Perrin, Morley post fast times
RONAN — Flathead’s Zach Perrin and Bigfork’s Makena Morley cruised to easy victories Saturday at the Ronan Invitational cross country meet.
Perrin was the lone runner to crack 15 minutes, dipping well under that time with a 14-minute, 28-second run.
He finished 47 seconds ahead of Adam Peterman of Missoula Hellgate.
“He went out fast and didn’t look back,” Flathead coach Paul Jorgensen said of Perrin.
“He was pretty happy.”
Flathead’s Ben Moon was 12th, Matt Macfarlane 15th, Jordan Engle 17th and Sylas Schutt 18th.
Morley was one of two girls to clock a time under 18 minutes, finishing in 17:14. Sabrina Sterbis of Missoula Big Sky was a distant second, 17:56.
The Whitefish boys had two runners crack the top 10 with Fischer Gangemi fourth, 15:28, and Jace Kalbfleisch eight, 15.34.
“They are improving nicely,” Whitefish coach Sarah Brist said.
“They are getting faster every meet.”
Polson’s Claudia Hewston finished sixth, 18:48.
The Missoula Hellgate boys and Hamilton girls claimed team titles.
The Flathead boys were second.
“The rest of our guys ran pretty well,” Jorgensen.
“Our spread is 33 seconds between our second and fifth runners.”
The Whitefish boys wound up fourth, finishing one point behind Missoula Big Sky.
Bigfork freshman Logan Morley was 22nd.
Seth McCall of Columbia Falls wound up 46th.
Travis Hayes led the Polson boys with his 26th place showing.
Sarah Latcham was the top performer for the WHS girls, finishing 20th. The Bulldogs were fifth in the standings.
“We have a younger team,” Brist said of the girls.
“They are still learning how to race, For some of them, this is their first season.”
The Flathead girls were fourth in the standings. The Bravettes were led by Natalie Jeude and Addrionah Wilcox. They finished 23rd and 24th, respectively.
Chelsea Olson of Bigfork finished 19th and Meredith Stolte of Columbia Falls was 21st.
BOYS
Team Totals
Missoula Hellgate 60, Flathead 63, Missoula Big Sky 104, Whitefish 105, Corvallis 174, Polson 227, St. Ignatius 304, Ronan 312, Arlee 374.
Top individuals
1, Zach Perrin, Flathead, 14:28; 2, Adam Peterman, Hellgate, 15:15; 3, Paden Alexander, St.Ig, 15:19; 4, Fischer Gangemi, Whitefish, 15:28; 5, Drew Gottman, Hellgate, 15:30; 6, Chris Herrick, Hellgate, 15:32; 7, Aidan Theard, Anaconda, 15:33; 8, Jace Kalbfleisch, Whitefish, 15:34; 9, Matthew Brown, Big Sky, 15:37; 10, Madison Bolton, Big Sky, 15:39;
11, Morley Jessop, Corvallis, 15:39; 12, Ben Moon, Flathead, 15:40; 13, Anthony Schmalz, Hamilton, 15:41; 14, Easton Albert, Hamilton, 15:48; 15, Matt Macfarlane, Flathead, 15:50; 16, Tazio Scariano, Hellgate, 16:02; 17, Jordan Engel, Flathead, 16:05; 18, Sylas Schutt, Flathead, 16:13; 19, Logan Naegeli, T. Falls, 16:15. 20. Ty Rather, Big Sky, 16:19.
Also
21. Kyle Kosinski, Flathead, 16:21; 22. Logan Morley, Bigfork, 16:21; 24. Caleb Knox, Whitefish, 16.25; 26. Travis Hayes, Polson, 16:34; 27. Billy Allen, Flathead, 16:36; 28. Carson Cantrell, Bigfork, 16:42; 30. Thomas Henson, Whitefish, 16:57; 39. Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 17:18; 41. Tel Motichka, Polson, 17:22; 42. Waylon Roberts, Whitefish, 17:23; 46. Seth McCall, Columbia Falls, 17:33; 50. Jared Rubel, Polson, 17:44; 51. Jimmy Bjorge, Polson, 17:48; 53. Elias Taylor, Whitefish, 17:51; 54. Glenn Morden, Columbia Falls, 17:56; 57. Jayce Fagerland, Columbia Falls, 18:13; 59. Chaz Brewer, Polson, 18:29; 60. Cade Howlett, Polson, 18:33; 65. Chance Kittle, Bigfork, 18:59; 70. Thunder Morales, Polson, 19:20;
GIRLS
Team Totals
Hamilton 66*, Missoula Hellgate 66, Missoula Big Sky 98, Flathead 163, Whitefish 176, Polson 180, Ronan 284
*won tiebreaker
Top individuals
1, Makena Morley, Bigfork, 17:14; 2, Sabrina Sterbis, Big Sky, 17:56; 3, Sadie Henderson, Corvallis, 18:09; 4, Oliva Wood, Anaconda, 18:25; 5, Emily Sterbis, Big Sky, 18:47; 6, Claudia Hewston, Polson, 18:48; 7, Kaycie Stewart, Corvallis, 18:50; 8, Scarlet Kaplan, Hellgate, 19:11; 9, Ellen Ruby, Hellgate, 19:12; 10, Ellen Ipsen, Hellgate, 19:13;
11, Sarah Del Rae, Hamilton, 19:51; 12, Sara Amish, Hamilton, 19:53; 13, Kaitlin Stromberg, Hamilton, 19:54; 14, Jenny Smith, Hamilton, 20:05; 15, Demi Horton, Plains, 20:11; 16, Taylor Goligoski, Hamilton, 20:15; 17, Addie Melvin, Hellgate, 20:24; 18, Amanda Woods, Hot Springs, 20:31; 19, Chelsea Olson, Bigfork, 20:35; 20, Sarah Latcham, Whitefish, 20:36.
Also
21. Meredith Stolte, Columbia Falls, 20:37; 23. Natalie Jeude, Flathead, 20:40; 24. Addrionah Wilcox, Flathead, 20:40; 30. Tori Price, 20:55; 31. Peyton Twete, Whitefish, 20:56; 32, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 20:57; 33. MacKenzie Bouma, Flathead, 20:58; 37. Hallie Hovenkotter, Polson, 21:33; 39. Barrett Gray, Whitefish, 21:36; 40. Madison Seaman, Flathead, 21:39; 41. Amanda Stone, Polson, 21:41; 42. Sloan Ellis, Whitefish, 21:54; 43. Kylee Gibson, Flathead, 22:00; 44. Emma Marchetti, Whitefish, 22:01; 46. Katie Smithg, Whitefish, 22:09; 47. Alisha Jore, Polson, 22:14; 48. Samantha Eason, Whitefish, 22:16; 49. Marlee Seemann, Polson, 22:23; 51. Alex Bartness, Eureka, 22:34.