BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Montana Western Cross Country teams got the 2024 season underway this evening with the highly competitive MSU Bobcat Twilight Meet.

Five Bulldog women competed in the women's 5k race. Sophomore Olivia Steadman had a great race with a 27th place finish. She recorded a time of 19:28.1. Freshman Ruby Smith followed in 52nd with a time of 21:15.0. Sophomore Justene Santi found herself just a few placed behind Smith, finishing in 56th with a time of 21:33.6. Freshmen Destiny Vogl (58th, 21:51.7) and Olivia Canney (64th, 22:39.9) rounded out the scoring five.

In the men's 5k race, junior Harrison Silverio was the top finisher for the Bulldogs with a 56th place finish with a time of 16:58.4. Sophomore Brody Henry followed in 59th with his own race time of 17:15.3. Freshman Kreg Butler finished in 62nd with a time of 17:32.7. Junior Carlin Onstad (66th, 17:40.7) and freshman Noah Rovente (70th, 18:14.2) rounded out the top five for the Bulldogs.
 
Sophomore Kaden Hennessey and freshman Bridger Wheeler also competed in the race. Hennessey finished in 72nd with a time of 18:37.9. Wheeler followed in 74th with his time of 19:35.0.
 
The Bulldogs will take a week to prepare and will face off with Frontier competition on Sept. 9 at the Tony Banovich Invitational in Butte, Mont.

 
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