AMERICAN FORK GRASS RELAYS

AFHS will host the 19th Annual Grass Relays this Saturday at AFHS. We appreciate all the parents and alumni willing to help put on this meet. We are expecting around 30 teams.
A link to the complete results will be posted on this blog as well as on the AFXC website.

Meet Information

BRUNO  AND  TIMO

PRESENT THE 

2014 AMERICAN FORK GRASS RELAYS

DATE: Saturday, August 30th ,2014
WHERE: American Fork High School, 510 N. 600 E. American Fork, Utah. Bus Parking South of the School.

WHEN:
7:00-8:00 A.M.: Registration 8:00 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Frosh/Soph
8:25 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Frosh/Soph
8:40 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Jr./Sr.
9:00 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Jr./Sr.
9:15 A.M.: Girls Varsity Relay ( Top 5 Girls, 2 Miles Each Leg)
10:35 A.M.: Boys Varsity Relay (Top 5 Boys, 2 Miles Each Leg)
TAGS: Pins and tags will be provided. Varsity Tags are color coded by leg. You can make your J.V. tags in advance in any color.

Don’t forget to bring batons.

AWARDS:
J.V.: Awards to top 10 finishers in each J.V.race. Please do not enter your varsity runners in the JV race Varsity: Trophies to top 5 teams, boys and girls. Individual awards to 15 fastest relay legs in each race.
COURSE: 1 mile grass loop (spikes recommended) , lots of hay bales. Records: Boys:9:41 - Luke Puskedra, Judge Memorial, 2007. Girls: 11:36 - Summer Harper, Orem, 2012.

 LOOK AT OUR Grass Relays All-Time List

REGISTRATION:
$40 Boys Team , $40 Girls Team Make Checks Payable to :
 American Fork High School
510 N. 600 E.

Highland Invitational

On Thursday the girls began their competitive season at the Highland Invitational at Sugarhouse Park, the site of the State Championships. The course was 2.9 miles long. The girls showed their depth and strength in all three races.

The varsity team placed 2nd out of 27 teams with 59 points; only 12 points behind champion Davis High School.

2.  American Fork HS   59 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 7.  2049     Sammy Hollingsworth 17:57.9 5. 00:30.4 00:41.0 12.  2047     Katie Cornell 18:09.4 9. 00:41.9 15.  2046     Maddie Bench 18:23.7 12. 00:56.2 17.  2045     Sophie Baird 18:26.0 14. 00:58.5 22.  2048     Lexie Green 18:38.9 19. 01:11.4 23.  2050     Cami Squires 18:39.8 (20.) 01:12.3 32.  2051     Lexie Wright 19:12.1 (29.) 01:44.6 2. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:31:35.9) 59

The JV Girls also took 2nd place with 82 points; 27 behind Davis.

2.  American Fork HS   82 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 1.  2042     Nikki Smith 19:09.7 1. NA 02:40.9 5.  2033     Anna Gunther 19:52.2 4. 00:42.5 26.  2044     Andie Weight 21:28.3 21. 02:18.6 27.  2031     Camille Garrett 21:28.6 22. 02:18.9 39.  2030     Malorie Finch 21:50.6 34. 02:40.9 45.  2035     Abbi Lamb 22:01.0 (40.) 02:51.3 48.  2034     Hailey Heath 22:10.0 (43.) 03:00.3 76.  2028     Heather Bergeson 22:54.7 NS  03:45.0 85.  2029     Courtney Cox 23:09.1 NS  03:59.4 93.  2027     Jessica Anderson 23:14.4 NS  04:04.7 94.  2040     Payton Pryor 23:18.9 NS  04:09.2 120.  2041     Melissa Smith 23:52.6 NS  04:42.9 147.  2038     Abigail McBride 24:36.0 NS  05:26.3 178.  2037     Candace Lundahl 25:43.7 NS  06:34.0 192.  2039     Alexis McNall 26:13.8 NS  07:04.1 2. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:43:49.4) 82

In the Girls Freshman/Sophomore race, the Lady Cavemen came away victorious with 41 points; beating Timpanogos by 12 points and Davis by 63.

1.  American Fork HS   41 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 1.  2015     Katie Bradshaw 19:29.9 1. NA 01:17.3 5.  2025     Bonnie Schellenberg 20:02.1 5. 00:32.2 12.  2017     Kendra Heath 20:38.0 10. 01:08.1 14.  2021     Madison Marrott 20:46.9 12. 01:17.0 15.  2023     Katy Phillippi 20:47.2 13. 01:17.3 24.  2016     Dani Christlieb 21:34.5 (20.) 02:04.6 39.  2026     Stormy Watson 22:07.7 (33.) 02:37.8 43.  2024     Emma Russell 22:11.3 NS  02:41.4 70.  2020     Ashlynn Lee 23:00.2 NS  03:30.3 88.  2022     Scout McMillan 23:35.9 NS  04:06.0 128.  2019     Rachel Isaacson 25:02.2 NS  05:32.3 152.  2014     Emma Bench 25:50.0 NS  06:20.1 226.  2018     Meg Ipson 30:04.1 NS  10:34.2 1. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:41:44.1) 41

Congratulations to Katie Bradshaw and Nikki Smith for winning their respective JV races.

Full Results

Highland Invitational

Tomorrow the girls team will be running at the Highland Invitational in Salt Lake City. The bus will leave AFHS at 2:30 PM. All girls must ride on the bus to the meet. Parents may take home their athlete if they've told a coach and after their cooldown run (the girls, not the parents).
The meet is held in Sugarhouse Park.
Take I-15 Northnbound.
Take I-80 Eastbound.
Take 13th East exit and turn North.
Parking will be limited in the park. You might have to park at Highland High School.
Schedule:
Frosh/Soph Boys - 4:00 pm
Frosh/Soph Girls - 4:25 pm
JV Boys - 4:50 pm
JV Girls - 5:15 pm
Varsity Boys - 5:45 pm
Varsity Girls - 6:10 pm 

Southwest US Pre-Season Rankings

Milesplit published their Pre-Season rankings for the Southwest US Region today. The boys enter the season with a unanimous #1 by the panel of 10 Regional coaches. The girls begin the season with a #5 ranking. This is their highest pre-season ranking, ever.

Sliding Rock

The team ended the Summer today with a trip to Sliding Rock. All had fun.
XC Photo Album

Boys' Pre-Season 2 Mile Time Trial

The boys team held their pre-season 2 mile time trial today on the Grass Relays course. It was quite exciting with the top 5 running 26 seconds faster than last year's top 5; a record 51:17.

Name, Time (Last Year's Time)
1.Zac Jacklin, 10:01.7 (10:11)
2.McKay Johns, 10:09.4 (11:24)
3.Casey Clinger, 10:10.3 (11:19)
4.Jacob Chase, 10:20.9 (10:57)
5.Daniel Bentley, 10:34.2 (10:40)
6.Joseph Simmons, 10:40.5 (11:30)
7.Hagen Harmer, 10:42.6 (11:13)
8.Connor Hoopes, 10:57.3 (11:01)
9.Parker Rasmussen, 10:59.6
10.Nathan Tracy, 11:02.9 (10:25)
11.Jason Manning, 11:16.3 (12:49)
12.Jonah Hickman, 11:30.5 (11:45)
13.Ashton Jensen, 11:42.3 (12:05)
14.Ben Carson, 12:31.6
15.Cole Phillippi, 12:55.2
16.Mason Wright, 12:55.4
17.Collin Nielsen, 12:59.3 (15:55)
18.Ben Shellenberg, 13:03.7 (15:09)
19.Samuel Williams, 13:42.6
20.Spencer Fong, 14:18.3
21.Parker Williams, 14:18.5 (14:35)
22.Nathan Baird, 14:55.3 (15:50)

Milesplit article

The National page of Milesplit.com had an article today about our boys team.
You can see it here.

The Penultimate Grinder of the Pre-Season

Yesterday, Katy Phillippi became the 2nd Caveman of the Summer to earn a Grinder t-shirt. Katy ran the Grinder in 10:28. Next week will be the last Grinder of the pre-season.

Concussion Training

All athletes have mandatory Concussion training on Wednesday, August 13th at 5:00 PM at AFHS.
Plan ahead.

Parent Booster Meeting

Our Parent Meeting will be held in the bleachers at AFHS on Wednesday, August 13th at 7 PM.
Parents Boosters will be discussing Grass Relays, parent t-shirts, and the upcoming season.
If you have any questions, contact Janell Jacklin (801-367-6405) or Tina Rasmussen (801-472-7337).

Saucony 500 Mile Challenge

Here;s the link to the Saucony 500 Mile Challenge. Sign up and post your Summer mileage for prizes.

Gerry LIndgren

Here's an inspiring story article about Gerry Lindgren, one of the greatest US high school runners ever.
Thanks to Albert Caruana for posting this story on his blog.

Highland Fling 5k

Several AF athletes participated at the Highland Fling 5k in Highland on Saturday.
Lexie Wright won the women"s division in 20:26.7.
Zac Jacklin won overall in 15:52.3.
McKay Johns was 2nd overall in 16:08.2.
Daniel Bentley was 3rd overall in 16:21.6.
Connor Hoopes was 4th overall in 16:57.5.
Parker Rasmussen was 5th overall in 17:47.8.

Practice

Just a reminder -
Athletes need to have their Physicals turned in and have their tryout checklists completed at
RegisterMyAthlete in order to practice with the team. Monday is the first official practice at 7:00 AM at AFHS. The boys also begins two-a-days, second session at 5:00 PM.