Havre cross country competes in the Capital City 7 on 7

Throughout most of the season, the Havre High cross country teams will compete in regular meets where the runners race together as a team. But on Thursday in Helena, the Blue Ponies competed in the Capital City 7 of 7, where the top seven runners from the HHS boys and girls teams competed individually.

There were seven races each on the boys and girls side on Thursday. An individual Pony competed in each race depending on their personal record for the team. For example, the runner with the best time competed in the first race. Then the runner with the second-best time this season ran in the second race and so on and so forth.

As they competed by themselves, the Ponies put their best foot forward in their races. In the ones race, Caleb Tomac ran for the Ponies as he posted a time of 16:32.83 to finish eighth out of 32 runners. In the twos race, Brody Henry finished 23rd with a time of 18:44.40. In the threes race, Zack May represented Havre as he finished with a time of 18:32.82 to take 23rd in the race.

In the fours race, Ezra Goldhahn took 26th with a time of 19:12.28. In the fives race, Mason Gregoire took 27th with a finish of 20:10.13. In the six race, Dylan Kunz finished 35th with a time of 21:33.09. And lastly in the sevens race, Dodson Corner took 33rd with a time of 22:09.45.

On the girls side, Hailey Gingery ran in the ones race. She finished 12th with a time of 20:36.42. In the twos race, Jayla Meldrum took 14th with a time of 21:33.33. Paige Anderson ran in the threes race and she took 21st with a time of 23:07.32.

In the fours race for the girls, Clara Haslem finished 18th with a time of 22:59.09. In the fives race, Hannah Kinsella took 20th with a time of 23:52.57. Gracie Shandorf ran in the six race with a time of 24:04.95 to take 19th. Ariel Ost ran in the sevens race as she finished 18th with a time of 24:05.61.

The HHS cross country teams will wrap up the regular season with the Malta Invitational this Saturday.