Cross country takes second against in-state rivals in the Utah Open
Four Wolverines finish in the top 10 as both UVU teams place second.
Men’s Cross Country
Four Wolverines finish in the top 10 as both UVU teams place second.
Habtamu Cheney, Joel Mendez, and Everlyn Kemboi each placed top-15 in their races contributing significantly to their teams.
The Utah Valley University cross country team traveled to the SUU Color Country Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 8, in Cedar City Utah. The women had a dominant showing, placing first while the men’s team took third. The Wolverines competed against Southern Utah University and Utah Tech.
Everlyn Kemboi set a meet record at the annual Paul Short Run as the Wolverine’s men’s and women’s teams competed on Friday, Sep. 30 at Lehigh University.
Wolverines placed 16th in the second event of the season held in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The Utah Valley cross country team had a great showing at the Run Elite Program Cross Classic despite the top runners not competing, with the men and women both finishing second. The young runners competed well.
Everlyn Kemoboi led Utah Valley with a first-place overall finish at the UVU Invitational
The Utah Valley women’s cross country team finished first overall at the 2021 UVU XC Invitational with a score of 24. Junior READ MORE
Lynch recently finished up his final cross country season in 2019, a year where he dominated statistically. He ended the WAC season repeating in the 8K race at the WAC Championships and took home WAC Men’s Athlete of the Year honors for the second consecutive season. His victory helped the men’s team win the championship for the fifth time in seven years.
It seems that this years cross country season has gone by faster than Utah Valley’s teams can run. Both UVU’s men’s and women’s teams concluded their season Friday, Nov. 15, placing seventh and 13th respectively. The Mountain Region Cross Country Championships took place just over the mountain at Rose Park Golf Course in Salt Lake City, and brought some of the best teams in the nation together to compete for a chance at the NCAA championships Nov. 23.