Cross country: Glacier's Annie Hill wins again, this time in Great Falls

by The Daily Inter Lake
| September 25, 2015 11:46 PM

GREAT FALLS — Make it four races and four wins for Glacier’s Annie Hill in 2015.

The sophomore and defending Class AA state champion primed herself for another state title by winning the Great Falls Invitational at Eagle Falls Golf Course, which happens to also be the site of this year’s state cross country meet on Oct. 24.

Hill bested a sizable field Friday to win the large-school girls three-mile race in 17:08.67, more than 20 seconds ahead of Billings Senior’s Christina Aragon, herself one of the top-ranked runners in the country and Hill’s chief challenger for the state championship.

Because Eagle Falls will host the state meet, more than 1,000 runners from 44 different high schools were expected to participate in day’s events, which included two boys and two girls races.

Hill’s win helped the Wolfpack place fourth in the team standings, one spot behind Flathead. The Bravettes had a trio of top 10 finishers — Kaitlin Wride (5th, 18:26.42), Nicole Bouma (6th, 19:04) and Gillian Maness (8th, 19:09). Glacier’s Bailey Smith finished 10th in 19:19.48.

Senior won the large-school girls team title with 45 points, comfortably ahead of Missoula Hellgate (70 points) and Flathead (88).

In the large-school boys race, Flathead’s Jake Perrin ran a 16:02.2 to claim third place and help the Braves to a third-place finish as a team. Glacier was seventh in the team standings, paced by Tevyn Stetson in 11th with a time of 16:29.55.

Marshall Beatty of Missoula Sentinel won the large-school boys race in 15:18.84. Hellgate earned the team win with 57 points, just three points clear of Senior.

Great Falls Invitational

At Eagle Falls Golf Course

Large-school Boys

Team Totals

1, Hellgate, 57; 2, Billings Senior, 60; 3, Flathead, 119; 4, Helena, 157; 5, Sentinel, 172; 6, Great Falls C.M. Russell, 186; 7, Glacier, 194; 8, Billings West, 233; 8, Corvallis, 233; 10, Billings Skyview, 245; 11, Hardin, 263; 12, Great Falls, 275; 13, Fergus, 344; 14, Belgrade, 376; 15, Helena Capital, 413; 16, Butte, 432; 17, Browning, 436; 18, Beaverhead County, 470; 19, Big Sky, 519; 20, Havre, 522.

Individuals

Top 30

1, Marshall Beatty, Sentinel, 15:18.84; 2, Aidan Reed, Helena, 15:36.14; 3, Jake Perrin, Flathead, 16:02.2; 4, Peder Rickbeil, Billings Senior, 16:06.42; 5, Carter Gall, Billings Senior, 16:13.11; 6, Ronald Venema, Corv, 16:25.39; 7, Peter Kirgis, Hellgate, 16:26.63; 8, Preston Novak, Hellgate, 16:27.87; 9, Isaac Schmidt, Hellgate, 16:28.09; 10, Collin Buck, CMR, 16:29.38; 11, Tevyn Stetson, Glacier, 16:29.55; 12, Morris Wecker, Hellgate, 16:33.61; 13, Kyle Mclaughlin, Belg, 16:36.58; 14, Cooper West, CMR, 16:37.69; 15, Dawson Larance, Billings Senior, 16:44.42.

16, Iain Anderson, Helena, 16:45.05; 17, Brendon Vladic, Billings Senior, 16:47.14; 18, Connor Dennis, Great Falls High, 16:47.28; 19, Anthony Overcast, Billings Senior, 16:50; 20, Jacob Calles, Flathead, 16:52.02; 21, Danny Provo, Hellgate, 16:53.78; 22, Logan Harmon, Glacier, 16:53.95; 23, Otto Macdonald, Sentinel, 16:55.43; 24, Nic Raiser, Butte, 16:57.27; 25, Conrad Smith, Billings West, 16:59.6; 26, Simon Petsch, Billings West, 17:04.87; 27, Jalen Two Leggins, Hardin, 17:05.81; 28, Bridger Longtine, Capital, 17:06.45; 29, Anton Rides Horse, Hardin, 17:08.8; 30, Jaden Anderson, Flathead, 17:09.09.

Large-school Girls

Team Totals

1, Billings Senior, 45; 2, Hellgate, 70; 3, Flathead, 88; 4, Glacier, 131; 5, Sentinel, 132; 6, Billings West, 184; 7, Helena, 195; 8, Corvallis, 225; 9, CMR, 255; 10, Helena Capital, 288; 11, Big Sky, 313; 12, Great Falls, 339; 13, Hardin, 365; 14, Beaverhead County, 381; 15, Butte, 424; 16, Fergus, 426; 17, Billings Skyview, 429; 18, Browning, 481; 19, Havre, 539.

Individuals

Top 30

1, Annie Hill, Glacier, 17:08.67; 2, Christina Aragon, Billings Senior, 17:29.35; 3, Tiahna Vladic, Billings Senior, 17:53.92; 4, Ella Degrandpre, Hellgate, 18:20; 5, Kaitlin Wride, Flathead, 18:26.42; 6, Nicole Bouma, Flathead, 19:04.16; 7, Ellen Brooks, Sentinel, 19:06.92; 8, Gillian Maness, Flathead, 19:09.14; 9, Miranda Foster, Hellgate, 19:13.02; 10, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 19:19.48; 11, Molly Macdonald, Sentinel, 19:22.35; 12, Courtney Hutton, Billings Senior, 19:27.54; 13, Jade Hallgrimson, Billings Senior, 19:28.11; 14, Wren Cilimburg, Hellgate, 19:31.55.

15, Elena Borges, Billings Senior, 19:33.15; 16, Madeline Hamilton, Sentinel, 19:46.88; 17, Ellee Becker, Hellgate, 19:49.45; 18, Paloma Whitworth, Billings Senior, 19:57.13; 19, Jaylyn Hallgrimson, Billings Senior, 19:58.91; 20, Kelsey Mueller, Sentinel, 19:59.39; 21, Makenna Edwards, Big Sky, 20:04.61; 22, Sadie Wilson, Flathead, 20:16.42; 23, Claudia Downing, Helena, 20:18.28; 24, Veda Root, Great Falls High, 20:18.29; 25, Peyton Lipp, Billings West, 20:26.51; 26, Allison Monahan, Hellgate, 20:38.31; 27, Annabelle Olsen, Billings West, 20:39.77; 28, Albany Jessop, Corv, 20:42.43; 29, Annabella Aline, CMR, 20:55.02; 30, Abby Mcbroom, Capital, 20:57.3.