by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor
The Montana high school cross country season concluded on Saturday, October 25 in Missoula at the University Golf Course with the Montana 2025 Cross Country State Meet.
There were eight total races, as both the boys and girls from Class AA, A, B, and C all had individual races. Team scores are calculated based on the results of a school’s top five runners.
Class A
The Cross Country teams from Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville participated in the Class A meet. The individual boys winner was Livingston’s Finn Schretenthaler (15:29.7), and the individual girls winner was Billings Central’s Addison Kegel (17:48.8).
Corvallis
The Corvallis boys didn’t have an individual runner in the top 10, but as a team they did exceptionally well as their deep and talented team took 2nd place in Class A. Individually for the Corvallis boys, Jeremy Davidson took 13th (17:05.9), Eider Reed took 17th (17:23.7), Braden Anderson took 20th (17:27.6), Marrek Jessop took 30th (17:46.0), and Liam Harvey took 57th (18:32.3).
Corvallis’s Jeremy Davidson took 13th individually in the State Cross Country meet. The Corvallis boys team took 2nd place in Class A. Photo by Scott Sacry.
The Corvallis girls took 7th place overall. Individually for the Corvallis girls, Cheyenne Herbert took 21st (20:55.7), Audrey Huls took 33rd (21:27.6), Ella Varner took 40th (21:50.7), Ellie Berger took 41st (21:52.3), and Brittany Anderson took 53rd (22:15.7).
Hamilton
The Hamilton boys placed 5th as a team. Individually for the Hamilton boys, Taylor Doleac finished in 8th place (16:46.1), Benjamin Beare took 9th (16:48.6), Brady DeMoss took 35th (17:58.6), Boston Doleac took 36th (17:59.3), and Kennie Cords took 82nd (19:12.6).
The Hamilton girls took 6th place as a team. Individually for the Hamilton girls, Aleigha Child finished in 5th place (19:24.2), Reecelyn Walthall took 11th (20:09.6), Maevie Child took 28th (21:10.3), Emma Decker took 63rd (22:45.1), and Mazie Torres took 75th (22:58.9).
The Hamilton girls took 6th place as a team in Class A. Individually, Hamilton’s Aleigha Child finished in 5th place. Photo by Scott Sacry.
Stevensville
The Stevensville boys took 21st as a team. Individually for the Stevensville boys, Benjamin White took 34th (17:51.6), Delaware Braverman took 42nd (18:03.5), Reid White took 118th (20:03.7), Isaac Hays took 122nd (20:13.2), and Waylon Jochim took 124th (20:16.9).
Individually for the Stevensville girls, Irelyn Potts took 135th (25:43.7) and Marta Martin took 138th (26:03.3).
Stevensville’s Irelyn Potts took 135th in Class A at the State Cross Country meet. Photo by Scott Sacry.
Class B
The Cross Country teams from Darby and Florence participated in the Class B meet. Plains’ John Jermyn was the boys individual champion (16:02.4), and Townsend’s Kyla Meissner was the girls individual champion (19:32.0).
Darby
For the Darby boys, Ben Martin finished in 6th place (16:55.2), Taylor Graham took 36th (18:34.9), Kasch Neidhardt took 56th (18:57.1), and Mark Sandoval took 173nd (21:28.7).
Darby’s Ben Martin took 6th in Class B at the State Cross Country meet. Photo by Scott Sacry.
For the Darby girls, Lily Adair took 32nd (21:43.6), Brooklyn Rogers took 51st (22:21.2), Nayla Schmied took 57th (22:44.4), and Alaina Hein took 113rd (24:47.9).
Florence
The Florence boys took 11th place as a team. Individually for the Florence boys, Seba Schroeder took 16th (17:22.8), Max Rosenthal took 49th (18:51.5), Caden Miller took 66th (19:06.3), Jeremy Gaub took 87th (19:33.5), and Wyatt Welling took 109th (20:06.2).
Florence’s Seba Schroeder took 16th in Class B at the State Cross Country meet. Photo by Scott Sacry.
The Florence girls took 13th as a team. Individually for the Florence girls, Bailey Kroeker took 15th (20:45.1), Brinley Skaggs took 58th (22:47.5), Maddy Ondrasek took 70th (23:26.6), Averie Bates took 97th (24:17.5), and Lola Bates took 105th (24:29.1).