Polson girls run to second place
At Helena Thursday, the Polson cross-country teams competed at the Capital City 7 on 7 races which pit runners who are seeded according to stratification against a number of other schools that cross multiple classifications.
The Polson girls placed 11th out of 49 teams, but more importantly, they took 2nd among Class A schools behind Corvallis.
Two runners finished among the top 10 with both Anna Young and Quinn Motichka coming in 10th in both the #4 and #5 races.
Izabella Seeman just missed a TOP TEN finish with an 11th place run in the #3 race.
Hannah Madsen and Sierra Garcia continue to shave time off of their runs as they close in on going under the next minute demarcation.
The Polson boys placed 28th out of 51 teams overall, but a respectable 10th among other Class A schools.
Matt Sitter, Wyatt Benson and Quaid Harlan also continued their trend of dropping seconds off of their times from previous races.
Next on the XC racing docket are the NWA Divisional championships held in Columbia Falls this coming Saturday.
Girls
RACE - PLACE, NAME, TIME, SCHOOL
#1 - 17, Ryan Harrop 20:20, Pol
#2 - 15, Malia Seeley 20:52, Pol
#3 - 11, Izabella Seeman 21:07, Pol
#4 - 10, Anna Young 21:49, Pol
#5 - 10, Quinn Motichka 21:36, Pol
#6 - 16, Hannah Madsen 23:07, Pol
#7 - 17, Sierra Garcia 23:52, Pol
Boys
RACE - PLACE, NAME, TIME, SCHOOL
#1 - 30, Zach Evertz 17:37, Pol
#2 - 29, Thunder Morales 18:20, Pol
#3 - 32, Warren Wood 18:52, Pol
#4 - 31, Matt Sitter 18:43, Pol
#5 - 28, Wyatt Benson 19:13, Pol
#6 - 31, Grant Clark 20:14, Pol
#7 - 23, Quaid Harlan 19:50, Pol
Also competing at Helena this past Thursday at the Capital City 7 on 7 races were a trio of runners from the St. Ignatius teams.
For the boys, Tate Weingart turned in a sub-20 performance.
On the girls side, Shaniya Decker and Tori Peterson competed shoulder to shoulder with other runners from across the state.
Boys
Tate Weingart 18:41
Girls
Shaniya Decker 26:20
Tori Peterson 31:13
Whitefish Invit.
At Whitefish, the Ronan cross country team was one of a handful of Class B teams to compete with a large contingent of Class A runners at the Whitefish Invitational this past Saturday.
The top finisher for the boys was Jackson Duffey, who placed 7th.
The top finishers for the girls were a 12th place finish for Hannah Freeman, a 13th place finish by Penny Weyent and a 15th place finish for Tashyna Matt.
Ronan XC will be competing in the Western B conference championships this Friday at the Mission Mountain Golf Course in Ronan.
Whitefish XC Invitational
Saturday, October 11, 2014
BOYS tm score: 5th, Ronan 112.
Top individual runners (WfInv)
7, Jackson Duffey 17:12, Ron
21, Daniel Koehler 17:46, Ron
28, Nathan Dennis 18:16, Ron
32, Rhett Duffey 18:22, Ron
37, Kiry Detwiler 18:48, Ron
44, Malek Strange Owl 19:14, Ron
45, Andrew Koehler 19:19, Ron
60, Jacob Dresen 20:10, Ron
66, Tristan George 20:50, Ron
GIRLS tm scores: 4th, Ronan 108.
Top individual runners (WfInv)
12, Hannah Freeman 22:10 Ron;
13, Penny Weyent 22:10 Ron;
15, Tashyna Matt 22:12 Ron, ;
28, Hailey Henderson 23:34, Ron
33, Sarah McKenzie 24:08, Ron
40, Katelyn Graham 25:16, Ron
52, Ysabelle Burland 27:06, Ron
54, Darian DeLaurenti 28:11, Ron
56, Sam Friedlander 32:03, Ron