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Utah cross country and track & field adds Chad Berens as director of operations.

Cara Woolnough continues to add more hardware to the mantel after garnering the NCAA Elite 90 Award.

Utah head cross country and track & field coach Kyle Kepler announced the addition of Charlee Linton to his staff.

SALT LAKE CITY – With cross country season all wrapped up, head coach Kyle Kepler unveiled the 2021-22 Utah track & field schedule on Saturday.   The Women of Utah will have a full complement of competition for the indoor season this year after splitting the indoor and cross country last season due to COVID-19. In addition, first-year assistant coach Rebecca Rhodes will lead the track & field squad.  

TALLAHASSEE – The 14th-ranked Utah cross country team closed out its stellar season at the NCAA Cross Country Championships late Saturday afternoon, finishing in 20th-place at Tallahassee Regional Park – which tied with the 2016 squad for the second-best finish in program history.  

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah cross country team wrapped up the regular-season on a beautiful Thursday afternoon at the Utah Open and was paced by Karli Branch (19:07.5) in the 5K race at Sunnyside Park.  

The Cougars qualified 24 bids from an NCAA-high 69 entries at the west preliminary round, held at E.B. Cushing Stadium. Qualifying bids include 14 from the mens team and 10 from the womens team, as well as decathlete Dallin Vorkink, who did not have to compete in the regional round after previously qualifying in the top-24 for multi-event athletes by the end of the regular season. Among the highlights were Conner Mantz, the Sky View High product who will try to become the second consecutive Cou...

INDIANAPOLIS – Utah cross country senior Poppy Tank is headed to Stillwater, Okla., to compete as an individual at the 2020 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on March 15 the governing body announced Sunday afternoon. The 6k race will air on ESPNU for the first time since 2009.   Oklahoma State will play host to the championship meet at the OSU Cross Country Course four months after its scheduled date due to Covid-19.   "Very excited and proud of Poppy," head coach Kyle Kepler said...

  Competing for the first time since the NCAA Championships back in 2019, the Utah cross country team had three runners finish in the top-30 led by Tanks eight-place performance as the team finished with 137 points. The senior was the first Ute to cross the finish line with a time of 20:15.7.   "First time for this group to race in almost 11 months and certainly had a really nice race out of Poppy Tank," head coach Kyle Kepler said postrace. "She led us and she would be the first to tell you ...

by Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday December 10 2020 The Grade 12 Senior recently signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Utah on an athletic scholarship in cross country and track and field. — Submitted photo Nelson’s Maddy Bonikowsky loves to run. She loves the rawness and simplicity of running. And she has loved running from a young age, racing recreationally against peers in elementary school. “No equipment, no technical components; in running ...