Culbertson/Bainville Earns Third Place At State Meet

Culbertson /Bainville earned hardware at the Class C state cross country meet by taking third place in Billings on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Culbertson/Bainville finished with 41 points behind only state champion Cascade with 15 points and Drummond with 26 points.

Anna Steppler, a Culbertson sophomore, ran to All-State honors for the second straight year. Steppler finished with a time of 20:31.5 for fifth place. Last season, she placed eighth at the meet at 21:22.90.

North Star’s junior Brea Sattoriva won the individual state championship with a time of 19:12.9.

Culbertson’s freshman Jaclynne Taberna placed 19th at 22:15.6. Fellow freshman Aubrey Lee ran the course in 22:42.8 for 25th place.

Ella Anderson, also a freshman, took 28th with a time of 22:57.8.

Senior Bella Petersen placed 33rd at 23:14.4. Senior Rebekah Ellerkamp was 68th at 25:24.6. Eleanor Iversen, a freshman, took 80th at 27:12.5.

Culbertson/Bainville took 12th in the team standings with 106 points in the boys’ division. Drummond won the state title with 21 points. Manhattan Christian placed second with 32 points and Cascade took third with 45 points.

Culbertson’s senior Cal Steppler finished in 24th place with a time of 18:30.9. Gunner Glas took 39th place at 19:11.5.

Arlie Purvis was 65th with a time of 20:40.7. Soren Badt took 74th at 21:26.2.

Also placing for Culbertson/ Bainville were Logan Telck in 81st at 21:52.3, Colton Glas in 88th at 22:20.4 and Roman Emerson in 105th at 23:49.1.

Froid/Lake

Froid/Lake’s boys’ team earned 13th place in the team standings.

Bryce Murray led the Red Hawks by taking 34th with a time of 18:59.9. Jacob Kalal was right behind in 35th place at 19:02.3.

Colby Parenteau finished in 96th place with a time of 22:59.2.

Leah Murray of Froid/Lake placed 89th at the state meet. The senior posted a time of 29:09.0.