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By DILLON TABISH
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Makena Morley BEACON FILE PHOTO
and Bank Owned Property in Northwest Montana.
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MORLEY CLAIMS THIRD team’s annual summer fun run and as a
102 Second Street East, Suite 4 CONSECUTIVE GATORADE youth athletic instructor.
CROSS COUNTRY AWARD
Whiteish, Montana 59937
Makena Morley has claimed her IN FINAL OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
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third consecutive Gatorade Montana EVENTS, VOISIN IN TIGHT
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Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year CONTENTION FOR SOCHI

www.GNREB.com award. The Gatorade Company, in col- It’s down to the inal two events for
laboration with USA TODAY High Olympic hopeful Maggie Voisin. The
www.MontanaBankOwned.com
School Sports, announced the 2013-2014 15-year-old Whiteish skier is among
award on Jan. 8.
ive high-ranking athletes vying for four
As expected, the Bigfork junior spots on the irst-ever U.S. Freeskiing
earned the formal distinction as the best Olympic Team.
cross country runner in Montana yet The inal qualifying events are Jan.
again. Morley captured eighth place at 17-18 in Park City, Utah. After that,

the national Foot Locker Cross Country Mike Jankowksi, head coach of the U.S.
Championships with a time of 17:43 this Freeskiing team, will select the best rid- Putting Our
past season, earning All-American hon- ers based on their top two inishes. He
ors. She won the Foot Locker West Re- told ESPN he plans on bringing four fe-
gional championships in 18:05 in addi- male competitors in the slopestyle event
tion to placing second at the Nike Cross to Sochi, Russia, for the Winter Games.
Community First
Nationals Northwest Regional in 17:36. Voisin is tied for third with two oth-
She also won a third consecutive Class ers in the oicial slopestyle standings.

B individual state championship with an She’s tallied 140 points along with Mis-
all-state record time of 16:35.31.
soula’s Darian Stevens and Grete Elias- As your next Representative from Kalispell,
“She is the best female runner in sen. Keri Herman sits in second place
Montana,” Paul Jorgensen, Flathead with 160 points and Devin Logan is I will make the following my top priorities:
High’s hall of fame distance running ranked irst with 180. Logan is the lone
coach, said in a statement with the award skier to achieve the minimum two po-
announcement. “She set course records dium inishes necessary for team eligi- Leadership
Leadership is about results. I have served in leadership roles with
on most courses she ran on in Montana. bility.
proven results from Kalispell to Afghanistan. As your legislator I
Morley also made it to the national Foot Voisin has already achieved one po- will be an advocate for you and the people of this valley.
Locker Cross Country Championships dium inish and needs to land as high on
again and did well. Plus, she is a great kid the podium as possible at both events to Jobs & Commerce
who always has a smile on her face.”
clinch a spot on the Olympic team.
Morley is Montana’s second female Last week she opted out of the third I will work to bring living wage jobs to Kalispell and our region.
runner to win the Gatorade cross coun- Olympic qualifying event in Brecken- Tax Relief
try award three times. Heidi Turner of ridge, reportedly due to lingering sore-
Our State Government has
Bozeman won the award from 2007- ness. She was the top-ranked rider at had record surpluses. Isn’t
2009. The award was established for the time. The Grand Prix Freeskiing it time the politicians in
cross country in 2007. The Gatorade event was eventually canceled because Helena gave some of
award recognizes outstanding athletic of heavy snow and results from the our dollars back?
excellence, high standards of academic qualifying round counted as the inal re-
achievement and exemplary character sults, giving Herman the victory. Logan Education
demonstrated on and of the racecourse.
earned third.
The highest quality educa-
tion for our children must
Morley has maintained a 4.0 GPA That leaves this week’s inal two be one of Montana’s top
in the classroom and ranks irst in her events in Park City to determine who’s priorities. It is about our
graduating class, according to the an- going to Sochi. The events are scheduled future.
nouncement. In addition to volunteer- to be broadcast on NBC or NBCSN. Live
ing as part of multiple community-ser- coverage will also be available on Dew-
vice initiatives on behalf of a leadership Tour.com and Grand Prix with the USSA
course, she has donated her time to her
Network on YouTube.

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