Blue Pony harriers race at home

The Havre High cross country teams were on home soil this past Saturday as they played host to the annual Havre Invitational at Prairie Farms Golf Course.

The Havre girls took home first place honors with 38 points as 13 teams took part in the event. The Havre boys finished fifth overall. The boys meet was captured by Poplar as 18 teams competed on the boys side.

Havre High's Hailey Gingery finished third individually with a 21:18.4 to lead the way for the Blue Ponies. Marley Springer and Ela Harbor took 10th and 12th place, respectively, followed by Gracie Shandorf and Paige Anderson nearly 11 seconds apart for 15th and 16th place. Havre's strong showing helped them finish ahead of Glasgow, Poplar, Harlem, and Fairfield-Choteau, which rounded out the Top 5.

On the boys side, Havr's Mason Gregoire led the Blue Ponies with a fifth-place finish with a time of 17:53.7. Brayden Nimmick finished 23rd, Koby Preputin was 25th, Cesar Lara was 33rd, Eric Messinger finished 37th and Wyatt Anderson was 46th.

The Blue Pony cross country teams will return to action this Friday when they travel to the Fergus Invite in Lewistown.