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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 men's team and 10 from the women's 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 Cougar to win the 10,000-meter national title after Clayton Young won the most recent title in 2019 ...
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. "She returns to the NCAA Championships after a second-consecutive First-Team All-Pac-12 performanc...
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 Tank's 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 it wasn't her smoothest raise but she hung on and fought really hard for that top-10 finish. You kn...
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 you must grind it out by yourself, for yourself,” the Grade 12 student at L.V. Rogers High School ...