The Emery High School Cross Country team traveled to Salt Lake City over the weekend to compete at the Regional Athletic Complex (RAC) at Rose Park. 22 teams were in attendance, with freshman and sophomores in one division, and juniors and seniors in the other.
Beginning with the girls junior/senior event, Addy Guymon had an excellent race, taking the first-place position overall. The event had 109 competitors; Guymon would finish the course 38 seconds ahead of the second place competitor with a time of 19:10.8.
Following her was Addie Hurst, also with a fantastic showing, finishing in fifth place with a time of 20:12.8. Hannah Farley broke the top 50, placing 49 with a time of 24:02.8, followed by Kalle Lake, finishing in 27:46.9.
In the junior/senior boys’ group, Dillan Larsen would lead the Spartans, finishing in at 17 with a time of 16:54.0, out of 213 competitors. Hayden Christiansen placed at 80 with a time of 18:59.0, followed by Jacob Erickson (19:29.0), Zander Robinson (19:45.2) and Landon Braun (21:14.7).
Moving to the freshman/sophomore girls’ event, Gentry Christiansen (19:42.7) had a great race, placing in the third place spot, out of 111 competitors. Skylee Guymon followed in the 13 spot, with a time of 21:25.0, with Alivia Daley finishing at 18, with a time of 22:26.7.
On the boy’s side, Benjamin Farley (18:41.4) finished at number 35 in the event of 181 competitors, followed by Porter Stilson (22:38.4) and Devon Farley (23:59.1). Next up, the team will travel to Spanish Fork at Sports Park for another event on Saturday, August 24.