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.
It was a day of championships and awards for Utah Valley University Saturday, Nov. 2. The UVU men’s cross-country team won the WAC championship for the second-consecutive year with a score of 44 points. The women ran hard as well, finishing second in the WAC, only behind California Baptist University. The victory for the men […]
On Sept. 28, UVU’s cross country team headed to the Notre Dame Joe Piane Cross Country Invitational in Indiana where the women finished first and the men 10th, respectively. The winner of each meet is determined by adding the places of the five fastest runners on each team, with the trophy ultimately being awarded to […]
The UVU men and women of the cross country team were left heartbroken following the conclusion of the WAC championships when they both lost in a tiebreaker for first place. The Missouri-Kansas City Roos took home the men’s title, while the New Mexico State Aggies took home the women’s title. The Wolverine men finished in […]
Tyson Lambert made history on Saturday morning when he won the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational. Lambert became the first UVU cross country member to win every race during the regular season. The win was his fourth of the season and puts the senior as a favorite to win the WAC individual championship on Oct. 28. […]
If the measurement of success for UVU athletic teams is conference championships, then the men and women of the Wolverine cross country team have set the bar high in recent years. Both the UVU men and women have built the foundations of a dynasty in WAC cross country by winning five of a possible eight […]
In the final episode of the semester, we recap the big events of the semester in UVU sports.
Photo by Julie Ostler Several teams made Utah Valley University history this fall and others brought championships to UVU. With the culmination of the fall 2016 semester rapidly approaching, we take a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of the UVU student-athletes. Wrestler Dustin Dennison finishes first at national tournament Nov. 13 on the campus […]
Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics The Utah Valley University men’s and women’s cross country teams both had remarkable seasons in 2015 having captured the team and individual Western Athletic Conference championships. It was the third straight title for the men’s team as well as the first title for the women’s team since joining the WAC […]