Cross Country September 23, 2026 Claire Gay, UMW Sports Information

UMW Cross Country Heads to Butte Invitational

DILLON, Mont. – The Montana Western men's and women's cross-country teams travel just up I-15 to Butte, Mont., Thursday to compete at the Butte Invitational hosted by Montana Tech. The meet is hosted at Highland View Golf Course.

SCHEDULE
Men's 8k – 3:30 p.m. MT
Women's 6k – 4:15 p.m. MT

RESULTS
Live Results can be found here.

TURNING BACK TIME
The last time the Bulldogs competed in Butte was the 2022 Tony Banovich Invitational, where the men's team finished second.

The top women's finishers for UMW were Araceli Ramirez and Morgan Baseley, who placed fifth and sixth, respectively.

On the men's side there were three top-10 finishes. Jonathan Harrison came in second, followed by Brant Heiner (seventh) and Luke Lutz (ninth).

LAST TIME OUT
The women's team placed eighth and the men's team took 10th at the Montana Invite in Missoula, Mont., last week.

Natalee Stevens was the top Bulldog women's finisher, clocking a 20:17.4 in the 5k to take 39th.

Ryker Zuffelato ran to a 27:58.1 in the men's 8k, finishing 63rd as the top UMW men's runner.

MAKING A STATEMENT
Natalee Stevens has been the top Western women's runner in each of her first two collegiate meets.

ZOOMIN' ZUFFELATO
Freshman Ryker Zuffelato finished atop the Bulldog men's standings for the first time in just his second collegiate meet.

CAEL WAS COOKING
Cael Thilmony ran a 28:10.6 in the 8k at the Montana Invite, beating his previous personal best (28:57.5) by over 45 seconds.

THE LINEUP
Competing for the women's team in Butte are Cadence Cameron, Taylor Gable, Abbi Lemelin, Madison Lohmeyer, Tiara Norris, SheaLee Novak, Kaelyn Sangray, Justene Santi, Natalee Stevens, and Kylee Wyatt

Kreg Butler, Taylor Graham, Brody Henry, Gavin Jasper, Mason Lynch, Blake Olson, Noah Rovente, Cael Thilmony, Tristan Von Bargen, and Ryker Zuffelato will take the course for me men's team.

THE OPPOSITION
Seven collegiate programs will compete at the meet, including Montana Tech, Carroll, MSU-Billings, MSU-Northern, Providence, Rocky Mountain, and Western.

ON DECK
Following the Butte Invitational, the Bulldogs will travel to Billings, Mont., for the Yellow Jacket/ Battlin' Bears Open.

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