What is the Dyestat.com Report saying about STATE

In 5A Girls, Freshman Danielle Menlove of Jordan burns the field with a blazing 17:42, 52 seconds ahead of 5A runner-up Meghan Hedquist of Davis. Hedquist leads the Darts, ranked #4 in the SW, to a dominant victory with all five scoring runners placing in the top 20. Menlove's teammates at Jordan run themselves into a second place finish with 85 points, 42 points behind Davis.

In 5A Boys, SW #6 Alta cruises to an easy State Title, having all scoring runners in the top 12. Seth Gutzwiller of Davis is Utah's 5A individual State Champion, running a 15:36, 8 seconds ahead of Hillcrest's star, Jason Lynch. Garett Jones, Ryan Bradshaw of American Fork, and Kyle Moffet round out the top five, with Jones and Moffet leading Alta to its impressive performance.

SW #5 Timpview headlines the 4A Boys race with a convincing 65 point victory over Mountain View. Led by the 4A individual State Champion, Jonathan Nelson (15:17), Timpview places five in the top 21, producing a 1:20 spread, a 26 second spread from runners 2-5. Runners-up Mountain View posted a 22 second spread for all scoring runners, but the lack of a front runner was the difference, as four Timpview runners finished in front of Mountain View's top runner.

Macinzie O'Very leads SW #9 Mountain Crest in a tight battle for the 4A Girls Title. Mountain Crest and Mountain View both finished with all scoring runners in the top 20, but Mountain Crest benefitted from their talent up front in O'Very and Laura Hatch (1st and 4th overall), to edge Mountain View, 44-56, for the State Trophy. O'Very claims the individual State Title with an 18:13.9, 12 seconds ahead of Emma Saarel of West.

In the combined results, SW #6 Alta proves its dominance in Utah this season, with a 62 point victory over SW #5 Timpview. SW#4 American Fork finished third, 21 points behind Timpview. Jonathan Nelson runs the fastest time of the day with a 15:17, 18 seconds ahead of Jacob Barton of Ogden. On the girls side, no one stands a chance against Danielle Menlove's historic performance. Menlove is the only girl all day to run under 18:00, and she finished 24 seconds ahead of the next runner (17:42-18:06). SW #4 Davis, led for the second race all season by senior star Candace Eddy, staves off any upset by SW #9 Mountain Crest and SW #5 Park City by placing five runners in the top 51, defeating the two teams by 11.5 and 19 points, respectively.