2025 Meet Schedule TENTATIVE
August 16: Richfield Invite @ Richfield High School
August 23: SUU Meet @ Bicentennial Park in Cedar
September 4: Juab Meet @ Nephi Golf Course
September 27: Cedar Invite @ Cedar High School
October 15: Region 14 Championships
October 29: State Meet @ Sugar House Park in SLC
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Emotional Roller Coaster as Girls Dominate Region, Boys Miss Out By 1 Point
Daniel Gonzalez
In 2022, at the Carbon Country Golf Course in Helper, Utah, the boy's team won their first region title since 2016 in a comfortable fashion, finishing with six runners in the top 13 and seven in the top 15, beating out Carbon by eleven points. The girl's team, on the other hand, on the up-and-up, were only able to secure a third-place finish, only separated from the top team by 11 points. The boy's team would later go on to finish 2nd at the state meet with the girls finishing 3rd. In 2023, the roles were reversed, with the girls winning the Region 12 championships comfortably and the boys barely missing out on the victory.
The JV boys were the first on the course for the championship schedule. The boys took it out hard and competed well, challenging for the win, but ultimately coming up short by a single point. They were led by a strong performance in Klay Brian, who PR’ed by over 30 seconds and finished 2nd place overall! Brian was joined in the top 10 places by teammates Nash Wilcock and Nick Randall in 5th and 6th place, respectively. Coulson Ohms and Nate Williams rounded out the team in 11th and 14th. Individuals who also PR’ed include Will Grimshaw, Rand Neilson, Ellis Lambeth, Taite Carneseca, and Tyler Russell.
The JV girls race was dominated by Canyon View Falcons, and the ladies not only scored the perfect 15 points, but also took up all of the top-9 spots in the race! The 9 athletes that finished were, in this order, Penelope Neat(1st), Kirra Lovell(2nd), Ashlyn Dustin(3rd), Nancy Fife(4th), Jack Findlay(5th), Mimi Rosengren(6th), Jori Kelly(7th), Paige Lebaron(8th), and Mckinley Bagley(9th). Those who ran personal bests over their careers were Lovell, Findlay, Rosengren, Lebaron, Bagley, as well as Daya Stevens, Violet Yorgason, Lillie Despain, and Lindsay Grimshaw.
The Varsity Boys were able to battle against multiple obstacles, including less than optimal performances, returners from injury, and a surging Manti team. Although the team battled to the end, as showcased by the multiple Falcons who were only a fraction of a second behind the runner in front of them, they were unable to pull off the victory, instead settling for 2nd place overall, and, like their JV counterparts, finish only a single point from the win. Led by seniors Payson Slade and Bret Sorensen, whom have been pushing each other stride-for-stride the entire season, the scoring got started in 5th and 6th place. Both boys were separated by only a tenth of a second, and only 1 second behind Carbon’s first runner. Logan Hadley finished in 8th place, only a tenth of a second behind Manti’s 3rd runner. Thomas Daniels, on the return from injury, finished in 10th, only two-tenths of a second behind Manti’s 4th. Nathaniel Callison ran a terrific race, finishing only 2 seconds off of his PR from Juab to finish the scoring in 13th place, and a stellar performance by William Heaton placed him in the top 15 with a 30+ second PR. Micah Steffensen rounded out the team, finishing in 28th.
The Lady Falcons of Canyon View were the class of the Region, finishing with all of their 7 athletes in the top 17, with the entirety of their scoring team in the top 12. Lydia Forsyth once again led the way with a good performance to finish in 3rd place. A much improving Lara Sorensen finished next in 5th place, and another much improved Falcon, Jenna Fife, finished in 7th. Although outside the top 10, Jane Brown, Kennedy Rayburn, and Evelyn Fawson all finished one after the other, coming in places 11th-13th, respectively. Ember Sorenson finished the team with a 17th-place effort. The ladies’ efforts earned them their first region championship in 7 years, helping to emphasize to the rest of the state that Canyon View is the team to beat for the upcoming state championships in a few weeks.
Although the day ended with heartbreak for the boys and highly emotional celebrations for the girls, both teams can take solace in the fact that when everyone is healthy, happy, and trusting, they can take charge of whatever challenge comes their way.
The next stop on the road to state is the 3A Divisionals held on the 10th of October. After that, the State Final will be two weeks later on the 24th of October, where both teams will look to lift the winner’s trophy for the first time in school history. Based on the efforts and results of the Region Championships, there is no reason why that can’t be the end result.