Montana State Meet

The weather conditions were perfect for running.  Temperatures were in

the 60's, clear skies and no wind.  



The Flathead boy's cross country team made it three team championships

in a row by winning easily at the state cross country meet held at

Helena.  Flathead managed to place all five runners in the top eight for

a record breaking score of 21 points.  Junior David Vidal defended his

state title from last year by taking Rowdy Sargeson (Helena Capital)  in

the last 800 yards to win in a great time of 14:42.  Flathead's Kevin

Clarly also managed to overtake Sargeson at the finish with both runners

finishing in 14:59.  Flathead's average time for their top five was

15:03 minutes.  In the girls' competiton CMR also managed to make it

three team championships in a row. Sophomore Heidi Lane from CMR passed

defending champion Amber Arvidson (Flathead) in the last 400 meters of

the race to set a new state meet record of 17:45. Arvidson ran a

respectable time of 17:56.



The Polson boy's team won their fourth team championship in a row plus

Polson's Dain Engebretson took individual honors.



The Kremlin/Gildford boys' located in north central Montana continued to

dominate the class C ranks by winning their fourth team championship in

a row.  Sophomore Aaron Smith led the KG to an impressive score of 29

points.





Double AA Girls Team Results

1 CMR 65

2 Bozeman 70

3 Flathead 103

4 Helena Capital 108

5 Billings Senior 116

6 Billings West 127

7 Helena High 168

8 Great Falls High 186

9 Missoula  Big Sky 238

10 Butte 297

11 Billings Skyview 325

12 Missoula Sentinel 330

13 Missoula Hellgate 377



Double AA Girls Individual Results

1 Heide Lane CMR 17:45 New State Record

2 Amber Arvidson Flathead 17:56 Old State Record17:47 by Flora Big Hair

Hardin

3 Mara Bronson Great Falls High 18:13

4 Staci Anderson Helena Capital 18:17

5 Catherin Pevtsova Bozeman 18:18

6 Stacee Johnson Bozeman 18:37

7 Melanie Bellesa Great Falls High 18:44

8 Shena Buxbaum Billings West 118:52

9 Andrea Luebbe Bozeman 19:06

10 Allison Squires Helena Capital 19:19

11 Stephanie Buswell Helena High 19:23

12 Rachel Rhine Billings West 19:28

13 Katea Schmidt CMR 19:29

14 Tiffany Hoenke Billings Senior 19:34

15 Cailie Fura CMR 19:36

16 Angela Giovanini Billings Senior 19:37

17 Julianne Vasichek CMR 19:37

18 Laura Sanford Bozeman 19:38

19 Erin Flaherty CMR 19:39

20 Lindsey Judge Flathead 19:40



Double AA Boys' Team Results

1 Flathead 21

2 Helena Capital 65

3 Billings West 77

4 Great Falls High 132

5 Helena High 134

6 Bozeman 144

7 CMR 161

8 Missoula Sentinel 227

9 Billings Skyview 292

10 Billings Senior 304

11 Butte 322

12 Missoula Big Sky 327

13 Missoula Hellgate 334



Double AA Boys' Individual Results

1 David Vidal Flathead 14:42

2 Kevin Clary Flathead 14:59

3 Rowdy Sargeson Helena Capital 14:59

4 Seth Watkins Flathead 15:03

5 Josh Jones Billings West 15:07

6 Patrick Murphy Flathead 15:17

7 Vance Twitchell Helena Capital 15:18

8 Kurt Michels Flathead 15:23

9 Mike LaForest Sentinel 15:23

10 Nolan Taylor Great Falls High 15:26

11 Travis Allen Billings West 15:27

12 Joel Gregier CMR 15:27

13 Mike Kaiser Helena Capital 15:34

14 Daniel Driscoll Bozeman 15:35

15 Lance Powell Billings West 15:38

16 Jake Silk Great Falls High 15:38

17 Bryan Wetzel Helena High 15:44

18 Kelly Bonner Billings West 15:45

19 David Roberts Helena High 15:49

20 Chris Cannon Helena High 15:49



A Girls' Team Results

1 Lewistown 97

2 Miles City 102

3 Columbia Falls 134

4 Havre 143

5 Whitefish 145

6 Colstrip 162

7 Livingston 233

8 Laure 258

9 Polson 293

10 Dillon 295

11 Hamilton 301

12 Ronan 313

13 Anaconda 341

14 Browning 355

15 Sidney 261

16 Glendive 412



A Girls' Individual Results

1 Mackinzie Sherburne Browing 18:39

2 jill McKieman Livingston 18:58

3 Heather Wise Lewistown 19:06

4 Emily Stroee Billings Central 19:10

5 Jennie Peterson Havre 19:10

6 Alissa Bilden Miles City 19:11

7 Jesse Ballew Colstrip 19:25

8 Ashley Shaughnessy Hamilton 19:27

9 Stevie Gore Lewistown 19:29

10 Sreyn Beckman Colstrip 19:35

11 Chelsea Lynnes Miles City 19:41

12 Bobbie Oblander Billings Central 19:42

13 Lisa Nayes Miles City 19:49

14 Claire Anderson Whitefish 19:49

15 Stephanie Roberston Columbia Falls 19:53

16 Allyson Tarr Columbia Falls 19:53

17 Jenna Baltrusch Havre 19:56

18 Linday Kizer Columbia Falls 20:02

19 Heather Davis Laurel 20:04

20 Yvonee Bakich Colstrip 20:14



A Boys' Team Results

1 Polson 55

2 Bowning 68

3 Livingson 125

4 Anacaonda 197

5 Billings Central 203

6 Hardon 208

7 Whitefish 212

8 Libby 218

9 Colstrip 231

10 Dillon 244

11 Belgrade 261

12 Hamilton 313

13 Gendive 315

14 Laurel] 334

15 Corvallis 353

16 Butte Central 372

17 Columbia Falls 404



A Boys' Individual Results

1 Danin Engegretsen Polson 15:40

2 Eddie Heider Whitefish 15:56

3 Isaiah Goodluck Harrison 16:10

4 Joe Fisher Browning 16:10

5 Erick Devine  Livingston 16:

6 Kevin O'Brian Polson 16:17

7 Fritz Friesz Polson 16:17

8 Kyle Roberts  Ronan 16:22

9 Eric Miller Glendive 16:23

10 Matt Nelson Colstrip 16:25

11 Brian Tucker Browning 16:28

12  Belgrade 16:31

13 Mike Crowe Butte Central 16:33

14 Kevin Kovavich Anaconda 16:36

15 Kendal Harwood  Polson 16:42

16 Robert Crossguns Browning 16:42

17 Jess Edwards Browning 16:44

18 Josh Goodman Colstrip 16:49

19 Chad Palmer Glendive 16:51

20 Alden Spoonhunter Browning 16:59



B Girls' Team Results

1 Boulder 76

2 Wolf Point 121

3 Cut Bank 123

4 Missoula Loyola 191

5 Frenchtown 206

6 Shelby 209

7 Red Lodge 223

8 Glasgow 247

9 Big Timber 252

10 Huntley Project 276

11 Lodge Grass 343

12 Poplar 353

13 St Labre 398

14 Deer Lodge 422

15 Cascade 491

16 Thompson Falls 507

17 Malta 525



B Girls' Individual Results

1 Bethan Long Wolf Point  18:50

2 Amy Bates Wolf Point  19:27

3 Bridgett Tucker Red Lodge 19:39

4 Afton Bruffey Frenchtown 19:39

5 Amber Aspevig Shelby 19:56

6 Sally Carey boulder 20:05

7 Jen Norris Big Timber 20:10

8 Sandra Sullivan Cut Bank 20:18

9 Jacque Janzen Eureka 20:27

10 Erin Tuss boulder 20:36

11 Mary Abrahamsen Darby 20:37

12 Jovana Gray St. Labre 20:40

13 Megan Dumas boulder 20:41

14 Nikki Bolstad Boulder 20:43

15 Adina Meeks Cut Bank 20:43

16 Keely Sullivan Missoula Loyola 20:52

17 Susan Bick Frenchtown 20:55

18 Becky Eisele Huntley Project 20:56

19 Kate Abultz Plains 20:57

20 Autumn Azura Poplar 21:01



B Boys' Team Results

1 Missoula Loyola 64

2 Boulder 71

3 Poplar 103

4 Plains 128

5 Lodge Grass 171

6 Eureka 211

7 Harlem 216

8 Wolf Point 232

9 Cut Bank 296

10 Thompson Falls 322

11 Missioula Valley Christian 342

12 Glasgow 346

13 Manhattan  351

14 Frenchtown 457



B Boys' Individaual Results

1 Casey Jermyn Plains 14:55 New Class Record

2 Heath Kaline St. Labre 15:57

3 Logan Hammer Boulder 15:57

4 Jack Scott Missoula Loyola 16:06

5 Kurt Bray Missoula Loyola 16:18

6 Mitch Cunnigham Whitehall 16:30

7 Rich Pemberton Manhattan 16:30

8 Joe Simon Boulder 16:31

9 Scotty Azure Poplar 16:32

10 Mitchell Howard Darby 16:33

11 John Carey Boulder 16:37

12 Kaey French Plains 16:40

13 Morgan Hamilton Eureka 16:41

14 D.J. Atkinson Poplar 16:50

15 Aaron Holden Missoula Loyola 16:50

16 Leslie Steward Eureka 16:51

17 Laris Male Bear Lodge Grass 16:59

18 Eric Anderson Missoula Loyola 17:02

19 Damian Pete Wolf Point 17:05

20 Erik Arthun Red Lodge 17:06



C Girl's Team Results

1 Manhattan Christian 25

2 Brocton/Culbertson 102

3 Belt Valley High 105

4 Heart Butte 156

5 Arlee 157



Girl's Individual Results

1 Casey Cambell Lincoln 19:05

2 Nichole Widhalm Belt 19:31

3 Joy Ricardi Manhattan Christian 20:14

4 Lois Ricardi Manhattan Christian 20:24

5 Erin Anders Brocton/Culbertson 20:33

6 Jessica Tandy Roberts 21:16

7 Sarah Weeda Manhattan Christian 21:21

8 Tracie Overberg Dodson 21:23

9 Grace Big Back Heart Butte 21:50

10 Shawna Bikkema Manhattan Christian 22:02



C Boys' Team Results

1 Kremlin Gildford 29

2 Manhattan Christian 79

3 Heart Butte 97

4 Plenty Coups 109

5 Sunburst 181

6 Roberts 191

7 Harrison 195

8 Whitewater 201

9 Belt 225

10 Joliet 287



C Boys' Individual Results

1 Aaron Smith Kremlin Gildford 15:37

2 Craig Widhalm Belt 15:38

3 Eric Hanson Kremlin Gildford 16:03

4 Josh Ricardi Manhattan Christian 16:04

5 Champ Falls Down Plenty Coup 16:19

6 Virgil Stewart Kremlin Gildford 16:41

7 Justin Antonich Kremlin Gildford 16:45

8 Travis Johnston Brocton Culbertson 16:52

9 Barry De Haan  Manhattan Christian 16:56

10 Mike Sveum Sunburst 16:58

11 Matthew Flat Lip Plenty Coup 17:03

12 Keven Donavan Kremlin Gildford 17:10

13 Jerome Big Hail Plenty Coup 17:19

14 Carl Sgrignoll Harrison 17:26

15 Chet Gladstone Heart Butte 17:28

16 Nat Iron Heart Heart Butte 17:31

17 Dustin Van Dyke Manhattan Christian 17:39

18 Deddie Hawley Dodson 17:40

19 Brian Mamey Dodson 17:43

20 Narsis Reevig Heart Butte 17:45

This same course (Montana runs 3 miles for both boys and girls) has been

used for the state meet for about a decade, so race records do have some

relevance.

4 Classes; AA, A, B, and C.  Largest = AA, Smallest = C.

AA Boys.  Kalispell dominated with a total score of 21 points, 3 of top 4, 4

of top 6, and their 5th runner in 8th place and a spread of only :41.  Top

finisher was Junior David Vidal who ran 14:42.  This was only 1 second off

the state record set by Jorn Grimsley in 1993 (Grimsley went on to win the

USATF Junior XC in 1993 or 1994).  Kevin Clary of Kalispell was second in

14:59, followed by Rowdy Sargeson of Helena Capital, also at 14:59.

AA Girls.  Heidi Lane of C.M. Russel in Great Falls set a new state record

at 17:45.  Heidi is only a Sophmore.

B Boys.  Casey Jermyn of Plains (Senior) ran perhaps the performance of the

day.  Winning by 62 seconds, he won in 14:55, setting a new class record

(breaking the record of 15:05 that he had set in 1998).  He was very much in

control throughout the race and finished comfortably.  I think he could have

really given Vidal a race if they had been in the same class.

Please feel free to contact me, off-list, if you would like any more

information.

Tony Banovich

Billings, Montana