Bonners Ferry finished in 9th place for the women and 10th for the men in the 5,000 meter varsity event in the Thompson Falls Invitational at Rivers Bend Golf Course in Montana on Sept. 27. 

Sophomore Kylie Calderone medaled for the third week in a row, finishing in 9th place out of 79 athletes, with a time of 21 minutes, 31 seconds. Junior Gia Roemer (31st, 23:41), sophomore Cheyenne Schutte (49th, 24:50), sophomore Kya Alderman (52nd,25:10) and freshman Kinzie Bradley (77th, 31:20) were the five finishers for the Lady Badgers. 

Schutte and Alderman achieved season bests, while Bradley finished with a PR (Personal Record) for the second week in a row. 

In the boys 5,000 meters, freshman Brecken Miller finished 31st out 114 entries with a time of 18 minutes 58 seconds, setting a PR. Freshman Jonathan Bollschweiler (32nd, 18:59) finished just one place behind. Senior Micah Thomson (50th, 19:29) ran a season best and finished one spot ahead of freshman Gordon Woelfle (51st, 19:31), who set a PR for the second week in a row. Sophomore Brock Tuma ran a third straight PR (90th, 21:05) and freshman Tyler Cordle (113th, 24:06) rounded out Bonners Ferry’s entries in the competition. 

The team will run at Ben Castro Invite on Thursday, Oct. 2 before running at the Inland Empire Championships on Oct. 4. After a bye, the track and field team has 4A District Championships at home on Oct. 23.   

GIRLS 

Field: 10 teams; 79 runners 

Length: 5,000 meters 

Team Scores-- 1, Columbia Falls 49. 2, Polson 54. 3, Whitefish 130. 4, Sandpoint 164. 5, Bigfork 186. 6, Libby 205. 7, Ronan 206. 8, Florence-Carlton 213. 9, Bonners Ferry 218. 10, Lincoln County 319. 

Top 10, (locals) 

1, Morgan Delaney, Polson,19:00.45; 2, Quinn Delaney, Polson, 19:33.73; 3, Kimora Scott, 20:19.91; Polson 4, Toren Wenz, Bigfork, 20:52.42; 5, Ashley Andrews, Columbia Falls, 21:11.98;   

6, Findley Dezzani, Columbia Falls, 21:15.86; 7, Lily Adair, Darby, 21:18.42; 8, Hazel Alexander, Columbia Falls, 21:24.06; 9, Kylie Calderone, (Bonners Ferry), 21:31.17; 10, Noelle Svennungsen, Columbia Falls, 21:42.09; 31, Gia Roemer, (Bonners Ferry), 23:41.42; 49, Cheyenne Schutte, (Bonners Ferry), 24:50.90; 52, Kya Alderman, (Bonners Ferry), 25:10.03; 77, Kinzie Bradley, (Bonners Ferry), 31:20.63;

BOYS 

Field: 17 teams; 114 runners 

Length: 5,000 meters 

Team Scores-- 1, Columbia Falls 68 2. Ronan 120. 3, Plains 129. 4, Sandpoint 185. 5, Salmon 197. 6, Libby 207. 7, Lincoln County 217. 8, Bigfork 232. 9, Florence-Carlton 253. 10, Bonners Ferry 254. 11, Polson 273. 12, Arlee 320. 13, Stevensville 329. 14, Loyola-Sacred Heart 329. 15, Whitefish 349. 16, Two Eagle River 446. 17, St Ignatius 479.

Top 10, (locals) 

1, David DiGiallonardo, Polson,16:11.03; 2., John Jermyn, Plains, 16:16.17; 3, Cord Greer, Plains, 16:35.04; 4, Ben Martin, Darby, 16:45.45; 5, Cody Watson, Libby, 16:58.60; 6, Seba Schroeder, Florence-Carlton,17:04.95; 7, River Blazejewski, Columbia Falls, 17:15.08; 8, Weston Block, Thompson Falls, 17:19.81; 9, Aiyers Powell, Columbia Falls,17:34.65; 10, Benjamin White, Stevensville, 17:34.90; 31., Brecken Miller, (Bonners Ferry), 18:58.42; 32, Jonathan Bollschweiler, (Bonners Ferry), 18:59.64; 50, Micah Thomson, (Bonners Ferry), 19:29.14; 51, Gordon Woelfle, (Bonners Ferry), 19:31.42; 90, Brock Tuma, (Bonners Ferry), 21:05.92; 113., Tyler Cordle, (Bonners Ferry), 24:06.88;

    Sophomore Kya Alderman ran a season best at the Thompson Falls Invitational
  

    Sophomore Kylie Calderone is pictured running towards a top ten finish