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.