Gray, Whitefish girls 2nd at cross country divisional
POLSON — Corvallis swept the team honors while Hamilton’s Cameron Meikle and Jaycie Schmalz were the individual winners at the Western A divisional cross country meet on Saturday.
The Corvallis boys dominated with four runners in the top 10 and finished with a 32 team total. Frenchtown, 76, was second.
Meikle had the best time, clocked in 15 minutes, 18.85 seconds.
Ronald Venema of Corvallis was the other runner to finish under 16 minutes. His time was 15:32.36.
Sage Wanner of Columbia Falls was fifth, 16:14.08.
The Corvallis girls had three runners in the top 10 en route to a tight one-point victory over Whitefish. Corvallis finished with a 56 point total.
Whitefish also had three runners in the top 10, led by Barrett Gray, second in 18:57.84. That marked the first time Gray bettered the 19-minute mark this season.
Whitefish’s Sarah Perez was sixth, 19:53.38; and Braya Hobson was ninth, 20:07.03.
Polson, which finished third with 65 points, had three top 10 performers — Ryan Harrop was third, 19:35.58; Malia Seeley was fourth, 19:39.49; and Molly Sitter seventh, 19:58.56.
Schmalz had a winning time of 18:15.47.
The cross country season ends with the state meet on Saturday in Great Falls.
Western A Divisional
Saturday
At Polson
Top 15 All-Division Honors
Boys
Team Totals
Corvallis 32, Frenchtown 76, Hamilton 96, Whitefish 139, Columbia Falls 145, Polson 147, Dillon 159, Stevensville 200, Butte Central 221
Top 25
Cameron Meikle, Ham 15:18.85
Ronald Venema, Cor 15:32.36
Hunter Casey, Stevi 16:05.92
Carson Jessop, Cor 16:12.43
Sage Wanner, CF 16:14.08
Josh Jessop, Cor 16:21.98
Jaiden Rowe, Fre 16:27.22
Brock Rugg, Fre 16:32.29
Andrew Jessop, Cor 16:33.17
Matt Wilson, Ham 16:33.98
Joel Haas, Cor 16:35.20
Spencer Jessop, Cor 16:39.70
Ethan Potthoff, Whi 16:42.14
Brian McGeehan, Butte C 16:42.89
Sam Telling, Dil 16:44.90
Steven Banks Hamilton 17:00.91
Jake Jessop, Cor 17:05.30
Frank Dean, Fre 17:13.55
Ethan Lannaghan, Whi 17:16.32
Casey Jones, Fre 17:19.52
Bryer Anderson, Dil 17:19.79
Quin Stewart, Pol 17:20.24
Joren Nabozney, Fre 17:21.01
Michael Sewell, Fre 17:22.81
Ransom Bowman, Dil 17:28.22
Girls
Team Totals
Corvallis 56, Whitefish 57, Polson 65, Hamilton 100, Columbia Falls 120, Dillon 128, Frenchtown 163, Stevensville 189
Top 25
Jaycie Schmalz, Ham 18:15.47
Barrett Gray, Whi 18:57.84
Ryan Harrop, Pol 19:35.58
Malia Seeley, Pol 19:39.49
Albany Jessop, Cor 19:48.84
Sarah Perez, Whi 19:53.38
Molly Sitter, Pol 19:58.56
Lynn Reynoso, Cor 19:59.02
Braya Hobson, Whi 20:07.03
Grace Kaufman, Cor 20:32.23
Laurel Davidson, Whi 20:32.84
Lizzy Mattson, Fre 20:38.23
Genevieve Delorme, CF 20:38.68
Keelie Obrien, Ham 20:51.08
Raina Crowell, CF 20:51.50
Julia Hickey, Cor 21:01.42
Heidi Nisly, Cor 21:06.28
Harleigh Johnson, Dil 21:09.71
Heidi Lykins, Stevi 21:10.69
Quinn Motichka, Pol 21:12.02
Erica Lykins, Stevi 21:16.08
Chloe Keller, Dil 21:20.59
Becca Parker, Ham 21:25.35
Raychel Hoerner, CF 21:25.46
Sarah Griffin, Dil 21:30.98