Young cross country runners Bently DeTonacour and Kherington Adams are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

The honors come after the two won overall titles in the 2.5-mile race at the 88th running of the Butte Veterans Day Race.

DeTonacour, 13, is a seventh grader at East Middle School. He won the men’s title in the 2.5-mile race with an impressive time of 15 minutes, 57 seconds. He beat the second-place runner by nearly 4 full minutes, and the race was open to runners of all-ages.

The victory marked the first Veterans Day title for DeTonacour, who ran cross country at East this past season and now plays basketball for the Bullpups.

Adams takes home the girls’ honor after winning the women’s 2.5-mile race for the third straight year. The 15-year-old Adams is a sophomore in high school, and she runs for the Butte High cross country team.

She finished the race in 20:42. That was good enough to hold off Butte running legend Suzie Kaluza for the title.

For the third year, Leskovar Honda, home of the non-commission sales staff that always has your back, is teaming up with the ButteCast to honor the finest student-athletes from the Mining City to encourage more children to get up, get out and try all kinds of sports and activities.