Two Grizzlies in top 10 at Foster

The Rocky Mountain Middle/High School cross country team enjoyed a cool afternoon for running at the Foster Gulch Golf Course as they hosted the annual Rocky Mountain Invitational Monday afternoon.[caption id="attachment_1532" align="alignright" width="294" caption="Rocky Mountain junior Michael Bernhisel cruises along in front of a pack of runners during the Rocky Mountain Invitational Cross Country meet Monday afternoon at the Foster Gulch Golf Course. The Grizz run in Thermopolis today (Thursday). David Peck photo"][/caption]In the boys race, two Rocky Mountain runners placed in the top 10: junior Michael Bernhisel sixth with a time of 18:28 and sophomore Nate Davidson seventh at 18:33. Freshman Casey Banks just missed the top 10, finishing 11th with a time of 19:07.Rounding out the top 20 were Lance Schatz, 13th with a time of 19:30; Jake Loyning, 15th at 19:44; and Jackson Stevens, 19th at 20:32. McKay Olson ran the course in 22:26, Tanner Coleman in 22:51.In the girls race, sisters Kelly and Cassy Vezain placed 13th and 15th, respectively, with times of 24:30 and 26:12.Middle school boys and girls ran together, and Rocky’s top finisher was Josh McCracken, who placed 13th in the boys standings with a time of 13:08. Dalton Wardell was 15th at 13:24, Dominic Twomey 16th at 13:41.Zariah Tolman was strong in the girls standings, placing sixth with a time of 13:22. Jill Davidson finished 18th at 16:33, Emily Doughty 20th at 17:04 and sister Katie Doughty 21st at 17:20.Lander meetThe high school team traveled to the Lander Invitational last Thursday. Bernhisel was the top finisher for the boys in the varsity division, placing sixth with a time of 19:13.12. Davidson placed eighth at 19:19, Schatz 16th at 20:54.In the junior varsity race, Banks placed fourth with a time of 20:27, Loyning sixth at 20:55, Stevens 12th at 21:49 and Coleman 22nd at 24:01.Kelly Vezain won the JV girls race with a time of 26:08, and Cassy was second at 28:01.Bobcat InviteThe RMMS/HS team will be off to Thermopolis today (Thursday) for the Bobcat Invitational. Running is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the Legion Golf Course.By David Peck