Young, Vals, Eureka take run titles
THOMPSON FALLS — There was no catching Bigfork’s Anya Young on Thursday at the Western B Divisional cross country championships.
Young turned in the meet winning time, 20 minutes, 15.4 seconds, and finished 17 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Mckay Guckenberg of Eureka, 20:32.6.
Young and Guckenberg were the only girls to finish under 21 minutes.
Bigfork’s Alicia Kalenak, 21:17.4, was fourth; Scout Jessop, 22:33.5, eighth; and Audrey Abbott, 22:37.2, ninth.
The other scorer for the Valkyries was Grace Stewart, 24:14.6, who was 20th.
Bigfork, 42 points, claimed the team title. Eureka, 56, was second.
Eureka’s Maya Carvey, 21:26.2, was sixth.
Marik Chrisman of Deer Lodge was the individual winner for boys, with a winning time of 17:14.4. Eureka runners Garrett Bates, 17:19.8, and Hunter Steele, 17:41.4, finished second and third, respectively.
Eureka’s Alex Lowe, 18:01.8, was fifth; Isaac Reynolds, 18:03.9, sixth; and Gavin Bates, 18:15.5, eighth to help the Lions take the team title with 24 points. Anaconda, 58, was second.
Bigfork’s Evan Benton was ninth in 18:18.9.
Western B Divisional
Thursday at Thompson Falls
Boys
Team Totals
Lincoln County (Eureka) 24, Anaconda 58, Powell County (Deer Lodge) 86, Bigfork 115, Missoula Loyola 118, Thompson Falls 136
Not scoring — St. Ignatius
Individuals
1 Marik Chrisman Powell County 17:14.4
2 Garrett Bates Lincoln County 17:19.8
3 Hunter Steele Lincoln County 17:41.4
4 Leroy Wilson Anaconda 17:58.2
5 Alex Lowe Lincoln County 18:01.8
6 Isaac Reynolds Lincoln County 18:03.9
7 Aidan Thompson Powell County 18:06.4
8 Gavin Bates Lincoln County 18:15.5
9 Evan Benton Bigfork 18:18.9
10 Tyler Farmer Anaconda 18:20.3
11 Wyatt Theard Anaconda 18:33.5
12 Ryder Hofland Anaconda 18:36.2
13 Hunter Carvey Lincoln County 18:41.2
14 Gabriel Strader Loyola-Sacred Heart 18:52.0
15 Elliot Sanford Bigfork 18:52.9
16 Justin Morgan Thompson Falls 18:53.1
17 Ryder Nolan Bigfork 19:07.1
18 Matthew Hudson Loyola-Sacred Heart 19:22.7
19 Henry Cooke Lincoln County 19:23.8
20 Camden Donham Loyola-Sacred Heart 19:39.8
21 Henry Phillip Anaconda 19:42.6
22 Aidyn Rosenbaum St Ignatius 19:50.2
23 Kaleb Starr Powell County 19:54.9
24 Troy Mitchell Anaconda 20:19.3
25 Ryan Hessler Anaconda 20:22.2
26 Wyatt Griffith Thompson Falls 20:28.0
27 Logan Meador Powell County 20:28.5
28 Hans Lampert Powell County 20:31.0
29 Mike Brown Powell County 20:33.0
30 Erik Melendez Thompson Falls 20:34.8
31 Nathan Burwig Thompson Falls 20:53.4
32 Sam Kirschenmann Loyola-Sacred Heart 21:26.1
33 Nick Viera Thompson Falls 22:10.1
34 Jake Bellamah Loyola-Sacred Heart 22:30.8
35 James Kerr Bigfork 24:27.7
36 Damian Young Powell County 24:30.3
37 Landry Leishman St Ignatius 24:40.3
38 Kody Dillard St Ignatius 25:45.8
39 Ben Keller Bigfork 26:32.1
40 Ben Croft Thompson Falls 27:21.8
Girls
Team Totals
Bigfork 42, Lincoln County (Eureka) 56, Anaconda 81, Thompson Falls 99
Not scoring — Missoula Loyola, Powell County (Deer Lodge), St. Ignatius
Individuals
1 Anya Young Bigfork 20:15.4
2 Mckay Guckenberg Lincoln County 20:32.6
3 Sarah Griffis Anaconda 21:15.4
4 Alicia Kalenak Bigfork 21:17.4
5 Josey Neesvig Thompson Falls 21:17.8
6 Maya Carvey Lincoln County 21:26.2
7 Karolyna Buck St Ignatius 22:16.1
8 Scout Jessop Bigfork 22:33.5
9 Audrey Abbott Bigfork 22:37.2
10 Rachel Ribeiro Thompson Falls 22:44.3
11 Cora Pesanti Anaconda 23:06.4
12 Sabrina Hofland Anaconda 23:15.8
13 Megan Hanson Lincoln County 23:20.0
14 Madyson Currie St Ignatius 23:26.3
15 Nora Spring Powell County 23:36.2
16 Carolyn Kimball Loyola-Sacred Heart 23:38.2
17 Michelle Leonard Lincoln County 23:44.8
18 Michael Shea Lincoln County 23:52.5
19 Izzy Coffman Lincoln County 23:54.7
20 Grace Stewart Bigfork 24:14.6
21 Kathryn Hardy Loyola-Sacred Heart 25:33.9
22 Natalie Spring Powell County 25:37.1
23 Megan Baxter Thompson Falls 26:00.8
24 Morgan Gates Anaconda 26:13.0
25 Yvonne Baty St Ignatius 26:30.0
26 Emaleigh Packer Powell County 26:35.5
27 Aurora Thayer Lincoln County 27:05.5
28 Hellie Badaruddin Loyola-Sacred Heart 27:50.2
29 Kacey VanZanten Thompson Falls 28:03.6
30 Jessica Pauley Powell County 28:28.6
31 Ashley Gates Anaconda 29:17.2
32 Roni Hanks Thompson Falls 29:24.7
33 Madison King Anaconda 30:23.4
34 Reagan Hanks Thompson Falls 32:20.4