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A recap of the 2019 Viking Invitational

2019 Pleasant Grove Viking Invite preview:

Updated Girls Team Rankings!

A recap of the 2019 Murray Invitational

The 2019 Murray Invitational features several nationally ranked teams

Updated Girls Team Rankings

1st State XC MileSplit50 Rankings Release of the season!

The Panthers were able to take 2nd at State and earn an invite to run in the Championship race at NXR-SW.

Alli Baker came off a historic season when she broke the 4A State Record in the 800m running a 2:08.76!

Jessica Hill managed to break her personal best in the 800m and 1600m her Junior year.

A recap of Day 2 at State!

A preview of Region 9 for the upcoming Outdoor season.

The Classical Academy leapt into the latest Southwest Rankings, landing on the No. 6 spot.

Q&A with Pine View Girls coach David Holt + summer workout video and interviews

Biggest question to be answered is who will rule the south?

Alli Baker was apart of the star studded class of 2021 that blew up on the distance side of things this past season.

Of course it's another year of hold-your-breath racing shaping up at NXR-SW! And a few girls who stand out from this photo in last year's race are very much in the hunt again this year.

Two meets shaped the news in Southwest region cross country this past week.

Girls team scores merge from all 6 classifications at the 2017 Utah State Cross Country Championships. 

New Mexico's Kashon Harrison barely outdueled Colorado's Cole Sprout in the cool of the Arizona night at Desert Twilight.

There have been big doings across the region the last couple of weeks. Get caught up here!

Preview of the Murray Invitational.

Scouting report interview with Pine View head cross country coach David Holt. The Pine View boys and girls are going for a sweep of the 4A state titles this fall.

Refamiliarize yourself with the Blue Blob of Broomfield. They're going to be a load to handle.

Check out the list of top returning sophomore girls in the state of Utah for the upcoming cross country season.

Broomfield's girls claimed the Colorado 5A title and Colorado power merge. Davis, American Fork, and Desert Vista loom next ahead of the Eagles. Photo by Karen McCoy.

What would the meet have looked like if all the teams raced head to head?

Breakdown of all the top names to watch for on Wednesday.

Daniel Marquez and his Gila Ridge teammates came back from Desert Twilight with a win at the Ken Denson Invitational this past weekend. Colorado Track XC file photo by Alan Versaw.

Check out the girls XC team scores rankings based on scoring the season best 5K times of the top 7 runners of each team in the state of Utah.

The Desert Vista girls stuck together nicely early at Desert Twilight and ended up as decisive team champions. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Highland's girls took a big win, and an even bigger trophy, out of this weekend's Doug Conley meet. Photo by Irving Girabaldi.

Check out the top girls teams in the state of Utah as of September 6th based on XC team scoring all of the 3 mile times currently in the MileSplit database for the 2016 season.

Check out the top boys teams in the state of Utah as of September 6th based on XC team scoring all of the 3 mile times currently in the MileSplit database for the 2016 season.

Palmer Ridge, Mountain Vista, and Rock Canyon mixed it up spendidly at the Vista Nation XC 2-Mile, but evidently the Rock Canyon girls were not easily impressed. Photo by Joel Hawkins.

Sadie Sargent leads Utah's top small-school program at North Summit High School in Coalville. Photo by Alan Versaw.

The top six finishers at Colorado 5A Region 5 all wore Mountain Vista green. Photo by Joel Hawkins.

We merged all the results in every class at the State Meet then re-scored it to see how it could've played out if everyone raced each other.

We merged all the results in every class at the State Meet then re-scored it to see how it could've played out if everyone raced each other.

Broomfield's girls used a powerful presence toward the front of the race to dominate Colorado's Front Range League meet last week. Contributed photo.

Even down one of their scoring five, Desert Hills was a decisive winner at Desert Twilight. Contributed photo.

Ryan Sandoval leads a very good Pecos (NM) team that's been coming in for a lot of small-school attention in the Southwest region. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Last year, Courtney Wayment ran as an individual at NXR-SW. This year, she's left her soccer ways behind and has donned Davis brown and gold. Photo by Alan Versaw.

It could very easily be that the Rio Rancho girls end up as the youngest team on the NXR-SW starting line, but it would be a mistake to underestimate them on account of that. Colorado Track XC file photo by Alan Versaw.

While Desert Vista was dominating down in Arizona, Monarch and Cherry Creek were renewing their vows of rivalry in Colorado. Photo by Ashley Green.

Tyler Day and Marcus Wheeler (Corona del Sol) enjoy some shoulder-to-shoulder running at the front of Saturday's Ojo Rojo Invititation. Photo by Margot Kelly.

Most of New Mexico's top teams saw their first action at this weekend's UNM Lobo Inviational. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Kara Skattum posted the top time for an intriguing Broomfield girls entry at the New Balance Valmont Cross Country Invitational. Photo by Renee Haip.

The 3A classification might get the stigma of a “Smaller Classification”, but those who know Utah XC history know that the 3A Boys State title often the most difficult title to win. With runners like Ben Saarel, Luke Puskedra, Jordan Cross, Patrick Smyth, and more, the 3A Boys have proven that the only number that matters is the time on the clock. 3A runners have the fastest 2 times ever run on the current state course.  

The last nine months have been good to Sarah Feeny, as evidenced by her race on Thursday. Photo by Alan Versaw.

History repeated itself this weekend in Cedar City with Aimee Bryson of Cedar High School winning another SUU Cross Country Championship. Her winning time of 19:09 was 10 seconds faster than her winning time on the same course last season. Kamryn Watts of Hurricane was second for the second year in a row with a time of 20:17. Mallory Hendricks of Canyon View was 3rd in 20:23. 

Zac Jacklin, Brayden McLelland, Connor McMillan, Tyson Green, and Caleb Thompson kept the trophy in American Fork. Contributed photo.

Os and ahhs. Ogden celebrates their team titles in the late evening light at Sugar House Park. Contributed photo.

"Wait a minute," you say, "you left out the big meet in Cedar City!"

Much to nobody's surprise, Erin Hooker and her Fort Collins teammates occupy the #1 preseason ranking in the NXR-SW region. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Great contests have been the trademark of the NXR-SW races. Expect nothing about that to change this year. Colorado Track XC file photo.

On one of the deepest girls' rosters the state has ever known, Melissa Garrett is one of the best. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Jordan Cross, left, should be a challenger for the 3A boys cross country title, and his Ogden Tiger teammates are in a favorable position to compete for the team title. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Louisville (Monarch) fell to Fort Collins by one point at last year's NXN-SW regional. Both teams return this year to battle again. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Los Alamos: New Mexico's green wall of girls. Photo by Blake Wood.

Clayton Young has stepped up in a big way for American Fork over the last three weeks. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Sierra Lutheran's Wade Meddles, shown here at last year's NXN SW meet, had the NXN SW performance of the week, posting a 15:03 at the Stanford Invitational. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Kyle Pittman of Los Alamos ranks as one of the top male runners from the Land of Enchantment. Photo contributed by Kathy Hipwood.