Utah Valley cross country travels to Cedar City, Utah, on Saturday for the Color Country Invitational, hosted by Southern Utah at Cedar Ridge Golf Course. The men will run first at 10:30 a.m. MDT, with the women following shortly after at 11. Live results will be posted at MileSplit.com.

The men will be running a 6k race, with the women running a 4k. The Wolverine women have won the Color Country Invite each of the last four seasons. Former Wolverines Mo Guled and Oakley Olson hold the course records, with Guled running a 18:05.89 6k and Olson running a 13:56.26 4k in 2024. 

LAST TIME OUT

Utah Valley raced last week against a stacked field at the Gans Creek Classic in Missouri, the site of this season's NCAA Cross Country championships. The women finished 27th overall, with the men taking 24th.

Morgan Nokes took the top spot for the women's squad, finishing 18th overall and breaking the previous Gans Creek course record with a 19:43.7 6k time. Elisabeth Ferrell (21:16.4) was the next Wolverine across the finish line at 145th, followed closely by Paisley Taylor (21:18.5) in 149th. Ari Trimble (21:34.5) and Julie Moore (21:41.8) capped off the scoring at 174th and 189th respectively.

On the men's side, Sila Kiplagat was the team's top finisher at 59th overall in his first race in America. Porter Whitworth (23:53.0) and Wyatt Mortenson (23:55.0) were the next Wolverines across the line, finishing 108th and 112th respectively. Alex Hartshorn (24:36.5) and Trey Despain (24:44.5) rounded out the team scoring at 190th and 200th. The men finished ahead of four squads who were receiving votes in the USTFCCCA national poll.

After Saturday's race, the Wolverines will take a week off before wrapping up the regular season in New Jersey at the Princeton Fall Classic on Friday, Oct. 17. The women will race first at 8:30 a.m. MDT, followed by the men at 9:15.