Saturday, September 29, 2012

Westlake Invite

On Thursday, the Cavemen went to Westlake High School to participate in the 3rd Annual Westlake Cross Country Invitational.
The girls varsity team won their competition with 25 points over Bingham's 51.
The boys varsity race saw the Cavemen top 7 JV place 3rd overall.
The girls JV team won their race, while the boys JV placed 2nd without their top 7.
Full Results

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Westlake Invite this Thursday

This week the Cavemen will be running at the Westlake HS Invite on Thursday afternoon.
The bus will leave AFHS at 2:30. Jr. High athletes will be excused at 2:00 PM
All athletes must ride up on the bus to participate.
Race Schedule:
4:00 Girls JV
4:30 Boys JV
5:00 Girls Varsity
5:30 Boys Varsity (we'll run top 7 JV in this race).

To get to Westlake HS, Take Pioneer Crossing (AF Main Street) to Redwood Road and go South to 400 North Saratoga Springs.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Nebo Invitational Boys Results

Complete Results
Just like the girls, the boys had a record breaking afternoon Friday at the Nebo XC Invite. The flat, grass 3.25 mile course saw many personal records for the Cavemen.

The Boys Varsity team won with 29 points, followed by Bonneville with 70, and Lone Peak with 114, and 24 total teams. Their race might well have been the fastest team race in Utah history. The Cavemen ran a 5 man cumulative 3-mile converted time of 75:04 (15:01 average). Using the NCAA conversion table, that would be a 14:39 average at sea-level! HOLY MOLY!!!!!

Place - Name, Time (3.00 converted time):
3.Connor McMillan, 16:03 (14:49)
4.Tyson Green, 16:06 (14:52)
5.Brayden McLelland, 16:07 (14:53)
8.Zac Jacklin, 16:30 (15:14)
9.Spencer Herzog, 16:32 (15:16)
26.Caleb Thompson, 17:00 (15:41)
30.Tyler Bell, 17:11, (15:52)

This is only the second race in school history with all 7 runners under 16:00, and the other was at sea-level (2011 NXN-SW).

Boys Frosh/Soph J.V. Race:
1.Stephen Robbins, 17:34 (16:13)
2.Jacob Chase, 17:52 (16:30)
4.Connor Hoopes, 18:07 (16:43)
5.Daniel Bentley, 18:14 (16:50)
6.Hagen Harmer, 18:18 (16:54)
7.Nathan Tracy, 18:20 (16:55)
9.Joe Simmons, 18:30 (17:05)
12.Neal Thomas, 19:05 (17:37)
13.Dillon Stone, 19:07 (17:39)
26.Tony Jeffs, 19:52 (18:20)
39.Jonah Hickman, 20:28 (18:54)
148.Russ Nelson, 23:27 (21:34)
178.Parker Everett, 24:49 (22:54)

Boys Junior/Senior J.V. Race:
1.Kaden Springer, 17:53 (16:10)
2.Jace Jensen, 17:45, (16:23)
3.Luke Gunther, 17:52 (16:30)
4.Benson Gunther, 17:52 (16:30)
45.Michael Hixon, 19:47 (18:16)
99.Sam Everett, 21:11 (19:33)

The Cavemen had 17 boys under 17 minutes.
Race totals were205-F/S, 207-J/S, 173-Vars.

Nebo Invitational Girls Results

Full Results

It was a record breaking Friday night for the Cavemen at the Nebo XC Invite, held at Salem Hills High School. The course was measured at 3.25 miles. It was sunny and warm on the flat, grass course.
First, the girls:
They won the Varsity competition with 50 points, followed by Maple Mountain at 87 and Cedar at 116.
Place, Name         Finish Time    (3 mile conversion)
3.Makayla Stepp, 19:52 (18:20)
10.Diane Leach, 20:07 (18:34)
11.Maddie Bench, 20:11 (18:39)
12.Emily Orton, 20:14 (18:39)
14.Sophie Baird, 20:24 (18:50)
15.Amber Bardin, 20:25 (18:51)
16.Lexie Green, 20:26 (18:52)

This is the first team in school history to have all 7 varsity runners under 19:00 in the same race.
3-mile cumulative time for the top 5 was 93:16 (18:39 avg.), which is 2nd all-time at AFHS.
This would be an 18:12.5 average at sea-level, using the NCAA conversion table.

Frosh/ Soph J.V. Race Results:
1.Katie Cornell, 20:39 (19:04)
4.Payton Pryor, 22:13 (20:30)
8.Kaylie Green, 23:55 (22:05)
12.Rachel Brantley, 24:19 (22:27)
14.Anna Gunther, 24:42 (22:48)
21.Abi McBride, 25:14 (23:18)
31.Nikki Smith, 25:37 (23:39)
37.Malorie Finch, 26:14 (24:13)
38.Hailey Heath, 26:15 (24:14)
44.Camille Garrett, 26:29 (24:27)
49.Holly Schellenberg, 26:51 (24:47)
58.Heather Bergeson, 27:22 (25:16)
59.Andie Weight, 27:22 (25:16)
69.Candace Lundahl, 28:26 (26:15)
112.Aspen Eastwood, 33:55 (31:18)

Junior/Senior J.V. Results
2.Morgan Warner, 22:11 (20:29)
4.Rachel-11 Merrill, 22:30 (20:46)
7.Ashley Larson, 22:44 (20:59)
17.Sarah Tracy, 23:57 (22:07)
18.Rachel-12 Merrill, 23:59 (22:08)
21.Lena Busche, 24:15 (22:23)
124.Ashlei Rymer, 30:23 (28:03)

Race totals were 125 F/S, 155 J/S, 132 -Vars.

Flotrack Videos

Last Monday, Ryan Fenton from Flotrack.com flew into Utah to video the boys at practice and tape some interviews:

Watch more video of Flotrack High School Elite 50 - 2012 XC Season on flotrack.org

Watch more video of Flotrack High School Elite 50 - 2012 XC Season on flotrack.org

Also, new boys national rankings came out yesterday on Milesplit.com. The boys have moved up to #3 in the Nation!


Wednesday, September 19, 2012

September 19th NXN-SW Regional Rankings
























1
AZ-Xavier Prep
48
2
CO-Ft. Collins
47
3
CO-Monarch
39
4
UT-Davis
35
5
UT-Ogden
26
6
NM-Los Alamos
19
7
CO-Pine Creek
18
8
CO-Fairview
11
9
CO-Mountain Vista
9
10
UT-American Fork
8
 
Bubble Teams:   NM-St. Pius X, AZ- Mesa Mountain View, NM-Eldorado, UT-Mountain Crest, UT-Skyline, UT-Oren, UT-Park City, CO-The Classical Academy

This is the first time since 2009 that the Lady Cavemen have been included in the Regional rankings!
 
 
Boys
 
Total
1
UT-American Fork
49
2
UT-Davis
46
3
NM-Los Alamos
36
4
CO-Mountain Vista
31
5
CO-Fairview
29
6
NM-Cleveland
23
7
UT-Mountain View
19
8
AZ-Desert Vista
16
9
CO-Fort Collins
13
10
UT-Bonneville
6
 
Bubble Teams:  UT-Ogden, UT-Herriman, NV-Centennial, CO-Cherry Creek, CO-Boulder, AZ-Mesa Mountain View, AZ-Tuba City, NM-Albuquerque Academy
 

Nebo Invite Information

The Nebo Invite will be held this Friday at Salem Hills High School.
Address: 150 N. Skyhawk Blvd. Salem, UT 84653
Link to Google Map
The bus will leave AFHS at 2:00 PM. Students will be excused from class at AFHS and the Jr. Highs at 1:30 PM. Athletes must ride the bus to SHHS to participate. Parents can take their athletes home after their team cooldown if you notify their coach.

Race Schedule:
3:30 - Girls Fr/So
4:00 - Boys Fr/So
4:30 - Girls Jr/Sr
5:00 - Boys Jr/Sr
5:30 - Girls Varsity
6:00 - Boys Varsity

On Saturday, the boys team is meeting at AFHS at 7:00 AM to go to Sugarhouse Park to run the State course. If any parents can drive, it would be appreciated.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

National Rankings

Most ranking systems should have new rankings should come out this week.
The first to publish is Milesplit.com which moved the Cavemen boys up to #8 in their rankings released today.
The girls team is also in the Milesplit national rankings for the first time this season. They are in the Honorable Mention list



Friday, September 14, 2012

BYU Autumn Classic

On Friday night, the varsity teams ran at Cascade Golf Course in Orem at the BYU Autumn Classic. The course measured at 3.05 miles.
The boys won, and the girls took third.

Results

Girls Elite Varsity Race:
8.Makayla Stepp 18:47
9.Emily Orton, 18:54
11.Maddie Bench, 18:56
16.Diane Leach, 19:12
18.Amber Bardin, 19:23
25.Sophie Baird, 19:34
27.Lexie Green, 19:47
1.Davis-36,
2.Ogden-56,
3. AF-57

Boys Elite Varsity Race:
4.Connor McMillan, 15:20
6.Tyson Green, 15:33
7.Brayden McLelland, 15:39
9.Zac Jacklin, 15:42
18.Spencer Herzog, 15:55
27.Caleb Thompson, 16:23
38.Tyler Bell, 16:50
1.AF-36
2.Davis-63
3.Ogden-91

On Saturday, the remaining girls ran at the BYU track fields. Distance is unknown at this time.

Girls Open Varsity Race:
15.Katie Cornell, 21:02
33.Rachel-11 Merrill, 22:10
35.Payton Pryor, 22:21
45.Melanie Stucki, 22:41
49.Ashley Larson, 22:46
56.Rachel-12 Merrill, 23:08
78.Kaylie Green, 24:00

Girls JV Race:
19.Lena Busche, 22:16
44.Sara Tracy, 24:05
153.Ashley Rymer, 29:21

Girls Frosh/Soph Race:
33.Rachel Brantley, 23:25
44.Anna Gunther, 24:10
46.Nikki Smith, 24:27
48.Abigail McBride, 24:37
52.Camille Garrett, 24:53
55.Hailey Heath, 25:05
56.Malorie Finch, 25:13
69.Heather Bergeson, 26:31
70.Megan Staten, 26:35
77.Darah Miller, 27:00
84.Candace Lundahl, 27:12
102.Aspen Eastwood, 28:45
120.Brooke Morgan, 31:47

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Deseret News Article

A nice article about the cross-country season appeared in the Deseret News yesterday.
Article Link

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

This Weekend's Information

On Friday, the boys and girls varsity teams will be racing at the BYU Autumn Classic. The races will be held in conjunction with BYU collegiate races at Cascade Golf Course, 1300 E. 800 N. in Orem. There is a spectator fee of $5. The bus will leave AFHS at 3:30 PM The schedule of races goes as following:
  5:00 pm Collegiate Men's 4 Mile
  5:30 pm Girl's Invitational 5K
  6:00 pm Collegiate Women's 4 Mile
  6:30 pm Boy's Invitational 5K

On Saturday, The girls JV will race at the BYU track South of Lavell Edwards Stadium. The top seven JV girls will be racing in the Varsity race to get high level race experience. There is a spectator fee of $5. The bus will leave AFHS at 8:00 AM. Athletes must ride the bus to BYU in order to race.
Race Schedule:
 9:30 am Frosh/Soph Girls 5K
10:40 am JV Girls 5K
11:15 am Varsity Girl's 5K
12:30 pm Awards

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Weekend Results

The girls placed 2nd at the Murray Invite. I was told the course was 3.05 miles.
There were 226 in the Varsity race, 297 in the JV race, and 282 in the Rookie race.
Varsity Girls
7.Emily Orton, 19:03
14.Maddie Bench, 19:21
16.Makayla Stepp, 19:24
30.Sophie Baird, 19:59
34.Diane Leach, 20:06
41.Amber Bardin, 20:22
43.Lexie Green, 20:22

JV Girls
22.Rachel-11 Merrill, 22:05
30.Ashley Larson, 22:19
31.Rachel-12 Merrill, 22:21
56.Sarah Tracy, 23:06
66.Abi McBride, 23:29
134.Hailey Heath, 25:32
190.Candace Lundahl, 26:42
203.Heather Bergeson, 27:08
255.Ashlei Rymer, 29:01

Rookie Girls
1.Katie Cornell, 20:16
14.Melanie Stucki, 22:19
17.Payton Pryor, 22:34
22.Kaylie Green, 22:51
33.Anna Gunther, 23:27
37.Rachel Brantley, 23:48
38.Camille Garrett, 23:53
55.Nikki Smith, 24:33
81.Malorie Finch, 25:18
86.Andie Weight, 25:22
130.Holly Schellenberg, 26:56
153. Megan Staten, 27:52
196.Darah Miller, 29:30

The boys raced this morning at the Wasatch Invite at Soldier Hollow. I measured the course at 3.05 miles. There were some boo boos in the posted results caused by the overlapping of races, so I've tried to correct some of the errors in this post. The boys won their third meet this season. There were 116 Varsity, 153 JV, and 145 Frosh/Soph racers.

Boys Varsity
3.Connor McMillan, 16:26
4.Zac Jacklin, 16:32
5.Brayden McLelland, 16:34
6.Tyson Green, 16:36
15.Spencer Herzog, 17:26
18.Caleb Thompson, 17:36
24.Stephen Robbins, 17:48

Boys Jr/Sr JV
1.Tyler Bell, 17:46
2.Hunter Wilson, 18:04
3.Benson Gunther, 18:08
5.Kaden Springer, 18:17
6.Jace Jensen, 18:17
7.Luke Gunther, 18:28
42.Michael Hixon, 20:39
82.Sam Everett, 21:47

Boys Fr/So JV
1.Jacob Chase, 18:00
2.Nathan Tracy, 18:02
3.Daniel Bentley, 18:04
6.Hagen Harmer, 18:28
7.Connor Hoopes, 18:45
9.Joe Simmons, 18:55
16.Neal Thomas, 19:39
23.Dillon Stone, 20:08
24.Tony Jeffs, 20:09
25.Ashton Jensen, 20:10
28.Jonah Hickman, 20:17
132. Parker Williams, 26:01

Summer Mileage

Last Monday was the final day for our Summer mileage count, which started on Memorial Day.
This was our best Summer ever with 7 boys over 700 miles and 12 over 600. The top ten ran 300 more miles than last year, while the top 20 ran 1303 more than last year.

868      Zac Jacklin
847      Tyson Green
782      Benson Gunther
750.5   Coach Mostert
750.5   Stephen Robbins
750      Daniel Bentley
731      Caleb Thompson
719     Connor McMillan
686     Hunter Wilson
678     Kaden Springer
675     Jacob Chase
636     Luke Gunther
635     Joe Simmons
585     Connor Hoopes
572     Spencer Herzog
555     Brayden McLelland
539     Sam Everett
528     Hagen Harmer
516     Tyler Bell
511     Jace Jensen
503     Nathan Tracy
496     Neal Thomas
412     Parker Williams
403     Ashton Jensen
336     Michael Hixon
317     Tony Jeffs
213     Jonah Hickman
157     Dillon Stone

Josh Carson
Dallin Day
Russ Nelson

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

This Week's Meet Information

Girls are leaving 2:30 PM Friday for Murray City Park (5400 S. exit, 400 East)
Their races are at 4:00 (Rookies), 4:45 (JV), and 5:30 (Varsity)

Boys leave Saturday at 7:00 AM for Soldier Hollow (up Provo Canyon, take first left after Deer Creek Reservoir).
Their races are at 9:00 AM (fr/so), 9:15 (jr/sr), and 9:15 (varsity).

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Utah County Invitational

We took the JV boys and girls to Orem this morning for the Utah County Invite, hosted by Timpanogos High School. It was nice and cool from the early morning rain. The grass field had a few muddy spots, but was flat and fast, measured at 3.00 miles.
Complete Results



In the Girls Freshman/Sophomore race, Katie Cornell earned a medal and a track bag for her 10th place finish in 19:24. There were 133 total girls in the race. Other Lady Cavemen who raced:
42.Kaylie Green, 21:37
43.Payton Pryor, 21:49
51.Rachel Brantley, 21:59
58.Abigail McBride, 22:46
76.Hailey Heath, 24:20
82.Nikki Smith, 24:46
86.Megan Staten, 24:58
95.Candace Lundahl, 26:05
102.Heather Bergeson, 26:49
104.Aspen Eastwood, 26:59
114.Darah Miller, 27:04
127.Brooke Morgan, 33:00

The Boys Freshman/Sophomore (164 total) race saw the Cavemen take 7 awards in the top 15:
6.Nathan Tracy, 16:53
7.Daniel Bentley, 16:56
8.Jacob Chase, 16:58
9.Hagen Harmer, 16:59
10.Ashton Jensen, 17:01
12.Connor Hoopes, 17:04
15.Joe Simmons, 17:10
Other Cavemen racing:
35.Neal Thomas, 18:07
36.Tony Jeffs, 18:19
54.Dillon Stone, 18:42
144.Parker Williams, 22:43

There were 141 girls in the Girls Junior/Senior Race.:
34.Melanie Stucki, 20:46
43.Rachel(12) Merrill, 21:12
56.Ashley Larson, 21:42
61.Lena Busche, 22:01
62.Sarah Tracy, 22:04
131.Ashlei Rymer, 27:54

The Boys Junior/Senior Race saw 219 boys competing.
32.Tyler Bell, 16:25
36.Hunter Wilson, 16:31
38.Benson Gunther, 16:36
39.Jace Jensen, 16:36
56.Luke Gunther, 17:04
131.Michael Hixon, 19:15
157.Sam Everett, 19:48

The combined girls placed 10 out of 13 Varsity teams.
The combined boys placed 8 out of 14 Varsity teams.