Montana men, women each have high finishers in Lewiston

Saturday, October 8

Lewiston, Idaho

11:30 AM (MT)

Montana

LC State Invitational

Photo by: Trasie Humble

Montana men, women each have high finishers in Lewiston

10/8/2022 7:49:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Women's Results Men's Results

By: Montana Sports Information

LEWISTON, Idaho – Montana had two high finishes at the 2022 LC State Invitational, with Annie Hill placing fourth in the women's 5k (17:22) and Rogelio Mares finishing sixth in the men's 8k (24:53). Overall, the Griz men and women – who both were competing without some of their top runners – finished in third place, behind Idaho and Gonzaga and ahead of Bushnell, Central Washington, Eastern Oregon, Lewis-Clark State and Willamette.

Hill, who is in her first season at Montana after beginning her collegiate career at Colorado, had a strong performance for the second week in a row. Last week, she won the Montana Open with a time of 17:13.

Of the 63 female runners on Saturday, Montana had five place in the top 25, with Bridget Boyle (18:20, 13^th), Iris McKean (18:48, 17^th), Kayla Ingraham (18:52, 18^th) and Shay Pederson (19:09, 23^rd) joining Hill.

Hill and Boyle were right in line with last week's times, while Pederson ran a lifetime best by 16 seconds.

Will Dauenhauer (25:15) placed 14^th out of 79 male runners, with Cooper Morris (25:37, 25^th), Brady Woods (26:02, 31^st) and Colin Shaules (26:19, 37^th) also finishing in the top half.

The Grizzlies will now have a couple weeks to recuperate before traveling to Spokane, Washington, for the 2022 Big Sky Conference Championships (Oct. 29).