Pack’s Thiel, Bissen win at Glacier Invite; Flathead takes team titles

Glacier’s Owen Thiel and Lauren Bissen claimed individual victories in Wednesday’s Glacier Invite cross country meet at Rebecca Farm. 

Thiel came home in 16 minutes, 1.74 seconds — 12 seconds ahead of second place finisher Robbie Nuila of Flathead. 

“I wanted to go out and hold 4:55s and I came through the first mile in 4:54,” Thiel said of his race pace. “That first hill kind of took it out of me and I started slowing down a little bit, but I got it back together and brought it home in the last mile.”