Utah Girls Highlights At RunningLane National Championships

Four girls programs made the flight out to Alabama for a chance to represent Utah on the National Stage.  They were American Fork, Mountain View, Orem, and Skyridge. 

     American Fork and Orem were invited to participate in the Girl's Gold Race and compete for a national title.  American Fork placed 10th overall with Orem finishing 23rd.  American Fork was led by Avalon Mecham who was 23rd overall in the race with a time of 17:02 for 5000m.  She was followed by teammates Abigail Barlow and Avery Moore who were both under 18 minutes

    Orem's top performer was Ari Trimble who finished 66th overall in a time of 17:39 for 5000m.  Trimble was followed by teammate Lydia Beus who also broke the 18-minute barrier. Orem averaged 18:27 off the fast course and finished above some other historically great teams such as Great Oak from California and Mountain Vista of Colorado.

    Running unattached for Utah in the gold race was Mountain View's Julie Moore and Mari Konold who finished 32nd and 34th overall.   These two will be returning next season and will be giving Mountain View one of the most dangerous 1-2 combos in the entire State! It should be noted that Moore was the third-fastest freshman at Nationals! Alongside Konold and Moore was Skyridge's Kylie Olsen who was 187th overall in a time of 18:33.

    There were 16 individuals who competed in the Girl's Silver Race last weekend and there were enough individuals from Mountain View and Skyridge to score a full team in the results.  Mountain View's team placed 8th overall with a team average of 19:38 and Skyridge was 10th overall with a team average of 19:59.  The top performer from Utah in the Girl's Silver race was Ember Chariton of Mountain View who placed 47th overall in a time of 18:43.

Girls Individual 5000m Results