Region 9 cross-country: Pine View sweeps varsity races at SUU Invitational

Written by Jeff Richards
August 25, 2024

CEDAR CITY — Pine View High School’s boys and girls varsity cross country teams each took first place at the Southern Utah University Invitational on Saturday.

Athletes compete in the SUU Invitational high school cross-country meet at Bicentennial Park, Cedar City, Utah, Aug. 24, 2024 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News

Running a 5-kilometer course at Bicentennial Park, the Pine View boys started off the morning with a convincing win, landing five of the top seven overall finishers in the race. Senior Bridger Jaggi led the way with a winning time of 15:48.67. His teammates Trevor Prior and Jaxon Bender took third and fourth, respectively, while fellow Panthers Jake Saari and Benjamin Williams placed sixth and seventh.

Pine View boys finished with a remarkable team score of 21, while runner-up Hurricane had 80. Scores are based on the finishes of a team’s top five runners.

In the varsity girls race that followed, Pine View scored 36 points to runner-up Cedar’s 44. The Panthers had four runners among the top 10 finishers, while the Reds had three.

“We went into the meet with the plan of working on packing tighter and reducing our spread,” Pine View head coach Dave Holt said after the meet, adding, “The team executed the plan very well.”

Kanab junior Kenidee Glazier competes in the SUU Invitational high school cross-country meet at Bicentennial Park, Cedar City, Utah, Aug. 24, 2024 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News

Holt said the Panthers will next be headed to the Timpanogos Invitational in Orem this coming Friday, Sept. 30.

“That meet is on the same course as the divisional round of state, against most of the top teams in the state, so it will be a real test of where we are this early in the season,” Holt noted.

The individual winner of the girls varsity race on Saturday was two-time 2A state champion Kenidee Glazier. The junior from Kanab led the race from start to finish and posted a winning time of 18:23.38. Finishing just under 10 seconds behind Glazier was Pine View junior Emmalee Williams, who crossed the finish line in 18:32.99. Rounding out the top five finishers were Panguitch junior Brooke Albrecht in third place, Cedar sophomore Kendee Corry in fourth and Hurricane freshman Arya Armstrong in fifth. See top team and individual placings listed at bottom of story.

More than one dozen schools participated in the meet, including all seven Region 9 schools, plus several teams from smaller schools like Escalante, Beaver, Richfield, Panguitch and Lincoln County. A few schools competed at the junior varsity level only.

For complete meet results on Athletic.net, click here.

SUU Invitational cross-country meet

Bicentennial Park, Cedar City, Aug. 24

Top 5 boys team scores

  1. Pine View, 21.
  2. Hurricane, 80.
  3. Canyon View, 98.
  4. Cedar, 104.
  5. Crimson Cliffs, 129.

Top 10 boys finishers

  1. Bridger Jaggi, Pine View, 15:48.67.
  2. Logan Hadley, Canyon View, 16:06.84.
  3. Trevor Prior, Pine View, 16:09.54.
  4. Jaxon Bender, Pine View, 16:13.62.
  5. Thomas Daniels, Canyon View, 16:17.08.
  6. Jake Saari, Pine View, 16:29.08.
  7. Benjamin Williams, Pine View, 16:29.63.
  8. Jarren Ence, Hurricane, 16:32.19.
  9. Ben Finlinson, Lincoln County (Nev.), 16:36.93.
  10. Tyler Corry, Cedar, 16:46.72.

Top 5 girls team scores

  1. Pine View, 36.
  2. Cedar, 44.
  3. Hurricane, 89.
  4. (tie) Snow Canyon, 104.
  5. (tie) Crimson Cliffs, 104. 

Top 10 girls finishers

  1. Kenidee Glazier, Kanab, 18:23.38.
  2. Emmalee Williams, Pine View, 18:32.99.
  3. Brooke Albrecht, Panguitch, 19:19.57.
  4. Kendee Corry, Cedar, 19:32.76.
  5. Arya Armstrong, Hurricane, 19:40.53.
  6. Tevye Geddes, Pine View, 19:45.12.
  7. Elin Holt, Pine View, 19:46.89.
  8. Vanessa Ruiz, Pine View, 19:49.28.
  9. Samantha Heaton, Cedar, 20:10.92.
  10. Eliza Johnson, Cedar, 20:14.07.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeff Richards, a native of Salt Lake City with family roots in Panguitch, lived in Moab for 20 years before joining St. George News in 2017. Jeff is a longtime journalist and secondary school teacher. He and his wife Penny are the parents of five daughters. They also have three young grandsons and one granddaughter. Jeff and his family enjoy swimming, camping, sightseeing, reading, and taking pictures.

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