With a strong team performance at the Mountain West Classic in Missoula Saturday, Joliet boys cross country team climbed from 8th to 4th place in the Class B state rankings. Junior Auston Schellig continues to lead the way, finishing third for Class B runners with a season best 16:46.
Seniors Jack Cline and Adin Matthes also ran impressive races. Cline finished tenth and Matthes 20th in Class B. Both carved over a minute off their race times from earlier in the week, and set new personal records.
Season records were also put up by Seniors Grady Nardinger and Gavin Evertz, helping to close that time between first and last and earn the new ranking. Non-scoring runners for the Varsity Boys J-Hawks were Sophomore Wade Behm and Senior Thorlan Finley.
Varsity Girls continued to work hard as individuals. Sophomore Sophia Schellig had a repeat performance of her time earlier in the week, solidifying herself in the 23s. Sophomore Addy Bania missed the last two races, but put in a strong performance as well.
JV Boys were outstanding in the high pressure meet. All members of the team earned new season or personal records. Sophomore Carter Williams led the way for the team with a season record, followed by Senior Keith Frank, Freshman Tristan Vazquez, and Junior Reuben Miller who set new personal records. Sophomore Oliver Lewis set a season record and Freshman Evan Dye joined in with a personal record.
Not to be outdone, Senior Cloee Blain also set a season record in the JV Girls race.
The Mountain West Classic is held every year in Missoula on the University of Montana golf course, which is the same course the runners will see at the state meet. 1,772 high school runners from Montana, Washington and Idaho competed this year.
J-Hawk Results:
Varsity Boys (492 runners)
Auston Schellig, 45th Overall, 3rd Class B, 16:46.71 (Season Record)
Jack Cline, 83rd Overall, 10th Class B, 17:15.98 (Personal Record)
Adin Matthes, 155th Overall, 20th Class B, 18:01.22 (Personal Record)
Grady Nardinger, 288th Overall, 42nd Class B (Season Record)
Gavin Evertz, 337th Overall, 56th Class B (Season Record)
Wade Behm, 425th Overall, 90th Class B, 21:35.55
Thorlan Finley, 453rd Overall, 103rd Class B, 22:29.57
Varsity Girls (403 runners)
Sophia Schellig, 258th Overall, 32nd Class B, 23:38.78
Addy Bania, 318th Overall, 48th Class B, 25:04.33
JV Boys (498 runners)
Carter Williams, 202nd Overall, 13th Class B, 20:59.52 (Season Record)
Keith Frank, 295th Overall, 26th Class B, 22:13.55 (Personal Record)
Tristan Vazquez, 392nd Overall, 43rd Class B, 23:45.70 (Personal Record)
Reuben Miller, 440th Overall, 56th Class B, 25:23.60 (Personal Record)
Oliver Lewis, 481st Overall, 67th Class B, 28:28.07 (Season Record)
Evan Dye, 492nd Overall, 72nd Class B, 31:45.41 (Personal Record)
JV Girls (379 runners)
Cloee Blain, 348th Overall, 45th Class B, 31:43.89 (Season Record)
Complete results here.
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