Youngest Morleys crush competition at first meet
Sally Finneran Bigfork Eagle | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 3 months AGO
Logan Morley and Bryn Morley took home first place titles for Bigfork Friday at the Mike Reynolds Time Trials in Cut Bank.
The meet was the first of the season for Bigfork Cross Country and head coach Sue Loeffler already saw improvement from her high school runners and her middle school runners.
Both Morleys crushed the competition. Logan finished almost 30 seconds ahead of the second place finisher and Bryn finished nearly two minutes faster than any other high school girls.
Cody Johnson ran a new personal best, topping his previous time from last year’s state meet.
And two middle school siblings came out on top of their competition. Eighth grader Anya Young took first and her younger brother Anton took second.
The Bigfork middle school cross-country runners train with the high school team.
Senior running star Makena Morley did not compete in the meet, and will only run in the Mountain West meet, 7 on 7 and state meet. The oldest Morley is focused on training for the Footlocker Cross Country Championship, which serves to find the best high school cross-country runners in the country. Makena has qualified for the race all three years of her high school career, and placed well.
Bigfork cross-country will race in Kalispell on Saturday at Rebecca Farm. Loeffler said athletes from Glacier High School will also compete in the race, and offer some competition for Logan and Bryn.
Mike Reynolds Time Trials
Bigfork results
High school boys
158 runners
Logan morley 1st 16:15
Cody Johnson 55th 19:42
Slater Ream 66th 20:04
Ryan Shaw 88th 21:02
High school girls
136 runners
Bryn Morley 1st 17:33
Veronica Farrier 29:37
Middle school boys
50 runners
Anton Young 9:05 2nd
Braden Anderson 12:31 25th
Colton hedley 17:43 47th
Curt Hedley 17:57
Middle School girls
52 runners
Anya Young 9:05 1st
Ashley Anderson 9th 11:19
Kylie McMullan 14:32 37th
Lucy Takeuchi 15:36 42nd
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