Montague's boys cross-country squad finished 27th at the Division 3
state meet Saturday in Brooklyn, led by Nolan Kessler taking 69th
place.
Kessler just barely missed equaling his personal best
time Saturday, scoring a time of 16:44.7 - six seconds more than his
regional time from a week prior.
Gibson Smith was the second
Wildcat to finish, coming in 145th place with a time of 17:27.8. Wesley
Mair cleared 18 minutes - his second time doing so in his career - and
finished 189th in a time of 17:59.8.
Also for Montague,
Matthew Leatherman placed 208th in a time of 18:24.4, and Brock Hunter
was 217th in a time of 18:39.0 to close out the scoring. Wildcats
Jonathan Mueller (241st, 19:37.5) and Carson Jasick (256th, 20:30.7)
also finished the race, with Jasick setting a new personal best.
Leatherman
is the only Wildcat senior who ran for the boys' team, so the remaining
Montague athletes will be in position to make another finals run in
2026.
