Prep cross country: Columbia Falls boys race to Whitefish Invitational win

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Prep cross country: Columbia Falls boys race to Whitefish Invitational win

By the Missoulian missoulian.com | Posted: Saturday, October 9, 2010 7:00 pm |

WHITEFISH - The Columbia Falls boys' cross country team took top honors at the Whitefish Invitational on Saturday.

The Wildcats finished with 33 team points, led by Derrick Williams, who was the first runner in with a time of 16 minutes, 17 seconds.

Host Whitefish (45) was second and Ronan (95) finished a distant third.

Williams edged Carter Montgomery (16:22) of Plains for the title. Columbia Falls runner Justin Whitman was third in 16:38.

The Bulldogs claimed the team trophy on the girls' side with 19 points. Columbia Falls (44) was second and Frenchtown (99) was third.

Jessica Sagen led the Bulldogs with a first-place finish in 18:40. Jinise Osborne of the Wildkats was second in 19:19, just out-kicking third-place finisher Bailey Eaton of Whitefish.

The Bulldogs had five runners in the top 10.

Whitefish Invitational

Boys

Team scores: Columbia Falls 33, Whitefish 45, Ronan 95, Frenchtown 111, Plains 156, Libby 157, Eureka 172, Thompson Falls 181.

Top 25 individuals

1, Derrick Williams, Columbia Falls 16:17; 2, Carter Montgomery, Plains 16:22; 3, Justin Whitman, Columbia Falls 16:38; 4, Fischer Gangemi, Whitefish 16:39; 5, Mathias Komarek, Whitefish 16:42; 6, Jacob Thomas, Libby 16:59; 7, Jace Kalbfleisch, Whitefish 17:12; 8, Austin Dumay, Columbia Falls 17:15; 9, Zayne Brunz, Columbia Falls 17:18; 10, Blake Normand, Frenchtown 17:18;

11, Cody Johnson, Ronan 17:23; 12, James Ratzloff, Columbia Falls 17:28; 13, Kevin Wroblewski, Ronan 17:32; 14, Jeffrey Heinrichs, Whitefish 17:39; 15, Will Holdhusen, Whitefish 17:39; 16, Robert Earhart, Plains 17:39; 17, Jon Weaver, Eureka 17:43; 18, Brady Oakland, Ronan 17:43; 19, Cody Lemons, Frenchtown 17:45; 20, Preston Schubert, Thompson Falls 17:46; 21, Dietrich Perchy, Whitefish 17:52; 22, Pascal Jessat, Columbia Falls 17:58; 23, Clinton Page, Frenchtown 17:58; 24, Elias Taylor, Whitefish 17:59; 25, Jordan Franklin, Ronan 18:05.

Girls

Team scores: Whitefish 19, Columbia Falls 44, Frenchtown 99, Eureka 108, Ronan 117.

Top 25 individuals

1, Jessica Sagen, Whitefish 18:40; 2, Jinise Osborne, Columbia Falls 19:19; 3, Bailey Eaton, Whitefish 19:19; 4, Carly Schwickert, Whitefish 19:31; 5, Stella Holt, Whitefish 20:06; 6, Jackie Cassidy, Whitefish 20:23; 7, Mariah Naegeli, Thompson Falls 20:29; 8, Felicia Earhart, Plains 20:49; 9, Bailey Malecha, Eureka 20:59; 10, Nikki Moser, Columbia Falls 21:03;

11, Tessa Cowan, Columbia Falls 21:29; 12, Alexas Young, Columbia Falls 21:32; 13, Ashley Grandchamp, Ronan 21:34; 14, Anne Gustenhoff, Whitefish 21:35; 15, Torre Coe, Whitefish 21:36; 16, Emma Marchetti, Whitefish 21:36; 17, Laura Breidenbach, Frenchtown 21:40; 18, Kate Dubray, Columbia Falls 21:44; 19, Madison Stolte, Columbia Falls 21:48; 20, Tori Price, Columbia Falls 22:06; 21, Maja Holmquist, Frenchtown 22:11; 22, Kaylin Carvey, Columbia Falls 22:15; 23, Brittany Hauge, Eureka 22:20; 24, Jade Grey, Ronan 22:25; 25, Cami Casazza, Columbia Falls 22:31.

Dillon Invitational

At Dillon, the Hamilton boys edged host Dillon and Corvallis for the team crown at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course.

The Broncs had a team score of 45, followed by Dillon with 56 and Corvallis with 57.

Morly Jessop of Corvallis won the boys' race in a time of 18 minutes, 29.2 seconds. Anaconda's Jared Noyd was next at 18:40 and Tanner Palin of Corvallis was third at 18:45.

Dillon was the only school to field a girls' team and finished with a score of 56.

Harrison's Shannon Young won the girls' race in 20:09. Dillon's Ellen Hollifield was second at 21:35 and teammate Katie Hawkins was third at 21:39.

BOYS

Team scores: Hamilton 45, Dillon 56, Corvallis 57, Anaconda 114.

Top 20 individuals

1, Morly Jessop, Corvallis, 18:29.2; 2, Jared Noyd, Anaconda, 18:40.6; 3, Tanner Palin, Corvallis, 18:45.3; 4, Morgan Larson, Dillon, 18:55.1; 5, Chance Keck, Dillon, 18:58.6; 6, Cameron Harder, Hamilton, 18:59.3; 7, Anthony Schmalz, Hamilton, 19:05.1; 8, Ryan Hamilton, Harrison, 19:06.6; 9, Angelo Porcella, Hamilton, 19:15.2; 10, Collin Johns, Hamilton, 19:19.0;

11, Gabe Cleverley, Dillon , 19:20.1; 12, Porter Jessop, Corvallis, 19:24.7; 13, Danny Bartley, Hamilton, 19:25.8; 14, Matt Tilstra, Twin, 19:33.3; 15, CJ Cox, Twin, 19:50.2; 16, Dane Watt, Corvallis, 19:54.1; 17, Pete Mitchell, Dillon, 19:58.3; 18, Jesse Bartels, Hamilton, 20:01.4; 19, Michael Wiggins, Dillon, 20:04.4; 20, Greg Beck, Hamilton, 20:05.7.

GIRLS

Team scores: Dillon 56.

Top individuals

1, Shannon Young, Harrison, 20:09.9; 2, Ellen Hollifield, Dillon, 21:35.5; 3, Katie Hawkins, Dillon , 21:39.0; 4, Hanna Smith, Corvallis, 23:15.7; 5, Chelsi Clarke, Corvallis, 23:15.9; 6, Jannet Moore, Dillon, 23:39.5; 7, Ari Watt, Corvallis, 24:02.4; 8, Madison Traucht, Harrison, 24:40.5; 9, Morgan Peterson, Dillon, 24:54.9; 10, Leah Payne, Twin, 25:18.6; 11, Samantha Zetler, Dillon, 26:00.0; 12, Katie Thornton, Dillon, 26:57.3; 13, Ashleigh Rhea, Dillon, 27:17.0.

Polson Duels

At Polson, Paden Alexander of St. Ignatius and Claudia Hewston of Polson won the individual titles at the Polson Duels cross country meet.

Alexander won the boys' race in 17 minutes, five seconds. Travis Hayes (17:38) of Polson was second and teammate Alex Nystrom (17:39) was third.

Hewston clocked a 19:02 to win the girls' title. Polson's Mesa Starkey (19:37) was second and fellow Pirate Tegan Bauer (20:23) came in third.

No team scores were available, although Polson swept the team crowns.

Polson Duels

BOYS

Top 20 individuals

1, Paden Alexander, St. Ignatius, 17:05; 2, Travis Hayes, Polson, 17:38; 3, Alex Nystrom, Polson, 17:39; 4, Jimmy Bjorge, Polson, 17:41; 5, Jesse Pfau, Arlee, 18:39; 6, Bryan Schock, St. Ignatius, 18:40; 7, Spencer Jenko, Bigfork, 19:07; 8, Tel Motichka, Polson, 19:08; 9, Mike Bournestein, Polson, 19:14; 10, Nick Morigeau, Arlee, 19:16; 11, Al Plant, Arlee, 19:20; 12, Reed Hovenkotter, Polson 19:22; 13, Cash Sisler, Polson, 19:28; 14, Lane Thule, Bigfork, 19:50; 15, Trae Burland, Arlee, 20:02; 16, Jarred Smithbrodn, St. Ignatius, 20:08; 17, Mauro Grosso, St. Ignatius, 20:17; 18, Dominic Burland, Arlee, 22:14; 19, Xander Streets, St. Ignatius, 22:43; 20, Zane Ligas, Arlee, 22:51.

GIRLS

Top individuals

1, Claudia Hewston, Polson, 19:02; 2, Mesa Starkey, Polson, 19:37; 3, Tegan Bauer, Polson, 20:23; 4, Ashley Courville, St. Ignatius, 20:46; 5, Chelsea Olson, Bigfork, 20:54; 6, Whitney Zimmermean, Polson, 22:09; 7, Hallie Hovenkotter, Polson, 22:19; 8, Mariah Hamel, Polson, 22:41; 9, Laura Barta, Polson, 23:08; 10, Laglen Mitchell, St. Ignatius, 23:24; 11, Jane Makepeace, St. Ignatius, 24:52; 12, Robin Mitchell, St. Ignatius, 25:24; 13, Sandi Baker, Bigfork, 25:29; 14, Desirae Nault, Arlee, 28:00; 15, Tayla Desjarlais, Arlee, 29:57.