Logger XC excels at Mountain West Classic
Benjamin Kibbey Western News | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 3 months AGO
The Libby High School and Middle School cross country teams at the Mountain West Cross Country Classic in Missoula on Saturday. Front girls: Sophia Kim, Willow Williamson. Middle girls: Kailey Skranak, Katelyn Huff, Laneigha Zeiler Mikalyn Zeiler, Annika Benner, Savanna Sanderson. Front boys: Matt Niemi, Sam Brumbaugh, Cael Schwindt. Back boys: William O’Connell, Lucky Martin, Dawson Rose (Middle), Freddie Moore, John Cheroske, Cort Stern. (Photo Courtesy Bob Stickney)
The Libby Cross Country team ran at the Mountain West Classic at the University of Montana in Missoula Saturday.
Freshman Lucky Martin set a new personal record, taking an additional second off his previous best time from the September 20 Thompson Falls Invitational.
Sophomore Rhiannon Wilson, who ran her third cross country event of the season Saturday, set a new personal record with a 31:03.9, only seconds short of a three minute improvement over her Whitefish time.
Sophomore Sally Weber also continues to see dramatic progress in her times, setting a new personal record at Missoula with a 31:01.5, almost three minutes faster than her previous personal best at Whitefish last Monday.
Junior Freddy Moore took almost a full minute off his most recent 5k time a week ago at the Whitefish Invitational, setting a season record at the classic with a 24:39.1, an improvement of over two minutes since the start of the season.
Senior Mikalyn Zeiler also set a season record, dropping just under a minute from her previous season best from Thompson Falls.
Sophomore Savanna Sanderson also set a season record at Missoula, dropping 24 seconds from her previous best time for the season.
The Libby cross country team will run next in Eureka on Thursday, starting at 3 p.m.
Boys
JV 5k
John Cheroske 19:38.1; William O’Connell 20:43.6; Lucky Martin 21:00.3; Dawson Rose 23:59.8; Freddy Moore 24:39.1.
MS 1.4 mi.
Greyson Thompson 8:53.3; Sam Brumbaugh 9:51.5; Cael Schwindt 11:44.7; Matt Niemi 11:52.5
Girls
JV 5k
Mikalyn Zeiler 23:11.8; Gabby Fantozzi 30:07.6; Sally Weber 31:01.5; Rhiannon Wilson 31:03.9; Savanna Sanderson 31:35.1
MS 1.4 mi.
Aurora Smith 9:27.5; Willow Williamson 11:06.4; Annika Benner 11:17.5; Katelyn Huff 11:22.3; Sophia Kim 12:43.0; Kailey Skranak 14:07.4
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