Saturday, Sep 7, 2024

Kelly Park Nordic Ski Trails, Soda Springs, Idaho 

With near perfect weather the Cardinal Classic took place last Saturday at Kelly Park in Soda Springs.  Over 1700 athletes from sixty-two different schools competed in the races.  A total of six different races occurred that included a boys and girls division for middle school, junior varsity and varsity.  

With a meet of this magnitude a lot of work goes into the planning and execution of running this event.  Those are sentiments that Soda Springs head coach Jeff Horsley echoed when he stated, “We couldn’t do this without the help of our sponsors and the community members that step in.  We are thankful for everyone’s contributions that allow us to have what I think is one of if not the best meet in the state.”  Dozens of volunteers chip in to help make the event a successful one year in and year out.  

With teams coming from all over the Intermountain West the Cardinal Classic has become one of the premier races for schools to try to attend.  The course itself has a variety of challenges with changes in running surfaces, hills, log jumps and curves.  The runners get to experience both sun and shade as they make their way along the trails.  The course also boasts some beautiful views as it passes through the cedars and brush of the hillside as well as the quaking aspen and cool streams on the later part of the race.  This is a significant change to many of the courses across that state that take place on the well groomed lawns of parks and golf courses.

Women’s Varsity- 213 runners

30.  Aezlyn Summers 21:56.72

98.  Ellie Angell 24:09.68

108.  Kallee Talbot 24:28.07

113.  Brielle Bastian 24:38.31

118.  Adi Schow 24:49.69  

119.  Samantha Schrenk 24:49.76

120.  Hadlee Summers 24:50.20

Women’s JV-264 runners

1.  Kaycee Venable 23:05.24

30.  Jenna Talbot 25:07.75

85.  Bella Burbidge 27:27.74

100.  Madelyn Shaw 28:03.49

Men’s Varsity- 231 runners

28.  Boston Burbidge 18:08.38

52.  Levi Angell 18:51.55

89.  Brycen Talbot 19:33.78

98.  Braun Nalder 19:43.40

122.  Brex Martinsen 20:06.48

154.  Dawson Beutler 20:48.34

156.  Carter Smith 20:48.98

JV- 327 runners

46.  Jaxon Blaisdell 20:55.99

47.  Caden Jeppson 20:56.47

82.  Trigger Jones 21:40.31

155.  Kayson Neal 23:11.19

264.  Joshua Pickett 26:29.72