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MISSOULA – The Blackhawk cross country team raced in their closest meet of the year at the Missoula City Meet held at Linda Vista Golf Course Oct. 15. They competed against the double A Schools and three other C Schools. With the quick turn around from the Arlee meet, the only Blackhawks to set new personal records were Sariah Maughan and Jayla Kauffman. Maughan finished 17th out of a field of 113 girls in a time of 21:14.54, a 6:51 mile pace. Kauffman finished 85th in a time of 27:57.62, a 9:01...
ARLEE – For the first time this season, a full Blackhawk team of five girls traveled to Arlee for the Arlee Fish Hatchery Challenge Oct. 10. While the meet in the past has always been for Class B and C schools, this year Class A schools joined the race with strong teams from Hamilton and Ronan. The Lady Blackhawks missed the gold by one point finishing second to Hamilton. The team knew that this meet would be a challenge on a very difficult course. They were up for it as they set new personal r...
MISSOULA – At the final meet before state, the Seeley-Swan High School Cross County finally had their entire team of eight together. On the Linda Vista Golf Course in Missoula Oct. 10, most of the athletes set new personal records. As a team, the girls varsity placed first and the boys varsity came in second for Class C. In the middle school race all of the athletes posted a new PR and Emily Maughan placed first, 48 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor Varsity Boys – 3.2 miles The boys wel...
THOMPSON FALLS – Despite the challenging uphill finish, Seeley-Swan High School junior Jayla Kauffman and freshman Chase Haines set new personal records at the cross country meet in Thompson Falls Sept. 20. Eighth-grader Emily Maughan maintained her undefeated title in the 2-mile Middle School race. Varsity Boys – 3.1 miles Freshman Chase Haines make a comeback from a foot problem. He ran a relaxed 7:27 mile pace finishing in 23:07, beating Isaac Fisher of Arlee by 27 seconds. This is a 55 sec...
MISSOULA – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks ran the new 5K course at Big Sky High School for the first time this year at the Missoula Couches Invite Aug. 30. The runners came out strong for their first race and are looking forward to a great season. Due to the smoke last year, the team missed last year's new 5K race. I was anxious to see how the course had changed. Starting out on the northeast corner of the Westside Little League fields and racing around the grassy knoll, they abruptly took a r...
KALISPELL – The Blackhawks Cross Country team placed two runners in the top 15 medal winners at the state meet held at the Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Mont. Oct. 22. Cera Strumpfer placed ninth with a personal best of 20:28.97. She ran a very fast 6:22 first mile time. Logan Maughan finished 10th with a time of 17:12.31 passing six runners at the end. Running in only his third race of the year, Avery Smith knocked 1:06 off his best time. Playing in a football game the night before, sleeping in h...
MISSOULA - It must have been the sunny crisp fall day and the gentle rolling Linda Vista Golf Course as the Blackhawk Cross Country team posted their best times of the season. For the Ladies, Amber Springer claimed a whopping personal record (PR) of 2:22 improvement and qualified for state with a time of 34:09. Elizabeth Done ran faster than her State time last season and Cera Strumpfer is coming closer to hers. The boys' team took first for the C schools followed by Darby in second and Charlo...
HELENA - It's always exciting to run in the 7 on 7 races, especially against Bozeman High School, the largest AA school in the state that usually wins boys and girls state cross country. Each school puts in their number one girl and boy runners in Race 1 and so forth down to Race 7, with their top seven runners. Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) did not have a runner for each race. However the boys still took third in the C Division without Cameron Haines and Avery Smith. Beginning with Race 7,...
The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) Cross Country Varsity Team competed in two meets this week, the first in Thompson Falls, Mont. Sept. 29 and the second in Hamilton, Oct. 1. The Seeley Lake Middle School runners joined the team at the Hamilton meet on Saturday. Thompson Falls Invite The SSHS Cross Country Team competed on a very warm day at Thompson Falls Golf Course Thursday, Sept. 29. Varsity and junior varsity boys (162 runners) and 111 girls from A, B and C schools competed. Nearly all the...
MISSOULA – Cool fall temperatures favored "cool" running results from the Seeley-Swan High School Blackhawks Cross Country team Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Mountain West Meet in Missoula. The Blackhawks competed against many large teams from Montana, Washington and Idaho. Every member on the team scored a season personal record (PR) and/or a personal best. The boys team had seven runners at the meet, a first for the Blackhawks. They ran in the varsity race of 410 runners. They placed second a...
RONAN - The Seeley-Swan High School boys Cross Country team did well at their meet in Ronan, Mont. Thursday, Sept. 15. This meet marked the first time that we have had six boy runners compete on the team. It takes five runners to be considered a team when competing against AA, A and B schools. The top five SSHS boy finishers ran in a group, separating out in the last mile. The boys beat Darby, Arlee, Charlo and Granite and placed sixth against the larger schools. The team is hopeful it will...
KALISPELL – The Seeley-Swan High School Cross Country teams got their first chance to run on the State Cross Country course, Sept. 9 at the Flathead Invitational Meet at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Mont. All of the SSHS athletes ran season personal records (PRs). The course includes one and a half mile loops including a long hill with a finish downhill. The uneven ground cause some rolled ankles. The athletes received print-outs that posted each mile time as well as pace and finish times. This w...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) Cross County team began their season this week with the largest team they have had, seven boys and four girls. Their first meet was the Big Sky Invitational in Missoula, Sept. 1. Logan Maughan, Cameron Haines, Lane Mackie-Wendell and Logan Robinson return this year for the boys and Cera Strumpfer and Elizabeth Done are back on the team for the girls. Avery Smith joined the high school team after running with the middle school last year. Cordell...
