Cross country teams travel to Missoula
Kylie Richter Lake County Leader | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 3 months AGO
Local cross country teams traveled to Missoula on Saturday to compete against over 60 teams from all over the northwestern U.S. For the Lake County girls, Polson’s Malia Seeley placed the highest. She came in 93rd overall, with a time of 20:59. The winning time was 17:12. Ryan Harrop, also of Polson, came in 23 seconds later and was 116th overall. Polson’s Molly Sitter and Quinn Motichka came in next, before Arlee’s Becca Whitesell finished with a time of 23:50. The top finisher for St. Ignatius was Shaniya Decker, who came in with a time of 25:51.
On the boys’ side, Ronan’s Jackson Duffey came in 152nd to lead all Lake County kids. His time was 17:43, which was about two and a half minutes off the leader. Polson’s Zach Evertz came in shortly after that with a time of 18:09, and Mission’s Tate Weingart was 41 seconds later with a time of 18:51. Arlee’s fastest time was from Greg Whitesell, who came in at 19:53.
Boys
Place overall, name, school, time
152, Jackson Duffey, Ronan, 17:43.43 188 Zach Evertz, Polson, 18:09, 257 Tate Weingart St. Ignatius, 18:50, 258 Quin Stewart, Polson, 18:51, 260, Nathan Dennis, Ronan, 18:52.02, 272 Matt Sitter, Polson, 18:58, 275, Kiry Detwiler, Ronan, 18:59.95, 275, Kiry Detwiler, Ronan, 18:59.95, 284 Thunder Morales, Polson, 19:06, 315 Wyatt Benson, Polson, 19:27, 340, Greg Whitesell, Arlee, 19:53.41, 341 Warren Wood, Polson, 19:55, 366, Hunter Peterson, Ronan, 20:44.33, 373, Aden Birdinground, Ronan, 20:54.60, 374, Isaac Desjarlais, Arlee, 20:54.63, 386, Ivory Briens, Arlee, 21:39.07, 394 Tyler Bledsoe, Polson, 21:51, 396, Skyler Titsworth, Arlee, 21:53.86, 399 Wacey McClure, St. Ignatius, 22:08, 402 Korbyn Pierce, St. Ignatius, 22:13, 410 Wyatt Decker, St. Ignatius, 23:14, 411, Brendan Ryan, Arlee, 24:53.02
Girls
93 Malia Seeley, Polson, 20:59, 116 Ryan Harrop, Polson, 21:20, 126 Molly Sitter, Polson, 21:38, 189 Quinn Motichka, Polson, 22:34, 266, Becca Whitesell, Arlee, 23:50.17, 272 Tessa Nunlist, Polson, 23:58, 276, Natalie Yocum, Arlee, 24:01.38314 Natalee Wheeler, Polson, 24:53, 344 Shaniya Decker, St. Ignatius, 25:51, 363 Tori Peterson, St. Ignatius, 29:17
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