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Maple Mountain freshman Oaklie Rohatinsky crosses the finish line at the end of her first-place finish at the 5A state championships on October 27, 2026

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Maple Mountain's championship team gets off to a solid start during the 5A state championships on October 27, 2026

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Maple Mountain senior Logan Rohatinsky makes his way toward the finish line during the 5A state championships on October 27, 2026

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Maple Mountain freshman Oaklie Rohatinsky poses on the podium upon receiving her first place medal at the 5A state championships on October 27, 2026

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Springville's Kayla Crawford and Chloe Boyer pose for photos on the podium following the 5A championships on October 27, 2026

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Maple Mountain's Logan Rohatinsky and Parker Davis pose on the podium after receiving their silver and bronze medals at the 5A state championships on October 27, 2026

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Maple Mountain boys cross country team poses with the 5A championship trophy. October 27, 2026

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The name Rohatinsky has been a big name in the local track and cross country scene for a while now, and it certainly was again during the 5A cross country championships at Sugarhouse Park on Tuesday.

Sure, there was Maple Mountain senior Logan Rohatinsky yet again leading his team to a third state championship over the past four years with his second place individual finish, although it was little sister, Oaklie Rohatinsky who stole the individual show. Only a freshman, Oaklie broke the tape in the girls competition with a time of 17:53.56, three seconds ahead of second place finisher Bridget Smit (Brighton), with older brother giving her praise after.

“It was just so fun to see her do it,” Logan said. “I really was wanting to do it with her this year because it’s my last year in high school. So it was awesome to see her do it. My second place isn’t bad at all, but it really just made me so happy to see her do it and have such good success at such a young age. It’s awesome. It’s so fun.”

“I don’t think it’s sunk in yet,” Oaklie added of her championship run. “I had a plan going in, had confidence that I could do it, and I just competed the best I could.”

Running races begins early in the Rohatinsky family, as one could well imagine may be the case with one of the most decorated runners in Utah prep history, Josh Rohatinsky, playing the role of father and de facto running coach. And that’s not to mention Oaklie and Logan’s mother, Jena Rohatinsky, who is also Maple Mountain’s girls team coach.

“Both of my parents are so great. My dad obviously had a great success as a runner, and my mom is incredible in nutrition and recovery for us,” Logan said. “They’re the reason that we’re all able to perform so well. It’s such a blessing, and I couldn’t be more thankful for my parents for it.”

Also thankful is Maple Mountain’s mens coach, Brett Andrus, who also helps coach the girls team.

“I’ve felt from the first day I started coaching that families build programs and the Rotinskys are a special family that takes the sport very seriously,” Andrus said. “It sets a good example to the other runners, they compete hard, and they’re supportive of the other athletes on the team. It all has worked so well for everyone involved in our program and it’s great to see both Logan and Oaklie do as well as they did today. They deserve it.”

As mentioned, Logan’s second place finish was central for the Golden Eagles in capturing their second straight state title, but he had a lot of help. Finishing in third was junior Parker Davis with senior Landon Smith contributing an 11th place finish. It all added up to 71 points, which placed the entire team significantly ahead of second place Viewmont and its 120 total team points.

“From the very start, we knew that this was the goal,” Andrus said. “It was what we were expected perhaps by many others to do as well. The difference was that we tried to focus on not having that be the end goal. We really wanted to find out how well we could run this course. And so we came up a couple of times during the year and practiced some things on the course back in September so that we could be ready to run the course the way we wanted to run today.”

The run wasn’t exactly perfect, according to Andrus, but a strong finish at the end ultimately overwhelmed the other programs in the end.

“We were in third place back at 142 points in the first mile and then closed out the last mile, moved up 70 some odd points to finish,” Andrus said. “So I’m really proud of especially our number. We had our No. 3 runner move from 21st to 11th, our No. 4 runner moved from 50th to 25th, and our No. 5 runner  moved from 67th to 30th. And that made a big difference for our team.”

“Our coaches have told us time and time again that the race is won on the last mile,” Logan added. “So we tried to be pretty conservative, and for me individually, I made a pretty rough tactical mistake, especially with this wind … that kind of left me with less mental and physical energy towards the end. But I think, for the team, we all knew that we could do do it again, and so we just tried to believe in ourselves and believe in each other as brothers and we were able to go and execute today.”

As for Oaklie’s individual championship, it’s been a long time in the works for Maple Mountain.

“Oaklie’s championship is the first individual female championship in cross country for a Maple Mountain runner. So, we’re pretty excited about that,” Andrus said. “She came in as a freshman, has had a great year. She’s ran some great races against some top runners in the state and today similarly came and executed her race plan perfectly. Like with the boys, she was patient and ran in the pack for the first mile, mile and a half … She stayed in control and finished it off.”

Doing it all as a mere freshman of course brings a lot of expectations moving forward, although Andrus was quick to downplay any expectations.

“I don’t know that I want to predict the ceilings. Obviously she comes from a wonderful running family and takes it very seriously and loves the sport,” Andrus said. “What I hope for her is that she enjoys a long career with a lot of wonderful teammates where she keeps learning not just about how fast she can run, but how good she can get at a lot of skills within the sport. And I think she will. She does have the goal of running in college and obviously that looks like a strong possibility right now. But I hope that she just keeps enjoying the sport without putting too much pressure on herself first as a young athlete.”

Class 5A Boys State Championship

Team scores

Maple Mountain, 71

Viewmont, 120

Timpview, 152

Fremont, 165

Springville, 172

West Jordan, 203

Bountiful, 246

Spanish Fork, 252

Alta, 264

Salem Hills, 279

Individual Results

Jeff Hazard, Northridge, Sr., 15:06.53

Logan Rohatinsky, Maple Mountain, Sr., 15:14.62

Parker Davis, Maple Mountain, Jr., 15:26.05

William Towers, Olympus, Sr., 15:40.21

Whittaker Bettis, Brighton, Jr., 15:48.68

Daxton Coombs, West Field, Jr., 15:51.44

Max Goodman, Springville, Sr., 15:55.19

Parker Grisham, Salem Hills, Jr., 15:59.07

Micah Hooper, Viewmont, Jr., 15:59.91

Ian Storey, Timpview, So., 16:07.16

Class 5A Girls State Championship

Team scores

Viewmont, 83

Brighton, 93

Springville, 128

Olympus, 157

Taylorsville, 212

Skyline, 226

Timpview, 245

Salem Hills, 250

Woods Cross, 251

Bountiful, 263

Individual Results

Oaklie Rohatinsky, Maple Mountain, Fr., 17:53.56

Bridget Smit, Brighton, Jr., 17:56.74

Adria Favero, Olympus, Sr., 18:32.12

Haley Livingston, Salem Hills, Sr., 18:38.54

Kayla Crawford, Springville, Jr., 18:49.91

Chloe Boyer, Springville, So., 19:04.43

Lydia Stringfellow, Viewmont, Sr., 19:14.84

Trineris White Martinez, Granger, Jr., 19:16.46

Evelyn Cook, Northridge, Jr., 19:20.93

Havalah Heale, West, Sr., 19:25.84