by Scott Sacry
The Bitterroot Valley high school cross country teams were all in Billings on Saturday, Oct. 24, for the Montana High School State Cross Country meet. All four classifications (AA, A, B, and C) had individual boys and girls races, so eight total races were run.
In the individual results, the Bitterroot Valley had three runners finish in the top five in their individual races. Darby’s Ben Martin ran a personal best time of 15:27.2 and took 2nd place in the boys Class B race. Hamilton’s Aleigha Child ran a personal best time of 18:08.2 and took 5th place in the Class A girls race. And Corvallis’ Jeremy Davidson took 5th place in the Class A boys race with a personal best time of 15:49.7.
In the team standings, the always strong Corvallis running program was able to bring home two team Class A state trophies, as the boys took 2nd place, and the girls took 3rd place.
The following are the results for each school:
The Corvallis Boys took 2nd place in Class A. Jeremy Davidson took 5th place (15:49.7). Braden Anderson took 13th place (16:19.0), Jonas Davidson took 16th place (16:32.5), Soren Watt took 28th place (17:15.9), Lane Ellis took 40th place (17:42.3), Nick Venema took 49th place (17:55.9), and Marshall Jessop took 75th place (18:32.6).
The Corvallis Girls took third place in Class A. Audrey Huls took 22nd place (19:49.8). Ellie Berger took 23rd place (19:52.0), Cheyenne Herbert took 25th place (19:56.3), Brittany Anderson took 40th place (20:41.8), Natalie Huls took 50th place (20:57.0), Lauren Wissenbach took 69th place (21:33.0), and Vanessa Wissenbach took 76th place (21:45.6).
For the Darby Girls, Brooklyn Rogers took 22nd place (20:26.2).
For the Darby Boys, Ben Martin took 2nd place (15:27.2). Mark Sandoval took 162nd place (20:02.9), Daniel Gonzalez took 203rd place (21:21.1), and Kaden Loughman took 210th place (21:39.0).
The Hamilton Girls took 6th place in Class A. Aleigha Child took 5th place (18:08.2). Reecelyn Walthall took 9th place (18:43.0), Maevie Child took 11th place (18:55.9), Mazie Torres took 64th place (21:24.2), Meryn Leonardi took 92nd place (22:21.9), Emma Decker took 95th place (22:25.7), and Nellie Dickemore took 100th place (22:35.5).
For the Hamilton Boys, Benjamin Beare took 21st place (16:52.0). Kennie Cords took 74th place (18:30.1), Orion Tison took 92nd place (18:58.5), and Tim Leuchtman took 105th place (19:32.7).
The Florence Girls took 13th place in Class B. Bailey Kroeker took 25th place (20:34.7). Abby Kroeker took 64th place (22:11.4), Brinley Skaggs took 82nd place (22:37.5), Bridlee Oakland took 95th place (22:55.0), Averie Bates took 133rd place (23:59.8), Ruthie Luhmann took 151st place (24:43.1), and Lola Bates took 154th place (24:48.4).
The Florence Boys took 7th place in Class B. Seba Schroeder took 8th place (16:21.1). Max Rosenthal took 44th place (17:35.9), Caden Miller took 60th place (18:02.0), Luke Henton took 90th place (18:50.7), Jeremy Gaub took 91st place (18:50.8), Brennan Kochanski took 100th place (19:01.5), and Sam Jacobson took 173rd place (20:16.7).
For the Stevensville Girls, Flower Snively took 142nd place (25:57.4).
For the Stevensville Boys, Waylon Jochim took 42nd place (17:45.1). Isaac Hays took 100th place (19:17.8), and Zed Spiers took 150th place (21:37.0).
The Victor Boys took 16th place in Class C. Hayden Kellem took 62nd place (20:17.5), Jene Adams took 67th place (20:49.3), Chris Dyer took 92nd place (22:29.5), and John Adams took 104th place (23:46.0).
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