Cross country picks up speed
<p>From left, Catherine Mishke, Gaby Eaton and Xaio Xaio Strong run in Polson on Saturday.</p>
Bigfork’s Makena Morley won the Bob Firman Invitational crosscountry meet on Saturday at Eagle Island State Park in Boise, Idaho, with a course record time of 17:24.6.
She was competing in the Elite Division, which had 114 high school runners.
Bigfork freshman Bryn Morley was fourth with a time of 17:51.9.
Bigfork junior Logan Morley finished 69th out of 130 runners in the boys’ Elite Division with a time of 16:52.2.
The rest of the Bigfork crosscountry team travelled to Polson for the Pirate Duels crosscountry festival at the Polson fairgrounds.
The event was almost three times as big as it had ever been in the past according to event organizers, with 450 runners in middle school, high school and adults.
Bigfork runners will compete in Thompson Falls on Thursday and Hamilton on Saturday.
Bigfork cross country results from Polson
JV Boys
Cody Johnson 19.30.56 11th
JV Girls
Xaio Xaio Strong 23.56.24 8th
Gaby Eaton 25.06.27 15th
Catherine Mishke 25.50.80 22nd
Veronica Farrier 28.25.25 36th
Middle School Boys
Anton Young 10.6.41 7th
Braden Anderson 12.25.57
Colton Hedley 18.33.15
Curt Hedley 18.41.56
Middle School Girls
Anya Young 10.37.02 3rd
Heather Wallace 11.24.31
Corina Wallace 11.30.52
Kristan Hutz 11.44.21
Ashley Anderson 12.24.46
Alexa Kirby 14.27.45
Ashton Ramsey 15.14.07
Lucy Takeuchi 15.38.16
Lyra Henry 16.22.08