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10/24/98 at Helena MT - 3 miles, moderate difficulty

Montana State Meet

Flathead boys (23) won AA easily with entire team in top 20 (1-2-4-5-11-15-19).  The winner was so David Vidal in 14:54, fastest time of the day, catching US #41 Kevin Clary in the last 200 meters.  Clary finished fourth.  US #24 sr Travis Stehman, Kremlin-Gildford, won Class C in 14:55.  Amber Arvidson of Flathead set a new girls AA course record at 17:50, beating Heidi Lane of Great Falls CMR by one second.  But CMR beat Flathead for the team title, 54-67.

Paul Jorgensen's Report

From: Paul Jorgensen [pjorgy@digisys.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 1998 2:09 PM
To: dye@dyestat.com
Subject: Montana State XC Meet

Montana held their state meet October 24 in Helena Montana. Running conditions were perfect. The temperature was in the low 60’s with
clear skies and no wind. Helena is at an elevation of about 4200 feet. The course is moderate in difficulty. Running surface is mostly grass.
The course is 3 miles length.
The Flathead boys easily won the double A competition with a score of 23 points. They went 1-2-4-5-11-15-19. Sophomore David Vidal of
Flathead was the individual boys winner. His time of 14:54 was the fastest time of the day. Kevin Clary of Flathead led the race most of the
way but was caught in the last 200 meters and faded but still finished 4th place.
Boys AA Team Results
1. Flathead 23
2. CMR 72
3. Billings West 75
4. Helena Capital 100
5. Great Falls High 129
6. Helena High 157
7. Bozeman 194
8. Missoula Big Sky 214
9. Billings Senior 281
10. Butte 331
11. Missoula Hellgate 337
12. Missoula Sentinel 338
13. Billings Skyview 343

Boys AA Individual Results (Top 10)
1. David Vidal Flathead 14:54
2. Brett Winegar Flathead 14:56
3. Roy Dittler CMR 15:02
4. Kevin Clary Flathead 15:03
5. Seth Watkins Flathead 15:17
6. Alan King West 15:20
7. Vance Twitchell Capital 15:23
8. Andy Coats CMR 15:30
9. Zack Strong Great Falls 15:30
10. Ben Rush Capital 15:31

The CMR girls from Great Falls placed 5 in the top 16 to finish ahead of Flathead of Kalispell. (2-7-14-15-16) Junior Amber Arvidson was a
repeat winner in girls competition. She broke the course record held by Emily Nay of Helena Capital by 21 seconds with a time of 17:50. It
was a great duel between Arvidson and Freshman Heidi Lane of CMR. They matched strides for most of the way but Arvidson put on a spurt
near the end and won by one second.
Girls AA Team Results
1. CMR of Great Falls 54
2. Flathead 67
3. Bozeman 85
4. Helena High 105
5. Helena Capital 133
6. Billings Senior 136
7. Great Falls High 235
8. Butte High 253
9. Billings Skyview 255
10. Billings West 257
11. Missoula Sentinel 261
12. Missoula Big Sky 289
13. Missoula Hellgate 337