MISSOULA -- The Ronan boys and girls won the team titles
Saturday at the state Class A cross country championship held at
the University of Montana golf course.
Lynn Reynolds, a junior from Dillon, won the boys' individual
championship, while Livingston sophomore Heather Haug was the
girls' winner.
The Ronan boys were paced by Michael Fisher's second-place
finish, while teammates Andrew Graham took 12th, Buddy Cheff was
21st and Cameron Barber came in 30th. The Chiefs, with a score of
80, were 19 points better than runner-up Dillon. Hardin was third
at 113.
Ronan's title was the first ever in school history and broke
Browning's four-year run as state champion.
Reynolds won in 15 minutes, 43 seconds, which was just a second
faster than Fisher.
The Ronan girls received a second-place finish from sophomore
Terinee McCready and a fourth from freshman Sadie McMillan en route
to an 80-86 win over defending champion Havre. Lewistown was third.
Haug's time of 18:47.12 edged out McCready's 18:47.80.
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^Class A Cross Country=
^BOYS=
Team scores: Ronan 80, Dillon 99, Hardin 113, Browning 133,
Havre 138, Hamilton 164, Laurel 178, Whitefish 211, Belgrade 216,
Frenchtown 279, Polson 282, Billings Central 301, Corvallis 332,
Columbia Falls 339, Libby 384, Anaconda 404, Livingston 510,
Stevensville 587.<
^Top 10 individuals=
1, Lynn Reynolds, Dillon, 15:43.82. 2, Michael Fisher, Ronan,
15:44.67. 3, Logan Torgison, Polson, 15:59.05. 4, Jeremy Yellowowl,
Browning, 16:00.15. 5, Patrick Casey, Laurel, 16:03.62. 6, Chris
Bick, Frenchtown, 16:05.09. 7, Brian Vallie, Hardin, 16:19.01. 8,
Chad Naumna, Laurel, 16:23.28. 9, Jerrid Morrison, Hardin,
16:27.44. 10, Nigel Neaves, Hamilton, 16:30.04.
^GIRLS=
Team scores: Ronan 80, Havre 86, Lewiston 112, Miles City 191,
Whitefish 199, Dillon 210, Hamilton 237, Billings Central 246,
Hardin 247, Sidney 265, Laurel 265, Frenchtown 287, Browning 321,
Belgrade 329, Polson 396, Columbia Falls 406, Livingston 453.<
^Top 10 individuals=
1, Heather Haug, Livingston 18:47.12. 2, Terinee McCready, Ronan
18:47.80. 3, Emmy Lynn Bentley, Lewistown, 18:49.05. 4, Sadie
McMillan, Ronan, 19:28.96. 5, Darci Briere, Havre, 19:29.22. 6,
Meghan Keigley, Belgrade, 19:30.09. 7, Meredith Hanson, Havre,
19:34.50. 8, Alexis DiGiovine, Butte Central, 19:34.97. 9, Beth
Donovan, Whitefish, 19:35.34. 10, Lauren Fuglevand, Miles City,
19:35.61.
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