Led by Raygan Peterson, a second-string BYU women’s cross country team cruised to victory at the 2023 Utah XC Open, held at Sunnyside Park in Salt Lake City, on Thursday (19). The Cougars, using the meet as another competitive training block for some of the runners, dominated the women’s 5k team score with 15 points.
Peterson led the way with a second place finish in a time of 18:34.5, while teammates Vanesa Alder at 18:43.7, Allie Warner (18:47.4), Grace Hutchison (18:52.4), and Elizabeth Dildine (19:04.7) completed the scorers.
Read more: BYU’s Carmen Alder Leads Women’s Cross Country Team to Victory at XC23 Pre-Nationals
Utah Valley finished second in the scoring with 59 points, while Utah State was third with a score of 61 points.
Meanwhile, Wyatt Evans of Utah State University won the men’s 6k title, clocking in at 20:29.7 to defeat Ben Berlin of Utah State who ran 20:33.3 for second place.
Utah State scored 16 points to win the men’s team title.
2023 Utah XC Open Results and Team Scores
| Women’s 5K Team Results (5k) | ||||
| PL | Team | Total Time | Avg. Time | Score |
| 1 | BYU | 1:34:02 | 18:48 | 15 |
| 2 | Utah Valley | 1:37:48 | 19:33 | 59 |
| 3 | Utah State | 1:37:53 | 19:34 | 61 |
| Women’s 5K Individual Results | |||||
| PL | NAME | YEAR | TEAM | Avg. Mile | TIME |
| 1 | Madey Dickson | Unattached | 05:52.8 | 18:16.1 | |
| 2 | Raygan Peterson | FR-1 | BYU | 05:58.7 | 18:34.5 |
| 3 | Vanesa Alder | FR-1 | BYU | 06:01.7 | 18:43.7 |
| 4 | Allie Warner | JR-3 | BYU | 06:02.8 | 18:47.4 |
| 5 | Grace Hutchison | FR-1 | BYU | 06:04.4 | 18:52.4 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Dildine | JR-3 | BYU | 06:08.4 | 19:04.7 |
| 7 | Julie Sumsion | JR-3 | BYU | 06:11.3 | 19:13.8 |
| 8 | Bailey Brinkerhoff | SR-4 | Utah State | 06:11.8 | 19:15.2 |
| 9 | Caila Odekirk | JR-3 | Utah Valley | 06:12.2 | 19:16.5 |
| 10 | Emily Morden | FR-1 | Utah Valley | 06:13.4 | 19:20.2 |
| 11 | Cameron Moore | FR-1 | Utah State | 06:15.1 | 19:25.4 |
| 12 | Graysen Lanenga | FR-1 | Utah Valley | 06:15.3 | 19:26.3 |
| 13 | Abby Barlow | SO-2 | BYU | 06:15.9 | 19:28.0 |
| 14 | Meredith Price | SO-2 | Utah State | 06:18.0 | 19:34.6 |
| 15 | Olivia Larsen | FR-1 | Utah Valley | 06:19.1 | 19:37.9 |
| 16 | Brooke Manson | SR-4 | Utah | 06:21.5 | 19:45.5 |
| 17 | Hazel Baird | SO-2 | Utah State | 06:22.5 | 19:48.5 |
| 18 | Madison Strasner | JR-3 | Utah State | 06:23.0 | 19:50.0 |
| 19 | Megan Nielsen | Unattached | 06:28.1 | 20:06.0 | |
| 20 | Kelsi Lindley | SO-2 | Utah Valley | 06:28.9 | 20:08.3 |
| Men’s 6K Team Results (6k) | ||||
| PL | Team | Total Time | Avg. Time | Score |
| 1 | Utah State | 1:45:09 | 21:01 | 16 |
| 2 | Salt Lake | 1:50:27 | 22:05 | 47 |
| Men’s 6K Individual Results (6k) | |||||
| PL | NAME | YEAR | TEAM | Avg. Mile | TIME |
| 1 | Wyatt Evans | Sophomore | Utah State University | 05:29.8 | 20:29.7 |
| 2 | Ben Berlin | JR-3 | Utah State | 05:30.8 | 20:33.3 |
| 3 | Ryan Lewis | Freshman | Unattached | 05:35.1 | 20:49.6 |
| 4 | Sam Jackson | FR-1 | Utah State | 05:39.6 | 21:06.3 |
| 5 | Jake Lee | Unattached | 05:43.8 | 21:22.1 | |
| 6 | Drew Hogan | FR-1 | Utah State | 05:44.3 | 21:23.6 |
| 7 | William Mortenson | Freshman | Unattached | 05:46.9 | 21:33.3 |
| 8 | Salvatore Lione | FR-1 | Salt Lake | 05:47.3 | 21:34.8 |
| 9 | Adam Wall | FR-1 | Utah State | 05:47.7 | 21:36.4 |
| 10 | Jayden Holdsworth | Unattached | 05:48.3 | 21:38.6 | |
| 11 | Hunter Kitchen | Freshman | Unattached | 05:50.6 | 21:47.3 |
| 12 | Carson Coleman | FR-1 | Utah State | 05:50.9 | 21:48.3 |
| 13 | Kobe Yost | FR-1 | Utah State | 05:52.4 | 21:53.8 |
| 14 | Marcus Dickson | Unattached | 05:53.9 | 21:59.5 | |
| 15 | Elmer Olaco-Castillo | SO-2 | Salt Lake | 05:54.2 | 22:00.6 |
| 16 | Clayton Adams | Junior | Unattached | 05:55.4 | 22:05.2 |
| 17 | Tyler McDougal | FR-1 | Salt Lake | 05:56.5 | 22:09.4 |
| 18 | Rylan Heffernan | Unattached | 05:57.5 | 22:12.9 | |
| 19 | Jayson Call | Unattached | 05:59.4 | 22:20.1 | |
| 20 | John Jensen | FR-1 | Salt Lake | 05:59.7 | 22:21.2 |
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