Scottie XC Previews State Course In Missoula

Glasgow's cross country hit two meets last week, staying close for the Frazer Invitational Sept. 26 then traveling across the state to Missoula for the Mountain West Classic in Missoula Sept. 28. Coach Tim Phillips held back several runners in Frazer but most of the team members hit the Missoula race to preview the State meet course.

Coach Phillips said, "We rested quite a few for various reasons today, but those that ran really competed through the Frazer hills and winds 20-30mph!"

The boys team placed third with 97 points, placing behind Harlem, 31 points and Scobey 86 points. Poplar finished fourth at 116 points while Dodson scored 128 points for fifth place.

The course in Frazer is less than the standard difference so Coach Phillips adjusted his runners' times using the Daniels Running Formula to get their 5K times, shown in parentheses.

Ted See led the Scottie boys with a 19th place showing, out of 65 runners, at 19:58 (20:44). Garrett Thompson and Rowen Kloker were close behind See in 21st and 22nd place, respectively. Thompson ran a 20:05 (20:51) and Kloker ran a 20:08 (20:54), which was 39 seconds faster than 2023.

Kyler Whitman took 24th at 20:19 (21:05), extrapolated to 5k, a season best by 47 sec. Adam Mickelson ran a 20:24 (21:11) to take 26th place.

Timothy Pearson took 30th place at 20:32 (21:19), extrapolated to 5k it was a 1 sec personal record, and 2:45 faster than last year. Owen Thompson ran a 21:09 (21:57) a 22 second season best and 46 seconds faster than last year. Gage Larsen dropped 96 seconds off his time last year to take 37th place at 21:36 (22:26) 17 seconds improvement off his best time this year. Jack Miller ran a 21:44.7 (22:34) to take 38th place.

Aaron Mickelson, Jack Milam and Kyler Holinde did not compete in Frazer.

The Scottie girls did not field a complete team in Frazer as Haleigh Huntsman, Josie Kemp, Mary Dykema, Riley Evenson-Glasoe and Tanae Baker did not run.

Kheyerah Bilger led the Glasgow girls with a fourth place showing out of 51 competitors. She ran a 22:10 (23:01) fastest by 3 seconds this year on 5K time and 25 seconds faster than last year. Kimber Dulaney dropped 1:56 from last year's time and took sixth place at 22:53 (23:46). Jensina Tweten took seventh place at 23:11 (24:04), 6 seconds faster than last year.

More than 3,000 runners competed in Missoula. Teams from Montana, Idaho and Washington were in attendance.

"It was a great experience for the kids, and a chance to preview the state course," Coach Phillips said.

"The Scottie girls finished 40th, fourth among class B schools."

Huntsman led the girls team with a 196th place showing out of 403 finishers. She ran a 22:42.5 while Bilger ran a 4-second season best 22:56.9 to take 216th place. Dulaney took 240th place at 23:19.0 and Tweten set a 7-second season record at 23:37.6. Evenson-Glasoe ran a 24:32.7 to take 293rd place.

In the JV race Kemp set a 22-second season best 26:42.0 to take 215th place out of 379 racers. Dykema took 321st with a 30:08.4 time.

"The boys were 55th out of 66 complete teams 12th out of class 18 class B teams.," Coach Phillips said. "Runners from 90 different schools competed in their race: 491 in the varsity race, and 499 in the JV race."

Holinde ran an 18:49.1 to take 245th place while See set a season best by 20 seconds and took 318th at 19:40.8. Adam Mickelson ran a 19:53.6 for 339th place. Kloker hit a season best at 20:11.1 at 20:11.1 (a 9 second best) and took 359th place.

Garrett Thompson hit a personal best by 6 seconds and took 364th place at 20:16.5. Pearson ran a 20:52.6, a 37-second personal best and took 386th place while Owen Thompson ran a 54-second season best and took 397th place at 20:58.1.

Glasgow hosts the Scottie Invitational Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Downstream Campground/Kiwanis Park. The girls race is at 10 a.m. followed by the boys race at 10:45 a.m. Middle school runners start at 12:30 p.m.