XC girls finish second at Libby

by Daniel McKay
Whitefish Pilot | August 30, 2017 10:22 AM

The Lady Bulldogs cross country team is already hitting their stride with a second-place finish in Libby to open the season.

Whitefish competed at the Libby Cross Country Invitational on Saturday.

The girls took second overall with 61 points, 10 behind first place finisher Flathead. Jessica Henson took eighth (21:16) and Katie Arterburn 10th (21:28) for Whitefish.

For the boys, the team overall finished fifth with 118 points. Flathead, Frenchtown and Columbia Falls took the top three.

Whitefish did not have any top 10 individual finishers.

The Bulldogs head to Cut Bank on Friday for the Cut Bank Time Trials.

Libby Cross Country Invitational

Saturday

Boys

Team scores

1, Flathead 24; 2, Frenchtown 66; 3, Columbia Falls 95; 4, Browning 115; 5, Whitefish 118; 6, Eureka 141; 7, Thompson Falls 164. No score: Bonners Ferry, Arlee.

Individual Top 10

1, Ben Perrin, Flathead, 16:26.41; 2, Brock Rugg, Frenchtown, 16:40.32; 3, Keaton Fischer, Flathead, 17:07.87; 4, Tyler Schmautz, Frenchtown, 17:28.32; 5, Parker Noland-Gillespie, Flathead, 17:34.11; 6, Griffin Fischer, Flathead, 17:39.34; 7, Gabe Knudsen, C. Falls, 17:39.61; 8, Luke Lutz, Frenchtown, 17:40.34; 9, Kyle Calles, Flathead, 17:44.56; 10, Phillip SunRhodes, Browning, 17:46.42.

Girls

Team scores

1, Flathead 51; 2, Whitefish 61; 3, Columbia Falls 86; 4, Frenchtown 135; 5, Browning 162; 6, Libby 166. No score: Bigfork, Selkirk, Thompson Falls, Arlee.

Individual Top 10

1, Bryn Morley, Bigfork, 17:59.80; 2, Anya Young, Bigfork, 19:29.81; 3, Sadie Wilson, Flathead, 20:09.14; 4, Tori Noland-Gillespie, Flathead, 20:17.15; 5, Sydney Wilson, Selkirk, 20:41.60; 6, Gene Delorme, C. Falls, 21:03.64; 7, Lara Erickson, C. Falls, 21:12.04; 8, Jessica Henson, Whitefish, 21:16.61; 9, Lizzy Mattson, Frenchtown, 21:20.34; 10, Katie Arterburn, Whitefish, 21:28.51.