Two Montague runners set new personal bests Saturday at the Division 3 state finals to end their 2024 seasons in fine fashion.
Junior Noah Raeth delivered an impressive run, breaking his previous personal best by nearly 30 seconds and finishing in 42nd place out of 265 runners. He posted a time of 16:31.6, only 16 seconds away from all-state honors.
Freshman Nolan Kessler also set a personal best, placing 70th with a time of 16:50.2. It marked the third time in Kessler's final four races of the season that he set a new personal best time.
Wildcat senior Alix Draves capped off his career with his first run at the state meet, and ended up with a time of 18:18.6, placing 220th.
Whitehall runners finish strong
Whitehall seniors Stewart Waters and Adalyn Britton got to end their careers at the Division 2 state meet Saturday and did so with strong efforts, both running the second-best times of their career after setting PRs in the regional meet.
Waters placed 41st in the boys' race, running a time of 16:06.9. Britton posted a mark of 20:09.6, and finished in 107th place.
Rockets end season at state
Reeths-Puffer runners Jersi Bilek and Gabrielle Chevez, who both will be back next season, made their second turns at the Division 1 state finals Saturday.
Bilek finished in 165th place and posted a time of 19:59.3, the sixth time this season she broke 20 minutes. Chevez followed in 182nd place and earned the second-best time of her season, 20:10.2.
