Sports Updates
CROSS COUNTRY Grad transfer McKaylie Caesar led the 21st-ranked Utah cross country team with a top-10 finish as the Utes placed fifth as a squad at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships behind PRs from all five scorers. Freshman Anna Peters led the Utes for the majority of the race as she had done all year. But with about 1500 meters to go, Caesar let her veteran experience take over to finish ninth overall as Utah’s top finisher with a time of 19:36.0. Caesar’s ninth- place finish also garnered her Second-Team All- Pac-12 honors. It also marks the fifth-straight year that Utah has had a runner earn All-Pac-12 honors. The Women of Utah will compete in the NCAA Mountain Regionals in Lubbock, Texas on Friday, Nov. 10. The national championship will be held Saturday, Nov. 18 in Charlottesville, Va., and airing on ESPNU. GOLF To close its fall competition, the University of Utah men’s golf team recorded its lowest score in relation to par in over two years to tie for third place and three Utes earned top-15 finishes at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational, at The Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton, California. Sergio Jimenez entered the clubhouse with Utah’s best overall score at 9-under, putting him alone in 11th. Jimenez finished his afternoon with nine consecutive pars for a 1-over 73. For the freshman from Madrid, Spain, this represented his third top-20 finish of the fall and his highest finish so far as a member of Utah’s lineup. The golf team will take its winter break before opening its spring slate on Feb. 14-17 in Lihue, Kaua’i Hawaii. SOCCER The Utah soccer team closed out its 2023 season on Nov. 3, finishing with a 6-8-6 overall record and a 2-6-3 conference mark. The Utes’ final month of play was highlighted by knocking off No. 18 Arizona State at home. Kelly Bullock and Taliana Kaufusi a pair of rockets into the net and the University of Utah women’s soccer team’s back line permitted only a single shot on goal in the win against the Sun Devils. It was Utah’s first win over a ranked team since an April 2021 home win over ASU, then ranked No. 17. The season was capped as freshman forward
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CRIMSON CLUB MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2023
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