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PHOTOS: State cross country championships at Rebecca Farm

CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 5 months AGO
by CASEY KREIDER
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Kreider is a staff photographer for the Daily Inter Lake. His work documents news, sports, wildlife, landscapes and everyday life across Northwest Montana through visual storytelling. Kreider’s keen eye captures major sporting events, community moments, and the natural beauty that defines the region. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. In 2024, he received the Montana Newspaper Association’s Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year award. IMPACT: Kreider's work brings readers closer to the people, places and moments that shape life in Northwest Montana through powerful visual journalism. | October 21, 2023 5:00 PM

Scenes from the state cross country championships held at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21.

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Gallatin's Claire Rutherford nears the finish line in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Helena's Henry Sund and Belgrade's Aidan Brown race to the finish in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Browning's Teslin Trombley runs the course during the Class A girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Hardin's Karis Brightwings-Peace runs the course during the Class A girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Libby's Rowen Sherbo nears the finish line during the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Libby's Cody Watson nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Columbia Falls Logan Peterson nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Polson's Morgan Delaney runs the course during the Class A girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Whitefish's Maeve Ingelfinger runs the course during the Class A girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Whitefish's Simon Douglas nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Columbia Falls River Blazejewski nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Columbia Falls River Blazejewski nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Polson's Jackson Bontadelli nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Whitefish's Mason Genovese nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Bigfork's Jack Jensen nears the finish line in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Whitefish's Deneb Linton runs the course in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Bigfork's Jack Jensen runs the course in the Class A boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Lauren Bissen receives her medal for a second place finish in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Lilli Rumsey Eash receives her medal for a 12th place finish in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Mikenna Conan nears the finish line in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Lauren Bissen passes Bozeman's Kylee Neil near the finish line for second place in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Lauren Bissen runs the course in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Lauren Bissen runs the course in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Owen Thiel and Flathead's Robbie Nuila with their respective medals in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Robbie Nuila receives his medal for a 7th place finish in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Owen Thiel receives his medal for a 9th place finish in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Bozeman's Nathan Neil set a new Montana state record with a time of 14:45.47 and a first-place finish in the Class AA boys at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Bozeman's Nathan Neil set a new Montana state record with a time of 14:45.47 and a first-place finish in the Class AA boys at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Robbie Nuila nears the finish line in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Gabe Ackerly nears the finish line in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Gabe Ackerly and Jonas Kreitner run the course in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Lilli Rumsey Eash nears the finish line in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Lilli Rumsey Eash nears the finish line in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Lilli Rumsey Eash, Josie Wilson and Mikenna Conan run the course in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Robbie Nuila and Glacier's Owen Thiel near the finish line in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Glacier's Lauren Bissen passes Bozeman's Kylee Neil near the finish line for second place in the Class AA girls race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Flathead's Robbie Nuila nears the finish line in the Class AA boys race at the state cross country meet at Rebecca Farm on Saturday, Oct. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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