by Scott Sacry
The three Bitterroot Valley Class A cross country teams (Stevensville, Corvallis, and Hamilton) were in Ronan for the Canal Bank Run on Friday, August 30.
Individually for the girls, Hamilton’s Aleigha Child won the race with a time of 19:53.26. Corvallis’s Violet Jessop took 2nd (20:24.40). Corvallis’s Ella Varner took 3rd (21:38.09). Hamilton’s Claire Seifert took 4th (21:50.69). And Hamilton’s Sierra Berry took 5th (22:02.41).
Individually for the boys, Hamilton’s Taylor Doleac took 1st at the meet with a time of 17:07.00. Corvallis’s Marrek Jessop took 4th (17:43.14). Hamilton Bryson Poulsen took 6th (18:02.57). And Corvallis’s Jack Davidson took 7th (18:10.93). Stevensville’s highest finisher was Cody Bradford who finished in 15th (19:03.55).
In the girls’ team standings, Corvallis took 1st with 29 points, and Hamilton took 2nd with 33 points.
In the boys’ team standings, Hamilton took 1st, edging out 2nd place Corvallis 22 to 23. Stevensville took 5th.
These teams run at the Flathead Invite at Rebecca Farms on Friday, September 6.