Marcus Portofee and Jessica Moseman prepped for next week's state cross country “preview meet” by winning comfortably Tuesday at the Omaha Creighton Prep Invitational.

The victory margin for each senior on a near-ideal day for running at Elmwood Park was slightly under eight seconds.

Portofee, from Class A Papillion-La Vista South, and Moseman, from Class B Plattsmouth, will be among the favorites Monday at the four-class University of Nebraska at Kearney Invitational on the state meet course at Kearney Country Club.

Portofee said he was running against Papillion-La Vista's Marshall Anderson, who finished fourth, until pulling away on the final downhill leading back into the park on the boys' 4,000-meter course.

“I got beat running down the final straightaway here last year,'' Portofee said. “I was determined not to let that happen this year.''

Matt Holcomb of Ralston was second and Zach Parshall of Plattsmouth third. Omaha Creighton Prep won the boys team title, 74-75 over Plattsmouth, for the first time since 1997.

Moseman finished ahead of three runners from girls champion Papillion-La Vista South. Kelsey Green was second, Mikayla Peck third and Sydney Gress fourth as the Titans outdistanced runner-up Omaha Burke 26-69.

Moseman, who never had finished better than fifth in the Prep meet, said she got a push from Green before pulling away on the final loop of the 3,000-meter course.

Boys team scoring: Om. Creighton Prep 74, Plattsmouth 75, Papillion-LV 89, Papillion-LV South 95, Om. Burke 114, Elkhorn 210, Ralston 237, Om. Central 245, Om. South 251, CB Lewis Central 261, Om. Benson 275, Om. North 289, Millard West 291, Om. Westside 437, Om. Gross 448, Om. Concordia 523.

Individual leaders: 1, Marcus Portofee, PS, 16:31. 2, Matt Holcomb, Ralston 16:39. 3, Zach Parshall, Plattsmouth, 16:42. 4, Marshall Anderson, PLV, 16:45. 5, Blake Hunter, LC, 16:48. 6, Nate Thue, Burke, 16:53. 7, Adam Kaftan, Prep, 16:54. 8, Nick Steinauer, Prep, 16:54. 9, Gus Burnette, PLV, 16:55. 10, Brandon Weekly, Plattsmouth, 16:58.

Girls team scoring: Papillion-LV South 26, Om. Burke 69, Plattsmouth 143, Om. Westside 144, Om. Marian 153, Elkhorn 157, Papillion-LV 176, Om. Duchesne 207, Om. Mercy 220, CB Lewis Central 261, Millard West 300, Om. Central 351, Om. Gross 389, Om. South 297, Ralston 441, Om. North 479.

Individual leaders: 1, Jessica Moseman, Plattsmouth, 15:25. 2, Kelsey Green, PS, 15:33. 3, Mikayla Peck, PS, 15:38. 4, Sydney Gress, PS, 15:49. 5, Sarah Stirling, Elkhorn, 15:56. 6, Destiney Burt, PLV, 15:57. 7, Haden Mikesell, PS, 15:58. 8, Madeline McCann, WS, 16:00. 9, Cassidy Tinsley, Burke, 16:10. 10, Jordan Bledsoe, PS, 16:13.

Contact the writer:

444-1041, stu.pospisil@owh.com

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