X-Country Bigfork girls win 4th Western B title in a row

| October 12, 2017 1:54 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

THOMPSON FALLS — The Bigfork girls took three of the top four spots to win the Western B divisional cross country meet on Thursday, taking the team title for the fourth straight year.

Valkyries senior Bryn Morley, 18 minutes, 8.36 seconds, was the individual winner for the fourth time with junior teammate Anya Young, 19:55.72, finishing second for the third time. Vals junior Alica Kalenak finished in fourth to lead a near sweep atop the podium. Shae Anderson was 12th and Haile Norred 13th.

Eureka’s Mckay Guckenberg placed third and Brooke Price was fifth as the Lions took second place.

The Eureka boys won the team title, led by sophomore Alex Lowe, who finished in second place in 17:48.08. Garrett Bates placed fourth and Hunter Steel sixth as the Lions ran past Anaconda’s tightly bunched group for the title.

Bigfork’s Troy Saari finished in fifth place and Anton Young in eighth as the Vikings tied for fourth as a team.

Western B Divisionals

Thompson Falls

5-kilometer race

BOYS

Team Scores — Eureka 50, Anaconda 64, Thompson Falls 76, Deer Lodge 109, Bigfork 109, Loyola 138.

Individual Top 15 — 1, Marik Chrissman, Deer Lodge, 17:38.37; 2, Alex Lowe, Eureka, 17:48.08; 3, Parker McConnell, Thompson Falls, 17:50.15; 4, Garrett Bates, Eureka, 17:57.57; 5, Troy Saari, Bigfork, 18:06.31; 6, Hunter Steele, Eureka, 18:12.20; 7, Colby Lantz, Thompson Falls, 18:16.26; 8, Anton Young, Bigfork, 18:20.31; 9, Gabriel Strader, Loyola, 18:27.95; 10, Tyler Farmer, Anaconda, 18:31.70; 11, Leroy Wilson, Anaconda, 18:40.94; 12, Wyatt Theard, Anaconda, 18:48.33; 13, Nic Russell, Anaconda, 18:52.48; 14, Adian Thompson, Deer Lodge, 18:54.69; 15, Isaiah Nasewytewa, St Ignatius, 18:56.10.

GIRLS

Team Scores — Bigfork 32, Eureka 55, Thompson Falls 94, Loyola 124.

Individual Top 15 — 1, Bryn Morley, Bigfork, 18:08.36; 2, Anya Young, Bigfork, 19:55.72; 3, Mckay Guckenberg, Eureka, 20:53.11; 4, Alicia Kalenak, Bigfork, 21:32.88; 5, Brooke Price, Eureka, 21:35.65; 6, Sabrina Hofland, Anaconda, 22:12.18; 7, Margaret Thompson, Deer Lodge, 22:14.72; 8, Josey Neesvig, Thompson Falls, 22:16.92; 9, Nora Spring, Deer Lodge, 22:19.56; 10, Karolyna Buck, St. Ignatius, 23:07.18; 11, Rachel Ribeiro, Thompson Falls, 23:14.94; 12, Shae Anderson, Bigfork, 23:15.26; 13, Haile Norred, Bigfork, 23:46.37; 14, Michelle Leonard, Eureka, 23:46.58; 15, Megan Hanson, Eureka, 23:53.06.