SJHS Cross Country Team

The SJHS Cross Country team has been doing great in their meets so far this fall. The team practices every day. Sometimes they run around the field behind the school and other times they run around surrounding neighborhoods. There are 34 people on the team, 20 boys and 14 girls. “ The girls have won every meet so far this year; the boys have won all but one- they came in second, so we have done really well in our meets so far! We just have the district final left. We’ll see how that goes,” said Mrs. Bodily, the coach of the team.

The cross country team races at our school, Mapleton, Salem, Mt.Nebo, and Payson. “I love running and I have been running my whole life,” said Adam Krieger, a student on the cross country team.

“My favorite thing is watching the athletes improve their times and get new personal records. (I think I get more excited than they do!). I also just love working with them; they are such a great group of kids,” said Mrs. Bodily, the coach of the team. 

In the boys’ first meet, Grant Gardner, a student at SJHS, came in first with a time of 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Brandon Garnica came in third, Cooper Riggs came in sixth, and Adam Krieger came in seventh. So over all, the boys did great. In the girls’ second whole meet, Marissa Larkin, a student at SJHS, came in second with a time of 9 minutes and 56 seconds. Mariah Skinner came in third, Ella Park came in fourth, and Claire Duncan came in fifth. The girls team did great as well.