Both MHS Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams have punched their ticket for the state race that will be held in Eagle, Idaho on Saturday, November 2. To qualify for the IHSAA Cross Country Championship meet, a team had to place in the top two or an individual had to finish in the top 10.  The Dragon XC team solidified their place at the starting line with four members of the women’s and three men’s medaling.

Freshman Aezlyn Summers led the charge for the MHS women’s team as she took 5th place with a time of 20:54.95.  Just two places behind her came in Kaycee Venable at 21:54.19, closely followed by Ellie Angell in ninth place with a time of 22:28.02.  Samantha Schrenk snuck in to take tenth place at 22:28.38.  

With four individual runners already qualifying for the state race, it was up to the next three runners for Malad, Adi Schow, Kallee Talbot, and Brielle Bastian, to help qualify the team.  Coming in at 11th, 14th, and 15th place, the MHS women’s team tallied up 37 points to earn them second place and a trip to the championship.

With 38 points, the MHS Men’s XC claimed the 3A District Champion title for the second year in a row.  Boston Burbidge narrowly placed second with a time of 17:17.99, just 9 seconds behind first place.  Levi Angell took 7th place at 17:45.09 with Brycen Talbot following in 8th place at 17:59.25.  Rounding out the top seven places for the Dragon XC team was Braun Nalder, Carter Smith,  Brex Martinsen, and Jaxon Blaisdell. 

The Malad XC team has sent individuals and teams for a number of years, proving to always be a strong program, even at the state level.  After a decade long dry spell without a state qualifying team, Malad has now had teams racing at state for four consecutive years and have no plans to break that streak.  The 2024 Dragon racers are looking forward to not only competing, but adding a little more hardware to their already growing collection.

The State XC schedules sets the MHS women’s team to race on November 1 at 11:00 am, with the boys racing at 12:30 pm.

3A District Cross Country Meet

Kelly Park Nordic Ski Trails 

Soda Springs, Idaho

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Womens 5,000 M Results

Official Team Scores

1.  Soda Springs 18

2.  Malad 37

3.  West Side 90

4.  Declo 107

Individual Results (38 racers)

5.  Aezlyn Summers 20:54.95

7.  Kaycee Venable 21:54.19 

9.  Ellie Angell 22:28.02

10.  Samantha Schrenk 22:28.38

11.  Adi Schow 22:28.62

14.  Kallee Talbot 22:38.01

15.  Brielle Bastian 22:49.27

18.  Hadlee Summers 23:06.60

20.  Jenna Talbot 23:50.30

Bella Burbidge 25:03.27

Madelyn Shaw 27:14.94

Mens 5,000 M

Official Team Scores

1.  Malad 38

2.  Soda Springs 43

3.  West Side 45

4.  Declo 113

5.  Wendell 146

Individual Results

2.  Boston Burbidge 17:17.99

7.  Levi Angell 17:45.09

8.  Brycen Talbot 17:59.25

13.  Braun Nalder 18:23.76

16.  Carter Smith 18:41.67

20.  Brex Martinsen 19:13.91

Jaxon Blaisdell 19:22.71

Dawson Beutler 19:23.76

Trigger Jones 20:05.99

Caden Jeppson 20:27.26

Joshua Pickett 20:49.73

Cameron Allen 20:52.75

Kayson Neal 21:07.01

Evan Colton 21:41.50

Ethan Horsley 21:59.78