Previewing the Field: 1A Girls Cross Country

Panguitch won this one last year, followed closely by Rich, St. Joseph, and Wayne. The 1A classification can sometimes be a little volatile from year to year due to the effects of incoming and departing runners, so let's take a closer look at what to expect this fall.

1A cross country is, of course, on the small side of things. The state meet last year had seven teams, five of which were able to field the full complement of seven runners. In all, there were 63 girls running in the state race. If we remove the seniors (and mark athletes of unknown grade with a question mark), here's what the field of potential returners looks like:

  2 Catania Holman               Panguitch HS               20:00.30     1
  3 Lyna Garcia                  St. Joseph CHS             20:02.40     2
  4 Emma Peart                   Rich HS                    20:39.60     3
  5 Lauren Jackson               Wayne HS                   20:39.80     4
  7 Kate Weil                    St. Joseph CHS             21:10.20     6
  8 Baylee Thompson              Duchesne HS                21:20.50     7
  9 Stevi Barney                 Wayne HS                   21:21.80     8
 10 Bailey Goodwine              Monticello HS              21:31.80     9
 13 Brooke Barney                Wayne HS                   21:54.50    12
 14 Ellen Peart                  Rich HS                    21:58.30    13
 15 Brenna Mooney                Panguitch HS               22:03.00    14
?16 Christiana Behnken           St. Joseph CHS             22:20.10    15
 17 McKayla Heaton               Panguitch HS               22:30.00    16
 18 Cambria Welch                Monticello HS              22:44.30    17
 19 Kaycia Barben                Piute HS                   22:46.20    --
 20 Darri Frandsen               Panguitch HS               22:48.90    18
 21 Nikole Lemmon                Altamont HS                22:50.20    --
?22 Brianna Palmer               Valley HS                  22:50.80    19
 23 Shaylee Gleave               Piute HS                   23:00.80    --
 25 Hannah Ellett                Wayne HS                   23:05.60    20
 28 Sarah Taylor                 Wayne HS                   23:34.50    23
?29 Amber Wilson                 Panguitch HS               23:34.80    24
?30 Hailey Jo Allred             Duchesne HS                23:39.10    25
 31 Tomasina Yellowman           Whitehorse HS              23:39.70    --
 32 Shawni Williams              Dugway HS                  23:48.00    --
 33 Catrina Johnson              Wayne HS                   23:59.70    26
?35 Cheyenne Cox                 Valley HS                  24:05.00    28
 36 Elena Mitchell               Monticello HS              24:08.30    29
?37 Jenna Ellett                 Wayne HS                   24:09.50    30
 38 Brittany Keith               Monticello HS              24:16.10    31
 39 Ashley Hoggard               Monticello HS              24:16.30    32
 40 Shonia McKinnon              Altamont HS                24:19.80    --
?41 Audrey Harris                Valley HS                  24:26.70    33
 42 Sierra Leech                 Bryce Valley HS            24:36.00    --
?43 Shelby Lewis                 Monticello HS              24:40.70    34
?44 Hailey Peatross              Duchesne HS                24:40.90    35
 45 Brittney Bowers              Rich HS                    24:44.30    36
?46 Stormy Cox                   Valley HS                  24:46.70    37
?47 Olivia Scammell              Oakley School              24:57.50    --
 48 Kaitlin Clark                Monticello HS              25:05.70    38
?49 Danielle Stanley             St. Joseph CHS             25:21.90    39
 50 Cassie Young                 Duchesne HS                25:40.00    40
?51 Kori Ann Remund              Duchesne HS                25:50.30    41
?52 Jessica Wood                 Valley HS                  26:02.50    42
 53 Kieona Jones                 Duchesne HS                26:12.10    43
 54 Mariah Cole                  Dugway HS                  26:23.70    --
 55 Rachel Sutherland            St. Joseph CHS             26:30.50    44
?56 Sarah Williams               St. Joseph CHS             26:39.70    45
?57 Neela Manss                  Dugway HS                  26:45.50    --
?58 Maryn Mooney                 Panguitch HS               26:56.10    46
?59 Brooke Cox                   Valley HS                  27:08.70    47
 60 Nelsine Black                Monument Valley HS         27:10.10    --
?61 Kierstin Ford                Green River HS             28:47.90    --
 62 Valerie Murphy               Wendover HS                30:57.40    --
?63 Cindy Barrea                 Wendover HS                32:12.10    --

Fortunately, we know the years of graduation for most of the top returning runners. Otherwise, projections would get a little more difficult than they already are.

Rich was rocked most by graduation, losing three runners off of last year's state roster. Obviously, that puts them in a position of catch-up with the other three members of last year's big four. The others will fairly minimally--and roughly equally--impacted by the toll of this spring's graduation.

Going to data a little more current that last fall's state cross country results, we turn our attention to the rankings of 1A returning runners at both 3200 and 1600 meters (including 1600 to expand the pool just a little), starting with the 3200:

and then to the 1600: