Personal bests galore at Butte Invite XC
BUTTE — Glacier’s Sam Ells ran a personal best time Friday to top the field at the Butte Invitational. He was six seconds ahead of the second place finisher.
Ells clocked a time of 15:41.4 and Finneas Colescott of Hellgate, in second, was 15:47.6, also a personal best.
Flathead’s top boys runner was Gabriel Felton, who ran a personal best time of 16:36.9, to lead the Braves to a ninth place finish overall. Glacier did not field a boys team. Preston, Ida. topped the team standings and had three runners in the top 20.
Hellgate’s Kensey May continued the trend of personal bests, running hers in the girls’ race: 17:59.8, 22 seconds ahead of second-place Kylie Hartnett of Helena.
Also running a personal best was Flathead’s Lilli Rumsey Eash in fifth place at 19:12.7.
Bozeman won the team title with Preston in second. Flathead finished seventh of 23 teams; Glacier was 18th.
Butte Invitational
Friday
Boys
Team scores — Preston 71; Bozeman 96; Sentinel 98; Hellgate 137; Great Falls 138; Billings West 142; Helena Capital 163; Gallatin 267; Flathead 283; Belgrade 333; Big Sky 360; South Fremont 370; Soda Springs 389; Billings Senior 403; Helena 421; Deer Lodge 425; Butte 431; Billings Skyview 444;, Charles M Russell (Great Falls) 474; Three Forks 512; Manhattan 545; Broadwater 653; Anaconda 725.
Top 25 Individuals
1, Sam Ells, Glacier, 15:41.4; 2, Finneas Colescott, Hellgate, 15:47.6; 3, Edison Leffler, Preston 15:56.9; 4, Tanner Klumph, Sentinel, 16:04.7; 5, Chase Green, Sentinel, 16:05.8; 6, Ryan Harrington, Great Falls, 16:13.1; 7, Keagen Crosby, Sentinel, 16:17.8; 8, Connor Neil, Bozeman, 16:18.7; 9, Reynger Davidsavor, Preston, 16:19.4; 10, Jaxon Straus, Billings West,16:29.0; 11, Samuel Nash, Belgrade, 16:32.6; 12, Mason Moler, Billings West, 16:35.2; 13, Brinson Wyche, Corvallis, 16:36.5; 14, Garrett Hale, Preston, 16:36.6; 15, Gabriel Felton, Flathead, 16:36.9; 16, Micah Abrams, Billings West, 16:40.0; 17, Gavin Budge, Billings Skyview, 16:40.1; 18, Gage Cordner, Preston, 16:41.2; 19, MacGwyer Palmer, Great Falls, 16:44.6; 20, Joe Johns, Bozeman, 16:45.1; 21, Wyatt May, Bozeman, 16:45.4; 22, Kayden Gentry, Soda Springs, 16:46.2; 23, Brody Romano, Helena Capital, 16:47.8; 24, Colten Graham, Hellgate, 16:51.4; 25, KJ Popiel, Bozeman, 16:54.0.
Girls
Team scores — Bozeman 69; Preston 78; Billings West 105; Hellgate 131; Helena 150; Gallatin 177; Flathead 214; Helena Capital 230;South Fremont 247; Soda Springs 261; Charles M Russell(Great Falls) 306; Broadwater 365; Billings Skyview 367; Three Forks 439; Belgrade 461; Corvallis 483; Manhattan 485; Glacier 491; Billings Senior 518; Deer Lodge 523; Sentinel 528; Big Sky 545; Great Falls 548.
Top 25 Individuals
1, Kensey May, Hellgate, 17:59.8; 2, Kylie Hartnett, Helena, 18:21.5; 3, Hayley Burns, Bozeman, 18:54.4; 4, Emma Stolte, Broadwater, 18:56.1; 5, Lilli Rumsey Eash, Flathead, 19:12.7; 6, McKinley Scott, Preston, 19:15.5; 7, Odessa Zentz, Helena 19:26.7; 8, Natalie Wood, Big Timber, 19:27.9; 9, Ali Keith, Billings West; 19:29.3; 10, Natalie Nicholas, Bozeman,19:32.9; 11, Angelie Scott, Preston, 19:45.4; 12, Katie Combs, Billings West, 19:47.9; 13, Alexis Holton, Gallatin, 19:50.6; 14, Taylor Redick, Challis 19:51.8; 15, Cecily Eagleton, South Fremont, 19:53.2; 16, Sarah Wheeler, Bozeman,19:57.3; 17, Lucia McCormick, Bozeman, 20:01.8; 18, Emma Compton, Helena Capital 20:07.9; 19, Hannah Lukasik, Billings West, 20:09.6; 20, Lilyann Macfarlane, Gallatin, 20:10.6, 21, Elly Jeppsen, Preston 20:12.5; 22, Penelope Macfarlane, Gallatin, 20:12.9; 23, Oakley Reid, Preston, 20:14.9; 24, Taylor Romney, Preston, 20:15.1; 25, Malia Bradford, Sentinel, 20:23.9.