The Grinder and Other News

Congratulations to Patrick Larkin for running 7:58 up the Grinder on Monday and earning a pair of Brooks spikes. He is the 4th athlete this season and the 24th overall to break the 8 minute barrier.

This Saturday, the Swim Team is hosting their Fish Out Of Water 5k and Kids Race at AFHS. The races start at 8:00 AM, so come early to sign up and run, and help out the swim team.

Utah State Championships

We were at Sugarhouse Park today for the State Championships.
It was 60 ish with an intermittent breeze and varying sunshine to cloudy.

The girls ran at 2:00 PM , and then ran away with their 2nd straight State Championship.
We had 4 All-Staters, and our top 6 in the top 13.

1.  American Fork HS   41

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
5.	18	Sara Musselman	18:11.6	5.	00:46.9		00:14.9
6.	14	Sophie Baird	18:19.4	6.	00:54.7
9.	20	Lexi Wright	18:23.1	9.	00:58.4
10.	19	Cami Squires	18:24.7	10.	01:00.0
11.	17	Sammy Hollingsworth	18:26.5	11.	01:01.8
13.	16	Katie Cornell	18:31.8	(12.)	01:07.1
25.	15	Katie Bradshaw	19:22.4	(23.)	01:57.7
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:31:45.3)

The boys raced at 3:35 PM and took 3rd place. Casey Clinger was our 6th individual state champion in the last 7 years. Patrick Parker also earned All-State honors.

3.  American Fork HS   88 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 1.  21     Casey Clinger 14:52.8 1. NA 01:17.1 9.  25     Patrick Parker 15:37.4 9. 00:44.6 22.  27     Joe Simmons 16:02.8 22. 01:10.0 25.  22     Hagen Harmer 16:04.3 25. 01:11.5 32.  23     McKay Johns 16:09.9 31. 01:17.1 39.  24     Jason Manning 16:20.1 (36.) 01:27.3 51.  26     Cole Phillippi 16:35.8 (47.) 01:43.0 3. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:18:47.2) 88

Utah State Cross-Country Championships

The Varsity Boys and Girls Teams will participate in the Utah State XC Championships next Wednesday, October 21st at Sugarhouse Park (1300 East exit off I-80) in Salt Lake City.

The bus leaves AFHS at Noon. All athletes (high school and junior high) will be excused from class at 11:30 AM.

The Girls Varsity Race is at 2:00 PM. The Boys Varsity Race is at 3:30 PM. Our team will set up camp Southeast of the pond at our traditional spot.

All JV athletes should bring $15 because we will eat at Chuck-a-rama in SLC (400 S. 700 E.) for dinner before heading back to AFHS. Varsity athletes will have their meal paid.

The Grinder

The boys ran The Grinder for the last time before the State Championships yesterday. Congratulations to Jason Manning for earning a pair of spikes for running 7:51. He is the third boy this season and the 23rd overall to break 8 minutes up the Grinder. Grinder List

Region IV Results

Results from the Region IV Championships on Friday, held at Pleasant Grove High School:
Link to complete results

Girl JV Results: The Girls JV had a perfect score of 15 points to win the Region JV race.

1.  American Fork HS   15

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
1.	26	Lacey Evans	19:34.0	1.	NA		01:00.8
2.	40	Bonnie Schellenberg	19:37.6	2.	00:03.6
3.	30	Anna Gunther	20:00.9	3.	00:26.9
4.	36	Hannah McKendrick	20:34.3	4.	01:00.3
5.	35	Madison Marrott	20:34.8	5.	01:00.8
7.	31	Kendra Heath	20:43.6	(7.)	01:09.6
14.	38	Katy Phillippi	21:08.6	(14.)	01:34.6
18.	29	Kaylie Green	21:18.3	NS	01:44.3
19.	25	Dani Christlieb	21:23.8	NS	01:49.8
20.	27	Camille Garrett	21:24.6	NS	01:50.6
37.	28	Allie Green	22:01.6	NS	02:27.6
44.	33	Abbi Lamb	22:16.8	NS	02:42.8
50.	44	Stormy Watson	22:25.8	NS	02:51.8
63.	39	Emma Russell	23:03.1	NS	03:29.1
79.	34	Ashlynn Lee	23:40.9	NS	04:06.9
86.	24	Jessica Anderson	23:54.7	NS	04:20.7
98.	41	Hannah Simmons	24:24.6	NS	04:50.6
130.	32	Meg Ipson	27:13.5	NS	07:39.5
149.	43	Harley Thorpe	33:28.4	NS	13:54.4
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:40:21.6)			15

Boys JV Results: The Cavemen placed 5 in the top 8 to win with 25 points.

1.  American Fork HS   25

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
2.	3	Dalton Brems	16:39.7	2.	00:07.0		00:11.9
3.	5	Ben Carson	16:43.0	3.	00:10.3
5.	7	Carson Clinger	16:45.8	5.	00:13.1
7.	2	Parker Barnes	16:50.7	7.	00:18.0
8.	12	Tony Jeffs	16:51.6	8.	00:18.9
18.	10	Talon Garrick	17:18.6	(18.)	00:45.9
29.	20	Andy Snell	17:32.4	(27.)	00:59.7
33.	9	Alex Garces	17:38.5	NS	01:05.8
40.	4	Mark Carlisle	17:43.9	NS	01:11.2
53.	16	Collin Nielsen	17:56.9	NS	01:24.2
54.	11	Justin Herzog	18:04.8	NS	01:32.1
55.	18	Robert Richards	18:07.2	NS	01:34.5
69.	8	Spencer Fong	18:23.1	NS	01:50.4
72.	15	Aidan Nielsen	18:27.0	NS	01:54.3
74.	13	Andrew Jolley	18:27.6	NS	01:54.9
77.	22	Samuel Williams	18:31.1	NS	01:58.4
94.	14	Kyle Livingston	18:49.7	NS	02:17.0
98.	1	Andrew Baird	18:55.8	NS	02:23.1
126.	17	Bryson Owen	19:35.4	NS	03:02.7
148.	21	Caleb Westover	20:14.0	NS	03:41.3
170.	23	Tyson Williams	20:56.2	NS	04:23.5
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:23:50.8)			25

Girls Varsity Race: The Girls Varsity almost got the perfect score, going 1,2,3,4,7 for 17 points.

1.  American Fork HS   17 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 1.  52     Sophie Baird 17:52.5 1. NA 00:42.6 2.  56     Sara Musselman 17:59.9 2. 00:07.4 3.  54     Katie Cornell 18:12.2 3. 00:19.7 4.  55     Sammy Hollingsworth 18:13.4 4. 00:20.9 7.  58     Lexi Wright 18:35.1 7. 00:42.6 11.  57     Cami Squires 18:47.2 (11.) 00:54.7 13.  53     Katie Bradshaw 18:57.1 (13.) 01:04.6 1. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:30:53.1) 17

Boys Varsity Race: The Boys narrowly took second by 6 points behind Lone Peak.

2.  American Fork HS   47 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 1.  45     Casey Clinger 14:47.5 1. NA 01:22.7 2.  49     Patrick Parker 15:12.4 2. 00:24.9 5.  51     Joe Simmons 15:27.9 5. 00:40.4 19.  46     Hagen Harmer 16:08.9 19. 01:21.4 20.  48     Jason Manning 16:10.2 20. 01:22.7 24.  50     Cole Phillippi 16:16.9 (24.) 01:29.4 33.  47     Patrick Larkin 16:32.1 (33.) 01:44.6 2. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:17:46.9) 47

We would all the Parents, Community Members, and Alumni who showed up tp cheer on the Cavemen. State will be held Wednesday, October 23rd at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City. The girls team will run at 2:00 PM, while the boys will run at 3:30 PM.

Region IV Championships

We will be racing this Friday at the Region IV Championships at Pleasant Grove High School.
Schedule:
3:30 - Girls JV
4:00 - Boys JV
4:30 - Girls Varsity
5:00 - Boys Varsity

The bus will leave AFHS at 2:30. All athletes must ride on the bus to the meet. Parents may take their athlete home after the team cooldown and if a coach has been notified.

Park City Results

The boys JV had a great Saturday morning at the Park City Invite.
The rainy weather let up early in the morning, so it was perfect, cool fall weather for racing on the hilly 3 mile course.

In the boys JV race, we placed 4 in the top 10 for awards and 9 in the top 17.
2.Talon Garrick, 17:45
7.Casey Chamberlain, 17:58
8.Andy Snell, 17:59
9.Alex Garces, 18:05
11.Collin Nielsen, 18:15
12.Robert Richards, 18:19
15.Aidan Nielsen, 18:36
16.Andrew Jolley, 18:40
17.Justin Herzog, 18:41
25.Samuel Williams, 19:02
33.Mitchell Sumway, 19:12
40.Bryson Owen, 19:26
41.Kyle Livingston, 19:27
86.Caleb Westover, 20:41
105.Tyson Williams, 21:39

In the boys Varsity race, we placed 2nd behind Olympus and had all 7 in the top 24:
10.Cole Phillippi, 16:11
14.Jason Manning, 16:28
16.Parker Barnes, 16:38
17.Ben Carson, 16:41
19.Tony Jeffs, 16:46
20.Carson Clinger, 16:47
24.Dalton Brems, 17:00

Park City Invite

The JV Boys will be racing tomorrow morning at the Park City Invitational. The bus will leave AFHS at 8:00 AM. Athletes missing the bus will not be allowed to race. Parents may take their athlete home after Coach Mostert has been notified, and after the team cooldown.

The best way to get to the Quinn's Junction soccer complex is to take the highway up American Fork Canyon, through Heber City, and past the Jordanelle Reservoir. The soccer field is off the west side of the highway before you get to Park City and I-80.
Quinns Junction Sports Complex

600 Gillmore Way

Park City, UT (right off Highway 40 Exit 4)