Morley, Glacier shine at Mountain West Classic

MISSOULA — Bigfork’s Makena Morley set a new course record at the Mountain West Classic cross country meet at the University of Montana golf course on Saturday. The meet hosted nearly 800 varsity runners and 70 schools.

Morley, a junior, has been close to the record at the prestigious event in her wins each of the last two years but blew away the old mark, held by Flathead’s Zoe Nelson, by nearly 17 seconds, crossing the line in 16:43.42. She beat Billings Senior’s Christina Aragon by more than 46 seconds to win the race.

“She was running hard and shooting for a good time,” Bigfork coach Sue Loeffler said.

The meet was also a statement race for the Glacier boys, which won the team title for the first time in school history. Nearly every runner set a personal best, led by Kade McCutcheon’s ninth place finish in 15:40.72. Nathan Connell finished in 16th in 15:46.96.

The Wolfpack also got 35th, 56th and 57th place finishes to beat Bozeman for the trophy by 11 points.

“We all push each other in practice and make each other better,” McCutcheon said.

“It shows when we all perform and get a big win like this.”

The Flathead boys finished 20th and the Whitefish boys 23rd.

Columbia Falls was 45th as a team, Polson 46th, Libby 58th and Eureka 59th.

The Glacier girls finished ninth as a team, Flathead was 25th and Polson 26th.

Columbia Falls finished 38th, Whitefish 39th and Libby 54th.

“It was a perfect day, fast course and great competition,” Glacier coach Mike McLean said.

“The girls are going to keep improving. They had a real good day today. We’re just starting to see what they can do.”

Mountain West Classic

University of Montana Golf Course in Missoula

Saturday

BOYS

Team Totals

1. Glacier 173, 2. Bozeman 184, 3. University 251, 5. Lewis & Clark 270, 6. Idaho Falls 315, 7. Mead 316, 8. Lake City 323, 9. Centennial 328, 10. Missoula Hellgate 331, 10. Hillcrest 331, 12. Billings Senior 355, 12. Sehome 355, 14. Helena High 383, 15. Coeur d’Alene 403, 16. Gonzaga Prep 421, 17. Billings West 456, 18. Deer Park 492, 19. Shadle park 493, 20. Flathead 597, 21. Laurel 615, 22. Hardin 644, 23. Whitefish 697, 24. Century 709, 25. Helena Capital 727.

26. Red Lodge 734, 27. Billings Skyview 745, 28. Mt. Spokane 756, 29. Great Falls Russell 779, 30. Browning 781, 31. Corvallis 836, 32. Teton 842, 33. Fergus 846, 34. Salmon 884, 35. Manhattan 1007, 36. Belgrade 1043, 37. Missoula Sentinel 1050, 38. Post Falls 1079, 39. Frenchtown 1117, 40. Great Falls High 1131, 41. Havre 1182, 42. Dillon 1262, 43. Cut Bank 1300, 44. Loyola Sacred Heart 1309, 45. Columbia Falls 1321, 46. Polson 1339, 47. Billings Central 1395, 48. Missoula Big Sky 1409, 49. Thompson Falls 1417, 50. Anaconda 1428, 50. Butte Central 1428, 52. Livingston 1430, 53. Townsend 1495, 54. Ronan 1593, 55. Whitehall 1629, 56. Sunburst 1692, 57. St. Ignatius 1740, 58. Libby 1792, 59. Eureka 1834.

Top 30 Individuals

1. Aidan Reed, Helena High, 15:06.38; 2. Nicholas Hauger, Shadle Park, 15:07.95; 3. Jason Holmes, Bozeman, 15:13.46; 4. Anthony Schmalz, Hamilton, 15:28.26; 5. Scott Sullivan, Centennial, 15:28.49; 6. Tyler Mogan, Laurel, 15:29.32; 7. Ian Andres, Gonzaga Prep, 15:29.72; 8. Easton Albert, Hamilton, 15:37.66; 9. Kade McCutcheon, Glacier, 15:40.72; 10. Jake Finney, Lake City, 15:41.05.

11. Jonathan Eastwood, Belgrade, 15:42.66; 12. Michael Martell, Bozeman, 15:43.16; 13. Kees Von Michalofski, Mt. Spokane, 15:43.43; 14. Sage Schoonen, Dillon, 15:43.89; 15. Riley Estes, Coeur d’Alene, 15:45.51; 16. Nathan Connell, Glacier, 15:46.96; 17. Jorey Egeland, Billings Senior, 15:49.27; 18. Kirby Overman, Sehome, 15:50.33; 19. Kyler Little, Lake City, 15:51.95; 20. Will Eddy, Hillcrest, 15:53.69.

21. Hunter Simpson, University, 15:56.25; 22. Habib Mostefa, Bozeman, 15:56.68; 23. Will Medellin, Mead, 15:57.51; 24. Dontae Baker, Helena Capital, 15:58.51; 25. Thomas Detillion, Lewis & Clark, 15:59.57; 26. Corbin Carlton, Mead, 15:59.57; 27. Chris Herrick, Missoula Hellgate, 16:01.77; 28. Ben Hutchens, University, 16:02.87; 29. Dylan Johnson, Billings Senior, 16:05.76; 30. Ammon Hall, Deer Park, 16:06.46.

GIRLS

Team Totals

1. Bozeman 46, 2. Coeur d’Alene 97, 3. Sehome 112, 4. Idaho Falls 216, 5. Hillcrest 265, 6. Corvallis 279, 7. Gonzaga Prep 288, 8. Billings Senior 294, 9. Glacier 307, 10. Mt. Spokane 325, 11. Missoula Hellgate 328, 12. Shadle Park 264, 13. Missoula Sentinel 394, 14. Billings West 443, 15. Helena High 483, 16. Century 537, 17. Billing Skyview 568, 18. Billings Central 578, 19. Centennial 580, 20. University 590, 21. Butte 591, 22. Helena Capital 687, 23. Mead 726, 24. Hamilton 744, Flathead 749,

26. Polson 759, 27. Missoula Big Sky 766, 28. Salmon 792, 29. Post Falls 834, 30. Laurel 837, 31. Deer Park 852, 32. East Valley Spokane 938, 33. Browning 945, 34. Havre 954, 35. Teton 957, 36. Red Lodge 1013, 37. Loyola Sacred Heart 1017, 38. Columbia Falls 1062, 39. Whitefish 1081, 40. Livingston 1091, 41. Belt 1138, 42. Great Falls Russell 1150, 43. Fergus 1153, 44. Hardin 1170, 45. Great Falls High 1179, 46. Belgrade 1180, 47. Lake City 1214, 48. Dillon 1249, 49. Manhattan 1293, 50. Cut Bank 1334, 51. Ronan 1444, 52. Whitehall 1557, 53. St. Ignatius 1583, 54. Libby 1648.

Top 30 Individuals

1. Makena Morley, Bigfork, 16:43.42; 2. Christina Aragon, Billings Senior 17:29.95; 3. Mccall Skay, West Valley, 17:46.97; 4. Ruby Watson, Sehome, 17:50.31; 5. Piper Meuwissen, Bozeman, 17:54.98; 6. Sadi Henderson, Corvallis, 17:56.38; 7. Emily Callahan, Coeur d’Alene, 17:57.41; 8. Sabrina Sterbis, Missoula Big Sky, 18:00.48; 9. Andie Creel, Bozeman, 18:05.51; 10. Ashlyn Dyer, Idaho Falls, 18:08.13.

11. Emily Pittis, Sehome, 18:10.45; 12. Isabella Pape, Corvallis, 18:10.98; 13. Caroline Hardin, Bozeman, 18:11.94; 14. Aja Starkey, Bozeman, 18:14.62; 15. Bridget Creel, Bozeman, 18:24.72; 16. Taylor Weatherby, Idaho Falls, 18:28.17; 17. Ellie Rowan-Arnett, Sehome, 18:29.13; 18. Jocelyn Elorriaga, Billings Senior, 18:30.59; 19. Caitlin Conway, Coeur d’Alene, 18:33.38; 20. Cyra Carlson, Gonzaga Prep, 18:34.93.

21. Jose Brown, Coeur d’Alene, 18:35.41; 22. Krista Story, Coeur d’Alene, 18:35.97; 23. Shawnee Konrad, Mt. Spokane, 18:41.52; 24. Gabi Gomez-Wint, Shadle Park, 18:43.07; 25. Samantha Sayer, Missoula Hellgate, 18:43.61; 26. Amanda Nelson, Billings Skyview, 18:44.86; 27. Katie Weeden, Centennial, 18:47.74; 28. Miranda Foster, Missoula Hellgate, 18:47.75; 29. Ashley Hauger, Shadle Park. 18:48.83; Kaycie Stewart, Corvallis, 18:49.42.

NOTE: Full placings available at http://competitivetiming.com/results/2013MWCVGC