The Snow College men's and women's cross country traveled to Twin Falls, Idaho this last weekend to compete in the Scenic West Athletic Conference championships. The men's cross country team brought home the championship. The women's team also had great finishes taking home second place.
Matyas Bird led the Badgers taking second place in the 7 kilometer race with a time of 22:15. Chase McCall finished fourth in the race with his personal best 22:26, Cooper Merica had a personal best finishing sixth with a time of 22:35. Joaquin Cardenas came in seventh for the Badger finishing with the same time as Merica. Rounding out the top five for the Badgers was Matthew Lord, who finished in eighth with a time of 22:39.
Other notable top 10 finishers for the Badgers were Tyler Martin and Braydon Goode, who both finished with a time of 22:49. With a spread from the first to the fifth guy being 23.6 seconds it helped the Badgers secure the SWAC championship.
Skye Siddoway led the Badgers and the race, winning the SWAC Championship with a time of 17:55. Addie Hurst came in next for the Badgers finishing in fifth place with a personal best of 18:43. Gracie and Sophie Starr finished next for the Badgers, finishing in eighth and ninth place with times of 19:11 and 19:12. Rounding out the top five was Sariah Jones, finishing in 13th with a time of 19:34.
The Snow College cross country teams will travel to Huntsville, Alabama Nov., 14th to compete in the NJCAA Cross Country Nationals. They will also compete in the Half Marathon Nationals Tuesday, Nov.For additional information, visit snowbadgers.com.
