Rylee Rice a freshman from Ainsworth NE; earned gold at the Nebraska High School State Cross Country meet on Friday October 21, 2016.
Rylee missed being the all class gold by 2 seconds with her 18:34.02. Rylee ran a rough course in great detail keeping her close competitor Cameron Hucke a Senior from Hasting St Cecilia behind her through out the whole race. Rice winning by 40 seconds was the first Class D girl to break under 19 minutes to set a new class D record.
Rylee is the granddaughter of Irene Rice and the late Alfred Rice of Big Sandy. Will and Danetta Rice of Ainsworth, NE are her parents.