Sports Updates
CROSS COUNTRY Coming off a second-place finish at the UVU Invitational, the Utah cross country team posted another second-place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minnesota. Behind a trio of top-10 finishers in Anna Peters, McKaylie Caesar and Morgan Jensen at the Les Bolstad Golf Course, Utah was just one point shy of tying No. 22 California Baptist for first while it had a 32-point advantage over No. 29 Colorado State who came in third. The Utes also competed in the Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational with a fifth-place finish for Caroline Fischer on the 5K course. The 18th-ranked Women of Utah head to Verona, Wisconsin on October 13 to compete in one of the premier meets in the country in the Nuttycombe Invitational at the Zimmerman Championship Course. GOLF In the past month, the men’s golf team has posted top 15 finishes in three competitions including a top- four finish at the Oregon State Invitational. Davis Johnson and Javier Barcos both posted top-15 finishes at the Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, Oregon. In the Husky Invitational, the Utes tied for 9th overall as Barcos finished with the lowest score of the final round, vaulting himself up 16 spots on the final day. The senior also finished fifth overall at the Fighting Irish Classic in South Bend, Indiana for his sixth top-five finish of his collegiate career. SOCCER After closing out their non-conference slate with a win against Colorado State, Utah opened Pac-12 competition with a loss and a tie before taking down Oregon in a 4-2 win. Despite a stout performance from its back line, the team ended up on the short end of a 1-0 decision against the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal. The Utes now stand at 5-4-5 overall with a 1-2-2 mark in conference play. Katie O’Kane leads the team in goals with seven, including a hat trick in the win against Oregon, while Kasey Wardle has recorded 47 saves and two shutouts.
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CRIMSON CLUB MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2023
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