Soda Middle School teams compete at Tiger/Grizz
Sep 18, 2024 11:18AM ● By Jody Reeves
Soda Springs Middle School Cardinals traveled to Idaho Falls to compete in the Tiger/Grizz cross country race on Friday. The weather was perfect and the girls were excited to run, and see their progress from the previous week. The Cardinals got out strong, and found themselves in good position early in the race. 7th grader Anna Uskoski was battling for the the lead with two 8th graders. She was finally able to pull away from them, winning by 5 seconds with a time of 10:31. Running second for the Cardinals was Avery Winward in 14th with a time of 11:15. “This is only her second race, and she is really starting to figure it out” commented Coach Sue Goodenough. The 31st place finisher was Ellie Moldenhauer with a time of 12:04. Followed by a pack of four girls who worked hard together, and finished with 12 seconds between them: Nicole Tafalla 12:20, Danalee Frandsen 12:20, Clara Lundquist 12:24, and Gentry Frandsen 12:32. Sixth grader Eden Galloway came in edging out a runner from Firth with a time of 12:42. Eddilyn Hill 14:02, Kelsie Gini 15:17, and Kaitlyn Mix 15:40, all improved on their time from last week finishing out a strong showing from the girls.
Final Results
1 Malad 40
2 Snake River 64
3 Firth 82
4 Sugar-Salem 88
5 Soda Springs 110
Next, the nine Cardinal Middle School boys lined up for their race. In which the start box was not much bigger than a hand towel making it a crowded send off. To begin, a pack of boys ran tight together for the first half of the race, after which they started to spread out. Reuben Uskoski worked hard to stay in the top group, finishing in 7th with a time of 9:52. The next runner in, was sixth grader Wyatt Dillworth in 43rd with a time of 11:11. “He is one gritty athlete, it’s going to be fun watching him grow” stated Coach Siepert. Next athlete to cross the finish line was James Birch 11:58. Two sixth graders were next, Leif Harris 12:45, and Calvin Renfroe 12:52. Five seconds behind him, Andrew Evens 12:57 finished strong. Daniel Beutler 13:07, Stewart Birch 14:56 along with newcomer, and first time racer Axel Kollmann 15:50 completed another great day for the Cardinals.
