by Scott Sacry
The Montana Cross Country State meet was held in Missoula on Saturday, October 26 at the University of Montana golf course. All the Montana classifications were at the event, which includes Class AA, A, B, C. The boys and girls ran separately, so there were eight total races.
The Corvallis, Hamilton and Stevensville teams were in the Class A races. Darby and Florence were in the Class B races. And Victor was in the Class C races.
Three Bitterroot Valley runners finished in the top three of their respective races. Florence’s Kyler Harris took 2nd in the boys Class B race with a time of 16:11.90. Corvallis’s Jack Davidson took 2nd place in the Class A boys race with a time of 15:54.62. Hamilton’s Aleigha Child took 3rd in the Class A girls race with a time of 18:58.21.
The Florence boys team of Kyler Harris, CJ Pijanowski, Max Rosenthal, Seba Schroeder, Caden Miller, Jeremy Gaub, and Wyatt Welling took 2nd place in Class B.
The Corvallis boys team of Jack Davidson, Carter Koerner, Marrek Jessop, Brady Anderson, Ledge Conner, Jeremy Davidson, and Eider Reed took 2nd place in Class A.
The Hamilton girls took 4th, while the Corvallis girls took 5th. The Hamilton boys finished 6th. The Darby boys finished 16th. And the Stevensville boys took 22nd.
Individually in the girls Class A race, Hamilton’s Aleigha Child took 3rd (18:58.21), Corvallis’s Violet Jessop took 8th (19:40.12), Hamilton’s Claire Seifert took 15th (20:00.71), and Corvallis’s Autumn Benson took 24th (20:56.79). Stevensville’s highest finisher was Bryton Brewer (21:59.77).
Individually in the boys Class A race, Corvallis’s Jack Davidson took 2nd (15:54.62), Corvallis’s Carter Koerner took 9th (16:47.3), Corvallis’s Marrek Jessop took 12th (16:52.10), Hamilton’s Benjamin Beare took 22nd (17:13.37), Hamilton’s Bryson Poulsen took 23rd (17:26.58). Stevensville’s highest finisher was Cody Bradford (19:23.71).
In the boys Class B race, Florence’s Kyler Harris took 2nd ((16:11.90), Florence’s CJ Pijanowski took 8th (16:37.0), Darby’s Ben Martin took 9th (16:37.1), and Darby’s Taylor Graham took 35th (17:59.1).