Cardinals Gear Up For District Races
Oct 23, 2024 01:47PM ● By Jody Reeves
The Soda Springs Cardinals ran in their final race of the season leading into the district championships. That race took place last Wednesday in Preston. Both the boys and girls teams competed very well in their respective races. Out of the fifteen teams that participated the Soda Springs boys team placed fifth overall and were the highest placing 3A school, just edging out district foes Malad who finished sixth and West Side who placed eighth. There were a total of two hundred and fifty individual runners in the boys race and the Cardinals top seven runners all placed in the top one hundred finishers. Leading the way for the Cardinals was Landon Moldenhauer who finished twenty-second with a time of 17:07.5. The other top runners for the Cardinals finished as follows (31) Kage Kirby 17:32.5, (34) Degan Stoor 17:35.9, (39) Dre Lloyd 17:42.2, (48) Jaxson Horsley 18:00.8, (51) Jonathan Beutler 18:04.2, (78) Austin Housley 18:42.1.
The Lady Cardinals once again had a great showing, finishing third out of sixteen teams. The Cardinals just missed out on second place by two points to 4A Sugar-Salem. Soda Springs was the highest scoring 3A school with the next best placing for a 3A school being North Fremont in sixth place. There were a total of one hundred and ninety three runners in the race and all nine Cardinals placed in the top one hundred with three placing in the top ten. For the first time this season the Lady Cardinals were led by Ellie Wood who finished in fifth place with a time of 19:46.1. The rest of the top seven for the Cardinals were as follows (6) Lizzie Beutler 19:54.8, (9) India Galloway 20:00.6, (24) Rebekah Evans 20:41.0, (41) Rosie Harris 21:44.2, (43) Mollie Renfroe 21:48.6, (47) Gracie Modenhauer 21:57.6.
Next up for the Cardinal runners are the district championships taking place this Thursday on the Soda Springs home course at Kelly Park. Come out and support a great group of kids as they compete for a spot in the state championship race that will be at Eagle Island State Park this year.
