The South Loup cross country team traveled to Cambridge on Thursday, Oct. 12, to compete in the District D-5 meet. The district meet determines state qualifiers and South Loup came home with four.

For the girls, Ella Cool ran the race of her career at the district meet. The junior outran her closest competitor by 8 seconds to take the district gold with a time of 21:37.71. Fellow junior Ivy Tullis finished the race in 14th place with a time of 23:10.34. Both will move on to the state meet tomorrow, Oct. 20, in Kearney.

Senior Gracie Neth also competed for the ladies at the district meet, finishing in 45th place with a time of 28:56.14.

On the boys' side, senior Logan Recoy led the Bobcats with a third-place finish in the district competition. Recoy narrowly missed his record-setting time at the conference meet two weeks ago, with a time at districts of 17:39.00. The top two on the boys' side were Keyton Cole of Axtell and Marcus Hernandez of Bertrand.

Sophomore Josiah Coleman finished in 15th for the Bobcats with a time of 18:46.00. Both Recoy and Coleman qualified for the state meet tomorrow.

Other runners for South Loup were Caleb McFate, who finished in 31st place with a time of 20:12.00; Walter Bierman in 44th with a time of 21:20.00; and Eli Rogers in 55th within a time of 23:04.00.

The NSAA Cross Country Championships will be held at the Kearney Country Club on Oct. 20. The girls Class D race will begin at 2:30 p.m. and the boys race will start at 3:30 p.m. Awards will be presented at 4:30 p.m.

Online tickets must be purchased through GoFan. Online tickets must be on your phone, either through the app or your email for redemption – no printed tickets or screenshots will be allowed. A ticket kiosk will also be located at the main entrance of the Kearney Country Club and is debit or credit only. Tickets are $9.40 for adults and $7.30 for students K-12.