THOMPSON FALLS — Ethan Cowell led the Badgers and shaved off 36 seconds off his personal record, with a time of 18:40.06 at the Thompson Falls Invite on Saturday, Sept. 21.  

This was the first time the Badgers had faced the course at Thompson Falls and seven Badgers earned a new PR.  

Sydney Beckle led the Badgers girls and finished in 13th out of 86 runners.  

“While many of our runners are still recovering from a cold, we had seven runners improve their personal record,” Bonners Ferry cross country coach Lyndsay Hart said.  

Matthew McCabe and Adam Copen both shaved about 20 seconds off their times.  

Kylie Calderone also took over 30 seconds off, while Gia Roemer improved by 10 seconds.  

Abby Huggins and Cheyenne Schutte both took about a minute off their times to round out the PR crew. 

“We are now focused on building our endurance and picking up our pace,” Hart said.  

The Badgers will race at Priest River on Saturday and are then off to Kellogg on Thursday, Oct. 3 

BOYS  

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 91. 2, Columbia Falls 114. 3, Browning 121. 4, Ronan 146; 5, Florence-Carlton 180; 6, Plains 184; 7, Bigfork 186; 8, Polson 202; 9, Loyola-Sacred Heart 213; 10, Lincoln County 280; 11, Stevensville 322; 12, Darby 335; 13, St. Ignatius 354; 14, Two Eagle River 395; 15, Thompson Falls 397; 16, Arlee 439; 17, Powell County 541.  

Badger times: Ethan Cowell, 18:40.06; Micah Thomson 19:57; Matthew McCabe 20:41.9; Adam Copen 21:37.67. 

TOP 20 — 1, Kyler Harris, Florence-Carlton, 16:26.51; 2, Paul Kent, Sandpoint, 16:35.39; 3, Simon Douglas, Whitefish, 16:44.26; 4, David DiGiallonardo, Polson, 16:47.43; 5, River Racine, Browning, 17:02.90; 6, Jackson Bontadelli, Polson, 17:09.12; 7, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 17:10.03; 8, CJ Pijanowski, Florence-Carlton, 17:11.16; 9, Harlon Leishman, St. Ignatius, 17:21.41; 10, Jacob Piapot, Ronan, 17:23.16; 11, Ben Martin, Darby, 17:24.06; 12, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 17:27.02; 13, Caleb Donham, Loyola-Sacred Heart, 17:39.60; 14, Sean Cotman, Bigfork, 17:40.20; 15, Oliver Kress, Columbia Falls, 17:45.49; 16, Tayen Edmo, Ronan, 17:48.05; 17., John Owen Jermyn, Plains, 17:49.02; 18, Cord Greer, Plains, 17:50.71; 19, Koen Calf Robe, Browning, 17:51.03; 20, Lucas Peterson, Columbia Falls, 17:52.80.  

GIRLS  

TEAM SCORES — 1, Columbia Falls 34. 2, Sandpoint 85. 3, Browning 130. 4, Plains 140. 5, Whitefish 152. 6, Thompson Falls 179. 7, Bonners Ferry 183. 8, Polson 193. 9, Ronan 274. 10, Lincoln County 305; 11, Bigfork 311.  

Badger time: Sydeny Beckle 21:27.91; Kylie Calderone 22:07.40; Gia Roemer 23:29.60; Cheyenne Schutte 24:34:83; Kya Alderman 24:40.03.  

TOP 20 — 1, Marina Tulloch, Plains, 18:43.96; 2, Morgan Delaney, Polson, 18:54.32; 3, Kimora Scott, Polson, 20:15.60; 4, Cora Hannan, Columbia Falls, 20:49.60; 5., Mya Badger, Columbia Falls, 20:50.68; 6, Marissa Schaeffer, Columbia Falls, 21:03.05; 7, Peyton Eaglefeathers, Browning, 21:08.49; 8, Anola Naugle, Arlee, 21:10.85; 9, Chloe Savoy, Columbia Falls, 21:14.01; 10, Ashley Andrews, Columbia Falls, 21:19.09; 11, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 21:23.37; 12, Gracie Maltby, Sandpoint, 21:27.59; 13, Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 21:27.91; 14, Sara Spring, Powell County, 21:39.87; 15, Lily Adair, Darby, 21:50.73; 16, Shaia Webber, Browning, 21:52.77; 17, Audrey Fairbank, Thompson Falls, 22:05.83; 18, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 22:07.40; 19, Siena Todd-Murray, Sandpoint, 22:08.22; 20, Hannah Ricks, Sandpoint, 22:13.36.