SUU Invite

A rainy and cloudy day marked with a lightening delay between the Varsity races made for great XC weather for late summer at Cedar's Bicentennial Park.  The JV girls started the race well led by Josie Bushar who placed 3rd with a time of 22:29 (4th best PV time on the day).  Kaelie Gillespie just missed a t-shirt finishing 11th.  The JV boys had a strong race finishing 2nd in the team standings while missing our top JV runner - who had bumped up to fill a Varsity spot.  Andrew Nielsen placed 4th, with Jake Taylor 6th, Josh Farish 9th, Preston Warby 10th and Dave Swapp 11th to round out our scoring.  The Varsity girls placed 4th at the meet despite some difficulties with injuries and health concerns.  Liz Lunt was the 1st Panther finisher in 13th with Mia Hart just behind her in 14th.  The Varsity boys were also working with injuries, but still managed a solid 2nd place just 8 points off the lead.  After leading much of the race, Taylor Abel and Byron Warby led the team with a 6th and 7th place finish.  Kyler Prisbrey ran another strong race finishing 8th.  Matt Young (13th), Colton Bowler (20th), and Reed Burr - 37th in his first Varsity race - also raced well for the team.  Congrats also to Annalise Burr and Carli Kimzey for strong JV races as well as Jason Hall and Bryan Loya for their strong improvements.