High school cross-country: Defending state champs Lone Peak girls, American Fork boys lead the way at 6A divisional meets

James Edward
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Andie Aagard of Lone Peak, shown here at the Border Wars XC meet at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, was the top qualifier for state on Tuesday at the 6A divisional meet.
Andie Aagard of Lone Peak, shown here at the Border Wars XC meet at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, was the top qualifier for state on Tuesday at the 6A divisional meet. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

Here’s a look at the results from the state-qualifying 6A cross-country divisional meets held at Lakeside Park in Orem on Tuesday morning. The meet narrows down the field of runners that will participate at the 6A state meet, set for Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Regional Athletic Complex in Rose Park.

Teams from regions 1, 2 and 3 were split up into two divisional meets, with the top seven teams in each divisional meet qualifying for state, along with the top six individuals who weren’t on a qualifying team.

American Fork’s Daniel Simmons — the reigning 6A champ — had the fastest qualifying time of the boy runners at 15.23. The defending 6A girls champ, Andie Aagard of Lone Peak, also had the top qualifying time of 18:30.

Lone Peak’s girls team and American Fork’s boys team will be the favorites to repeat as state champs.

The results of those two boys and girls divisional meets are listed below.

Class 6A girls

Tuesday’s divisional results 

At Lakeside Park

Divisional A

Team results (top seven teams advance to state)

  1. Lone Peak, 19

  2. American Fork, 45

  3. Herriman, 102

  4. Weber, 128

  5. Farmington, 133

  6. Copper Hills, 180

  7. Pleasant Grove, 181

  8. Syracuse, 206

  9. Bingham, 268

Individual results (top 20)

  1. Andie Aagard, Lone Peak, 18:30

  2. Avalon Mecham, American Fork, 18:32

  3. Boston Bybee, Lone Peak, 18:48

  4. Maya Bybee, Lone Peak, 18:56

  5. Addie Meldrum, Lone Peak, 19:02

  6. Zoey Nilsson, Lone Peak, 19:06

  7. Skye Jensen, American Fork, 19:10

  8. Brielle Nilsson, Lone Peak, 19:13

  9. Sophie Steiger, American Fork, 19:15

  10. Anna Bybee, Lone Peak, 19:20

  11. Alayna Wardle, Herriman, 19:34

  12. Skye Siddoway, Farmington, 19:37

  13. Alyssa Kleinman, American Fork, 19:39

  14. Natalia Boltz, American Fork, 19:40

  15. Alexis Bradshaw, Farmington, 19:47

  16. Haley Whitford, American Fork, 19:55

  17. Breelyssa Leeper, Herriman, 19:58

  18. Whitley Kidd, Copper Hills, 20:01

  19. Eden Burton, Weber, 20:06

  20. Catherine Wald, Weber, 20:13

Divisional B

Team results (top seven teams advance to state)

  1. Westlake, 35

  2. Riverton, 74

  3. Skyridge, 78

  4. Corner Canyon, 121

  5. Fremont, 128

  6. Mountain Ridge, 133

  7. Davis, 161

  8. Lehi, 193

  9. Layton, 214

Individual results (top 20)

  1. Lucy Hawkins, Skyridge, 19:16

  2. Mya Oyler, Riverton, 19:27

  3. Millie Robinson, Westlake, 19:45

  4. Paige Rhoads, Corner Canyon, 19:48

  5. Talia Anderson, Westlake, 19:49

  6. Aubrey Meyers, Westlake, 19:50

  7. Isabella Cram, Davis, 19:50

  8. Cailey Bracken, Mountain Ridge, 20:02

  9. Maya Parker, Westlake, 20:03

  10. Isabel Preston, Riverton, 20:05

  11. Brooklyn Tarr, Mountain Ridge, 20:14

  12. Marci Havens, Westlake, 20:19

  13. Remy McAdams, Lehi, 20:19

  14. Grace Swanson, Riverton, 20:26

  15. Hailey Atwater, Fremont, 20:26

  16. Ava Talbot, Skyridge, 20:32

  17. Clara Madsen, Skyridge, 20:35

  18. Katie Ormsby, Layton, 20:36

  19. Taylee Richards, Fremont, 20:40

  20. Margaret Lund, Riverton, 20:40

American Fork’s Daniel Simmons takes the tape as 6A runners compete in the state high school cross-country championships.
American Fork’s Daniel Simmons, shown here winning the 6A cross-country state championship, posted the top qualifying time on Tuesday in the state-qualifying 6A divisional meet. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

Class 6A boys

Tuesday’s divisional results 

At Lakeside Park

Divisional A

Team results (top seven teams advance to state)

  1. American Fork, 24

  2. Riverton, 49

  3. Layton, 99

  4. Davis, 128

  5. Corner Canyon, 140

  6. Lehi, 152

  7. Westlake, 176

  8. Copper Hills, 183

  9. Weber, 204

Individual results (top 20)

  1. Daniel Simmons, American Fork, 15:23

  2. Chase Pack, American Fork, 15:49

  3. Andrew Ludwig, Riverton, 15:51

  4. Kaden Evans, American Fork, 15:56

  5. Corbin Randall, Riverton, 16:03

  6. Maxwell Orr, American Fork, 16:06

  7. Samuel Ghiz, Riverton, 16:08

  8. Ben Bradshaw, American Fork, 16:12

  9. Noah Nielson, American Fork, 16:12

  10. Phin Mayer, Corner Canyon, 16:16

  11. Caden Timm-DuShane, Copper Hills, 16:20

  12. Gage Helm, Riverton, 16:24

  13. Davis Rydman, Layton, 16:28

  14. Grayson Milne, Corner Canyon, 16:32

  15. Dalin Holje, Layton, 16:34

  16. Isaac Lundberg, Davis, 16:35

  17. Ryker Bement, American Fork, 16:37

  18. Jonny Reed, Davis, 16:46

  19. Matyas Bird, Westlake, 16:47

  20. Jonathan Thornley, Layton, 16:48

Divisional B

Team results (top seven teams advance to state)

  1. Herriman, 20

  2. Skyridge, 71

  3. Lone Peak, 78

  4. Farmington, 117

  5. Fremont, 154

  6. Bingham, 162

  7. Mountain Ridge, 194

  8. Pleasant Grove, 202

  9. Syracuse, 242

Individual results (top 20)

  1. Nathan Rummler, Lone Peak, 15:45

  2. Jack Beckstrom, Herriman, 15:54

  3. William Steadman, Herriman, 15:54

  4. Maxwell Hofheins, Herriman, 16:00

  5. Tayshaun Ogomo, Herriman, 16:03

  6. Jonah Tang, Herriman, 16:04

  7. Micah Tang, Herriman, 16:05

  8. Hyrum Wood, Herriman, 16:06

  9. Cooper Tripp, Skyridge, 16:11

  10. Zach Hillhouse, Pleasant Grove, 16:15

  11. Landon Sturgeon, Farmington, 16:18

  12. Aaron Caldwell, Skyridge, 16:24

  13. Brent Clark, Lone Peak, 16:26

  14. Edward Fuller, Skyridge, 16:27

  15. Devan Green, Skyridge, 16:30

  16. Jackson Spencer, Syracuse, 16:36

  17. Tanner Orton, Bingham, 16:38

  18. Mark Bybee, Lone Peak, 16:38

  19. Izaac Crosland, Farmington, 16:42

  20. Trevor Carlton, Fremont, 16:47