XC Continues Season At Tiger/Grizz

The cross country season continued last weekend in Idaho Falls for our local teams.  Once again Grace and Soda Springs both attended the same meet going head to head.  Both schools participated in the “B” races which consisted of schools from 1A to 4A.  The only team that was able to form a full jv team were the Cardinal boys.  Even though that team only placed eleventh out of fourteen teams, seven of the eight jv boys that ran for Soda Springs set either new personal records or season records.  The Lady Cardinal jv squad only featured three girls but all three did set new personal records.  Grace did not have any jv girls run and only had two boys run.  One of the Grace jv boys also set a new personal record.

In the varsity races the Lady Grizzlies were limited to just two runners once again keeping them from earning a team score.  However both girls set new season best times and Lily Coleman was able to finish in the top twenty which is a solid performance in such a large race.  The Lady Cardinals on the other hand had a full varsity team with seven runners.  As a team Soda Springs finished in fifth place out of thirteen teams.  Ellie Wood once again led the way for the Lady Cardinals but not too far behind her was the young freshman Brinley Kunz who ran a personal best time.  Both girls finished in the top twenty with Wood just missing out on a top ten finish.

Grace and Soda Springs both had full varsity boys teams compete in the meet.  The Cardinal men matched their girls team by finishing fifth as a team while the Grizzly men came in thirteenth out of the nineteen teams in the boys race.  The Grizzlies have lost one of their top runners and team leader in AJ Mejia to an unrelated injury but still have a solid group of runners to contend with.  Colt Coleman was the top Grizzly finisher and was followed by Carter Mecham who bounced back after suffering a midrace injury in the Cardinal Classic.  The Cardinal men’s team had a solid performance led once again by Landon Moldenhauer who finished in the top ten coming ninth overall.  Moldenhauer was followed by Reuben Uskoski who just slid into the top twenty at nineteenth overall.  Four out of the other five runners for Soda Springs finished with new season best times.

This week the Grizzlies will stay close to home by attending the Pirate Challenge in West Side with what will likely be a limited number of runners due to the potato harvest break.  Meanwhile the Cardinals are off to the Mountain West Classic which is located at the University of Montana Golf Course.  This will no doubt once again challenge the Cardinal teams further preparing them for their district races coming up at the end of the season.

Soda Springs Varsity Boys: 

Landon Moldenhauer 17:55.0, Reuben Uskoski 18:18.6, Jaxson Horsley 18:37.1, Dre Lloyd 19:16.9, Kage Kirby 19:18.6, Jonathan Beutler 20:47.5, Elias Green 21:36.0

Grace Varsity Boys: 

Colt Coleman 18:52.8, Carter Mecham 19:55.6, Brock Johnson 19:55.9, Jonah Wilkerson 20:16.2, Treyson King 20:34.9

Soda Springs Varsity Girls: 

Ellie Wood 21:34.2, Brinley Kunz 21:54.8, Rosie Harris 23:03.2, Mollie Renfroe 23:06.7, Maddie Kempe 23:38.8, Courtnee Gronning 23:47.3, Mylee White 25:54.6

Grace Varsity Girls: Lily Coleman 21:59.3, Hayden Ball 25:54.6