Scottie Runners Sweep Firsts at Home Meet

With just over 100 total runners—after some COVID-related cancellations—the Scotties hosted a home cross country meet that left them happy and out of breath. The Scotties swept gold with both the Varsity boys’ and girls’ performances on Sept. 19. Led by Iris Mckean (first) and Emily See (third) the Scottie girls put up an impressive score of 36 (the scores are tallied by adding the first five Varsity places together making the smaller number the better number). The Scotties were followed by Class A teams Dawson County (40) and Sidney (79). Contributing to the girls’ success was the tight placement of their top five runners. The Scotties claimed four of the top eight spots at home giving them a sharp edge over the competition when scores were tallied.

Girls’ runner Haylly Turner told the Courier she thought the race was “pretty good.” Turner cited the pack of runners in the top eight—in which she claimed sixth overall—and the fast times to justify her perception of the race. “It felt good and I got a good time," she said. “The team did pretty well. I think everyone cut off their times.”

The Scottie boys put up a similar 37 points to beat out Richey-Lambert (50) by 13 points and Wolf Point (58) by 21 points. Carl Zabrocki led the boys with a third-place finish and a time of 17:25.51. Bergen Miller followed in fifth place. Similar to the girls’ performance the Scotties dominated the top 11 with all five of their top runners coming in at under 20 minutes and placing 11th or better.

Tenth place finisher for the boys, Reed Larsen, told the Courier it was a really good home meet. “It was really good,” he said, adding, “the course was nice and flat. There were some good teams there and great competition.”

Larsen added that the boys had definitely closed some gaps when it came to running as a team. As a result, the team had the high number of finishers in the top 11 spots to show for it.

The Scottie harriers head to Culbertson next after Frazer’s meet was cancelled due to COVID-19 infections. Culbertson’s race will be Sept. 26.

For his part, Larsen said he was “definitely looking forward to [Culbertson]” saying, “it’s a good course with some good competition.”

Turner echoed his excitement saying it was a flat course and that she expected the teams will do “very well.”

Results:

Boys Scores:  Glasgow 37, Richey-Lambert 50, Wolf Point 58, Sidney 98, Dawson Co. 100, Scobey NS, Fairview NS, Culbertson NS, 

Carl Zabrocki                  3rd                17:25.51

Bergen Miller                   5th                18:17.19

Lane Thompson              8th                18:34.37

Reed Larsen                   10th               18:50.92

Blake Lloyd                     11th               19:21.06

Riley Smith                      16th               20:08.90

Eli Feezell                        21st               20:28.45

Colter Cumber                 1st JV            20:19.68

Girls Scores:  Glasgow 36, Dawson Co.  40, Sidney 79, Fairview 113, Malta 118, Whitewater 122, Culbertson NS, Scobey NS, Plentywood NS, Westby-Grenora NS, Richey-Lambert NS, Nashua NS, Dodson NS, Fairview NS, Wolf Point NS

Iris McKean                        1st                  19:45.34

Emily See                           3rd                  21:29.05

Haylly Turner                      6th                  24:08.41

Kira Beck                            8th                  24:18.04

Eve Stone                           19th                25:55.86

Elizabeth Nyquist                29th                28:33.67

Shanice Lagerquist             30th                28:40.93