by Scott Sacry
Corvallis hosted 16 cross country teams at their annual XC Invitational on Saturday, Sept 14. The Bitterroot Valley teams from Corvallis, Darby, Hamilton, and Stevensville were among the participants.
Individually, Hamilton’s Taylor Doleac won the boys race with a time of 16:49.94, Corvallis’ Jack Davidson took 2nd (17:01.25), Darby’s Ben Martin took 6th (17:21.75), Corvallis’ Marrek Jessop finished 7th (17:27.53), and Hamilton’s Bryson Poulsen took 8th (17:34.44). Stevensville’s highest finisher was Benjamin White who finished 11th (19:11.20).
In the girls race, Corvallis’ Violet Jessop took 3rd with a time of 21:07.08. Hamilton’s Claire Seifert took 4th (21:13.83), Hamilton’s Sierra Berry took 8th (21:37.25), Corvallis’ Autumn Benson finished 9th (21:48.66), Darby’s Lily Adair finished 10th (21:57.30), and Stevensville’s Bryton Brewer finished 11th (22:01.15).
In the boys team standing, Corvallis finished 2nd, Hamilton finished 3rd, Darby finished 7th, and Stevensville finished 8th.
In the girls teams standing, Corvallis finished 2nd and Hamilton finished 3rd.