Cardinals Compete For State Spots
May 28, 2026 09:04AM ● By Jody Reeves
Rosie Harris posses here with her first place medal that she won in the high jump competition.
Madilyn Kempe punched her ticket to state with a third place finish in the 100 meter dash.
Cole Garbett stands on top of the podium for one of his two district titles that he claimed last week.
Rosie Harris will compete at state in the pole vault after setting a new PR and winning the district title.
Ellie Wood finished the district meet with two district titles and is poised to have a good run at state.
The Soda Springs Cardinals track team hosted the district meet last week. The meet was very competitive with some impressive performances by some of the Cardinal athletes. There were seven teams involved in the meet with the combination of the fourth and fifth districts. As a team the Cardinals finished right in the middle of the pack in both the boys and girls competition. The district meet gives each athlete the opportunity to compete for a spot in the state championship. In this year's district competition the top four individual finishers in each event qualified for state as well as the top relay team in each race. In addition to the automatic qualifiers wildcard positions were also up for grabs for those finishing just outside of those top spots. All the Cardinals performed to the best of their abilities with several earning their best marks of the season. That being said, only a select few were able to make it to state this year. Many of those that missed out on qualifying this season are underclassmen and will have another shot next season.
Here are those that did qualify for state with some of them even able to earn the top of the podium. Landon Martinsen qualified in the 400 meter sprint, and long jump. Martinsen is also a member of the 4x400 and medley relay teams who each earned wildcard spots at state. Joining Martinsen on the 4x400 team is Kage Kirby, Jace Garbett and Jaxson Horsley. Horsley is also on the medley relay as well as qualifying individually in the triple jump and 400 meter sprint. Horsley set new PR’s in both of his individual events. The other two members of the medley are Landon Moldenhauer and Zayden Garbett. Moldenhauer earned a wildcard spot in the pole vault and Garbett grabbed a wildcard spot in the 300 hurdles. Lastly but definitely not least Carson Cook qualified in both the shot put and discus while his teammate Cole Garbett once again won both events and will be a favorite at state.
Not to be outdone, the girls also qualified a pair of relay teams by way of wildcards. Sprinting specialist Madilyn Kempe and Taylie Brewer are two of the members of both the 4x200 and the medley relay teams. In addition to being on the relay teams Kempe qualified individually in the 100 meter sprint while Brewer did the same in the 200 meter sprint. Thrower Soleil Somsen earned state spots in all three throwing events coming in fourth in the javelin, third in the discus and second in the shot put with a new PR. Brinley Kunz is the lone freshman to qualify as she grabbed a fourth place finish in the 3200 meter run. Finally the final two members of the aforementioned relay teams are Rosie Harris and Ellie Wood. In addition to their relay spots each girl grabbed two district championships. Harris won hers in the high jump and pole vault which she earned a PR in. Wood earned district titles in the 800 and 1600 meter runs.
State will take place this weekend at Middleton High School. We wish all those that qualified as well as their likely alternates the best of luck as they represent Soda Springs in the state championships.
Men’s Results
100M - Jay Liechty 12.31, Blake Maughan 12.39
200M - Jay Liechty 25.05, Ky Gunn 25.13, Bodie Kern 25.52, Jordan Clarke 26.33
400M - Jaxson Horsley 51.77, Landon Martinsen 52.51, Ky Gunn 58.79, Elias Green 1:04.24, Porter Barker 1:06.19, Ryan Barker 1:08.83
800M -Johnathan Beutler 2:22.15, James Birch 2:24.08
1600M - Landon Moldenhauer 4:53.37, Johnathan Beutler 5:17.03, James Birch 5:37.49
3200M - Johnathan Beutler 11:56.54, James Birch 12:02.21
110M Hurdles - Blake Maughan 17.64, Jordan Clarke 20.01
300M Hurdles - Zayden Garbett 42.57, Blake Maughan 44.40, Caleb Hansen 49.08, Jordan Clarke 49.16
4x100 Relay - Zayden Garbett, Owen Miller, Bodie Kern, Jace Garbett 46.36
4x200 Relay - Zayden Garbett, Kage Kirby, Owen Miller, Jace Garbett 1:35.90
Medley Relay - Zayden Garbett, Jaxson Horsley, Landon Martinsen, Landon Moldenhauer 3:43.62
Shot Put - Cole Garbett 53’ 5.5”, Carson Cook 40’ 3”, Zander Housley 33’ 8”, Carson Golightly 19’ 5”
Discus - Cole Garbett 177’ 5”, Carson Cook 119’ 8”, Zander Housley 97’ 8”, Blake Maughan 90’ 5”, Carson Golightly 38’ 2”
Javelin - Carson Cook 117’ 9”, Zander Housley 87’ 2”, Johnathan Beutler 57’ 4”, Carson Golightly 37’ 11”
Pole Vault - Landon Moldenhauer 12’ 6”, Jace Garbett 12’ 0”
Long Jump - Landon Martinsen 19’ 9.25”, Bodie Kern 17’ 6”, Jay Liechty 15’ 6.5”, Kellen Garbett 15’ 2.5”
Triple Jump - Jaxson Horsley 39’ 3”
Women’s Results
100M - Madilyn Kempe 13.13, Riley Goode 13.98
200M - Taylie Brewer 27.87, Riley Goode 28.57, Danalee Frandsen 29.93
400M - Danalee Frandsen 1:10.03
800M - Ellie Wood 2:26.35, Brinley Kunz 2:41.48
1600M - Ellie Wood 5:48.24, Brinley Kunz 6:05.62
3200M - Brinley Kunz 13:08.30
4x100 Relay - Taylie Brewer, Riley Goode, Emerey Lakey, Madilyn Kempe 53.56
4x200 Relay - Taylie Brewer, Madilyn Kempe, Rosie Harris, Ellie Wood 1:49.97
Medley Relay - Taylie Brewer, Madilyn Kempe, Rosie Harris, Ellie Wood 1:53.56
Shot Put - Soleil Somsen 34’ 1.5”, Andi Carpenter 29’ 0”, Karlee Zander 18’ 7”
Discus - Soleil Somsen 96’ 8”, Andi Carpenter 83’ 11”, Karlee Zander 66’ 7”
Javelin - Soleil Somsen 85’8”
High Jump - Rosie Harris 5’0”
Pole Vault - Rosie Hrris 10’3”, Penelope Fullmer 7’0”
Long Jump - Kristin Hansen 13’7.5”, Emerey Lakey 13’4.5”
Triple Jump - Brinley Kunz 29’4”
