Flathead girls 2nd at Helena 7 of 7

| October 9, 2020 10:54 PM

HELENA — The conditions weren’t perfect but the Flathead girls made the best of them Thursday, finishing second at annual Seven of Seven Meet Bill Roberts Golf Course.

It was a slimmed-down version of the late-season meet, with only Western AA teams invited. Races had at most seven to eight individuals, compared to 25-30 in the past, when all the AA teams competed.

Flathead coach Jesse Rumsey said that left runners who fell off the pace running by themselves on the two-lap course; still, her Braves edged into second, highlighted by race wins from Tori Noland-Gillespie, Neila Lyngholm and Nora Iams. The Braves scored 16 points, second only to Missoula Hellgate’s 12.

“Which is really good for us, because we’ve been kind of chasing Helena High (third, 18 points) all year long,” Rumsey said. “We had three of our lady runners win their races, which was incredible.”

The course was slow, Rumsey said, and the wind picked up in the afternoon. Nobody set a personal record Thursday: Flathead freshman Lilli Rumsey Eash’s time of 20 minutes, 21.6 seconds was over a minute slower than her personal best; Kensey May of Hellgate’s time of 19:08.06 — the best among the girls Thursday — was 25 seconds slower than her top time.

Glacier finished sixth in the girls’ team standings. The Pack’s top time came from Hannah Deck, who clocked 22:11.40.

On the boys’ side Sam Ells ran the third-fastest race among the boys though it was 40 seconds over his personal best: His time was 16:58.40. Flathead’s fastest time was provided by Seth Trumm, who ran the second race in 18:48.90.

Missoula Sentinel edged Missoula Hellgate for the boys’ team title; Glacier and Flathead placed fifth and sixth, with 38 and 39 points.

“It kind of does show where kids could potentially place at state,” Rumsey said. “The times were slow and it got pretty windy in the afternoon. But we just had a lot of really stiff competition and we really rose to the challenge.”

The state championships are Oct. 23-24 at Rebecca Farm. The Class A and B competitions are Oct. 23, with the AA and C running the next day.

Helena Seven of Seven

Thursday

GIRLS

Team scores – 1, Missoula Hellgate 12; 2, Flathead 16; 3, Helena 18; 4, Missoula Sentinel 31; 5, Helena Capital 38; 6, Glacier 42; 7, Butte 47; 8, Missoula Big Sky 52.

Race 1 – 1, Kyle Hartnett, Helena, 19:10.43; 2, Sage Brooks, Hellgate, 19:52.06; 3, Haily Nielson, Butte, 20:05.25; 4, Lilli Rumsey Eash, Flathead, 20:21.60; 5, Emma Nelson, Sentinel, 21:03.96; 6, Bailey Gable, Glacier, 22:29.91; 7, Freya Jones, Big Sky, 23:21.55.

Race 2 – 1, Kensey May, Hellgate, 19:08.06; 2, Odessa Zentz, Helena, 20:44.18; 3, Kya Wood, Flathead, 21:00.92; 4, Rosalie Mortenson, Sentinel, 21:31.73; 5, Emma Compton, Capital, 21:34.44; 6, Hannah Deck, Glacier, 22:11.40; 7, Mariauna Ballas, Big Sky, 25:36.56.

Race 3 – 1, Abby Kendrick, Hellgate, 19:40.16; 2, Rylie Schoenfeld, Helena, 20:46.15; 3, Madelaine Jellison, Flathead, 21:59.90; 4, Riley Crews, Sentinel, 23:02.,62; 5, Isabella Lane, Glacier, 23:14.63,

Race 4 – Tori Noland-Gillespie, Flathead, 21:13.88; 2, Carly Ryan, Helena, 21:32.89; 3, Izzy Munro, Hellgate, 21:46.10; 4, Ellie Doran, Capital, 21:59.02; 5, Lillian Commons, Sentinel, 22:11.15; 6, Kyla Felix, Butte, 23:49.92; 7, Holly Skelton, Glacier 25:45.37; 8, Hayden Bosshardt, Big Sky, 26:52.86.

Race 5 – 1, Neila Lyngholm, Flathead, 20:55.43; 2, Stella Diaz, Hellgate, 21:11.28; 3, Ruby Lorenz, Sentinel, 21:53.95; 4, Annie Menden, Helena, 22:49.20; 5, Nicole Mitchell, Glacier, 23:29.59; 6, Nina Bracht-Bedell, Capital, 23:33.19; 7, Pilar Seielstad, Big Sky, 24:540.30.

Race 6 – 1, Nora Iams, Flathead, 21:44.03; 2, Annika Kendrick, Hellgate, 21:55.20; 3, Sofia Hinderman, Helena, 22:33.80; 4, Madi Moe, Capital, 22:59.31; 5, Angie Anglum, Sentinel, 23:41.91; 6, Ida Real, Butte, 24:22.39; 7, Zephy Hanson, Glacier, 24:54.65.

Race 7 – 1, Aven Roberts, Hellgate, 22:01.53; 2, Ella Shropshire, Capital, 22:27.26; 3, Lark Olson, Flathead, 23:08.86; 4, Claire Downing, Helean, 23:2w2.36; 5, Malia Bradford, Sentinel, 24:25.23; 6, Noah Fincher, Glacier, 24:45.09; 7, Greta Beyer, Big Sky, 25:37.47; 8, Mckenzie Case, Butte, 26:01.79.

BOYS

Team score – 1, Missoula Sentinel 9, 2, Missoula Hellgate 13; 3, Helena Capital 24; 4, Helena 30; 5, Glacier 38; 6, Flathead 39; 7, Butte 48; 8, Missoula Big Sky 52.

Race 1 – 1, Ignatius Fitzgerald, Hellgate, 16:47.28; 2, Sam Ells, Glacier, 16:58.40; 4, Robert Wagner, Helena, 18:15.20; 5, Tyler Jost, Capital, 18:37.64; 6, Ryan Tomich, Butte, 18:43.98; 7, Nathaniel Gale Big Sky, 18:42.77; 8, Gabriel Felton, Flathead, 18:57.74.

Race 2 – 1, Wyatt Mortenson, Sentinel, 16:40.32; 2, Miles Colescott, Hellgate, 17:46.00; 3, Trystan Brewer, Helena, 18:15.24; 45, Brody Romano, Capital, 18:43.24; 5, Jeff Lillard, Glacier, 18:48.88; 6, Seth Trumm, Flathead, 18:48.90; 7, Oliver Simianer, Big Sky, 19:14.16.

Race 3 – 1, Corbin Johnson, Sentinel, 17:25.21; 2, Finneas Colescott, Hellgate, 17:36.88; 3, Henry Ballinger, Capital, 18:26.22; 4, Ethan Nelson, Helena, 19:01.79; 5, Andrew Tuner, Glacier, 19:12.94; 6, Owen Gibbs, Big Sky, 19:26.65; 7, Caden Masa, Flathead, 19:28.29; 8, Ladd Hutchison, Butte, 19:42.12.

Race 4 – 1, Keagen Crosby, Sentinel, 17:23.60; 2, Colten Graham, Hellgate, 17:26.95; 3, Carlin Onstad, Capital, 17:41.64; 4, Reilly Johnson, Flathead, 18:38.79; 5, Dallin Christensen, Helena, 19:14.55; 6, Grant Smith, Butte, 19:29.96; 7, Marius Devries, Glacier, 20:24.70; 8, Luka Skinner, Big Sky,20:28.71.

Race 5 – 1, Chase Green, Sentinel, 17:36.00; 2, Renn Stearns, Helena, 18:21.29; 3, Jacob Curry, Capital, 18:21.75; 4, Mason Roush, Helena, 19:06.47; 5, Kyle Miller, Flathead, 19:10.28; 6, Finn Davidson, Glacier, 20:16.08; 7, Cole Hunter, Butte, 20:26.48; 8, Connor Manion, Big Sky, 20:44.38.

Race 6 – 1, Colin Shaules, Sentinel, 17:47.29; 2, Jackson Triepke, Hellgate, 17:56.25; 3, Keran Boyle, Capital, 18:42.85; 4, Evan Stefaniak, Helena, 19:14.37; 5, Peter Wilson, Flathead, 19:26.94; 6, Logan Schwaller, Glacier, 19:34.80.

Race 7 – Jacon Sriraman, Sentinel, 18:10.90; 2, Nico Petrini Hellgate, 18:47.38; 3, Tristan Kelley, Capital, 19:04.33; 4, Kesler Hughes, Flathead, 19:06.09; 5, Cohwen Houchin, Butte, 19:58.43; 6, Trey Schlepp, Helena, 20:00.26; 7, Henry Smith, Glacier, 20:30.82; 8, Rivber Hughes, Big Sky, 20:47.52.