By Kim Staudinger
The Havre girls cross country team took advantage of three runners placing in the top 10 Saturday afternoon at the Montana State University-Northern's campus to come away with the Central A Divisional title.
Havre not only had the third, fourth and fifth place runners, but also had the 11th and 12th finishers to run away with the first-place trophy.
Havre head coach Kim Ray said since the divisional meet is not sponsored by the Montana High School Association, Havre had to buy the trophies for the weekend, which may have been motivation for her girls to run well.
"They kind of joked about it all week," she said. "They wanted to keep the trophy here since we paid for it."
Lewistown, who Havre focused on beating all week, also had three girls in the top 10, but Havre's 11th and 12th runners finished ahead of the Eagles' fourth runner, sealing the win for the Ponies.
"Katie Siebrasse did a wonderful job of finally finishing ahead of Lewistown's top runner and so did Alicia Rundquist," Ray said.
Ray also mentioned Jenna Baltrusch's fourth-place finish, taking nearly 40 seconds off her time from last week.
"Jenna is going to help us a lot at state," Ray said mentioning that Baltrusch said she "got that feeling back" Saturday. "She looks like her old self out there. She just needs to be confident."
Alicia Rundquist finished third overall with a time of 20:24.9, followed by Baltrusch in fourth (20:49) and Katie Siebrasse in fifth (20:57.6). Maureen Porter finished in 11th and 12th with times of 21:24.9 and 21:37.6, respectively. Shannon Newth took 17th for the Ponies with a 21:58.3 and Emily Kostelecky, running in her first varsity race, placed 23rd with a time of 23:18.2.
"Shannon finally ran under a 22," Ray said. "They looked real determined to stay together and ran an excellent race. It was a real positive meet for the kids to end on going into state. I am really proud of the team."
Ray also said she was impressed with her team not giving up points and seconds at the line, something they struggled with last week. Ray said the girls need to continue that trend to be competitive next weekend.
"If they stick together as close as they did this weekend, we'll be sitting good for next weekend," she said.
GIRLS VARSITY RESULTS:
1. Wasewi Shawl, Browning, 19:56.6; 2. MacKenzie Sherburne, Browning, 20:09.6; 3. Alicia Rundquist, Havre, 20:24.9; 4. Jenna Baltrusch, Havre, 20:49; 5. Katie Siebrasse, Havre, 20:57.6; 6. Kristen Mantooth, Lewistown, 21:05.7; 7. Elisha Cassan, Anaconda, 21:09.6; 8. Candice Rodriguez, Lewistown, 21:16.1; 9. Crystine Miller, Lewistown, 21:24.9; 10. Shayna Schildt, Browning, 21:37.6; 11. Maureen Porter, Havre, 21:41.5; 12. Nikki Dibblee, Havre, 21:44.3; 13. Heather Parks, Park, 21:47.1; 14. Alyssa Raney, Park, 21:52.9; 15. Caitlin Digiovine, Butte Central, 21:56.5; 16. Jamey Stogsdill, Lewistown, 21:57.5; 17. Shannon Newth, Havre, 21:58.3; 18. Lisa Minnehan, Anaconda, 22:16.1; 19. Hannah Clark, Park, 22:30.4; 20. Kala Flentie, Lewistown, 22:37.4; 21. Nicole Goeden, Dillon, 23:04.7; 22. Jana Robertson, Lewistown, 23:11.7; 23. Emily Kostelecky, Havre, 23:18.2; 24. Lacey Conner, Lewistown, 23:33.1; 25. Andrea Huber, Anaconda, 23:47.9; 26. Kezlee Huffaker, Dillon, 23:51.3; 27. Tera Hert, Belgrade, 23:55.2; 28. Autumn Durfey, Park, 23:58.3; 29. Kaydee Skattum, Park, 24:05.2; 30. Nikolle Dorsey, Browning, 24:10.4; 31. Kisa Kron, Park, 24:26.5; 32. Rebekah Schaeffer, Anaconda, 24:29.4; 33. Sara Craghan, Belgrade, 24:31.8; 34. Ali Havig, Dillon, 24:38.4; 35. Katie Badford, Belgrade, 24:40.9; 36. Caroline Pihl, Park, 24:42.1; 37. Stephanie Bull Child, Browning, 24:47.8; 38. Amanda Heavy Runner, Browning, 24:54.3; 39. Kim Ankerpont, Browning, 24:54.3; 40. Dez Cook, Anaconda, 24:58.8; 41. Tysa Tramc, Belgrade, 25:08.2l 42. Tiffany Hansen, Belgrade, 25:12.5; 43. Annie Liepheimer, Anaconda, 25:38.1; 44. Debbie Ward, Belgrade, 28:10.8.
BOYS VARSITY RESULTS:
1. Brian Tucker, Browning, 17:09.4; 2. Carl Trombley, Browning, 17:22.4; 3. Robert Crosscuns, Browning, 17:31.8; 4. Thomas Higgins, Browning, 17:37.6; 5. Ryan Running Crane, Browning, 17:40.4; 6. McKenzie Rides at the Door, Browning, 17:43; 7. Thunder Harris, Browning, 17:53.7; 8. Joe Hensleich, Belgrade, 17:56.8; 9. J.D. Caddekk, Anaconda, 18:12.8; 10. Josh Stenseth, Park, 18:15.5; 11. Mike Crowe, Butte Central, 18:19.3; 12. J.T. Doering, Dillon, 18:35.7; 13. Ben Knight, Belgrade, 18:38; 14. Kyle Bebee, Dillon, 18:48.7; 15. Eddy Amberg, Anaconda, 18:49.5; 16. Matt Ward, Belgrade, 18:52; 17. Hilton Clark, Park, 18:59.4; 18. Colt Lapham, Dillon, 19:00; 19. Scott Stoppel, Belgrade, 19:10.6; 20. T.J. Helm, Belgrade, 19:19.2; 21. Trevor Jullings, Belgrade, 19:35.3; 22. Tyler Benvenga, Park, 19:39.6; 23. Jamal Buffington, Dillon, 19:45.2; 24. Seren Mundt, Belgrade, 19:45.6; 25. Brian Carlson, Park, 19:59.4; 26. Kevin Dee, Anaconda, 20:11.1; 27. Warren Dobney, Anaconda, 20:25.7; 28. Adam Vauthier, Anaconda, 20:29.2; 29. Tony Cramer, Anaconda, 20:49.2; 30. Tim Gross, Dillon, 21:08; 31. Cory Mayer, Park, 21:13.9; 32. Jared Schlender, Dillon, 21:26.1; 33. Jacob Bausch, Park, 21:56.2; 34. Keith Poeschl, Park, 22:05.3; 35. Cory Kump; Butte Central, 22:14.3; 36. Samer Najjar, Anaconda, 22:35.2; 37. Matt Curran, Butte Central, 25:09.
