MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Western cross country teams continued their 2024 season on Friday night with the University of Montana Invite. Both teams competed in packed fields with the women's team racing to a fifth-place finish and the men's team placing fifth.
 
"Both teams had a strong performance with most of our women earning a PR or ran right around their season PR. Missoula is also a tough course, but I think they were able to stay mentally tough," Head Coach Taylor Grove said. "Olivia was able to be the fourth runner from our conference to finish. The men ran well also on the tough course and we had lots of good performances."

Results
The women's race saw the Bulldogs led by sophomore Olivia Steadman, running a race time of 20:00.6 and placing in 13th, with a 4th place finish of Frontier runners. Freshman Destiny Vogl followed behind, finishing in 34th with a time of 21:32.2, with sophomore Justene Santi close behind in 36th finishing with a time of 21:33.3. Freshmen Ruby Smith and Olivia Canney rounded out the scoring for the Bulldogs, with times of 22:05.8 and 22:15.4. 
 
Sophomore Harrison Silverio led the way for the Bulldogs with a 28:02.9 and a 41st place finish. Sophomore Brody Henry was the second fastest Bulldog runner on the night, placing 47th in a 29:20.6 time. Freshman Kreg Butler and junior Carlin Onstad were the third and fourth Bulldogs to cross the line. Butler ran a time of 29:49.3 and finished in 51st with Onstad running a 30:13.2 to finish in 54th. Freshman Noah Rovente ran a 30:31.7 to close out the scoring for UMW.
 
Kaden Hennesey and Bridger Wheeler also competed in the race. Hennesey finished with a time of 31:36.1 and Wheeler finished with a time of 32:37.6.
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs cross country season keeps rolling in Billings, Mont. with the Yellowjacket/Battlin' Bears Open on Oct. 4.
 
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