Whitefish girls are Western A x-country champs

by The Daily Inter Lake
| October 17, 2017 4:00 AM

FRENCHTOWN — The Whitefish girls edged Corvallis for the Western A divisional cross country title on Saturday, preventing a sweep of the team titles by the Blue Devils.

Polson’s Beatrix Frissell outlegged a pair of Hamilton runners by four seconds to win the individual title and Pirates teammate Naima Crowl finished fifth in 19:21. Whitefish, led by Ella Greenberg in sixth, placed four runners in the top 15 to pull together a top team score.

Polson finished third, 11 points back, despite placing three runners in the top nine. Columbia Falls was seventh and Libby eighth.

The Columbia Falls boys finished third overall, well behind Corvallis, which won the team title by 31 points. Corvallis’ Anders Watt won the individual title by four seconds in 16:20.8 and the Devils placed four scorers in the top 17.

Gabe Knudsen finished fifth in 16:32.2 to lead three Wildcats in the top 14. Polson’s Quin Stewart finished 11th and Whitefish’s Miles Vrentas 15th.

Polson finished sixth as a team, Whitefish eighth and Libby 10th.

Fall Classic Western A Divisional

At King Ranch

GIRLS

Team Results — 1, Whitefish 72; 2, Corvallis 75; 3, Polson 83; 4, Hamilton 116; 5, Dillon 131; 6, Frenchtown 142; 7, Columbia Falls 165; 8, Libby 220; 9, Browning 222; 10, Stevensville 257. No score: Ronan, Butte Central.

Individual Top 20 — 1, Beatrix Frissell, Polson, 18:36.6; 2, Lyric DeVries, Hamilton, 18:40.4; 3, Brynnli Poulsen, Hamilton, 18:46.5; 4, Kailee McCready, Corvallis, 19:13.1; 5, Naima Crowl, Polson, 19:21.2; 6, Ella Greenberg, Whitefish, 19:55.5; 7, Abby Sherwood, Frenchtown, 20:00.4; 8, Lilli Day, Corvallis, 20:08.4; 9, Molly Sitter, Polson, 20:15.7; 10, Lizzy Mattson, Frenchtown, 20:16.7; 11, Lara Erickson, C. Falls, 20:18.1; 12, Linsey Brooks, Ronan, 20:18.1; 13, Jessica Henson, Whitefish, 20:22.6; 14, Katie Arterburn, Whitefish, 20:36; 15, Josephine Vardell, Whitefish, 20:38; 16, Lauren Thorstenson, Libby, 20:28.7; 17, Genevieve Delorme, C. Falls, 20:43.1; 18, Ti’el Lochridge, Dillon, 20:45.5; 19, Kara Wissenbach, Corvallis, 20:46.9; 20, Madalen Shipman, Dillon, 20:54.2.

BOYS

Team Results — 1, Corvallis 56; 2, Frenchtown 87; 3, Columbia Falls 92; 4, Browning 116; 5, Dillon 140; 6, Polson 141; 7, Hamilton 150; 8, Whitefish 159; 9, Ronan 187; 10, Libby 328. No score: Stevensville, Butte Central.

Individual Top 20 — 1, Anders Watt, Corvallis, 16:20.8; 2, Tyler Schmautz, Frenchtown, 16:24.8; 3, Matt Wilson, Hamilton, 16:26.6; 4, Jake Jessop, Corvallis, 16:31.4; 5, Gabe Knudsen, C. Falls, 16:32.2; 6, Sam Telling, Dillon, 16:35.4; 7, Grant Martin, Corvallis, 16:56.4; 8, Brock Rugg, Frenchtown, 16:59.7; 9, Joe Lamb, C. Falls, 17:03.1; 10, Phillip Sunrhodes, Browning, 17:05.8; 11, Quin Stewart, Polson, 17:06; 12, Luke Lutz, Frenchtown, 17:06.8; 13, James Normandeau, Ronan, 17:12.2; 14, James Role, C. Falls, 17:16.7; 15, Miles Vrentas, Whitefish, 17:21; 16, Justin Burd, Browning, 17:27.1; 17, Spencer Jessop, Corvallis, 17:34.5; 18, Derek Sharp, Browning, 17:34.9; 19, Chaidh Lochridge, Dillon, 17:36.6; 20, Dylan Cervelli, Dillon, 17:40.5.