Scottie X-Country Opens Up Season in Billings

The Scottie boys and girls cross country teams traveled to Billings for the Billings Invitational on Aug. 30. The meet marked the opening competition for the Scotties with the boys placing 16 overall for varsity and 14 overall for JV. The girls varsity ran only three competitors and did not receive a team score, but the JV girls came in at 13 overall.

On the boys side the Invitational welcomed 29 teams bringing 153 varsity runners and 267 JV runners. For the girls there were 27 teams bringing 128 varsity competitors and 220 JV runners.

Cross country coach Rod Karst said he was happy with the meet and how the racers ran. “We grouped pretty well, so that is positive too,” said Karst. He added, “We have a long way to go for conditioning, but it was a pretty good start to the season.”

Top place finisher for the boys, Wilson Overby, who came in number 19 overall, shared the sentiment that the meet was a success. “It was a great start to the season, and a good way to see where we stand both team wise and individually.” Overby highlighted the loss of last year’s senior class, which included a number of top runners for the team, but he credited the team finish to some of the “younger kids” really stepping up at the meet.

“We still have a lot of work to do if we want to be competitive at state,” said Overby, “but I thought we did well as a team, especially for the first meet of the season.”

In the top spot for the girls in Billings was Iris McKean placing 12th overall. She felt the race overall was a tough opener for the young team, but she still felt the Scottie runners handled it very well.

“I was happy to see some of the freshmen stepping up and becoming scorers (placing in the top five runner spots) for us,” said McKean. On the personal side she added, “I’m actually really happy with my race. The time I ran was over a minute and a half faster than what I ran in Billings last year, and I feel a lot stronger and faster.” McKean finished with a time of 20:22.13 in Billings.

The next cross country meet will be the Malta Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 7.

Results:

Varsity Boys

Team Scores:  

Dickinson 104, Helena 106, Billings West 110, Fergus 139, Billings Senior 154, Bozeman 203, Billings Skyview 232, Hardin 239, Cody 271, Helena Capital 276, Powell 283, Laurel 307, Worland 358, Belgrade 364, Red Lodge 382, Glasgow 384, Custer County 421, St. Labre Catholic 426, Billings Central 476, Lodge Grass 489, Colstrip 566

Wilson Overby 19th 17:00.75

Carl Zabrocki 81st 18:37.03

Jacob Meiers 101st 19:08.60

Bergen Miller 108th 19:17.24

Lane Thompson 115th 19:35.14

Ted Tryan 135th 20:36.83

Tim Wageman 138th 20:46.38

JV Boys

Blake Lloyd 97th 20:50.23

Reed Larson 125th 21:35.77

Trevor Johnson 141st 21:46.02

Ben Rodriguez 172nd 22:52.73

Fynn Sukut 179th 23:05.54

Jaysen Turner 188th 23:19.08

Trevor Shipp 196th 23:28.20

Keevan Sibley 211th 24:06.78

Colter Cumber 212th 24:07.10

Jared Barlow 241st 26:02.18

Donny Brabeck 254th 27:50.32

Dylan Hlad 255th 28:27.84

Varsity Girls

Iris McKean 20th 20:22.13

Ali Cunningham 60th 21:52.72

Lauren Padden 96th 23:49.25

JV Girls

Kira Beck 68th 24:42.67

Haylly Turner 88th 25:26.11

Stevie Hartwell 117th 26:27.60

Shanice Lagerquist 186th 30:27.87

Elizabeth Nyquist 182nd 31:31.82