MIDWAY, Utah-Thursday afternoon, the 3-A, 5-A and 6-A cross country championships occurred at Soldier Hollow in Midway.
For the 3-A girls, Morgan took the state championship which is the Trojans’ third consecutive state title and third overall in school history.
The Trojans posted a score of 49 with North Sanpete placing second with a score of 78.
The rest of the schools finished as follows:
Carbon-3rd place (86)
Manti-4th place (90)
Richfield-5th place (143)
Grantsville-6th place (145)
Union-7th place (149)
Judge-8th place (195)
Emery-9th place (215)
Grand senior Kylah Ricks (20:00.50) won the individual state title.
North Sanpete freshman Mari Briggs (21:40.30) placed third.
Her Hawks teammates finished as follows:
Senior Tamsin Stewart (14th place, 23:07.50), sophomore Madelyn Christensen (23rd place, 23:57.80), junior Aubry Cook (24th place, 24:00.50), freshman Jocelyn Stewart (31st place, 24:31.20), sophomore Tylee Henrie (44th place, 25:32.30) and junior Rachael Jones (45th place, 25:46.70).
Manti junior Fiel Woods (21:43.80) placed fourth.
Her Templars teammates finished as follows:
Sophomore Keltsy Fowles (11th place, 22:37.10), sophomore Isabella Knudsen (26th place), freshman Cami Merrill (27th place, 24:15.00), sophomore Kaylee Gowans (39th place, 25:15.10) senior Savannah Withers (49th place, 26:10.70) and junior Alice Grover (52nd place, 26:27.30).
Delta was paced by sixth-place finisher, senior Kayli Baker (22:10.70) and sophomore Paige Curtis (22:17.10) who placed eighth.
Richfield senior Jamie Holt (22:13.10) placed 7th.
Her Wildcats teammates finished as follows:
Senior Nora Foster (34th place, 25:01.00), senior Annalee Thompson (36th place, 25:03.00), senior Karlee Thomas (37th place, 25:08.90), junior Elena Torgerson (51st place, 26:25.90), junior Hannah Steele (64th place, 28:28.20) and junior Addison Barclay (71st place, 30:04.40).
For the 3-A boys, Emery took the state title. This is the Spartans’ second all-time state title and first since 2017.
The Spartans posted a score of 66, edging second-place Richfield as the Wildcats netted a score of 67.
The rest of the 3-A schools finished as follows:
Morgan-3rd place (78)
Union-4th place (114)
Judge-5th place (116)
Carbon-6th place (143)
Manti-7th place (153)
North Sanpete-8th place (226)
Juab-9th place (245)
Grantsville-10th place (248).
Morgan senior Gabe Sargent took the individual state title, finishing in a time of 17:34.10.
Richfield sophomore Richard Crane placed second overall (17:43.10).
His Wildcats teammates finished as follows:
Sophomore Tyler Winters (17th place, 19:08.30), senior Tyler Johnson (18th place, 19:09.00), senior Mason Solt (20th place, 19:09.50), junior Tyler Saunders (22nd place, 19:15.50), junior Cannon Anderson (29th place, 19:27.60) and junior Keenan Janke (31st place, 19:31.10).
Delta senior John McLaws (18:53.50) finished 11th and was the only Rabbit to compete at the state event.
Juab was paced by senior Dason Day (18:55.70) who finished in 13th place.
His Wasps teammates finished as follows:
Sophomore Talmage Day (49th place, 20:19.10), sophomore Jackson Hanks (67th place, 21:47.10), junior Thomas Covington (71st place, 22:19.30), junior Jackson Baxter (74th place, 22:41.30), senior Alex Bronson (76th place, 22:54.00) and sophomore Luke Bender (77th place, 23:00.70).
South Sevier senior Blake Vellinga (18:59.70) placed 14th overall. Vellinga was the only Ram to compete at this state event.
North Sanpete was led by senior Gage Cox (21st place, 19:09.60).
His Hawks teammates finished as follows:
Junior Morgan Bowles (51st place, 20:27.80), sophomore Ryland Cook (54th place, 20:31.80), sophomore Tezra Fisk (60th place, 20:50.30), senior Jared Strait (69th place, 21:53.00), freshman Jerry Jones (78th place, 23:59.80) and sophomore Thayne Smith (79th place, 24:13.90).
Manti was led by junior Josiah Carter (27th place, 19:20.70).
His Templars teammates finished as follows:
Sophomore Tyler Taggart (30th place, 19:28.70), sophomore Kaystan K. Larsen (35th place, 19:42.30), junior Hunter Powell (41st place, 19:59.30), senior Jace Sweat (42nd place, 20:00.40), sophomore Brayden Braithwaite (43rd place, 20:05.80) and sophomore Trevor Taggart (44th place, 20:08.10).
