Cross Country

POCATELLO, Idaho -- Henry and Hales.

With super sophomore Amber Henry leading the pack, the Weber State women captured the Big Sky Conference cross country championships Saturday morning in Pocatello, Idaho.

SALT LAKE CITY -- While Mountain View dominated the state 4-A team races in Wednesday's cross country championships, Box Elder High's Kelsey Braithwaite won the girls race and the underdog boys Bonneville team proved it's ready to run with the big dogs by placing a surprising second.

A year ago, Braithwaite was tired. She suffered from anemia and other nagging injuries, and the promising runner who had placed seventh and fifth as a freshman and sophomore, posted a DNF at the 2010 championships at Sugarhouse Park. This year, despite running the fastest girls time of the day -- 17 minutes, 36 seconds -- and winning the 4-A girls race, Braithwaite wasn't tired at all.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Ogden High School boys and girls cross country teams had a little bit of sour and a whole lot of sweet at Wednesday morning's state 3-A championships.

The sweet came with Jamie Stokes' dominating win in the 3-A girls race, followed by Sarah Feeny's second year in a row runner-up finish in the 3-mile race, topped off when the Tigers raced to a 7-point win over Park City in the 3-A boys race to claim the state championship.

The Weber State men's and women's cross country teams will head to their final meet before the Big Sky Conference championships when they compete at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival today in Fayetteville, Ark.

The meet will include several nationally ranked teams and be the final tuneup for the Wildcats before the Big Sky meet in two weeks.

The meet will begin at 8:45 a.m. with the men's 10,000-meter race. The women's 6,000-meter race will begin at 9:30 a.m.

LAYTON -- They have put forth a ton of effort in getting ready to race one of the best courses in the state and it paid off handsomely for the Davis Darts.

The boys and girls cross country teams from Davis swept their way to another convincing region title Wednesday afternoon, continuing their dominance in the sport.

In the girls' race, Davis junior Shae Martinez put together another impressive display of power and grace in crossing the finish line a full 32 seconds ahead of teammate Madison Garlock as the Darts finished 1-2-3-4-8-9 to grab the team title with Martinez just missing her previous best at the Layton Commons Park course by one full second.