Polson's Delaney wins Flathead Invite cross country
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Polson's Morgan Delaney approaches the finish line at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Ada Thiel and Lauren Bissen and Polson's Quinn Delaney run the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Plains' John Jermyn nears the finish line at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Polson's Jackson Bontadelli nears the finish line at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Columbia Falls' Hazel Alexander runs the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Gabe Ackerly runs the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Max Mangold nears the finish line at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Brodyn DeShaw and Glacier's Max Mangold run the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Emery Eash runs the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Polson’s Morgan Delaney is enjoying a fast start to cross country season, and the same can be said about the Helena Bengals.
Delaney was the girls individual champion at the Flathead Invitational held Friday at Rebecca Farm, while Helena — with Milo Kauffman first in the boys race — swept the team titles.
The meet drew 21 full boys and 17 girls programs, including seven Class AA schools. Helena’s girls, which placed 10-11-13-14-16, scored 64 points to 91 for Missoula Hellgate and 104 for Missoula Hellgate. Polson was fourth at 106 and Glacier was fifth at 111.
The Pirates’ Delaney won in 17 minutes, 32.25 seconds — not far off her personal-record 17:23.6 run in Libby last week — and her sister Quinn Delaney was fifth at 18:18.82. It was a quick race, with Hellgate’s Reed Stromberg second and Glacier’s Lauren Bissen (17:49.90) and Ada Thiel (18:17.68) going 3-4.
Libby’s Capri Farmer was sixth, running a PR of 18:24.31.
Flathead was eighth in the team standings; juniors Emery Eash and Everett Holland finished 24-26.
Helena’s boys had a more impressive score than its girls: 50 points, led by a 1-5-7 finish. Hellgate was second at 111 and Glacier was a narrow third at 114, followed by Sentinel (150) and Flathead (171).
Kauffman’s time was 15:20.49 and put him almost 12 seconds ahead of Hellgate’s Miles Miller.
Other top finishers included John Jermyn of Plains in fourth, Polson’s Jackson Bontadelli in seventh and Glacier’s Gabe Ackerly in ninth.
Ackerly (16:00.57) and teammate Max Mangold (15th in 16:19.22) led the Wolfpack; just out of the top 15 was Flathead’s Chris Holland and Brodyn DeShaw, who were 17th and 18th in 16:28.39 and 16:35.98.
Whitefish freshman Porter Shehan (11th) and Libby’s Cody Watson (14th) also had top-15 finishes.
Full results can be found at athletic.net.
Flathead Invitational
Friday, Rebecca Farm
GIRLS
Team scores — 1, Helena 64; 2, Missoula Hellgate 91; 3, Missoula Big Sky 104; 4, Polson 106; 5, Glacier 111; 6, Corvallis 212; 7, Hamilton 215; 8, Flathead 219; 9, Libby 230; 10, Columbia Falls 264; 11, Great Falls 286; 12, Whitefish 312; 13, Browning 336; 4, Missoula Sentinel 349; 15, Frenchtown 408; 16, Harlem 413; 17, Parkland Immanuel 413.
Individual Top 15
1, Morgan Delaney, Pol, 17:32.25; 2, Reed Stromberg, Hgt, 17:44.56; 3, Lauren Bissen, Gla, 17:49.90; 4, Ada Thiel, Gla, 18:17.68; 5, Quinn Delaney, Pol, 18:18.82; 6, Capri Farmer, Lib, 18:24.31; 7, Cecelia Huckeby, MBS, 18:32.55; 8, Avery Young, MBS, 18:37.36; 9, Aleigha Child, Ham, 18:46.14; 10, Willa Sweeney, Hel, 18:52.91; 11, Clara Ostby, Hel, 19:11.40; 12, Reecelyn Walthall, Ham, 19:14.91; 13, Kortney McKay, Hel, 19:15.52; 14, McKenlee Young, Hel, 19:19.93; 15, Finley Haveron, Hgt, 19:24.70.
Flathead — 24, Emery Eash 20:21.18; 26, Everett Holland 20:27.27; 59, Akiyah Hardman 22:25.47; 60, Lila Zuffelato 22:28.53; 61, Maggie Williams 22:31.47.
Glacier — 3, Bissen; 4, Thiel; 33, Hailey Fiala 21:00.56; 36, Kaia Ridgway 21:10.88; 41, Anika Ackerly 21:33.27.
BOYS
Team scores — 1, Helena 50; 2, Hellgate 11; 3, Glacier 114; 4, Sentinel 150; 5, Flathead 171; 6, Corvallis 191; 7, Harlem 224; 8, Big Sky 249; 9, Great Falls 279; 10, Libby 302; 11, Browning 330; 12, Columbia Falls 346; 13, Parkland Immanuel (Edmonton) 353; 14, Plains 368; 15, Whitefish 382; 16, Mission 445; 17, Polson 452; 18, Ronan 456; 19, East Helena 465; 20, Eureka 505; 21, Frenchtown 523.
Individual Top 15
1, Milo Kauffman, Hel, 15:20.49; 2, Miles Miller, Hgt, 15:32.19; 3, Ethan Walker, Har, 15:46.16; 4, John Jermyn, Pla, 15:51.66; 5, Ben Martin, Dar, 15:51.82; 6, Emory Kreissler, Hel, 15:53.01; 7, Jackson Bontadelli, Pol, 15:57.93; 8, Joel Melton, Hel, 15:59.40; 9, Gabe Ackerly, Gla, 16:00.57; 10, Cord Greer, Pla, 16:01.51; 11, Porter Shehan, Wfh, 16:05.77; 12, Sander Van Cleave, Snt, 16:10.46; 13, Anze Vaux Witt, Snt, 16:12.33; 14, Cody Watson, Lib, 16:12.35; 15, Max Mangold, Gla, 16:19.22.
Flathead — 17, Chris Holland, 16:28.39; 18, Brodyn DeShaw; 22, Colt Gress, Flathead, 16:48.72; 54, Ty Vandervelden, 18:01.07; 76, Kamp Kastner, 18:41.40.
Glacier — 9, Ackerly; 15, Mangold; 29, Nathan Turner, 16:59.06; 34, Charlie Zlogar, Gla, 17:02.59; 39, Duncan Young, 17:13.97.
Glacier's Ada Thiel and Lauren Bissen and Polson's Quinn Delaney run the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Plains' John Jermyn nears the finish line at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Polson's Jackson Bontadelli nears the finish line at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Columbia Falls' Hazel Alexander runs the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Gabe Ackerly runs the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Brodyn DeShaw and Glacier's Max Mangold run the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Max Mangold nears the finish line at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Emery Eash runs the course at the Flathead Invitational at Rebecca Farm on Friday, Sept. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider