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The Glasgow girls cross country team was at the Billings Invitational Aug. 27 to start their 20021 season.
The Glasgow boys cross country team was at the Billings Invitational Aug. 27 to start their 20021 season.
The Glasgow cross country team started their 2021 season at the prestigious Billings Invitational on Aug. 27. The Scotties more than held their own as they went up against some of the best schools in the state.
The boys team took ninth place overall out of 26 schools and claimed the top slot for Class B schools with 273 points. Junior Reed Larsen led the boys team, finishing in 39th with a time of 18:06.65, just barely eclipsing fellow Scottie Lane Thompson at the finish line. Thompson, also a junior, finished the race in 18:06.67.
"My first meet of the season went really well," said Larsen, "I hit a new personal record and felt good running it."
Freshman Kyler Holinde ran the race in 18:14.32 to earn 42nd place for Glasgow. Bergen Miller, Scottie senior, took 68th with his time of 18:54.59. First year runner senior Dalton Sand placed 84th after running a 19:28.59 race.
Senior Blake Lloyd finished in 21:14.25 and 111th place while junior Riley Smith earned a 121st place finish with his time of 22:03.09.
The girls team placed 14th overall out of 24 schools with 354 points. Stand-out senior Iris McKean placed seventh with a time of 19:19.53. "The first meet of the year for me went great!" enthused McKean. She added, "I'm very happy with my results, as my goal was to run sub-20 minutes, and place top 15!"
"The girls are young, but ran pretty well," said head coach Rod Karst. Freshman Tanae Baker finished in 40th place with a time of 22:22.42. Fellow freshmen Abiligail Kulczyk ran the course in 24:59.67 to finish in 91st place and Kheyerah Bilger finished in 106th with a time of 26:30.97. Sophomore Eve Stone placed 110th with at time of 27:21.71 and junior Haylly Tuner ran the race in 27:32.46 to place 114th.
McKean echoed her coach, "As far as my team's performance, I'm so proud of them. Our freshman girls really stepped up and ran 2nd, 3rd, and 4th on our team. For their first meet, that's so awesome." The Scottie senior lauded the boys team as well, "They had a great pack going on, and to have the top four runners in the 18 minutes is really impressive."
In Junior Varsity action, freshman Owen Thompson placed 130th with a time of 26:42.30 and junior Dylan Hlad ran a time of 29:09.21 for 140th place.
"Both teams ran really well, with the boys placing 9th and the girls placing 14th, and most of our boys were close in times," Larsen said, expressing pride in his fellow Scotties. The junior is looking for his team to take some state championship titles as well as setting personal records throughout the season.
On the girls side, McKean said, "This season I'm looking forward to just making the best of my senior year and be a teammate others can look up to. Our team dynamic is so special, and I'm so glad to be a part of this team!"
The Scotties will be at the Poplar Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 4, with races beginning at 10 a.m.
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