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Montana Sidelines
Roundup of recent sports and outdoors news
By DILLON TABISH
Makena Morley crosses the finish line at the Foot Locker Nationals. PHOTO COURTESY OF FOOT LOCKER
MORLEY FINISHES THIRD AT FOOT LOCKER NATIONALS
Bigfork’s Makena Morley placed third and Kalispell’s Annie Hill finished eighth at the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego on Dec. 13.
Morley set the pace early and led af- ter the first mile of the 5K and crossed the finish line in 17:29 at the national championship high school cross country race.
Anna Rohrer of Indiana won in 17:13 and Ryen Frazier of North Carolina was second, 17:23.
Hill, a freshman from Glacier com- peting in her first national champion- ship race, finished in 17:52. Bigfork’s Bryn Morley, also a freshman, finished 26th, 18:33, out of 40 elite runners.
This was Makena Morley’s fourth ap- pearance at the national championship race. She placed eighth a year ago, 17:43. As a freshman, she ran 17:40 and placed ninth. As a sophomore she ran 18:12 and placed 24th.
A week after winning the Foot Lock- er Western Regional, Makena pushed the pace from the start, eager to chase a national championship. She finished her first mile in 5:19. At two miles, a small pack of girls, including Makena, was on pace for 16:40.
“I gave it my all,” she said after Satur- day’s race. “I left it all out there.”
The University of Montana, where Makena will be competing next year, sent out a news release following the race praising her performance.
“Makena wanted to win, but her oth- er goal was to lay it all out there until she had nothing left to give. She went for it and had a great race. We’re definitely proud,” said UM cross country and dis- tance coach Collin Fehr, Morley’s pri- mary recruiter and future coach.
He added, “It was good for Makena to be in that situation. Obviously she wants to win those types of races, so she needs to experience them and learn what it’s going to take to get there. She got a taste of that today.
“It’s a big compliment to her forti- tude. It’s easy to say you want to win, but when it’s clear you’re not going to, it can be easy to kind of let it go and drop way back. But she didn’t. She stayed in it and kept giving it everything she had.”
VOISIN OPTS OUT OF DEW TOUR FINALS AFTER TWEAKING KNEE Maggie Voisin was the top quali- fier for the slopestyle finals of the Dew Tour Mountain Championships at Breckenridge, Colorado, but the White- fish freeskier decided to forego her sec- ond run after tweaking her knee during competition,accordingtoFREESKIER
magazine.
Appearing in her first competition
since injuring herself at the Olympics in February, Voisin shined in the open- ing round at Breckenridge last week. She unleashed a switch 900 into a cork 900 tail to grab the top spot in the qualify- ing round of the slopestyle event. In the finals on Dec. 13, she had a slight crash after the first jump and later opted out of her second run. She said via Twitter afterward, “I’m all good just better safe then sorry.”
Keri Herman won the event.
WILCOX STEPS DOWN AS FLATHEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH
Leon Wilcox has stepped down as the volleyball coach at Flathead High School after eight seasons.
The Bravettes advanced to the Class AA state volleyball tournament every season under Wilcox and finished sec- ond in 2012. The team was 14-12 last sea- son.
Wilcox stepped down to be more in- volved with his kids, according to Flat- head Activities Director Bryce Wilson.
“Leon has done an amazing job over the past eight years,” Wilson said. “His commitment to Flathead and volleyball have been a driving force to the success of our volleyball program.”
Flathead is also searching for a new boys soccer coach.
Dan Ferguson stepped down as the Braves’ coach after two seasons. He ac- cepted a director position for a youth soccer program in Virginia, according to Wilson. The Braves were 3-12 last sea- son.
“I feel Dan has moved our program in a positive direction,” Wilson said. “He worked hard and was an incredible per- son to lead our program over the past two years.”
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