SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

In Murray Park, Bountiful senior Simon Barlow and Woods Cross senior Katie Hansen both had strong second-place finishes over the hilly three-mile course. Barlow clocked a time of 16:08.2, just behind Alta’ Aiden Neal at 16:06.7.

“I hung with him from the beginning and couldn’t quite pass him, but I was pleased with the run,” he said. Bountiful senior Hayden Hooper placed sixth at 16:32.8. 

Woods Cross senior Sam Phippen was the top Wildcat finisher, taking 12th at 17:05.3. His teammate, junior Henry Hyde, was 17th at 17:20.1. Bountiful finished 5th in boys’ scoring while Woods Cross was 9th. Alta won the race as a team.

Hansen finished at 19:22.6, behind Stansbury freshman Addie Dangerfield (19:11). Stansbury junior Leah Larsen was third at 19:27.7, but that trio was way ahead of all the rest of the runners. Hansen, who has been a standout for the Wildcats since her freshman year, said, “I let her get ahead of me about halfway through the race and then just stayed close to her. The three of us broke away from the pack pretty early. I love this course.”

Woods Cross senior Kiara DeVries finished 13th. Bountiful’s top finishers were senior Ella Becker in 19th and junior Taya Sanders in 20th. Woods Cross finished 4th in team scoring with Bountiful in 7th. Cedar City won the girls’ team title.

PARK CITY INVITATIONAL

At Quinns Junction, Viewmont took 4th place in both the boys’ and girls’ races. Senior Peter Gehring led the Vikings’ boys with a 9th place finish, senior Talmage Bruschke was 16th, junior Ayden Lee placed 22nd, junior Sam Hooper was 25th and sophomore Junah Overson was 39th.

The Lady Vikings were led by sophomore Alyssa Clayton, who took 16th, and teammate senior Audrey Lemon in 18th place. Senior Margaret Jeppesen was 33rd, senior Lexi Toronto was 37th and senior Lyndsey Parke was 41st.

Farmington placed 3rd in the boys’ team race, led by senior Landon Sturgeon with an 8th place finish. Senior Ethan Lund was 18th, sophomore Hudson Scott 21st, senior Casey Ward 27th, and senior Koda Hildreth 34th.

The Lady Phoenix were 12th in team scoring. Freshman Ellie Dorius finished 11th. Her teammates included junior Gabriela May in 75th, senior Hailey Bird 81st, junior Sarah Miller 84th, and junior Samantha Garrick 98th.

There are several races this weekend, including Saturday’s Border Wars in Taylorsville. The next largest race involving Davis County teams is the Davis Invitational set for Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Layton Commons Park starting at 3:30.