Davis High won both the boys and girls team titles at the Region 1 cross country championships held in Layton Commons Park on Oct. 9. In Region 5, Viewmont won the boys title and finished second in the girls competition.

Davis finished with 40 points (low score wins) to hold off Farmington, which was second with 56. They were followed by Layton with 71, Fremont with 93, Weber 101 and Syracuse 157. 

Individually, Farmington senior Landon Sturgeon was medalist in a time of 15:08.36 over the three-mile course. Second was Davis senior Jonny Reed at 15:13.36. Rounding out the top 10 were Layton senior Jonathan Thornley 15:15.6; Farmington senior Joseph Miller 15:16.67; Weber senior Garrison Johnson 15:23.15; Davis senior Carter Rawlings 15:25.79; Fremont junior Graham Judkins 15:27.22; Fremont junior Jack Steoger 15:27.41, Davis sophomore Harrison Skousen 15:33.28, and Weber sophomore Erik Bryant 15:37.73.

Other top 20 placers for Davis and Farmington were Davis junior Jonas Clay 11th, Davis senior Cade Rawlings 12th, Farmington sophomore Hudson Scott 16th, Farmington senior Ethan Lund 17th, and Farmington senior Koda Hildreth 18th. 

The Lady Darts finished with a score of 38, holding off second-place Weber with 50. Farmington placed sixth as a team at 141, but the Phoenix had the first-place medalist, as freshman Ellie Dorius repeated her victory from the Davis District Championships by winning region in a time of 18:09.94. Davis sophomore Isabella Cram was second at 18:26.42. The rest of the top 10 were Fremont junior Indianna Lundell 18:52.39, Layton freshman Elizabeth Thornley 18:57.40, Weber junior Catherine Wald 18:58.21, Davis freshman Erin Christensen 19:01.63, Weber junior Kate Lang 19:07.91, Davis senior Eliza Swain 19:08.12, Syracuse junior Kennedy Hadley 19:09.33 and Davis senior Helen Glaze 19:09.73.

Top 20 finishers from Davis and Farmington included Davis sophomore Courtney Burbidge 12th, and Davis freshman Addison Loveland 17th.

REGION 5

The Viewmont boys finished with 36 points to easily outdistance second-place Northridge with 50. Bountiful was third at 76 and Woods Cross fifth at 135.

Bountiful senior Hayden Hooper was medalist in a winning time of 15:06.51. He was followed by Viewmont senior Talmage Bruschke at 15:18.80. Other top 10 medal winners were Viewmont senior Peter Gehring 15:23.59, Bountiful senior Simon Barlow 15:28.92, Northridge senior Aaron Eskelson 15:49.75, Northridge sophomore Jeff Hazard 15:50.80, Box Elder senior James Larson 15:52.34, Viewmont senior Bryce Arbuckle 15:53.0, Viewmont sophomore Junah Overson 15:3.83, and Northridge senior Nate Eskelson 15:56.68.

Top 20 placers from Bountiful, Woods Cross and Viewmont also included Woods Cross junior Sam Phippen 12th, Viewmont junior Ayden Lee 14th, and Viewmont senior David Tervort 15th.

Viewmont’s girls finished with 49 points, behind first-place Box Elder with 40. Woods Cross was third at 59, and Bountiful finished fifth at 122.

Woods Cross senior Katie Hansen placed second in a time of 18:18.99. Bonneville’s Avery Barton won the race at 18:04.5. Other top 10 medalists were Viewmont sophomore Alyssa Clayton 18:21.49, freshman Evelyn Cook of Northridge 18:41.76, Bonneville senior Nicole Wayment 18:45.22, Maya Lee junior of Box Elder 19:03.43,  Viewmont senior Audrey Lemon 19:10.23, Box Elder junior Elizabeth Rupper 19:14.20, Woods Cross senior Kiara DeVries 19:21.69, and Box Elder junior Macie Lee 19:21.89.

Other top 20 finishers included Woods Cross junior Brie Nydegger 13th, Viewmont senior Tempe Anderson 14th, Viewmont senior Lexi Toronto 15th, Bountiful senior Ella Becker 18th, and Bountiful junior Taya Sanders 20th.λ