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