erin Sutton (37th, 23:39), Abi Klein (48th, 25:23)

Boys Team - 2nd Place & STATE QUALIFIERS (34 points) [62 total runners]
   Click HERE to view full boys results of all Class C Districts.
Boys Team Scoring - 1) Lincoln Christian 28, 2) Wahoo 34, 3) Kearney Catholic 58, 4) Milford 74, 5) Bishop Neumann 76, 6) Adams Central 78, 7) Fairbury 110, 8) Raymond Central 174, 9) South Central Unified, 10) Elm Creek
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Jacobi Swanson (4th, 18:00), Aaron Redding (8th, 18:17), Grant Crockett (9th, 18:18)
Other Individual Results
Caleb Groff (18th, 18:47), Micah Sears (20th, 18:52), Braedenn Olson (22nd, 19:11)

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Wahoo Boys take runner-up @ Lincoln Lutheran Invite; Girls finish 3rd
September 28, 2017 (Lincoln Lutheran Invite)

Warrior Cross Country runners (from left) Grant Crockett, Caleb Groff, Jacobi Swanson, and Aaron Redding (not pictured) have consistently medaled for the boys team in 2017.
Warrior XC prepares for the NCC Meet, which is slated for Thursday, Oct. 15 @ Wildwood Lake. Photo courtesy Nicole Burg.

Girls Team - 3rd Place (42 points) [45 total runners]
Girls Team Scoring - 1) Omaha Concordia 23, 2) Lincoln Christian 34, 3) Wahoo 42, 4) East Butler 68, 5) Yutan 83, 6) Archbishop Bergan
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Katie Pearson (4th, 22:09), Zoe Christenson (11th, 23:02), Katie Pace (15th, 23:44)
Other Individual Results
Emma Thrasher (16th, 24:07), Erin Sutton (17th, 24:17), Abi Klein (21st, 25:15), Sarah Iversen (26th, 25:58), Lara Celesky (31st, 26:23)

Boys Team - 2nd Place (33 points) [80 total runners]
Boys Team Scoring - 1) Lincoln Chrisitian 31, 2) Wahoo 33, 3) Omaha Concordia 80, 4) Yutan 82, 5) Lincoln Lutheran 85, 6) Cornerstone Christian 104, 7) Louisville 114, 8) Archbishop Bergan 124, 9) Elmwood-Murdock 145, 10) East Butler 169
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Jacobi Swanson (3rd, 18:08), Grant Crockett (7th, 18:28), Aaron Redding (9th, 18:49), Caleb Groff (14th, 19:13)
Other Individual Results
Braedenn Olson (16th, 19:17.02), Micah Sears (17th, 19:17.54), Bryson Keller (19th, 19:21), Kahleb Elliott (25th, 19:50), Jackson Markvicka (38th, 20:36), Jerstan Zeleny (40th, 20:37.76), Josh Luedtke (41st, 20:37.94), Aaron Hays (44th, 20:49), Joab Carlson (45th, 21:23), Riley Johnson (49th, 21:37), Trenton Erdmann-Hughes (61st, 23:04), Noah Polacek (63rd, 23:19), Eli Zeleny (76th, 24:52)

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Wahoo boys finish 4th @ North Bend Central Invite; girls finish 5th
September 21, 2017 (North Bend Central Invite)

Girls Team - 5th Place (92 points)
Girls Team Scoring - 1) Elkhorn 21, 2) Aquinas 39, 3) Gretna 61, 4) Bishop Neumann 64, 5) Wahoo 92, 6) East Butler 121, 7) Logan View 138, 8) Schuyler 144, 9) North Bend Central 144, 10) Roncalli/Brownell-Talbot 161, 11) Oakland-Craig 224
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Erin Sutton (13th, 23:51), Zoe Christenson (14th, 24:04)
Other Individual Results
Katie Pace (18th, 24:28), Emma Thrasher (19th, 24:32), Abi Klein (21st, 25:14), Sarah Iversen (23rd, 25:44)

Boys Team - 4th Place (72 points)
Boys Team Scoring - 1) Elkhorn 32, 2) Gretna 38, 3) Schuyler 56, 4) Wahoo 72, 5) Aquinas 80, 6) Bishop Neumann 117, 7) Logan View 127, 8) Roncalli/Brownell-Talbot 141, 9) North Bend Central 181, 10) Winnebago 187, 11) Ashland-Greenwood 228, 12) Palmyra 229, 13) East Butler 256, 14) Oakland-Craig 291, 15) Pender 322
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Jacobi Swanson (5th, 18:09), Grant Crockett (12th, 18:35)
Other Individual Results
Aaron Redding (16th, 18:54), Caleb Groff (25th, 19:57.46), Micah Sears (26th, 19:57.71), Kahleb Elliott (29th, 20:12)

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Wahoo boys takes runner-up @ Scotus Invite (miss championship by 1 point); Girls take 8th
September 14, 2017 (Columbus Scotus Invitational)

Girls Team - 8th Place (131 points) [90 total runners]
Girls Team Scoring - 1) Boone Central 27, 2) Columbus Scotus 53, 3) Aquinas 61, 4) Minden 76, 5) Wayne 79, 6) Norfolk Catholic 93, 7) Humphrey St. Francis 120, 8) Wahoo High School 131, 9) Columbus Lakeview 142, 10) Logan View 148, 11) West Point-Beemer 203, 12) Wisner-Pilger 240, 13) St. Edward 270
Individual Results
Erin Sutton (24th, 24:04), Zoe Christenson (34th, 24:41), Emma Thrasher (37th, 24:53), Katie Pace (41st, 25:07), Abi Klein (49th, 25:57), Sarah Iversen (56th, 26:25), Lara Celesky (65th, 28:34)

Boys Team - 2nd Place (51 points) [141 total runners]
Boys Team Scoring - 1) Columbus Lakeview 50, 2) Wahoo High School 51, 3) Norfolk Catholic 66, 4) Aquinas 70, 5) Columbus Scotus 78, 6) Boone Central 122, 7) Logan View 133, 8) Minden 143, 9) Wisner-Pilger 149, 10) Wayne 192, 11) West Point-Beemer 195, 12) Humphrey St. Francis 205, 13) David City 218, 14) St. Edward 231
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Grant Crockett (5th, 18:02), Jacobi Swanson (8th, 18:16)
Other Individual Results
Micah Sears (18th, 19:08), Aaron Redding (20th, 19:13), Kahleb Elliott (23rd, 19:19), Caleb Groff (25th, 19:33), Braedenn Olson (38th, 20:35), Josh Luedtke (42nd, 20:38), Bryson Keller (52nd, 21:08), Jerstan Zeleny (57th, 21:21), Aaron Hays (63rd, 21:46), Joab Carlson (71st, 22:00), Riley Johnson (76th, 22:11), Jackson Markvicka (77th, 22:12), Eli Brabec (85th, 22:44), Noah Polacek (120th, 25:25), Eli Zeleny (121st, 25:44)

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Wahoo Girls finish 3rd @ home invite; Boys finish 4th after 3rd place tie-breaker with Schuyler
September 7, 2017 (Wahoo Invitational)

Girls Team - 3rd  Place (51 points) [51 total runners]
Girls Team Scoring - 1) Columbus Scotus 27, 2) Blair 45, 3) Wahoo 51, 4) Bishop Neumann 58, 5) Plattsmouth 60, 6) Columbus Lakeview 111, 7) Roncalli/Brownell 123, 8) Boys Town 150
Individual Medalist (Top 15)
Katie Pearson (3rd, 21:26)
Other Individual Results
Zoe Christenson (16th, 23:10), Erin Sutton (17th, 23:30), Emma Thrasher (21st, 23:49), Abi Klein (27th, 24:27), Sarah Iversen (28th, 24:53)

Boys Team - 4th Place (75 points) [74 total runners]
Boys Team Scoring - 1) Plattsmouth 46, 2) Mt. Michael 71, 3) Schuyler 75, 4) Wahoo 75, 5) Blair 76, 6) Columbus Lakeview 77, 7) Boys Town 106, 8) Roncalli/Brownell 127, 9) Columbus Scotus 137, 10) Ralston 154, 11) Bishop Neumann 173, 12) Ashland-Greenwood 240, 13) Raymond Central 280
Individual Medalist (Top 15)
Jacobi Swanson (9th, 17:51)
Other Individual Results
Aaron Redding (18th, 18:15), Grant Crockett (20th, 18:26), Caleb Groff (28th, 18:48), Micah Sears (48th, 19:35), Kahleb Elliott (62nd, 20:45)

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Wahoo Girls take championship @ Schuyler Invite; Boys finish 3rd
August 31, 2017 (@ Schuyler Invitational)

Warrior senior Katie Pearson led the Warrior Cross Country Team at the season-opening Schuyler Invite on August 31, 2017.
Pearson took the individual championship, and lead the girls team to a first place finish.

Girls Team - 1st  Place (22 points)
Girls Team Scoring - 1) Wahoo 22, 2) Columbus Lakeview 31, 3) Logan View 56, 4) Schuyler 61, 5) North Bend 71, 6) Palmer 106
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Katie Pearson (1st, 21:16), Erin Sutton (6th), Zoe Christenson (7th), Emma Thrasher (8th), Abi Klein (9th), Sarah Iversen (10th), Katie Pace (12th)

Boys Team - 3rd Place (34 points)
Boys Team Scoring - 1) Schuyler 21, 2) Columbus Lakeview 28, 3) Wahoo 34, 4) Logan View 78, 5) North Bend 103, 6) David City 128, 7) Centennial 135, 8) Palmer 149
Individual Medalists (Top 15)
Jacobi Swanson (4th, 18:20), Aaron Redding (9th), Grant Crockett (10th), Micah Sears (11th)

2017 Warrior Cross Country Team, back row (from left): Josh Luedtke, Caleb Groff, Jacobi Swanson, Bryson Keller, Aaron Redding, Eli Zeleny, Trenton Erdmann-Hughes, Noah Polacek, Riley Johnson. Middle row: Micah Sears, Grant Crockett, Eli Brabec, Braedenn Olson, Joab Carlson, Kahleb Elliott, Jerstan Zeleny, Aaron Hays, Jackson Markvicka. Front row: Coach Rose Sutton, Coach Karla Curran, Sydney Moline, Katie Pearson, Erin Sutton, Sarah Iversen, Abi Klein, Zoe Christenson, Katie Pace, Lara Celesky, Emma Thrasher, Coach Cheri Johnson, Coach Weston Sieck. (photo courtesy "Photo Joe" Vculek)

2017 Warrior Cross Country Seniors, from left: Jacobi Swanson, Kahleb Elliott, Caleb Groff, Katie Pace, Bryson Keller, Sarah Iversen, Aaron Redding, Katie Pearson, Eli Zeleny, Riley Johnson, Joab Carlson. (photo courtsy "Photo Joe" Vculek)