Athlete of the Week in Running Times

Connor McMillan earned Runner of the  Week honors in Running Times today.

The Grinder and Other News

In our first Grinder of the post-season, three girls earned their t-shirts. Sammy Hollingsworth ran 9:57, Payton Pryor ran 10:24, and Anna Gunther ran 10:29.

Our team banquet will be Thursday, November 7th at 6:00 PM in the AFHS Cafeteria. The potluck dinner assignments will be handed out this week.

The Boys Varsity Team is still looking for a 10-12 passenger van to borrow for the trip to NXN-SW and a team dad to drive, leaving Thursday, Nov. 21 at lunch. Let Coach Mostert know if you have access to one we can use.

Utah State Championships

Thanks everybody for supporting our team! Thanks to the AFFD for the ladder truck escort through town back to AFHS.



The girls team had a great day, taking 2nd to US #1 Davis.

1.	Davis HS	2, 4, 6, 7, 8, (15), (16)	27
	2.	American Fork HS	11, 18, 19, 20, 22, (26), (29)	90
	3.	Jordan HS	3, 12, 13, 34, 58, (64), (0)	120
Tb	4.	Bingham HS	10, 25, 28, 30, 39, (41), (48)	132
Tb	5.	Lone Peak HS	5, 21, 23, 38, 45, (51), (61)	132
	6.	Herriman HS	1, 24, 36, 43, 44, (62), (72)	148

2.  American Fork HS   90

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
13.	36	Maddie Bench	18:46.0	11.	01:04.1		00:28.8
20.	39	Diane Leach	19:09.9	18.	01:28.0
21.	37	Lexie Green	19:12.2	19.	01:30.3
22.	35	Sophie Baird	19:13.8	20.	01:31.9
24.	41	Nikki Smith	19:14.8	22.	01:32.9
28.	38	Sammy Hollingsworth	19:34.2	(26.)	01:52.3
31.	40	Hannah McKendrick	19:42.6	(29.)	02:00.7
2.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:35:36.7)			90

Link to UHSAA Girls Race video


The boys won their 5th straight State Championship. Their team time was 2nd All-Time behind our 2010 time of 78:01.
Connor McMillan was the individual State Champion; our 4th in the last 5 years. Zac Jacklin was All-State with a 3rd place finish. Connor set the State boys 5A record with his time of 15:04.1, whole Casey Clinger set the 5A Freshman record of 15:52.7.

Team Results

	1.	American Fork HS	1, 3, 9, 14, 17, (19), (43)	44
	2.	Lone Peak HS	2, 10, 20, 24, 26, (28), (62)	82
	3.	Davis HS	7, 11, 25, 27, 37, (46), (61)	107
	4.	Bingham HS	4, 8, 16, 21, 66, (81), (87)	115
Tb	5.	Westlake HS	18, 22, 23, 32, 41, (44), (71)	136
Tb	6.	Alta HS	5, 6, 36, 38, 51, (59), (64)	136

1.  American Fork HS   44

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
1.	33	Connor McMillan	15:04.1	1.	NA		01:00.3
3.	32	Zac Jacklin	15:27.8	3.	00:23.7
10.	28	Tyler Bell	15:46.6	9.	00:42.5
15.	30	Casey Clinger	15:52.7	14.	00:48.6
18.	34	Caleb Thompson	16:04.4	17.	01:00.3
21.	31	Spencer Herzog	16:07.7	(19.)	01:03.6
48.	29	Daniel Bentley	16:41.6	(43.)	01:37.5
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:18:15.6)			44

 Link to UHSAA Boys race video

Pre-State Press

The United State XC community is gearing up for State Championship season. Utah has the earliest State Championship in the continental U.S., so there is a lot of fun stuff going on. I'll try to post as much as I can find.

DyeStat Article

DyeStat National Rankings: Boys  Girls

Articles on Utah Milesplit

Milesplit Rankings: Boys  Girls

Running Times Article

Running Times Rankings: Boys  Girls

XCNation Rankings: Boys 

Deseret News Article

Daily Herald Article

Utah State Cross Country Championships

We have the Utah State Cross Country Championships this Wednesday, October 23rd at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City.
Junior High Athletes will be released at 11:30, High School athletes at 11:50. The bus will leave AFHS at 12:15. All athletes must ride on the bus.
Directions: Take I-15 Northbound to I-80. Take I-80 Eastbound to the 13th East exit. Turn left onto 13th East and then right onto 21st South. Parking in the park is scarce. You might need to park at Highland High School, or in the strip mall on 13th East.

The girls race is at 2:00 PM.
The Boys race is a t 3:30 PM.
The finish line and awards ceremonies are on the Highland HS track.

Afterwards, the team will go to Chuck-a-Rama on 4th South for dinner. Varsity will be paid for. JV should bring $15 for dinner.
We should get back to AFHS around 7:00 PM.

Results will be posted after the meet at Runnercard .

Region IV Championships

Yesterday, the Cavemen had a great day (understatement) at the Region IV Championships held at Westlake High School. The race course was 3.00 miles. It was 50 degrees and partly sunny with a little breeze from Utah Lake.

The Girls JV Race saw our girls take the first 7 spots for a perfect score of 15 points. Sophie Baird was JV Region Champion in a time of 18:43.

1.  American Fork HS   15

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
1.	25	Sophie Baird	18:43.2	1.	NA		00:52.8
2.	26	Amber Bardin	19:00.8	2.	00:17.6
3.	47	Payton Pryor	19:05.8	3.	00:22.6
4.	52	Sophie Stewart	19:19.8	4.	00:36.6
5.	35	Anna Gunther	19:36.0	5.	00:52.8
6.	49	Bonnie Schellenberg	19:38.5	(6.)	00:55.3
7.	28	Katie Bradshaw	19:40.2	(7.)	00:57.0
9.	33	Shelby Graves	20:22.5	NS	01:39.3
11.	34	Kaylie Green	20:27.4	NS	01:44.2
15.	32	Camille Garrett	20:49.6	NS	02:06.4
16.	37	Kendra Heath	20:50.9	NS	02:07.7
22.	29	Rachel Brantley	21:08.8	NS	02:25.6
24.	53	Sabrina Thomas	21:10.8	NS	02:27.6
33.	36	Hailey Heath	21:34.3	NS	02:51.1
35.	54	Andie Weight	21:45.5	NS	03:02.3
37.	45	Rachel Merrill	21:47.9	NS	03:04.7
56.	24	Tayler Aaron	22:22.4	NS	03:39.2
57.	40	Abbi Lamb	22:23.2	NS	03:40.0
63.	30	Courtney Cox	22:38.5	NS	03:55.3
65.	39	Autumn Kelsch	22:39.1	NS	03:55.9
66.	50	Megan Staten	22:43.3	NS	04:00.1
70.	31	Malorie Finch	22:48.9	NS	04:05.7
71.	43	Madison Marrott	22:51.4	NS	04:08.2
77.	44	Abigail McBride	23:09.2	NS	04:26.0
95.	27	Heather Bergeson	23:59.9	NS	05:16.7
100.	42	Candace Lundahl	24:32.5	NS	05:49.3
121.	48	Ashlie Rymer	26:38.5	NS	07:55.3
127.	41	Allison Lawrence	28:34.1	NS	09:50.9
130.	38	Taylor Hodges	31:32.8	NS	12:49.6
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:35:45.6)			15

Up next was the Boys JV Race. The boys took 6 of the top 7 places to win with 16 points. Daniel Bentley was the Region JV Champion in 15:21. Five JV runners broke 16:00, and eleven broke 17:00.
1.  American Fork HS   16

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
1.	3	Daniel Bentley	15:21.1	1.	NA		00:36.9
2.	5	Jacob Chase	15:46.6	2.	00:25.5
3.	12	Jace Jensen	15:52.9	3.	00:31.8
4.	7	Hagen Harmer	15:53.7	4.	00:32.6
6.	20	Joe Simmons	15:58.0	6.	00:36.9
7.	13	McKay Johns	16:04.2	(7.)	00:43.1
11.	6	Luke Gunther	16:23.6	(11.)	01:02.5
12.	9	Connor Hoopes	16:25.4	NS	01:04.3
18.	11	Ashton Jensen	16:39.7	NS	01:18.6
20.	14	Adam Juchau	16:46.0	NS	01:24.9
21.	15	Jason Manning	16:50.6	NS	01:29.5
27.	8	Jonah Hickman	17:01.4	NS	01:40.3
35.	10	Tony Jeffs	17:20.2	NS	01:59.1
39.	22	Dillon Stone	17:26.2	NS	02:05.1
42.	17	Parker Rasmussen	17:31.6	NS	02:10.5
44.	19	Tyler Schow	17:34.8	NS	02:13.7
48.	1	Jared Anderson	17:42.2	NS	02:21.1
56.	4	Mark Carlisle	17:54.4	NS	02:33.3
68.	21	Nathan Springer	18:08.0	NS	02:46.9
106.	18	Ben Schellenberg	19:02.4	NS	03:41.3
133.	23	Parker Williams	19:51.0	NS	04:29.9
135.	16	Collin Nielsen	19:54.5	NS	04:33.4
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:18:52.3)			16

The Girls Varsity Race saw the Cavemen winning their 5th Region Title (2nd in a row) with 43 points. Maddie Bench and Lexie Green were First Team All-Region, finishing 6th and 7th, respectively. Diane Leach(9th), Nikki Smith (10th), Sammy Hollingsworth (11th), and Hannah McKendrick (14th) all earned 2nd Team All-Region honors.

1.  American Fork HS   43

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
6.	62	Maddie Bench	18:01.3	6.	01:08.0		00:35.7
7.	64	Lexie Green	18:06.0	7.	01:12.7
9.	66	Diane Leach	18:24.5	9.	01:31.2
10.	68	Nikki Smith	18:28.3	10.	01:35.0
11.	65	Sammy Hollingsworth	18:37.0	11.	01:43.7
14.	67	Hannah McKendrick	18:46.5	(14.)	01:53.2
26.	63	Katie Cornell	19:39.9	(26.)	02:46.6
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:31:37.1)			43

The last race of the afternoon was the Varsity Boys Race. The Cavemen came away with their 7th straight region championship and a State record 74:44 team time. It was reported on DyeStat.com that the altitude adjusted time would be the 8th fastest in US high school history. Connor McMillan was Region Champion with a school record 14:32.9. Zac Jacklin was runner-up in 14:42. Casey Clinger also earned First Team All-Region with a 6th place finish.  Tyler Bell (9th) and Spencer Herzog (12th) earned Second Team All-Region honors.

1.  American Fork HS   30

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
1.	59	Connor McMillan	14:32.9	1.	NA		00:42.0
2.	58	Zac Jacklin	14:42.2	2.	00:09.3
6.	56	Casey Clinger	15:03.5	6.	00:30.6
9.	55	Tyler Bell	15:11.1	9.	00:38.2
12.	57	Spencer Herzog	15:14.9	12.	00:42.0
19.	60	Caleb Thompson	15:36.2	(19.)	01:03.3
20.	61	Nathan Tracy	15:39.7	(20.)	01:06.8
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:14:44.6)			30

The Cavemen advance on to race next Wednesday at the Utah State Championships to be held at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City.



 

Region IV Championships

The Region IV Cross-Country Championships will be held this Wednesday at Westlake High School.
Jr. High students will be excused at 2:15 and should carpool to AFHS. The bus will leave AFHS at 2:45 PM. Athletes must ride the bus in order to compete. Parents can take their athlete home after their team cooldown and if a coach has been notified.

Times were changed today!
Region Schedule
3:30 PM - JV Girls
4:00 PM - JV Boys
4:45 PM - Varsity Girls
5:15 PM - Varsity Boys
6:00 PM - Awards

The Grinder

Yesterday, our boys made their way up the Grinder for the first time since mid-August.
Both Zac Jacklin (7:57) and Casey Clinger(7:55) earned a pair of spikes for breaking the 8:00 barrier.
Casey is the first Freshman to ever accomplish this feat. He and Zac are the 15th and 16th boys in AFHS history to break 8:00. We now have 5 boys on the current team who have broken 8:00, which ties a school record.

Grinder All-Time List

Westlake Invite Results

Our team had another great weekend of racing. This week we were at the Westlake Invitational.
It was 50 degrees, overcast, and a little breezy; great conditions for fast times on the 3 mile course.

Girls JV Race

2.  American Fork HS   31 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 1.  26     Amber Bardin 19:07.1 1. NA 00:39.4 6.  35     Anna Gunther 19:39.6 6. 00:32.5 7.  48     Bonnie Schellenberg 19:44.3 7. 00:37.2 8.  46     Payton Pryor 19:44.5 8. 00:37.4 9.  33     Shelby Graves 19:46.5 9. 00:39.4 11.  28     Katie Bradshaw 20:11.8 (11.) 01:04.7 15.  37     Kendra Heath 20:32.1 (14.) 01:25.0 19.  34     Kaylie Green 20:41.0 NS  01:33.9 21.  29     Rachel Brantley 20:53.0 NS  01:45.9 25.  32     Camille Garrett 21:12.4 NS  02:05.3 26.  36     Hailey Heath 21:13.1 NS  02:06.0 32.  50     Sabrina Thomas 21:38.9 NS  02:31.8 36.  51     Andie Weight 21:50.4 NS  02:43.3 38.  44     Abigail McBride 21:54.5 NS  02:47.4 44.  31     Malorie Finch 22:07.7 NS  03:00.6 55.  40     Abbi Lamb 22:14.1 NS  03:07.0 57.  45     Rachel Merrill 22:22.8 NS  03:15.7 64.  49     Megan Staten 22:35.0 NS  03:27.9 70.  25     Tayler Aaron 22:43.9 NS  03:36.8 73.  30     Courtney Cox 22:46.2 NS  03:39.1 87.  39     Autumn Kelsch 23:17.8 NS  04:10.7 93.  42     Candace Lundahl 23:35.2 NS  04:28.1 100.  27     Heather Bergeson 23:47.3 NS  04:40.2 166.  47     Ashlie Rymer 26:31.3 NS  07:24.2 181.  43     Madison Marrott 27:23.0 NS  08:15.9 187.  41     Allison Lawrence 28:18.6 NS  09:11.5 202.  38     Taylor Hodges 30:45.8 NS  11:38.7 2. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:38:02.0) 31

The Girls Varsity placed 2nd behind US #1 Davis 81-34.

2.  American Fork HS   82

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
10.	53	Maddie Bench	17:56.2	10.	00:48.9		00:31.1
14.	55	Lexie Green	18:13.0	14.	01:05.7
18.	57	Diane Leach	18:15.9	17.	01:08.6
21.	58	Hannah McKendrick	18:23.5	20.	01:16.2
22.	56	Sammy Hollingsworth	18:27.3	21.	01:20.0
23.	54	Katie Cornell	18:28.5	(22.)	01:21.2
26.	60	Nikki Smith	18:33.3	(25.)	01:26.0
30.	52	Sophie Baird	18:42.9	NS	01:35.6
36.	61	Sophie Stewart	19:00.2	NS	01:52.9
51.	59	Emily Orton	19:36.8	NS	02:29.5
2.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:31:15.9)			82

The Boys JV had a lot of Personal Records in their race.

4.  American Fork HS   109

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
3.	6	Ashton Jensen	16:14.9	3.	00:10.5		01:16.5
25.	4	Jonah Hickman	16:59.7	22.	00:55.3
26.	7	Jason Manning	17:00.1	23.	00:55.7
29.	5	Tony Jeffs	17:01.6	25.	00:57.2
48.	9	Parker Rasmussen	17:31.4	36.	01:27.0
54.	12	Nathan Springer	17:36.9	(40.)	01:32.5
75.	11	Tyler Schow	17:53.0	(55.)	01:48.6
84.	1	Jared Anderson	17:57.0	NS	01:52.6
107.	3	Mark Carlisle	18:20.0	NS	02:15.6
142.	10	Ben Schellenberg	18:53.0	NS	02:48.6
211.	14	Parker Williams	19:49.8	NS	03:45.4
215.	8	Collin Nielsen	19:52.7	NS	03:48.3
247.	2	Nathan Baird	20:43.8	NS	04:39.4
4.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:24:47.7)			109

We held out the top 6 Varsity athletes in the Boys Varsity race, The JV filled in admirably, finishing in 5th place only 13 points out of 1st place against 4 nationally ranked teams.

5.  American Fork HS   108

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
12.	19	Spencer Herzog	15:16.0	12.	00:33.6		00:31.9
16.	15	Daniel Bentley	15:20.8	16.	00:38.4
19.	21	Jace Jensen	15:34.5	19.	00:52.1
26.	22	McKay Johns	15:40.9	26.	00:58.5
35.	20	Connor Hoopes	15:47.9	35.	01:05.5
39.	16	Jacob Chase	15:53.6	(39.)	01:11.2
47.	24	Joe Simmons	16:01.2	(47.)	01:18.8
59.	18	Hagen Harmer	16:07.0	NS	01:24.6
87.	23	Adam Juchau	16:30.2	NS	01:47.8
5.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:17:40.1)			108

 

New National Rankings

DyeStat.com released their new National Rankings today.
The Girls have risen to 33rd in the Nation and the Boys are at 3rd in the Nation in the newest rankings.
The new Milesplit.us rankings have the Boys at 5th in the Nation.

Westlake Cross Country Classic

This Friday, the Cavemen will be racing at Westlake High School. Junior High Students are excused at 2:00 PM and need to carpool to AFHS. The bus leaves at 2:45. Athletes missing the bus will not get to race. Parents may take their child home after they have done their team cooldown and a coach has been notified. We will be running 10 athletes in each Varsity race.

Meet Schedule
4:00 Girls JV
4:30 Boys JV
5:00 Girls Varsity
5:30 Boys Varsity