A state title drought that stretches back nearly four decades is finally over for Kanab’s boys track team, while for North Summit’s girls, the title train keeps chugging along.
Kanab won back-to-back state titles in 1982 and 1983, and 38 years later the boys team finally gets to put another trophy in the display case as the Cowboys racked up 100 points at the 2A state track meet at Davis High School on Saturday to finish ahead of runner-up Monticello’s 88.5 points.
“It’s a really big deal cause we haven’t won a state title in 40 years. We’re strong in every event, we have someone in every event. It’s been very exciting.” — Kanab’s Travis Stewart
For North Summit, it pulled away from Millard late in the state meet with strong showings in the 200 meters and 4x400 relays to claim its fifth straight state championship and a staggering 11th of the past 12.
“It’s such a big deal. Our community is so supportive so whenever someone takes a state championship everyone is supportive and behind you. It feels so good,” said junior Marci Richins.
She won the 200 and 400 meters and contributed to the 4x100 relay win as the Braves totaled 124 team points. Millard was a close second with 115 points.
For Marci Richins, Savannah Richins and Hadley Richins, the state title was their third of the season as they were also key members of North Summit’s volleyball and basketball state championships this school year.
Marci Richins finished a close second in the 100 meters to Jade Crockett, just .02 behind her. They flipped positions in the 200, and Richins said she’s loved competing against a high-caliber runner like Crockett this season.
North Summit’s only other individual winner at the state meet was Elizabeth Zwahlen, as she won the 1,600 and 3,200 meters. She narrowly missed out on the distance sweep, finishing second to Millard’s Audrey Camp in a race that needed to be broken down to the thousands of a second to determine the winner.
Camp finished in 2:22.714 and Zwahlen at 2:22.718.
Camp finished third to Zwahlen in the 1,600 and fifth in the 3,200 meters, and said she knew she had to stick with her the entire 800 meters to have a chance, believing she was faster if it came down to a sprint.
Camp was emotionally talking about the joy of winning her final high school race. She’ll be running in college at Southern Idaho.
“I really, really wanted to win, so I was like I’m just going to go out and if I die, I die, I’m trying to give it my all so I can hopefully have a chance to win,” said Camp.
For runner-up Millard, its only other individual state champ was Mary Degraffenreid in the javelin.
For Kanab’s boys, the sprinting of Travis Stewart and the throwing of Brandon Stein and Collin Szymanski were keys to the championship.
Stewart, just a sophomore, won the 100 meters (11.40), 200 meters (22.45) and 400 meters (51.17) with strong times in each.
“It’s a really big deal cause we haven’t won a state title in 40 years,” said Stewart. “We’re strong in every event, we have someone in every event. It’s been very exciting.”
Stein won the shot put and finished second in the discus, while Szymanski finishing first in the discus.
Nathan Bowman was clutch as well for Kanab at the state meet, finishing third in the 3,200 meters and fourth in both the 800 and 1,600. He accounted for 16 teams points, which Kanab needed all of to beat Monticello.
Two of 2A’s top senior athletes wrapped up their careers in impressive fashion. Monticello’s Cedar English won the high jump and long jump and finished fourth in the javelin, while Rowland Hall’s Carson Burian won the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and then anchored his team’s sprint medley relay victory.
2A girls state meet
At Davis High School
Team scores
- 1. North Summit, 124
- 2. Millard, 115
- 3. Parowan, 75.5
- 4. Kanab, 70
- 5. Enterprise, 57
- 6. Beaver, 41
- 7. RSL Academy, 35
- 8. Rowland Hall, 25.5
- 9. North Sevier, 25
- 10. Monticello, 19
Individual results
100 meters — 1. Jada Crockett, Rowland Hall, 12.83; 2. Marci Richins, North Summit, 12.85; 3. Lina Biasi, Parowan, 13.03; 4. Natalie Scott, Real Salt Lake Academy, 13.06; 5. Sydney Peck, Real Salt Lake Academy, 13.20; 6. Aspen Thacker, Altamont, 13.28; 7. Kyle Ervin, Real Salt Lake Academy, 13.28; 8. Haylee Erickson, Beaver, 13.56.
200 meters — 1. Marci Richins, North Summit, 24.97; 2. Jada Crockett, Rowland Hall, 25.59; 3. Sydney Peck, Real Salt Lake Academy, 26.10; 4. Aspen Thacker, Altamont, 26.37; 5. Hadley Richins, North Summit, 26.66; 6. Natalie Scott, Real Salt Lake Academy, 26.94; 7. Haylee Erickson, Beaver, 26.94; 8. Kyle Ervin, Real Salt Lake Academy, 27.17.
400 meters — 1. Marci Richins, North Summit, 58.38; 2. Hadley Richins, North Summit, 59.16; 3. Sydney Peck, Real Salt Lake Academy, 59.43; 4. Rachel Gardner, Enterprise, 1:02.52; 5. Kara Camp, Millard, 1:02.64; 6. Kate Kelly, Milllard, 1:02.73; 7. Lina Biasi Parowan, 1:02.80; 8. Mary Degraffenreid, Millard, 1:03.32.
800 meters — 1. Audrey Camp, Millard, 2:22.714; 2. Elizabeth, Zwahlen, North Summit, 2:22.718; 3. Katy Kelly, Millard, 2:25.66; 4. Lily Long, Monticello, 2:30.62; 5. Charly Sargent, North Summit, 2:32.86; 6. Matilee Sudweeks, Parowan, 2:32.87; 7. Nichole Evans, Duchesne, 2:33.05; 8. Lily Scaife, Rowland Hall, 2:33.14.
1,600 meters — 1. Elizabeth Zwahlen, North Summit, 5:23.65; 2. Kate Kelly, Millard, 5:27.71; 3. Audrey Camp, Millard, 5:29.36; 4. Lily Long, Monticello, 5:29.43; 5. Charly Sargent, North Summit, 5:32.09; 6. Brooke Reed, Parowan, 5:33.78; 7. Adelyn Crockett, Parowan, 5:42.64; 8. Regan Belko, Saint Joseph, 5:42.69.
3,200 meters — 1. Elizabeth Zwahlen, North Summit, 11:44.46; 2. Brooke Reed, Parowan, 11:55.19; 3. Katy Kelly, Millard, 12:08.94; 4. Lily Long, Monticello, 12:12.01; 5. Audrey Camp, Millard, 12:19.15; 6. Adelyn Crockett, Parowan, 12:24.90; 7. Charly Sargent, North Summit, 12:43.16; 8. Danielle Zwahlen, North Summit, 12:44.10.
100 hurdles — 1. Jessica Shewmaker, Kanab, 15.99; 2. Brentlee Mineer, Parowan, 16.39; 3. McKenna Murphy, Parowan, 16.43; 4. Mary Degraffenreid, Millard, 16.89; 5. Angel Burgess, Enterprise, 17.38; 6. Sadie Jensen, Millard, 17.50; 7. Tayler Sieverts, North Summit, 17.84; 8. Kalie Whitlock, Gunnison, 18.29.
300 hurdles — 1. Lina Biasi, Parowan, 47.78; 2. Jessica Shewmaker, Kanab, 47.99; 3. Mary Degraffenreid, Millard, 48.96; 4. Kara Camp, Millard, 49.21; 5. McKenna Murphy, Parowan, 49.49; 6. Jade Woolstenhulme, North Summit, 50.18; 7. Avery Smith, North Sevier, 50.28; 8. Addilyn Anderson, Gunnison, 50.55.
4x100 Relay — 1. Kanab, 51.50; 2. Enterprise, 51.95; 3. North Summit, 52.78; 4. Beaver, 52.88; 5. Millard, 53.68; 6. Gunnison, 55.33; 7. North Sevier, 56.68; 8. Duchesne, 57.20.
4x400 relay — 1. North Summit, 4:09.66; 2. Millard, 4:19.41; 3. Enterprise, 4:22.39; 4. North Sevier, 4:25.56; 5. Kanab, 4:32.36; 6. Parowan, 4:36.57; 7. Duchesne, 4:37.07; 8. Rowland Hall, 4:46.88.
Sprint medley — 1. North Summit, 4:26.40; 2. Millard, 4:38.52; 3. Parowan, 4:40.00; 4. Duchesne, 4:45.42; 5. North Sevier, 4:45.45; 6. RSL Academy, 4:47.79; 7. Monticello, 4:53.57; 8. Kanab, 4:54.06.
High jump — 1. Madi Orton, Kanab, 5’01; 2. Mikelle Church, Kanab, 4’11; 3 (tke). Brentlee Mineer, Parowan; Jenae Jimoh, Rowland Hall, 4’09; 5 (tie). Karley Swallow, Millard; Hailey Bramon, Millard, 4’09; 7. Berlynn Black, Monticello, 4’09; 8. Avery Judi, North Summit, 4’07.
Long jump — 1. Rachel Gardner, Enterprise, 16’06.00; 2. Hadley Richins, North Summit, 16’00.75; 3. Madi Orton, Kanab, 15’10.75; 4. Natalie Scott, Real Salt Lake Academy, 15’06.50; 5. Kara Camp, Millard, 15’03.00; 6. Jessica Larsen, North Summit, 15’02.75; 7. Avery Judi, North Summit, 15’01.50; 8. Mikelle Church, Kanab, 14’10.25.
Shot put — 1. Kaydee Marshall, Beaver, 34’11.25; 2. Abby Bateman, Kanab, 33’06.75; 3. Alli Mason, North Sevier, 32’04.25; 4. Zoie Whitaker, Millard, 32’02.00; 5. Kaylee Hagen, Beaver, 31’09.75; 6. Erica Jenson, Altamont, 30’08.75; 7. Dallee Cobb, Enterprise, 30’00.50; 8. Trishna Nielson, North Sevier, 29’07.75.
Discus — 1. Madison Terry, Enterprise, 115’08; 2. Kaylee Hafen, Beaver, 105’01; 3. Danika Jones, Parowan, 104’03; 4. Kaydee Marshall, Beaver, 100’00; 5. Annie Bateman, Kanab, 99’05; 6. Trishna Nielson, North Sevier, 93’06; 7. Heidi Thurman, Millard, 88’08; 8. Brooke Spencer, Duchesne, 85’08.
Javelin — 1. Mary Degraffenreid, Millard, 134’09; 2. Dallee Cobb, Enterprise, 128’11; 3. Kaydee Marshall, Beaver, 123’11; 4. Sarah Snell, St. Joseph, 114’10; 5. Sierra Terry, Enterprise, 112’06; 6. Emrey Maxfield, Altamont, 111’11; 7. Alaina Barney, North Sevier, 94’04; 8. Harley Pope, Altamont, 91’10.
2A boys state meet
At Davis High School
Team scores
- 1. Kanab, 100.5
- 2. Monticello, 88.5
- 3. Layton Christian, 64.5
- 4. Rowland Hall, 61
- 5. Duchesne, 57
- 6. Enterprise, 44
- 7. North Summit, 34.5
- 8. North Sevier, 32
- 9. Beaver, 25
- 10. Altamont, 23
- 10. Millard, 23
Individual results
100 meters — 1. Travis Stewart, Kanab, 11.40; 2. Tommie Olubisi, Layton Christian, 11.40; 3. Nicholas Goodman, Parowan, 11.68; 4. Luke Browning, Kanab, 11.87; 5. Aiden Dougherty, Enterprise, 11.88; 6. Dakota Maxfield, Millard, 12.01; 7. Garett Fabrizio, Duchesne, 12.01; 8. Ty Pace, Duchesne, 12.09.
200 meters — 1. Travis Stewart, Kanab, 22.45; 2. Tommie Olubisi, Layton Christian, 23.01; 3. Nicholas Goodman, Parowan, 23.02; 4. Damien Van Der Watt, American Heritage, 23.10; 5. Dakota Maxfield, Millard, 23.52; 6. Ty Pace Duchesne, 23.56; 7. Garett Fabrizio, Duchesne, 23.73; 8. Malik Johnson, Layton Christian, 24.14.
400 meters — 1. Travis Stewart, Kanab, 51.17; 2. Tommie Olubisi, Layton Christian, 51.95; 3. Christopher Korir, Wasatch Academy, 52.13; 4. Logan Phillips, Altamont, 52.64; 5. Boston Freestone, Monticello, 52.65; 6. Ryker Jonson, North Summit, 53.51; 7. Hunter Carter, Beaver, 53.54; 8. Eric Montague, Monticello, 53.56.
800 meters — 1. Jack Lange, Rowland Hall, 1:58.89; 2. Alan Pettit, Monticello, 2:04.03; 3. Christopher Korir, Wasatch Academy, 2:04.62; 4. Nathan Bowman, Kanab, 2:04.71; 5. Cory Bunker, Monticello, 2:05.94; 6.Keaton Hallows, North Sevier, 2:05.95; 7. Logan Phillips, Altamont, 2:07.26; 8. Jason Cardon, Beaver, 2:07.74.
1,600 meters — 1. Carson Burian, Rowland Hall, 4:20.71; 2. Jack Lange, Rowland Hall, 4:32.62; 3. Cory Bunker, Monticello, 4:33.91; 4. Nathan Bowman, Kanab, 4:35.50; 5. Ezra Shilling Rabin, Rowland Hall, 4:35.97; 6. Keaton Hallows, North Sevier, 4:40.14; 7. Alan Pettit, Monticello, 4:40.66; 8. Calder Moon, Duchesne, 4:40.71.
3,200 meters — 1. Carson Burian, Rowland Hall, 9:07.74; 2. Cory Bunker, Monticello, 9:46.98; 3. Nathan Bowman, Kanab, 9:49.28; 4. Ezra Shilling Rabin, Rowland Hall, 9:50.73; 5. Dawson Thelin, Enterprise, 9:57.61; 6. Michael Ralphs, Millard, 10:10.28; 7. Camden Moat, Millard,10:25.24; 8. Josh Rust, North Summit, 10:29.76.
110 hurdles — 1. Malik Johnson, Layton Christian, 16.13; 2. Saxton Unsworth, Kanab, 16.96; 3. Ethan Judd, North Summit, 17.22; 4. Tate Goble, North Sevier, 17.54; 5. Kenneth LeSueur, American Heritage, 17.66; 6. Branon Torgerson, Duchesne, 17.69; 7. Jackson Clark, Kanab, 18.61; 8. Timmie Olubisi, Layton Christian, 19.08.
300 hurdles — 1. Branon Torgerson, Duchesne, 42.05; 2. Malik Johnson, Layton Christian, 42.14; 3. Kenneth LeSueur, American Heritage, 43.15; 4. Tate Goble, North Sevier, 44.64; 5. Jose Patino, North Summit, 44.67; 6. Brodric Young, Duchesne, 44.73; 7. Bryant Jimenez, Enterprise, 45.59; 8. Saxton Unsworth, Kanab, 46.78.
4x100 Relay — 1. Layton Christian, 44.55; 2. Enterprise, 44.70; 3. North Summit, 45.79; 4. Beaver, 45.92; 5. North Sevier, 46.29; 6. Millard, 46.85; 7. Gunnison, 47.03; 8. Rowland Hall, 47.14.
4x400 relay — 1. Duchesne, 3:38.50; 2. Monticello, 3:39.47; 3. Enterprise, 3:40.15; 4. Beaver, 3:42.25; 5. North Summit, 3:42.73; 6. Rowland Hall, 3:44.25; 7. North Sevier, 3:44.26; 8. Kanab, 3:46.80.
Sprint medley — 1. Rowland Hall, 3:38.14; 2. Monticello, 3:45.95; 3. North Sevier, 3:46.92; 4. Beaver, 3:51.62; 5. Duchesne, 3:51.98; 6. Kanab, 3:52.77; 7. Millard, 3:53.15; 8. Enterprise, 3:54.85.
High jump — 1. Cedar English, Monticello, 6’05.25; 2. Jack Hansen, Gunnison, 6’00.00; 3. Branon Torgerson, Duchesne, 6’00.00; T-4. Alec Hunsaker, North Summit, 5’10.00; T-4. Boston Freestone, Monticello, 5’10.00; 6. Timmie Olubisi, Layton Christian, 5’08.00; 7. Carson Brunson, Millard, 5’08.00; T-8. Collin Szymanski, Kanab, 5’06.00; T-8. Luca Fontana, Layton Christian, 5’06.00.
Long jump — 1. Cedar English, Monticello, 20’09.50; 2. Bryant Jimenez, Enterprise, 20’05.25; 3. Luke Browning, Kanab, 19’08; 4. Damien Van Der Watt, American Heritage, 19’04.50; 5. Nicholas Goodman, Parowan, 19’03.25; 6. Tate Goble, North Sevier, 19’02; 7. Lucas Fontana, Layton Christian, 19’00; 8. Garett Fabrizio, Duchesne, 18’10.25.
Shot put — 1. Braeden Stein, Kanab, 52’05.50; 2. Zach Stewart, Gunnison, 43’08.50; 3. Joseph Nolan, North Summit, 42’11.50; 4. Vita Pomee, Layton Christian, 42’11.00; 5. Robert Musselman, Monticello, 41’04.50; 6. Jed Beckstrand, Enterprise, 40’09.50; 7. Nate Benson, Beaver, 40’08.00; 8. Cauy Williams, North Sevier, 38’04.00.
Discus — 1. Collin Szymanski, Kanab, 127’08; 2. Braeden Stein, Kanab, 127’02; 3. Brock Adams, Duchesne, 124’07; 4. Michael Horton, Parowan, 124’05; 5. Branon Torgerson, Duchesne, 121’01; 6. Trayson Brown, Beaver, 118’04; 7. Cedar English, Monticello, 117’00; 8. Robert Musselman, Monticello, 113’03.
Javelin — 1. Cordale Taylor, Altamont, 183’01; 2. Aiden Dougherty, Enterprise, 171’00; 3. Justin Sorenson, Altamont, 165’01; 4. Cedar English, Monticello, 163’02; 5. Braxton Bond, Millard, 160’10; 6. Robert Musselman, Monticello, 159’07; 7. Hunter Carter, Beaver, 150’10; 8. Jaxon Morlan, Duchesne, 147’11.