Individual Honors

Clayton, Mack, and Brayden all earned National Honorable Mention individual rankings on ESPNHS.
Individual rankings

NXN - FOOTLOCKER WEST NEWS

The boys team placed 6th this morning at Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon.
NXN RESULTS
Our Girls Team and Boys JV took 11 medals at the Footlocker West Regionals in Walnut, California
FLW RESULTS

NXN/Footlocker News

The boys Varsity leave AFHS at 6 AM on Thursday for Nike Cross Nationals.
The rest of the team leaves AFHS at 7 AM on Thursday for Footlocker West Regionals.

NXN Links:
http://www.runnerspace.com/nxn
facebook.com/nikenationals

The Grinder

On the last Grinder of the season, two of our young ladies earned their t-shirts.
8th grader Katie Cornell earned her t-shirt by running 10:06 up the Grinder.
Emily Orton also earned a t-shirt by running 10:22 up the Grinder.

NXN Southwest Regionals

Today the Cavemen punched their airline tickets the the Nike Cross Nationals in two weeks by winning their third straight Southwest Regional Championships at Toka Sticks Golf Course in Mesa, Arizona.
We had an awesome race - winning with 45 points and a course record 77:42 cumulative time.

We had three first team all-region placers in Clayton Young (3rd in 15:14), Brayden McLelland (4th in 15:21), and Mack Morrison (7th in 15:27).

Third team all-region were Connor McMillan (19th in 15:49 - also 2nd fastest Sophomore), and Tyson Green (20th in 15:49).

Zac Jacklin earned race top-freshman honors (63rd in 16:14), while Dallas Griswold placed 74th in 16:21.
Complete Results

Thanks to all the parents and family who can all the way to Mesa to cheer on the Cavemen!

The Grinder

We had 4 Cavemen earn their Grinder shirts this past Monday.
Lexie Green earned her shirt with a 10:13.
Maddie Bench earned her shirt with a 10:17.
Jace Jensen earned his shirt with a 8:49.
Luke Gunther earned his shirt with a 8:47.
Congratulations for hitting this milestone!

NXN-SW Schedule

The NXN-SW meet management has released a new timetable for Saturday morning's events. The complete timetable for the weekend is as follows:
SCHEDULE
Friday November 18
3:30 – 7:30 PM Packet Pick Up
3:30 – 4:55 PM Course Walk Thru (only at this time)
3:30 – 7:30 PM NXN Apparel Sale, East Bay
5:00 – 5:20 PM Press Conference
5:25 – 6:15 PM T Shirt Exchange (bring your shirts)
6:30 – 8:00 PM Pasta Dinner, Elite Athlete Talk (Legado Hotel) $10.00
Saturday November 19
6:30 - 7:30 AM Walk Thru, Late Registration
6:30 - 7:30 AM Final Registration Citizens Race

8:00 AM Citizens 5K Race

8:30 AM Girls Open Race I
9:00 AM Girls Open Race II
9:30 AM Boys Open Race I

10:00 AM Boys Open Race II
10:35 AM Line Up Boys Championship Race
10:40 AM National Anthem
10:43 AM Introductions
10:50 AM Boys Championship Race
11:20 AM Line Up Girls Championship Race
11:25 AM Introductions
11:35 AM Girls Championship Race   

12:15 PM Awards
12:45 PM Championship teams and individuals processing for Nationals
The latest schedule revision was occasioned by the need for a second girls' open race to accommodate all of the registered entrants. Members of the same team will run in the same open races. Results of the open races will be merged for the purposes of awards and team scoring.

NCAA Mountain Region Championships

Several alumni raced to day at Eastbay Golf Course in Provo at the NCAA Mountain Region Cross-Country Championships. We had a great group of current Cavemen there to cheer them on!

Austin West ('11) placed 42nd overall for SUU, helping them to a 5th place team finish. Austin ran 31:46 on the 10,000 meter course. He was the 5th fastest Freshman in the race.

Austin's sister, Danielle West ('10), placed 78th overall in the women's 6000 meter race. Her time of 23:13 helped the SUU Thunderbirds place 11th in the Women's race.

Mike Felix ('05) placed 87th in 33:25 to help the Utah Valley University Wolverines take 14th in the Men's team race.

Complete results are at Runnercard.com

UHSTCA Pre-Footlocker Invite Results

We would like to thank all the Coaches and Parents who helped out this morning at the UHSTCA Pre-Footlocker Invite held at AFHS.
Here's the link to the Results: Pre-Footlocker Results

Cross-Country Banquet

Last night we had an enjoyable evening of food and awards at our team banquet. We appreciate everybody who brought food for the potluck and for attending.

Captains were announced for next year's teams:

Girls team captains: Makayla Bernardo, Ashley Larson, Angi Vawdrey, and Morgan Warner

Boys team captains: Benson Gunther, Dallin Day, Tyson Green, and Brayden McLelland

Pre-Footlocker Invite

The Pre-Footlocker Invite, sponsored by the UHSTCA and AFXC is this Saturday at AFHS. It is $3 per runner with the girls race at 8:30 AM and the boys race at 9:00 AM. All athletes run as individuals with no team scores kept.

Team Banquet

Our team banquet will be this Thursday, November 3rd in the AFHS Cafeteria at 6:00 PM.
Food assignments will be made.

Also, please remember Footlocker money is due tomorrow and the Pie/Cookie Dough lady will be at AFHS tomorrow at the start of practice for our Footlocker fundraiser.

The Grinder

Congratulations to Spencer Herzog, who earned his Grinder t-shirt today by running 8:45.

Saturday Race News

Austin West placed 19th at the Summit League XC Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma to help SUU take the mens' team championship.

Mike Felix placed 12th at the Great Western Conference Championships in Grand Forks, North Dakota to help UVU take the men's team championship.

Clayton Young, Mack Morrison, and Dallas Griswold placed 1st, 2nd, and 4th at the Meet of Champions senior all-star race this morning at Kiwanis Park in Provo.

ESPNHS National Rankings

For the third season in a row, The Cavemen have risen in the ESPNHS National Rankings to first!


POWERADE FAB 50

Also, Mack Morrison is now ranked 22nd and Clayton Young Honorable mention on Milesplit's Individual Rankings.

Milesplit Super 50

NXN-SW Information

NXN- SOUTHWEST REGIONALS - MESA, ARIZONA

NXN-SW Weekend Schedule
Friday November 18
3:30 – 7:30 pm    Packet Pick Up
3:30 – 4:55 pm    Course Walk Thru (Only at this time)
3:30 – 7:30 pm   NXN Apparel Sale, East Bay
5:00 – 5:20 pm    Press Conference
5:25 – 6:15 pm    T Shirt Exchange (Bring your shirts)
6:30 – 8:00 pm    Pasta Dinner $10.00, Elite Athlete Talk (Legado Hotel)

Saturday November 20
6:30 - 7:30 am     Walk Thru, Late Registration
6:30 - 7:30 am     Final Registration Citizens Race
     8:00 am     Citizens 5K Race
     8:30 am     Girls Open Race
     9:00 am    Boys Open Race I
     9:30 am     Boys Open Race II
   10:05 am     Line Up Boys Championship Race
   10:10 am     National Anthem
   10:13 am     Introduction
   10:20 am     Boys Championship Race
   10:50 am     Line Up Girls Championship Race
   10:58 am     Introduction
   11:05 am     Girls Championship Race  
   12:00 Noon  Awards
   12:30 pm     Championship Teams and Individuals Processing for Nationals

Utah State Championships

What an exciting day!
First up were the girls who placed fifth with 136 points. Their team time of 101:13 was 5th best on the AF all-time list.

Competitors for the Lady Cavemen were:
14. Jamie Lee. 19:26 (10th all-time at AFHS)
21. Diane Leach, 19:47 (17th all-time at AFHS)
34. Maddie Bench, 20:36
35. Makayla Bernardo, 20:38
40. Lexie Green, 20:44
48. Amber Bardin, 20:58
71. Taylir Garrison, 22:01
Everyone except Jamie and Taylir will return next year.

The boys took off at 4 PM. Literally.
The Cavemen picked up their third straight 5A crown, scoring 25 points to 33 for Davis. Cavemen and Darts took 10 of the top 12 places. The Cavemen ran a team time of 78:17, #2 all-time behind our 78:01 record from last year. Davis' team time was #3 all-time.

It was an Epic dual meet battle between the two nationally ranked teams.

Mack Morrison set the 5A record of 15:22.4, passing Brad Nye of Davis in the last 25 meters.
Clayton Young placed 3rd in 15:31, with Brayden McLellend right behind him in 15:33. Davis' Brayden Cromar came in 5th, followed by our friend Haven Shelton from PG. Connor McMillan took 7th, passing about 6 guys in the last mile.His time of 15:47  just missed Clayton's 5A Soph record by 4 seconds. He was followed 3 more Davis boys in 8th-Preston Johnson, 10th-Logan Wood, and 11th-Skylar Williams. Tyson Green took 12th in 16:03 to finish the scoring. Zac Jacklin placed 15th in 16:09, which set a new 5A Frosh record by 4 seconds. Dallas Griswold placed 35th in 16:50. The boys' times ended up 1st, 5th, 7th, 9th, 16th, and 19th on the all-time Caveman list.

We'd like to thank all the students, parents, alumni, and fans for coming to Sugarhouse Park to support the team. We would also like to thank the AF Fire Department for the fire engine escort through town on the way back to school. That was AWESOME!
Photos
Race Results
Deseret News Article 
Daily Herald Article
Salt Lake Tribune Article
Dyestat Article

VIDEO FROM MACK'S MOM

Alumni Watch

Austin West placed 104th out of 289 runners today at the Chili-Pepper Invitational at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Austin's 32:00 for 10,000 meters helped SUU place 6th out of 32 teams.

Utah State Championships

The Utah State Cross-Country Championships will be held Wednesday, October 19th at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City.
The girls race at 2:30 PM.
The boys race at 4:00 PM.
Driving directions from American Fork:
Take I-15 Northbound.
Turn right on I-80 Eastbound.
Take the13th East exit (middle lane).
Turn left on 13th East.
Parking is scarce in the park, so you might have to park at Highland High School.

Region Videos

Mrs. Morrison took some videos at the Region IV Championships:

Alumni Report

Today in Cedar City, several alumni participated in the Color Country Invitational hosted by SUU.
Austin West('11) placed 11th overall in 19:45 in for SUU in the 6ooo meter race.

Mike Felix ('05) placed 14th overall in 19:49 for UVU.
Daniel Keller ('11) placed 33rd overall in 20:34 for SUU.

In the women's 4k race, Lakyn Lux ('11) placed 31st in 16:00 running unattached.
Danielle West ('10) placed 33rd overall for SUU in 16:07.

Jasmyn Hildebrandt ('11) placed 34th overall in 16:21 running unattached.
Kylie Buckwalter ('11) placed 50th in 18:07 for Utah State.
Complete Results and Article

Region IV Championships

Today at Cottonwood Complex, both boys and girls teams qualified for the State Championships.

The girls varsity team placed second to Lehi 31-61. Jamie Lee (7th), and Diane Leach (10th) were All-Region.

 The Girls JV won JV Region with 20 points.

The boys varsity team won their 5th straight region title with 18 points. Second place was Bingham at 81.
All-Region were Mack Morrison (1st), Clayton Young (2nd), Brayden McLellend (3rd), Tyson Green (4th),  Connor McMillan (8th), and Zac Jacklin (9th).

The boys JV took the top 6 places to win JV region with 15 points.

Region IV Results

Region IV Championships

The Caveman Cross-Country team will be participating in the Region IV Championships this Friday, October 7th, at The Cottonwood Complex in Holladay.
Race Schedule:
3:30 PM - Girls JV
4:00 PM - Boys JV
4:30 PM - Girls Varsity
5:00 PM - Boys Varsity

Directions: I-15 Northbound
Take the 4500 S. exit East.
Drive 4500 S. to the light at 1300. E.
Turn left, and the park is on your left at 1300 E. 4200 S.

Park City Results

The Lady Cavemen had one of their best races of the year, taking 2nd place by only 8 points behind winner Maple Mountain. The boys JV placed 6th overall, out of 18 teams, in the boys varsity race.Prk City Invite Results

Alumni Report

Austin West ('10) placed 44th at the Dellinger Invite at the University of Oregon to help SUU place 3rd, while
Danielle West('09) placed 77th in the women's race, as SUU placed 7th as a team.

ESPN Rankings

Today the new ESPNHS Rankings were published and the Cavemen have risen to #2 in the United States of America!
Sept. 29 Powerade Fab 50

Clayton Young has moved up in the individual national rankings on Dyestat to 25th in the nation today.
Dyestat Super 25
Clayton is also ranked #25 on Milesplit's national rankings released today.
Milesplit Super 50

Running The Edge

Friends of Caveman Cross-Country, Olympian Adam Goucher and Teacher and Coach Tim Catalano, have written a book called "Running The Edge". It is about striving for excellence in both running and in life. Copies of the book can be purchased from their website: Run The Edge.

Tim and Adam have announced that for every book sold on their website between now and October 5th, Run the Edge will donate $3.00 to Runners with a Reason,  a non-profit charity started by Britt Ehlers and his wife to raise money to remove the reasons people find not to run.  Britt's first thought was to provide shoes to addicts who wanted to use running to fight their addictions.  This idea got the ball rolling and soon Runners with a Reason was helping runners in a variety of ways.  They have collected over 1000 shoes for One World Running , provide support and scholarships for the Girls on the Run program, and created a winter running club for students at low income schools in their area.  In the first year of that program, 3 kids finished the Lincoln half marathon and earned $250 scholarships for college.  It is not much but a gentle push in the right direction can have a tremendous trans-formative influence on a young person’s life.

Park City Invitational

This Saturday, the Cavemen will participate at the Park City Invitational.
The bus will leave AFHS at 7:00 AM. Athletes must ride on the bus to participate, but parents can take their athlete home, if they first tell a coach.
Schedule:
Girls JV 9:00 AM
Boys JV 9:45 AM
Girls Varsity 10:15 AM
Boys Varsity 10:45 AM

Location : The course is at Quinn’s Junction athletic fields and the National Ability Center.

Directions: If coming on I-80 take the silver creek junction exit onto Hwy 40 East

            Go 2-3 Miles on Hwy 40 to the Park City exit (Hwy 248)

            Turn Right on 248 to Park City.  Then immediate right again at the first light.

            Start line and finish is the Athletic field in front of the ice arena.

            If coming from Heber on 40, just take the 248 exit and turn left, then follow the rest.

Alumni Report

Yesterday, Mike Felix ('06) placed 90th out of 242 runners at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Ca. He helped UVU to an 11th place finish out of 28 teams.

Nebo Invite

The girls varsity placed 4th and the JV 2nd.. The boys varsity and JV won.
Nebo Invite Results

Big news:
Nebo Invite Maple Mountain HS
84 degrees & sunny. 3.00 miles. FLAT!
4700 ft. altitude.

15 boys teams.
1.AF-1,2,3,4,7,(9),(12) = 17
2.Bonneville = 107

American Fork Boys:
1. Clayton Young (12)- 14:50 (course record, old record - 14:56, Austin West, AF 2009)
2. Mack Morrison (12)- 15:06 - ran last 1 3/4 mi. without 1 shoe.
3. Brayden McLelland (11)- 15:25
4. Tyson Green (11)- 15:38
7. Connor McMillan (10)- 15:52
9. Zac Jacklin (9)- 15:56 WHA? THAT'S SICK!!!
12. Kaden Springer (10)- 16:01
Top 5-76:51 (AFHS in-state record. Old record 77:01, Nebo Inv. 2009). Second fastest in school history behind 75:33 at 2010 NXN-SW in Mesa, Az..

American Fork Girls:
6. Emily Orton (10)- 19:03
12. Morgan Warner  (11)- 19:23
14. Diane Leach (10)-19:24
17.Jamie Lee (12)- 19:30
23. Makayla Bernardo (11)-19:50
31. Lexie Green (9)- 20:34
40. Amber Bardin (9)- 21:04

SW and National Rankings

 Marc Bloom of  The Harrier Magazine has ranked the boys this week at 7th in the Nation.
Marc Bloom's Super 25

ESPNHS has ranked the boys this week at 6th in the Nation.
Powerade Fab 50

In Southwest Rankings, the American Fork boys move from #1 to #2 behind Ft. Collins who won the Liberty Bell Invite last Saturday.
Sept. 21 SW Rankings

Nebo Invite this Friday

We will be at Maple Mountain High School this Friday. To get there, head South on I-15 to the Spanish Fork Highway 6 exit towards Spanish Fork Canyon. Turn left at the third light (Canter Street). Take the first right and go East for 1 mile.
Nebo Invite Schedule:
3:00 PM - Girls JV
3:30 PM - Boys JV
4:00 PM - Girls Varsity
4:30 PM - Boys Varsity

Provo Bulldog Invite Results

Provo Bulldog Results
The girls team placed 2nd behind Pine View (28-38) in the 10 team varsity race.
The boys won the 13 team varsity race with 19 points.
The JV ran 2.95 miles. They cut a muddy corner for the Varsity races, so it was closer to 2.93 miles.

Alumni News

Today at the UC-Riverside Invite, Austin West helped Southern Utah University win the men's team championship out of 25 teams. He placed 12th overall out of 242 runners with an 8k (5 mile) time of 24:20.5.
Danny Keller also competed for the T'Birds, placing 104th in 26:00.8.
UC_Riverside Men's Results

Danielle West placed 79th out of 167 runners in the Women's race at the UC-Riverside Invite for the T'Birds in a time of 22:32.7 for 6k (3.7 miles). The team finished 3rd with 87 points, just behind Loyola Marymount (65) and UC-Santa Barbara (69).
UC-Riverside Women's Results

Several Caveman alumni raced Saturday in Bozeman, Mt. at the MSU Invitational.

Weber State's Derek Day, running unattached, ran 26:10 on the 5 mile course to place 29th overall out of 118 runners.
Mike Felix and Geoff Harmon placed 40th overall (26:32) and 101st overall (30:43), respectively, for UVU.
MSU Invite Men's Results

New ESPN Rankings? Provo Bulldog Invite

Today, the biweekly US ranking update came out:
Powerade Fab 50 ESPNHS 2011 Boys Rankings

Friday's races are at Kiwanis Park in Provo - 1200 N. 1000 E.
Race Schedule:
Girls JV - 4:30 PM
Boys JV - 5:00 PM
Girls Varsity - 5:30 PM
Boys Varsity - 6:00 PM
The bus leaves AFHS at 2:45 PM. Athletes must ride on the bus in order to compete.
They can go home with their parents. Just make sure to tell a coach first.

Saturday Results

 The boys won the Wasatch Invite.

Wasatch Invite Boys Results

The girls placed 5th the the BYU Invite today.
BYU Results

5.  American Fork HS   107

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
14.	27	Emily Orton	19:32.5	9.	01:36.2		01:41.8
16.	26	Jamie Lee	19:41.3	11.	01:45.0
25.	25	Diane Leach	20:02.3	20.	02:06.0
38.	22	Makayla Bernardo	20:55.0	31.	02:58.7
44.	21	Amber Bardin	21:14.3	36.	03:18.0
46.	23	Taylir Garrison	21:25.9	(38.)	03:29.6
47.	24	Miranda Graves	21:27.4	(39.)	03:31.1
5.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:41:25.4)			107

Summer Mileage

Caveman Summer Mileage (Memorial Day to Labor Day):
This has been our best Summer ever!
1.Mack Morrison      844
2.Kaden Springer      775
3.Connor McMillan   760
4.Clayton Young        731.5
5.Brayden McLelland 715
6.Benson Gunther       712
7.Dallas Griswold       706
7.Caleb Thompson     706
9.Tyson Green            668
* Coach Mostert        604
10.Zac Jacklin            569
11.Tyler Bell               552
12.Connor Hoopes    540
13.Spencer Herzog    534.5
14.Luke Gunther        510
15.T.J.Bishop             479
16.Tyler Ward            440
17.Tyler Vawdrey       418
18.Kaden Groves       395
19.Dallin Day             382
20.Ian Rawlings         367
21.Hunter Wilson      363.5
22.Ashton Jensen      354
23.Spencer Hunt       330
24.Jace Jensen          328.5
25.Carson Miner       267
26.Zach Wigington    175
Josh Carson
Victor Hindevad
Landon Redhair
Logan Seegmiller

Girls:
1.Jamie Lee               464

News: Clayton Young is ranked 25th in the nation on Milesplit
Milesplit XC Super 50

This Weekend

Saturday the girls will be racing at the BYU Invite at the BYU Track facility.
Their bus will leave at 8:00 AM from AFHS. Athletes must be on the bus in order to compete.
9:30-Frosh/Soph Girls
10:40-JV Girls
11:15-Varsity Girls

Saturday the boys will be racing at the Wasatch Invite at Soldier Hollow (North side of Deer Creek Reservoir).
Their bus will leave AFHS at 7:00 AM. Athletes must be on the bus in order to compete.
8:00-Open Race (any parents want to run?)
9:30-Boys JV
10:31-Boys Varsity

Southwest Region Pre-Season Rankings

Pre-Season rankings on ESPN were released on August 31st.
The American Fork boys begin the season ranked 5th in the Southwest US.
Rankings

edit:

Milesplit NXN-SW came out Wednesday, September 7th.
The Cavemen are ranked #1 in the Southwest US.
Milesplit Rankings

Alumni News

2010 Caveman alumna Danielle West placed 7th yesterday  for SUU at the Idaho State - SUU  Dual Meet in Pocatello,Idaho.  Race Results

2009 alumna Shay Baugh placed 44th and 2011 alumna Kylie Buckwalter placed 53rd today running unattached at the USU Open in Logan.
Race Results

2006 Alumnus Mike Felix placed 12th  for UVU at the Wyoming XC Invite in Laramie, Wyoming.
Race Results

Utah County Invite Results

Last night the girls team and the boys JV ran at Lakeside Sports Park in Orem at the Utah County Invite hosted by Timpanogos High School. The course was 3 miles of grass and very flat and fast.
Complete Results and Photos

Kaden Springer, Zac Jacklin, and Connor Hoopes placed 1st, 2nd, and 9th, respectively, in the Boys Fros/Soph Race.

 Emily Orton and Diane Leach placed 3rd and 5th, respectively, in the Girls Frosh/Soph Race.

 The Girls Team placed 7th overall out of 14 teams.

The Boys JV Team placed 9th overall out of 17 Varsity teams.

The boys will be meeting Monday at AFHS at 2:00 PM for practice.
The girls are to run 6 miles on their own, or meet with a friend  to run.
(Thanks to Coach Jen Fitzgerald of Timpanogos for the photos).

Pre-Region IV

Last night the Cavemen ran in the Pre-Region IV Meet at Cottonwood Complex in Holladay.
No team scores were kept, but the Boys Team went 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,11,14.
The girls went 6,7,8,17,18.
RESULTS

Powerade Fab 50 Week 1 National Rankings

ESPN released their National pre-season rankings. The American Fork boys start the season #34.

State rivals Davis and Mountain View are ranked 9th and 16th, respectively.

ESPN Week #1 Rankings

RACES THIS WEEK

The Cavemen will be racing this week twice:

Wednesday, the Cavemen have the Region IV pre-region race At Cottonwood Complex in Holladay.
Take I-15 North, then the 4500 S. exit to the East. Make a left at 1100 East to the parking lot at 4200. S.

The bus will leave AFHS at 5:00 PM. All athletes must ride to the meet on the bus or they can't race (district policy). Parents can take their athletes home after their cooldown (just tell a coach first).

Race Schedule:
7:00 PM - Girls Race
7:30 PM - Boys Race

Friday, the Cavemen (except Boys Varsity) will race at the Utah County Invitational in Orem at the new Lakeside Sports Park. Bus leaves AFHS at 3:30 PM. All athletes must ride to the meet on the bus or they can't race (district policy). Parents can take their athletes home after their cooldown (just tell a coach first).

Race Schedule:
5:00 PM - Girls Frosh/Soph Race
5:30 PM - Boys Frosh/Soph Race
6:00 PM - Girls Jr./Sr. Race
6:30 PM - Boys Jr./Sr. Race

Grass Relays

We would like to thank all the parents who helped put on the Grass Relays: hauling hay, working the chute and results boards, manning registration and concessions, and cheering on our Cavemen!

The boys won for the third straight year, and with the 2nd fastest relay time ever!

Clayton was the fastest leg of the day with a 10:01 (4th all-time).
Mack placed 4th in 10:20 (21st all-time).
Brayden placed 7th in 10:31.



The Girls placed 10th out of  26 teams in the Girls Varsity relay.
Rookie Emily Orton, in her first XC race ever, ran the fastest leg with a 13:05.

Miranda Graves placed 5th in 13:20 in the Girls Frosh/Soph JV Race for a medal.

Conner McMillan led the Cavemen to the first four places in the Boys Frosh/Soph JV Race, winning in 10:40. He was followed by Kaden Springer (10:51), Zach Jacklin (10:52), and Caleb Thompson (10:59).

Hunter Wilson was the first Caveman finisher in the Jr/.Sr. JV race in 12th place (11:14), while Ashley Larsen was our first finisher in the Girls Jr./Sr. JV Race in 39th place (14:35).

Results and All-Time List

American Fork Grass Relays

The Grass Relays are this Saturday!
Schedule:
7:00 AM-Registration
7:40 AM-USATF Junior Olympic Mile
8:00 AM-Girls Frosh/Soph JV
8:20 AM-Boys Frosh/Soph JV
8:35 AM-Girls Jr/Sr JV
8:55 AM-Boys Jr/Sr JV
9:10 AM-Girls Varsity Relay
10:25 AM-Boys Varsity Relay
Awards Ceremony

Parents, if you do not yet have an assignment, please call Kathy Michaels at 801-492-6951

Boys 2-Mile Time Trial

The boys had their pre-season time trial tonight.(last year's time)
1.Clayton Young, 10:00
2.Mack Morrison, 10:35
3.Brayden McLelland, 10:50
4.Dallas Griswold, 10:53(11:39)
5.Connor McMillan, 10:53(12:09)
6.Caleb Thompson, 10:58(12:24)
7.Kaden Springer, 11:28
8.Zach Jacklin, 11:32
9.Benson Gunther, 11:40
10.Hunter Wilson, 11:41
11.Dallin Day, 11:44(12:40)
12.Connor Hoopes, 12:14
13.T.J. Bishop, 12:17(12:18)
14.Spencer Herzog, 12:22(12:57)
15.Luke Gunther, 12:26
16.Tyler Ward, 12:59(12:08)
17.Kaden Groves, 13:25
18.Ashton Jensen, 13:51
19.Ian Rawlings, 15:33
20.Victor Hindevad, 16:03

Girls 2-Mile Time Trial

The girls team had their pre-season 2 mile time trial on the Grass Relays course this morning.
1. Morgan Warner, 13:15
2. Emily Orton, 13:17
3. Diane Leach, 13:19
4. Jamie Lee, 13:40
5. Taylir Garrison, 13:49
6. Katie Cornell(8th), 13:57
7. Miranda  Graves, 14:40
8. Bridget Lundahl, 15:00
9. Lexie Green, 15:07
10.Ashley Larson, 15:12
11.Rachel  Merrill, 15:27
12.Amber Bardin, 15:38
13.Ashlyn Hatch, 15:40
14.Chloe Crump, 15:44
15.Kimberly Merrill, 15:50
16.Angi Vawdrey, 15:57
17.Camille Garrett(8th), 15:57
18.Hailey Heath, 16:35
19.Betty Richardson(8th), 16:59
20.Abbie McBride, 17:37
21.Heather Bergeson, 18:38
22.Melissa Hirsch, 18:39
23.Ashley Rymer, 21:20

This morning we had athlete concussion training. All team members who did not go through the training must get a packet from Coach Mostert, fill out the paperwork, and have it handed in the Trainer Becky Bailey before Thurs, Aug. 25th, or they will not be able to race until it is completed.

The Grinder

Congratulations to Connor Hoopes for earning his Grinder shirt today by running 8:59. He is the second Freshman to earn his shirt this Summer.

Salt Lake Tribune Article

Clayton and Mack were highlighted in a Salt Lake Tribune article this weekend.
Article Link

The Grinder

Congratulations to Zac Jacklin. He is our first freshman of the season to break 9:00 up The Grinder to earn his t-shirt. He made it up the hill in 8:58.

Reminder: Tonight is the parents booster meeting at the Michael's home at 7:00 PM.
Their address is 1286 N. 200 W.

Highland Fling

Yesterday, a few Cavemen ran in the Highland Fling 5k.

1    Tyson Green             329    16   M     16:31.5                       
       2    Dallas Griswold  333    17   M     16:45.6                       
       5    Benson Gunther   338    16   M     18:03.1                       
       12    Diane Leach     289    14   F     20:18.0 

The Grinder

Congratulations to Kaden Springer. He broke the 9 minute mark for the first time up the Grinder this morning with a clocking of 8:54 to earn his Grinder t-shirt.

Coach Lindsey Dunkley set an all-time women's record of 9:17 up the Grinder this morning.

The boys Varsity took the week off from the Grinder to run from AFHS up to Battlecreek Falls for a 10-miler.

Bridal Veil Falls

We met this morning and ran an 8-miler to Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon.
There was an early morning canyon wind, but it kept everybody cool on the way up and back .

Reminder #1: Tomorrow we are meeting at 5:00 AM to go  work at the mile 3 aid station at the Mt. Timpanogos Half-Marathon. Wear your running clothes and bring a jacket.

Reminder #2: Monday is the beginning of official practice (two-a-days for boys). Make sure you have handed in your physical form and tryout checklist.

Mile Time Trial

iaThe boys held their Summer Mile Time Trial on Thursday afternoon.
Results:
1. Kaden Springer, 4:51.4
2. Dallas Griswold, 4:52.4
3. Caleb Thompson, 4:53.7
4. Tyson Green, 4:54.0
5. Connor McMillan, 5:01.4
6. Connor Hoopes, 5:05.1
7. Benson Gunther, 5:05.3
8. Spencer Herzog, 5:25.5
9. Zach Jacklin, 5:28.6
10. Dallin Day, 5:28.9
11. Jace Jensen, 5:38.1
12. Tyler Ward, 5:41.2
13. T.J.Bishop, 5:53.9
14. Ian Rawlings, 6:21.7
15. Kaden Groves, 6:26.0

Speedy Spaniard 10K

We had a few runners and alumni run in the Speedy Spaniard 10K this morning.

Austin West (Alumnus) placed 2nd in 31:47.
Mack Morrison placed 3rd in 32:04.

Tyler Ward was 55th in 43:17.
Kevin, Danielle, and Mike ran Bandit.