Friday, October 30, 2009

Fall Sports Assembly




Today, the Cross-Country teams were honored at the Fall Sports Assembly. Coach Hunziker and Coach Mostert had the opportunity of unveiling their State Championship banners in the gymnasium.

Footlocker

Just a reminder: The rest of the Footlocker money ($170) is due this coming Monday, Nov. 2nd.
please make sure checks are made out to Provo High School!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

XC Banquet

Our Cross-Country Banquet is being planned for Thursday, November 5th in the AFHS Centennial Cafe (Cafeteria) at 6:00 PM. Your athlete should be contacted on what to bring for the potluck supper.

Friday, October 23, 2009

State Champ T-Shirts

Parents and supporters,
We would like to order State Champions t-shirts Tues. Oct.27. The athletes have already ordered theirs, but if you would like to order a shirt, tell your athlete what size or flash me an e-mail to mostt704@alpine.k12.ut.us with sizes and quantities. Once we know the number of shirts, we'll figure out the cost to be paid at the financial window. We also still have a few Red AF ball-caps which are $10 - pay at the financial window and bring me the receipt.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

STATE CHAMPIONS!


Yesterday, both the girls and boys teams won at the UtahState Cross-Country Championships.

The girls team won with 32 points over 2nd place Davis (81) and 3rd place Syracuse (142). They also beat out nationally ranked park City (3A champs) and Mountain View (4A champs) in the combined scoring 85 to 92.5 and 113 . We had 3 All-Staters: Alexis laws was 2nd in 18:55, Morgan Warner was 3rd in 18:56, and Kaijsa Angerhofer was 4th in 19:03. Also scoring were Jamie Lee 11th in 19:25, and Danielle West 13th in 19:30. Lakyn Lux placed 15th in 19:38 and Jasmyn Hildebrandt 43rd in 20:44 to help push the scores of the other teams. This is the first Championship for the girls XC program.

The boys team won with 36 points and set a new course record of 79:32 for their 5 man cumulative time. Pleasant Grove was 2nd with 86 points and Davis 3rd with 109. The boys also won in the combined scoring with a convincing 62.5 points over nationally ranked Mountain View with 151.5 points. The Cavemen were led by Individual State Champion Austin West. He ran a new course Jr. Class Record of 15:23 which is 4th fastest ever and tied Steven Clark's 5A course record. He was followed by All-Staters Clayton Young (4th in a new Soph class record 15:43), and Robby Lee (5th in 15:51). Those were the 3 fastest Cavemen state times ever on the new course . Also scoring were Mack Morrison (13th in 16:10), and Ashenafe Richardson (21st in 16:23). Jeff Nelson was right behind in 23rd place in 16:26, beating the entire squad of 9 of the 15 other teams. Corey Jackson pushed back other team scorers placing 40th in 16:50. This is the boys program's first State Championship after 3 2nd places in the last 5 years. It is also the first championship in any boys sport at AFHS in the last quarter century.

After the meet, the team ate at Chuck-a-rama and then received a fire truck escort through town all the way back to school from the interchange.

This morning, school started off with an award assembly where the teams were honored and presented their Region and State championship trophies to the school. The Drumline and the Cavettes performed for the students. The State Championship banners will be hung in the Gymnasium sometime this week.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Utah State Championships

This Wednesday is the Utah Cross-Country State Championships.
It will be held at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City (2100 S. 1300 E.)
Take I-15 North to I-80 East. Take the 7th East exit to 21st South and proceed East to the park.
The girls race at 3:30 PM, and the boys at 4:00 PM.
The school is sponsoring a fan bus for $3.00, payable at the financial window.
Hope to see everyone there to support the Cavemen!

Friday, October 9, 2009

Region IV Championships

2009 Region IV Champions
2009 Region IV Champions

Today, the Cavemen ran 3.00 miles at Cottonwood Complex in Salt Lake City for their Region IV Championships.

First Up were the Girls JV who beat Alta by 3 points 26 to 29 for the Region JV title. They were led by 1.Kim Clemons 20:54, 3.Taylir Garrison 21:31, 5.Natasha Lye 21:35, 7.Kaovae Belt 21:40, 10.Alex Hildebrandt 22:33, 15.Kylie Buckwalter 22:56, 16.Morgan King 22:58, 19.McKaylie Nelson 23:08, 21.Angie Vawdrey 23:10, 23.Kimberly Merrill 23:15, 24.Ashlyn Hatch 23:17, 42.Sara Simmons 24:55, 43.Abby Morrison 24:59, 60.Shannon Rowley 26:40, 68.Melissa Hirsch 27:11, 69.Kayla Bradshaw 27:14.

Next up were the Boys JV team who won BIG TIME! A clean sweep 15 points.
They were led by 1.Nafe Richardson 16:45, 2.Derek Day 16:51 (in his first race since early August), 3.Daniel Keller 17:06, 4.Kevin Judd 17:08, 5.Jacob Healey 17:29, 6.Michael Richards 17:44, 7.Robert McMillan 17:46, 10.Brady Pulsipher 17:53, 11.Seth Bangerter 17:54, 12.Tyler Ward 18:07, 13.Josh Virchow 18:15, 14.Joseph Stewart 18:18, 15.Dallas Griswold 18:18, 16.Emilio Martinez 18:20, 21.Ty Young 18:40, 25.Dallin Day 18:54, 36.Benson Gunther 19:29, 37. Kendall Orton 19:37, 49.Kyle Orton 20:13, 60.Zach Wigington 20:39, 64.Clayton Pehrson 20:46, 70.Brayden Tanner 21:15, 80.Adam Derfler 21:48.

The Girls Varsity were missing Morgan, who was out with the flu, but still came out as Region IV Champions with only 19 points! They were led by 1.Alexis Laws 19:15, 2.Jamie Lee 19:22, 4.Kaijsa Angerhofer 19:36, 5.Danielle West 19:41, 7.Lakyn Lux 19:53, 14.Jasmyn Hildebrandt 20:34, and 31.Erminia Martinez 22:19. Their top 5 cumulative was 97:47 on a course most believe is tougher than the State Course in 11 days.

The last race of the day was the Boys Varsity, and they gave more evidence why they are ranked nationally. Austin West almost broke the course record by winning in 15:19. He was followed by 3.Clayton Young 15:53, 4.Robby Lee 15:55, 7.Mack Morrison 16:07, 12.Jeff Nelson 16:23, 15.Corey Jackson 16:40, and 21.Brian Vawdrey 17:09. the boys team won with only 27 points to 67 for Hillcrest and 68 for Pleasant Grove. Their top 5 cumulative was 79:37!

State will be at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, October 21st.



Saturday, October 3, 2009

Park City Invite

The JV Boys ran this morning at the Park City Invite.
They ended up 6th out of 12 teams racing against varsity squads.
Nafe and Kevin won medals at 15th and 16th place.They were followed by 26-Michael, 35-Daniel, 39-Robert, 48-Dallas, 50-Brady, 52-Jacob, 60-Josh, 61-Emilio, 70-Joseph, 72-Ty, 77-Tyler, 82-Benson, 83-Dallin, 86-TJ, 100-Kendall, 117-Zach, 125-Brayden, 128-Kyle, 136-Adam out of 168 runners.

The Cavemen have The Region IV Championships next Friday, Oct. 9th at Cottonwood Complex (4300 S. 1300 E. in SLC). Girls JV - 3:00 PM, Boys JV-3:30 PM, Girls Varsity -4:00, and Boys Varsity -4:30 PM.

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