Lindsey Branch, UMW Sports Information
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Montana Western cross country teams closed out their season at the Frontier Conference Championships this afternoon in Billings, Mont. The Bulldogs competed hard, earning numerous personal records and an all-conference selection.
Olivia Steadman earned all-conference honors for the second time in her career, this time as a sophomore for the women’s team.
“We had really strong performances on both the women’s and men’s side of the race. For our women, Olivia was able to place tenth earning all-conference while our two through four all ran season bests of over a minute,” Head Coach Taylor Grove said. “Our men’s team was able to work together, pushing each other to earn a lot of season PRs as well. It was a great way to finish the season and leaves me and the team excited for next season.”
Results
The women’s race saw the Bulldogs led by sophomore Olivia Steadman, running a race time of 23:27.8 and placing in 10th in the race with a season personal best time. Freshman Destiny Vogl followed behind, finishing in 18th with a time of 24:27.70 with her own personal best time. Sophomore Justene Santi set a personal record with her time of 24:33.20 and a 20th place finish. Freshman Ruby Smith and Olivia Canney rounded out the scoring team with a 23rd place finish and a 32nd place finish, with Smith recording her own personal record with a time of 24:46.60. Outside of the scoring five were Kylee Wyatt (35th, 21:41) and Lily Wickum (36th, 29:06.90). Wyatt also recorded a personal record in the race.
On the men’s side, sophomore Harrison Silverio led the way for the Bulldogs with a time of 27:02.00 and a 20th place finish with a season personal record time. Sophomore Brody Henry came in next with a season personal record time of 28:15.30 and a 30th place finish. Junior Carlin Onstad and Noah Rovente were the third and fourth Bulldogs to cross the line. Onstad ran a time of 28:34.80 and finished in 33rd with Rovente running a 29:27.20 to finish in 37th and recording a personal best mark. Sophomore Kaden Hennessey ran a career best 29:38.60 to close out the scoring for UMW and place 38th. Bridger Wheeler and Kreg Butler also ran in the race, finishing in back to back spots in 40th and 41st. Wheeler finished with a career best time of 30:04.40 and Butler finished with a time of 30:09.20.
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