Cardinal X-Country Off To A Good Start

The Soda Springs cross country teams made the trip over the mountain to take part in the More Cowbell Invitational in Star Valley Wyoming.  Both the boys and the girls teams had a good showing to start the season off.  

The boys team finished right in the middle of the pack in team points placing fourth out of seven teams.  Host school Star Valley took the top spot followed closely by Skyline.  Soda Springs was among the smallest schools at the meet finishing well above Thunder Ridge and Hillcrest out of Idaho Falls.  Individually Landon Moldenhauer, Degan Stoor and Jonathan Beutler were all able to finish the tough course in under twenty minutes.  Dre Lloyd, Jaxson Horsley, and Kage Kirby finished as a group not much farther behind.  Noah Hansen, Bridger Dilworth, and Gimhana Samasiri rounded out the Cardinal men runners.

The Lady Cardinals were even more impressive as they grabbed the number one spot as a team.  The Cardinals finished thirteen points ahead of the second place team Star Valley.  The Lady Cardinals have returned most of their team from a season ago.  Lizzie Beutler was the top Soda Springs runner finishing second among all varsity girl runners.  Beutler just edged out third place finisher and teammate India Galloway.  Ellie Wood was the third Cardinal runner to finish in the top ten runners.  Rebekah Evans, Rosie Harris, and Courtnee Gronning battled it out for those remaining scoring spots on the team.  Finally Mollie Renfroe, Mylee White, and Miriam Evans all put up good starting marks for the season that they will no doubt improve on as the year moves on.

This week the Cardinals will host the Cardinal Classic at Kelly Park.  This race has become one of the premiere cross country races in the state of Idaho.  They are expecting over sixty teams to participate in the day's events.  Check out next week's edition for a full rundown on how all of the local athletes competed in that big race. 

Boys Results

Landon Moldenhauer 18:42.19

Degan Stoor 19:03.88

Jonathan Beutler 19:37.24

Dre Lloyd 20:33.56

Jaxon Horsley 20:34.70

Kage Kirby 20:51.47

Noah Hansen 27:38.37

Bridger Dilworth 29:00.57

Gimhana Samasiri 32:04.19

Girls Results

Lizzie Beutler 21:07.96

India Galloway 21:33.12

Ellie Wood 22:10.92

Rebekah Evans 22:46.49

Rosie Harris 23:39.02

Courtnee Gronning 23:53.87

Mollie Renfroe 25:44.32

Mylee White 27:17.28

Miriam Evans 29:28.74