Scotties Bring Home Three All-State XC Finalists

Coach Rod Karst finished his Scottie cross country coaching career this past Saturday in Missoula at the MHSA State XC Championships. His crew brought home three All-State finishes: Reed Larsen taking sixth in the Class B boys race with Tanae Baker and Emily See finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the girls race.

The Scottie girls took fourth place out of 37 Class B schools with 148 points. They trailed Columbus, 91; Manhattan, 96, and Red Lodge, 129. Glasgow's boys team took seventh with 206 points. They finished behind St. Ignatius, 63; Three Forks, 112; Jefferson, 129; Manhattan, 156; Columbus, 164, and Joliet, 185.

Sophomore Baker paced the girls team with a time of 19:43.89 for her third place, out of 150 runners, and All-State finish, her second in as many years. Scottie junior See took fourth and her second All-State finish with a time of 19:45.79, less than two seconds behind her teammate. The Scottie junior missed last season due to a broken ankle.

Kimber Dulaney, Riley Evenson-Glasoe and Caylen Jankowski all made their debut appearances at the state meet this season. Freshman Dulaney took 38th place with a time of 22:39.20. Sophomore Evenson-Glasoe, in her first high school season, took 53rd place at 23:14.56. Freshman Jankowski was hot on her heels in 54th place with a time of 23:15.36.

Sophomore Kheyerah Bilger ran a 24:11.52 which put her in 79th place. Senior Haylly Turner closed out her high school career with an 82nd place finish at a time of 24:36.96.

Senior Larsen earned his second All-State finish this season after his first last year with a seventh place finish. This season he ran a 16:58.55 for sixth place out of 182 competitors.

Sophomore Kyler Holinde ran the course in 18:16.64 to put him in 27th place. Senior Lane Thompson concluded his Scottie cross country career with an 18:21.01 race time. He finished in 33rd place.

In his debut state cross country meet, KJ Ingram placed 53rd with a time of 18:58.88. Also making their first appearance at the state meet were sophomore Ted See and freshman Kyler Whitman. T. See took 87th place with a time of 19:49.90 while Whitman ran a 20:14.03 for 103rd place. Junior Eli Feezell finished in 110th place at 20:24.99.

Karst concludes his 27-year Scottie cross country coaching career with 25 years as head coach with seven girls State Championships, seven boys State trophies and 59 All-State performances from his athletes.