The Three Forks High School Cross Country team had an impressive showing competing against some of the top-ranked teams from all MHSA classes at last week's Bozeman Invite.
Head Coach Tara Forsberg said Bryon Fanning and Beau Johnston had excellent races placing very well for the boys' team. She added freshman Chris Harmon looked very promising in his first varsity race.
"Overall, our men looked strong," Forsberg said.
In the girls' race, Forsberg said Bella Jones and Ari Judd were the top finishers.
"The ladies have been working so hard, and I love seeing the results," Forsberg said.
Johnston finished 39th out of 187 runners with a time of 17:31.75, and Fanning was 43rd with a finish of 17:36.59. Garrett Golding was 58th with a time of 18:03.72.
Jacob Ramsey finished at 19:02.05, Cass Violett had a time of 19:07.38, Harmon finished at 20:43.40, Rhett Violett had a time of 20:59.92, and Kiai Ingraham finished the varsity race at 21:44.98.
Jones had an excellent race for Three Forks finishing 57th out of 156 runners with a time of 21:45.06. Judd was 72nd with a finish at 22:25.84.
Grace Kluin had a time of 24:22.36, Brielle Davis had a finish of 24:54.19, Devynn Judd finished at 26:06.60, Karin Williams had a time of 31:10.90, and Anna Dabling finished at 34:41.92.
"It was a great meet. It's great to see our runners up there with some of the A and AA runners, and it is such a confidence boost and gives them something to work for when we head to Missoula," Forsberg said.
Three Forks will again compete against top competition from around the state at this week's Mountain West event in Missoula.
"We will continue to work on keeping everyone healthy and pulling those back-of-the-pack runners up," she said.
MIDDLE SCHOOL RESULTS:
Girls
16. Teegan Gifford 9:14:04
38. Acie Kelley 10:20.72
44. Tadley Kelley 10:35.52
46. Emery Judd 10:38.69
47. Jayden Iddings 10:44.67
52. Dawson Petersen 11:08.32
53. Reese Lien 11:08.34
54. Hailey Zepeda 11:08.91
59. Victoria Kotter 11:25.41
61. Odessa Zepeda 11:53.63
64. Willow Rauser 12:06.20
69. Chloe Dell 12:35.12
72. Sidney Forsberg 12:46.03
74. Anna Tribble 12:50.32
80. Mollie McDaniel 13:52.61
82. Abbi Williams 15:15.83
83. Holden Peterson 16:30.81
Boys
37. David Harmon 9:16.57
58. Cannon Greene 10:20.34
62. Sean Jung 10:43.26
67. Finley Lewellen 11:21.58
68. Benson Judd 11:21.99
72. Jacoby Berg 11:50.43
73. Brock Meeks 11:58.90
75. Garrett Evans 12:47.71