Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Athlete of the Week in Running Times

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

Monday, October 28, 2013

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.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

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 HS2, 4, 6, 7, 8, (15), (16)27


2.American Fork HS11, 18, 19, 20, 22, (26), (29)90


3.Jordan HS3, 12, 13, 34, 58, (64), (0)120


Tb 4.Bingham HS10, 25, 28, 30, 39, (41), (48)132


Tb 5.Lone Peak HS5, 21, 23, 38, 45, (51), (61)132


6.Herriman HS1, 24, 36, 43, 44, (62), (72)148
2.  American Fork HS   90
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

13. 36    Maddie Bench18:46.011.01:04.1Spread between the scoring runners00:28.8
20. 39    Diane Leach19:09.918.01:28.0
21. 37    Lexie Green19:12.219.01:30.3
22. 35    Sophie Baird19:13.820.01:31.9
24. 41    Nikki Smith19:14.822.01:32.9
28. 38    Sammy Hollingsworth19:34.2(26.)01:52.3
31. 40    Hannah McKendrick19:42.6(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 HS1, 3, 9, 14, 17, (19), (43)44


2.Lone Peak HS2, 10, 20, 24, 26, (28), (62)82


3.Davis HS7, 11, 25, 27, 37, (46), (61)107


4.Bingham HS4, 8, 16, 21, 66, (81), (87)115


Tb 5.Westlake HS18, 22, 23, 32, 41, (44), (71)136


Tb 6.Alta HS5, 6, 36, 38, 51, (59), (64)136
 1.  American Fork HS   44
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

1. 33    Connor McMillan15:04.11.NASpread between the scoring runners01:00.3
3. 32    Zac Jacklin15:27.83.00:23.7
10. 28    Tyler Bell15:46.69.00:42.5
15. 30    Casey Clinger15:52.714.00:48.6
18. 34    Caleb Thompson16:04.417.01:00.3
21. 31    Spencer Herzog16:07.7(19.)01:03.6
48. 29    Daniel Bentley16:41.6(43.)01:37.5

1.(Total time for scoring runners: 1:18:15.6)44
 Link to UHSAA Boys race video

Monday, October 21, 2013

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


Sunday, October 20, 2013

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 .

Thursday, October 17, 2013

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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

1. 25    Sophie Baird18:43.21.NASpread between the scoring runners00:52.8
2. 26    Amber Bardin19:00.82.00:17.6
3. 47    Payton Pryor19:05.83.00:22.6
4. 52    Sophie Stewart19:19.84.00:36.6
5. 35    Anna Gunther19:36.05.00:52.8
6. 49    Bonnie Schellenberg19:38.5(6.)00:55.3
7. 28    Katie Bradshaw19:40.2(7.)00:57.0
9. 33    Shelby Graves20:22.5NS 01:39.3
11. 34    Kaylie Green20:27.4NS 01:44.2
15. 32    Camille Garrett20:49.6NS 02:06.4
16. 37    Kendra Heath20:50.9NS 02:07.7
22. 29    Rachel Brantley21:08.8NS 02:25.6
24. 53    Sabrina Thomas21:10.8NS 02:27.6
33. 36    Hailey Heath21:34.3NS 02:51.1
35. 54    Andie Weight21:45.5NS 03:02.3
37. 45    Rachel Merrill21:47.9NS 03:04.7
56. 24    Tayler Aaron22:22.4NS 03:39.2
57. 40    Abbi Lamb22:23.2NS 03:40.0
63. 30    Courtney Cox22:38.5NS 03:55.3
65. 39    Autumn Kelsch22:39.1NS 03:55.9
66. 50    Megan Staten22:43.3NS 04:00.1
70. 31    Malorie Finch22:48.9NS 04:05.7
71. 43    Madison Marrott22:51.4NS 04:08.2
77. 44    Abigail McBride23:09.2NS 04:26.0
95. 27    Heather Bergeson23:59.9NS 05:16.7
100. 42    Candace Lundahl24:32.5NS 05:49.3
121. 48    Ashlie Rymer26:38.5NS 07:55.3
127. 41    Allison Lawrence28:34.1NS 09:50.9
130. 38    Taylor Hodges31:32.8NS 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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

1. 3    Daniel Bentley15:21.11.NASpread between the scoring runners00:36.9
2. 5    Jacob Chase15:46.62.00:25.5
3. 12    Jace Jensen15:52.93.00:31.8
4. 7    Hagen Harmer15:53.74.00:32.6
6. 20    Joe Simmons15:58.06.00:36.9
7. 13    McKay Johns16:04.2(7.)00:43.1
11. 6    Luke Gunther16:23.6(11.)01:02.5
12. 9    Connor Hoopes16:25.4NS 01:04.3
18. 11    Ashton Jensen16:39.7NS 01:18.6
20. 14    Adam Juchau16:46.0NS 01:24.9
21. 15    Jason Manning16:50.6NS 01:29.5
27. 8    Jonah Hickman17:01.4NS 01:40.3
35. 10    Tony Jeffs17:20.2NS 01:59.1
39. 22    Dillon Stone17:26.2NS 02:05.1
42. 17    Parker Rasmussen17:31.6NS 02:10.5
44. 19    Tyler Schow17:34.8NS 02:13.7
48. 1    Jared Anderson17:42.2NS 02:21.1
56. 4    Mark Carlisle17:54.4NS 02:33.3
68. 21    Nathan Springer18:08.0NS 02:46.9
106. 18    Ben Schellenberg19:02.4NS 03:41.3
133. 23    Parker Williams19:51.0NS 04:29.9
135. 16    Collin Nielsen19:54.5NS 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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

6. 62    Maddie Bench18:01.36.01:08.0Spread between the scoring runners00:35.7
7. 64    Lexie Green18:06.07.01:12.7
9. 66    Diane Leach18:24.59.01:31.2
10. 68    Nikki Smith18:28.310.01:35.0
11. 65    Sammy Hollingsworth18:37.011.01:43.7
14. 67    Hannah McKendrick18:46.5(14.)01:53.2
26. 63    Katie Cornell19:39.9(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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

1. 59    Connor McMillan14:32.91.NASpread between the scoring runners00:42.0
2. 58    Zac Jacklin14:42.22.00:09.3
6. 56    Casey Clinger15:03.56.00:30.6
9. 55    Tyler Bell15:11.19.00:38.2
12. 57    Spencer Herzog15:14.912.00:42.0
19. 60    Caleb Thompson15:36.2(19.)01:03.3
20. 61    Nathan Tracy15:39.7(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.



 

Sunday, October 13, 2013

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

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

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

Saturday, October 5, 2013

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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

1. 26    Amber Bardin19:07.11.NASpread between the scoring runners00:39.4
6. 35    Anna Gunther19:39.66.00:32.5
7. 48    Bonnie Schellenberg19:44.37.00:37.2
8. 46    Payton Pryor19:44.58.00:37.4
9. 33    Shelby Graves19:46.59.00:39.4
11. 28    Katie Bradshaw20:11.8(11.)01:04.7
15. 37    Kendra Heath20:32.1(14.)01:25.0
19. 34    Kaylie Green20:41.0NS 01:33.9
21. 29    Rachel Brantley20:53.0NS 01:45.9
25. 32    Camille Garrett21:12.4NS 02:05.3
26. 36    Hailey Heath21:13.1NS 02:06.0
32. 50    Sabrina Thomas21:38.9NS 02:31.8
36. 51    Andie Weight21:50.4NS 02:43.3
38. 44    Abigail McBride21:54.5NS 02:47.4
44. 31    Malorie Finch22:07.7NS 03:00.6
55. 40    Abbi Lamb22:14.1NS 03:07.0
57. 45    Rachel Merrill22:22.8NS 03:15.7
64. 49    Megan Staten22:35.0NS 03:27.9
70. 25    Tayler Aaron22:43.9NS 03:36.8
73. 30    Courtney Cox22:46.2NS 03:39.1
87. 39    Autumn Kelsch23:17.8NS 04:10.7
93. 42    Candace Lundahl23:35.2NS 04:28.1
100. 27    Heather Bergeson23:47.3NS 04:40.2
166. 47    Ashlie Rymer26:31.3NS 07:24.2
181. 43    Madison Marrott27:23.0NS 08:15.9
187. 41    Allison Lawrence28:18.6NS 09:11.5
202. 38    Taylor Hodges30:45.8NS 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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

10. 53    Maddie Bench17:56.210.00:48.9Spread between the scoring runners00:31.1
14. 55    Lexie Green18:13.014.01:05.7
18. 57    Diane Leach18:15.917.01:08.6
21. 58    Hannah McKendrick18:23.520.01:16.2
22. 56    Sammy Hollingsworth18:27.321.01:20.0
23. 54    Katie Cornell18:28.5(22.)01:21.2
26. 60    Nikki Smith18:33.3(25.)01:26.0
30. 52    Sophie Baird18:42.9NS 01:35.6
36. 61    Sophie Stewart19:00.2NS 01:52.9
51. 59    Emily Orton19:36.8NS 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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

3. 6    Ashton Jensen16:14.93.00:10.5Spread between the scoring runners01:16.5
25. 4    Jonah Hickman16:59.722.00:55.3
26. 7    Jason Manning17:00.123.00:55.7
29. 5    Tony Jeffs17:01.625.00:57.2
48. 9    Parker Rasmussen17:31.436.01:27.0
54. 12    Nathan Springer17:36.9(40.)01:32.5
75. 11    Tyler Schow17:53.0(55.)01:48.6
84. 1    Jared Anderson17:57.0NS 01:52.6
107. 3    Mark Carlisle18:20.0NS 02:15.6
142. 10    Ben Schellenberg18:53.0NS 02:48.6
211. 14    Parker Williams19:49.8NS 03:45.4
215. 8    Collin Nielsen19:52.7NS 03:48.3
247. 2    Nathan Baird20:43.8NS 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
PlaceBib    NameTimeScoreBehind WinnerSpread

12. 19    Spencer Herzog15:16.012.00:33.6Spread between the scoring runners00:31.9
16. 15    Daniel Bentley15:20.816.00:38.4
19. 21    Jace Jensen15:34.519.00:52.1
26. 22    McKay Johns15:40.926.00:58.5
35. 20    Connor Hoopes15:47.935.01:05.5
39. 16    Jacob Chase15:53.6(39.)01:11.2
47. 24    Joe Simmons16:01.2(47.)01:18.8
59. 18    Hagen Harmer16:07.0NS 01:24.6
87. 23    Adam Juchau16:30.2NS 01:47.8

5.(Total time for scoring runners: 1:17:40.1)108


 

Thursday, October 3, 2013

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.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

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