The end to an already solid season saw positive results at the finish line Saturday as Moffat County cross country athletes sped to a memorable conclusion.

MCHS boys placed seventh as a group during the 3A CHSAA State Championships at Colorado Springs’ Norris Penrose Event Center.

A week after capturing the 3A Region 1 title, the Bulldogs were led on the state course by senior and regional runner-up Haven Carr in 10th place, clocking in at 16 minutes 34.4 seconds.

The third year at state for the MoCo upperclassman saw his pattern of improvement continue, going from 62^nd last year and 105^th in 2023 to the top 10.

It’s the best individual state finish for MCHS boys since Wyatt Mortenson took ninth in 2018 — the same year saw Bulldog girls finish sixth as a group — with the entire roster contributing to the team total.

Freshman Jonas Pressgrove was 41^st (17:25), junior Zach Womble 68^th (17:55.3), junior Daniel Gomez 86^th (18:14.4), freshman Dominic Groce 96^th (18:32.1), and sophomore Ryun Pressgrove 132^nd (19:51.7).

Though they faced stiffer competition from across the state, Bulldogs retained their team standing among regional rivals, with Coal Ridge 9^th, D’Evelyn 11^th and Aspen 18^th among 20 schools.

For the second year in a row, Hayden sophomore Sydney Wattles was the lone state competitor for the Moffat County girls squad, and she jumped significantly up the leaderboard.

Wattles ran 19:50.8 to place 12^th, eclipsing her No. 30 finish as a freshman.

MCHS head coach Todd Trapp said the memorable day was helped along by a warm fall climate.

“It was overall perfect weather for cross country,” he said. “The kids killed it today.”