MEET RECAP: Pre-Region 2024

NRXC boys team took second place and it’s girls team fourth place at the 2024 Pre-Region Meet held at Layton Commons Park on August 14, 2024. Racing against competitive teams in Region 5, Nate Eskelson (Sr.) paced the boys team with a time of 15:41 over a three-mile course, which was good for 5th place overall, while Evelyn Cook (Fr.) ran 18:39 to lead the Knights and also take 5th in her first ever high school cross-country race!

Other notable performances include Patrick Luoma (Jr.), ~3:00 PR, Carson Fershtut (Sr.), ~2:00 PR, Parker Ewell (Jr.), ~2:00 PR, Natalie Agren (Jr.), ~2:00 PR, and Jane Jeffrey (So.), ~2:00 PR. Congrats to all 15 of our Knights who ran their very first race for us this year and did awesome:

Evelyn Cook (Fr.)
Zachary Carnett (Fr.)
Gabriel Cook (So.)
Carson Agren (Sr.)
Averey Griffin (So.)
Evan Corlett (Fr.)
Mark Volkanov (Fr.)
Dax Nesbit (Fr.)
Amri Hazard (Fr.)
Laura Zabriskie (So.)
Isaac Gutierrez (Fr.)
Lucy Hibbert (Fr.)
Samuel Elstad (So.)
Bella Corlett (Fr.)
Anna Elstad (Sr)

Our top 5 scoring and top 7 runners overall are summarized in the table below. Full results are available on MeetTrax.

Boys Pre-Region 2024 Scoring Results (67)Girls Pre-Region Scoring Results (94)
Nate Eskelson (Sr.), 15:41 (5)Evelyn Cook (Fr.), 18:39 (5)
Aaron Eskelson (Sr.), 16:01 (9)Abbi Frost (So.), 20:12 (16)
Jeffrey Hazard (So.), 16:18 (12)Lexy Cluff-Baylon (Sr.), 20:45 (21)
Eric Greding (Sr.), 16:56 (19)Lily Griffith (Sr.), 20:59 (22)
Carson Fershtut (Sr.), 17:10 (22)Kaidynce Dawson (Jr.), 21:53 (30)
Patrick Luoma (Jr.), 17:17 (NS)Renee Bentley (Sr.), 22:06 (NS)
Addison Waite (Jr.), 18:06 (NS)Marie Sargent (Sr.), 22:12 (NS)
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Our next meet is the prestigious Timpanogos Invitational on August 30, 2024, at Lakeside Sports Park in Orem, Utah. We’d love to see you there!