Scottie XC Girls Win Home Invite

"We had a lot of great performances at our own Scottie Invitational at Kiwanis Park today! Our course is flat and very fast, and we expect personal records to be set if our athletes are healthy," Head Coach Tim Phillips said of his Scottie runners. "A few are still dealing with nagging injuries, but we still had nine personal bests and five season bests today, all that while battling winds at 30-42 mph."

The girls cross country team put up 38 points to win their home meet Oct. 5 at Kiwanis Park. Glasgow outpaced Poplar, 57; Harlem, 63; Brockton, 114; Richey-Lambert, 121, and Rocky Boy, 130 points.

Defending Class B state champion Tanae Baker made her season debut at home after dealing with an injury for the first part of the season. Baker ran a 20:29.3 to take third place out of 60 runners. Kheyerah Bilger set a personal record by 4 seconds at 22:04.4 and took seventh place. Her time was a season best by 52 seconds and 4 seconds, faster than last year's Scottie Invitational. Jensina Tweten finished the course in 22:28.6 for 10th place and a 51-second personal record. She knocked 69 seconds off her previous best from this season and was 51 seconds faster than last year in Fort Peck.

Riley Evenson-Glasoe dropped 12 seconds off her previous best time and 12 seconds off last year's Scottie Invite. She took 13th place at 22:37.4, a 1:25 season best showing. Kimber Dulaney took 18th place at 23:10.9. The time was 10 seconds faster than her previous best this season and 1:35 faster than last year's event. Josie Kemp knocked 3:40 off her time from the '23 Scottie Invite and set a season best by one minute. She ran a 25:42.1 for 33rd place and a 20-second personal best.

In the JV race, Mary Dykema took fourth out of five with a time of 30:05.4. Haleigh Huntsman did not compete.

The boys team finished in third place with 54 points, placing behind Harlem, 39, and Poplar, 42, and ahead of Dodson, 84 points.

Kyler Holinde ran an 18:18.8 to take fourth place out of 61 varsity runners and lead the Scottie boys. Ted See set a season best time by 40 seconds and took 13th at 18:59.4. Garrett Thompson knocked a minute off his personal and season best times at 19:16.4 to take 17th place.

Rowen Kloker took 19th place with a 19:24.9 time. He knocked 31 seconds from his previous best time, set a season record by 46 seconds and improved his time from last year's meet by 31 seconds. Timothy Pearson dropped 3:14 from his time last year to finish the race in 19:38.5 and 22nd place. The time was a 64 second personal and season best. Adam Mickelson set a 14 second season best at 19:39.1 and took 23rd place.

In the JV race Kyler Whitman led the Scotties with a time of 19:54.2, a season best by 1:09. He won the race ahead of 13 other runners. Gage Larsen dropped 30 seconds off last year's race and his previous personal best at 20:56.5. The 1:38-season best time put him in fifth place. Owen Thompson set a season best by 10 seconds to take sixth place with a 20:48.7 time. Aaron Mickelson took 11th place with a personal best 24:15.2, a season best by 6 seconds.

Jack Milam and Jack Miller did not compete.

The Scottie teams will attend the Sidney Invitational Saturday, Oct. 12.