Glacier's Ada Thiels wins Butte cross country; Flathead boys 3rd

BUTTE — Thursday brought 14 of Class AA’s16 schools to the Mining City for the Butte Invitational cross country meet, and some Glacier and Flathead runners stood out.

Glacier freshman Ada Thiel won the girls individual title, completing the 5,000-meter course at Highland View Golf Course in 18 minutes, 51 seconds. 

Bozeman’s Tula Higman was second in 18:54.1; Flathead sophomore Everett Holland was third in 19:12.4. 

Glacier, with No. 1 runner Lauren Bissen taking on a pacer’s role — she and teammate CaitrynVander Vloedt were 28-29 — was fifth in the team standings behind Gallatin, Helena High, Bilings West and Missoula Big Sky. Flathead was eighth. 

Flathead’s top finisher after Holland was sophomore Emery Eash in 24th. 

Flathead’s boys had a nice group behind sophomore Carson Thorne, who was 11th in 16:38.7; juniors Brodyn DeShaw and Chris Holland and senior Ryker Zuffelato finished 18-20-21. The Braves finished third as a team with 119 points; Helena (70) and Missoula Hellgate (93) went 1-2. 

Glacier’s varsity boys, fighting some illnesses, didn’t compete Thursday. 

Full results can be found at athletic.net. 

Butte Invitational 

Thursday 

Highland View Golf Course 

GIRLS

Team scores — 1, Gallatin 59; 2, Helena 65; 3, Billings West 106; 4, Missoula Big Sky 114; 5, Glacier 139; 6, Missoula Hellgate 233; 7, Bozeman 240; 8, Flathead 241; 9, Preston, Idaho 246; 10, Great Falls CMR 291; 11, Drummond 309; 12, Helena Capital 311; 13, Billings Skyview 326; 14, Townsend 344; 15, Belgrade 353; 16, Missoula Sentinel 373; 17, Billings Senior 395; 18, Manhattan Christian 449. 

Individual Top 15

1, Ada Thiel, Glacier, 18:51.0; 2, Tula Higman, Bozeman, 18:54.1; 3, Everett Holland, Flathead, 19:12.4; 4, Kortney McKay, Helena, 19:12.8; 5, Kyla Meissner, Townsend, 19:27.3; 6, Lila Pritham, 19:29.9; 7, Stella Damyanovich, CMR, 19:38.5; 8, Avery Young, Big Sky, 19:39.6; 9, Jane Allen, Billings West, 19:42.7; 10, Lilah Karro, Gallatin, 19:50.7; 11, Kate Lee, Helena, 19:51.3; 12, Isabel Ward, Helena, 19:52.1; 13, Finley Samuels, Gallatin, 19:57.4; 14, Claire Rucker, Gallatin, 20:05.7; 15, Reese Kacher, Billings West, 20:16.8. 

BOYS

Team scores — 1, Helena 70, 2, Hellgate 93; 3, Flathead 119; 4, Billings West 129; 5, Sentinel 148; 6, Preston, Idaho 157; 7, Billings Skyview and Belgrade, 205; 9, Butte 207; 10, Capital 224; 11, Gallatin 262; 12, CMR 289; 13, Billings Senior 303; 14, Bozeman 335; 15, Big Sky 411; 16, Townsend 490; 17, Manhattan Christian 544. 

Individual Top 15

1, Milo Kauffman, Helena, 15:41.20; 2, Kye McAbee, West, 16:13.7; 3, Miles Miller, Hellgate, 16:19.9; 4, Wilson Schmidt, Belgrade, 16:25.9; 5, Sander Van Cleave, Sentinel, 16:26.0; 6, Isaiah Hudson, Hellgate, 16:29.6; 7, Camden Houchin, Butte, 16:30.3; 8, Emory Kreissler, Helena, 16:30.4; 9, Porter Campbell, Preston, 16.35.7; 10, Mica Kantor, Sentinel, 16:36.8; 11, Carson Thorne, Flathead, 16:38.7; 12, Julius Yeager, West, 16:39.8; 123, Levi Wiltsie, Butte, 16:42.5; 14, Garrett Hinderman, Helena, 16:47.7; 15, Marek Frick, Belgrade, 16:48.8.