Perrin, Morley turn in fast times

Flathead's Zach Perrin once again out-ran the competition and placed first, this time at the Ronan Invitational cross country meet on Saturday.

Perrin's winning time - 15 minutes, 21 seconds.

Likewise, Bigfork runner Makena Morley remained in peak form as she won the girls division with a time of 17:33, almost a full minute ahead of second place finisher Paige Gilchrist of Missoula Hellgate.

But it was Hellgate that won the day, snatching the team wins in both the girls and boys divisions.

"They're pretty tough to beat," Flathead coach Paul Jorgensen said.

The Braves did manage to post the second-best team score in the boys division with Perrin and fifth-place Hunter Schutt leading the way.

"Our top five guys ran pretty close for pretty much the entire race," Jorgensen said.

Columbia Falls runner Derrick Williams came in third with a time of 15:53 and Fischer Gangemi of Whitefish was 14th, 17:16.

The Flathead girls finished third with two runners in the top 10. Paige Bouma came in fourth, 19.21 and teammate Bailey Hughes finished ninth, 20.11.

The top finisher for Columbia Falls girls was Jinise Osborne who clocked a time of 20.14, good enough for 10 place.

The next big outing for valley runners is Mountain West in Missoula on Saturday.

Team scores

Boys

Hellgate 40, Flathead 66, Whitefish 126, Plains 156, Ronan 195, Thompson Falls 220

Top 30 Individuals

1. Zach Perrin, Flathead, 15:21; 2. Adam Peterman, Hellgate 15:40; 3. Derrick Williams, Columbia Falls, 15:53; 4. Carter Montgomery, Plains 16:06; 5. Hunter Schutt, Flathead,16:15; 6. Matt Brown, Big Sky, 16:16; 7. Chris Herrick, Hellgate 16:17; 8. Drew Gottman, Hellgate, 16:26; 9. Ty Rather, Big Sky, 16:47; 10. Madison Bolton, Big Sky, 16:51; 11. Taz Scariano, Hellgate, 16:59; 12. Tyler Jorgerson, Hellgate, 17:00; 13. Trey Curtiss, Big Sky, 17:13; 14. Fischer Gangemi, Whitefish, 17:16; 15. Chris Everett, Hellgate, 17:17; 16. Jace Kalbfleisch, Whitefish, 17:19; 17. Carter Krantz, Flathead, 17:24; 18. James Ratzloff, Columbia Falls, 17:25; 19. Chris Lange, Big Sky, 17:27; 20. Carson Wabnuanee, Frenchtown, 17:29; 21. Matt Macfarlane, Flathead, 17:31; 22. Will Jeffries, Flathead, 17:38; 23. Sylas Schutt, Flathead, 17:40; 24. Jonah Arnold, Hellgate, 17:41; 25. Danny Romero, Ronan, 17:54; 26. Logan Naegeli, Thompson Falls, 18:02; 27. Zayne Brunz, Columbia Falls, 18:12; 28. Blake Normand, Frenchtown, 18:14; 29. Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 18:19; 30. Tanner Pace, Big Sky, 18:19.

Girls

Team scores

Hellgate 26, Big Sky 63, Flathead 97, Columbia Falls 127, Whitefish 138, St. Ignatius 174, Frenchtown 186, Plains 198, Ronan 205

Top 30 Individuals

1. Makena Morley, Bigfork, 17:33; 2. Paige Gilchrist, Hellgate, 18:31; 3. Hailey Jacobson, Hellgate, 19:06; 4. Paige Bouma, Flathead, 19:21; 5. Sabrina Sterbis, Big Sky, 19:22; 6. Scarlet Kaplan, Hellgate, 19:26; 7. Gilia Patterson, Hellgate, 20:00; 8. Ellen Ipsen, Hellgate, 20:11; 9. Bailey Hughes, Flathead, 20:11; 10. Jinise Osborne, Columbia Falls, 20:14; 11. Erynn Boyer, Big Sky, 20:21; 12. Chelsea Olson, Bigfork, 20:27; 13. Molly Langland, Big Sky, 20:37; 14. Rachel Lindley, Big Sky, 20:40; 15. Ashely Courville, St.Ignatius, 20:41; 16. Felicia Earhart, Plains, 20:44; 17. Teri Tritz, Hellgate, 20:46; 18. Addie Melvin, Hellgate, 20:48; 19. Meredith Stolte, Columbia Falls, 20:55; 20. Jessica Diehl, Big Sky, 20:57; 21; Rebecca Holdhusen, Whitefish, 20:58; 22. Maya Gordon, Whitefish, 21:01; 23. Talia Zook, Big Sky, 21:20; 24. Diamond LaDeaux, Plains, 21:23; 25. Heather Bodenhamer, Flathead, 21:27; 26. Amanda Woods, Hot Springs, 21:29; 27. Nicole Brist, Whitefish, 21:43; 28. Mackenzie Bouma, Flathead, 21:51; 29. Emma Marchetti, Whitefish, 22:05; 30. Carlee Brown, Columbia Falls, 22:10.