Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Pre-Footlocker Invite

The Utah High School Track Coaches Association will hold the 17th Annual pre-Footlocker Invite this Saturday at AFHS. Registration is $3 per athlete, and will take place from 7:30-8:30 AM. The Girls race will be at 8:30 AM, and the Boys Race at 9:00 AM. It will be on the 5000m AFHS course, so spikes are recommended.

Awards will be given to the top 30 finishers in each race.

Course Records and top times list.

Results Link

The Grinder, The Banquet, and Other News

Congratulations to Mason McQuivey. He ran 8:55 up The Grinder yesterday to earn his Grinder t-shirt.

Our team banquet will be held this Wednesday, November 1st at 6:00 PM at the AFHS Cafeteria. Girls will be bringing salads, and boys will be bringing desserts. The coaches will be providing beverage and pizza.

Today, the Pie Lady (Mrs. Lott) will be at AFHS at 3:00 PM to kick off our fundraiser for Footlockerwest. Athletes will have 2 weeks to sell pies and get their orders in to Coach Mostert. The pies will be delivered on Tuesday, Nov. 21st.



Saturday, October 28, 2017

Collegiate Conference Weekend

Several Caveman alumni raced this weekend  at their conference championships.

At the West Coast Conference, BYU won the Men's Division race with a perfect 15 points:
1.Connor McMillan, 23:22.8
3.Casey Clinger, 23:29.0
5.Clayton Young, 23:29.1
13.Brayden McLelland, 24:09.8

BYU took 2nd in the Women's Division race.
17.Sara Musselman, 20:49.9 Complete Results

At the Big Sky Conference, Lexie (Green) Thompson placed 30th in 18:18.7 to help Weber State place 5th.  Tyson Green placed 17th in 25:03.3 to help Weber State place 3rd, while Joe Simmons placed 36th in 26:53.8 to help Idaho State place 6th. Complete Results

At the Western Athletic Conference, Sammy Hollingsworth placed 12th in 17:30 to help UVU place 2nd in the Women's race. Complete Results

Thursday, October 19, 2017

State Results

Two State trophies came home yesterday with the Cavemen!

The girls placed 2nd in the inaugural 6A State Championships race with a team time of 95:32. Lexi Wright earned both All-State and Academic All-State awards. The Girls finished only 15 points behind State Champs Pleasant Grove.
American Fork: 93 points:
5.Lexi Wright, 18:19.8
16.Samantha Stokes, 19:03.5
21.Hailey Hess, 19:15.4
24.Madison Hess, 19:17.8
27.Lily Nettesheim, 19:36.0
41.Mackenzie Hess, 20:02.4
48.Brooklyn Hopkins, 20:16.8



The Boys won their 8th State Championship in the last 9 years with 56 points; a 32 point victory over Herriman. Carson Clinger, Dalton Brems, and Luke Grundvig all earned All-State honors.
American Fork: 56 points
5.Carson Clinger, 15:36.1
6.Dalton Brems, 15:38.0
9.Luke Grundvig, 15:43.6
14.Cole Phillippi, 15:59.0
22.Kobe Serrano, 16:12.5
53.Alex Garces, 16:44.8
63.Joe Corbridge, 17:03.1

On Tuesday, October 24th, the Boys Team will be honored at 6:00 PM at the Alpine District School Board Meeting. It will be held in the AFHS Auditorium.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Utah State Championships

The Cavemen will race tomorrow at the Utah State XC Championships held at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City (2100 S. 1500 E.). The bus will leave AFHS at 12:00 Noon. Jr. High Students are excused at 11:30 AM, and AFHS athletes at 11:45 AM. We will set up our camp on the usual spot on the south side of the creek. JV should bring $15 for dinner at Chuck-a-Rama  (400 S. 744 E.) after the meet. Varsity athletes will have their dinner paid for by the coaches.
Race Schedule:
Time Schedule 
1A Girls 10:30 a.m.
2A Girls 11:00 a.m.
3A Girls 11:30 a.m.
1A Boys 12:00 p.m.
2A Boys 12:30 p.m.
3A Boys 1:00 p.m.
4A Girls 1:30 p.m.
5A Girls 2:00 p.m.
6A Girls 2:30 p.m.
4A Boys 3:00 p.m.
5A Boys 3:30 p.m.
6A Boys 4:00 p.m.

Resultswill be published on runnercard.com 

Saturday, October 14, 2017

Alumni Report

Several AFHS Alumni contributed to their team success this weekend.

At Pre-Nats, held in Louisville, Kentucky, 4 former Cavemen helped BYU win with only 41 points on the 8000m course:
6. Connor McMillan, 23:13
7. Casey Clinger, 23:17
12.Clayton Young, 23:25
37. Brayden McLelland, 23:23:48

Sara Musselman placed 3rd in the Women's 6K Black Race in 21:10 to help BYU's B-Team place 2nd.

Weber State finished 13th out of the 41 teams with the help of Tyson Green in 136th with a time of 24:46.

Joe Simmons placed 7th at the ISU Invite in Pocatello, Idaho. He ran 19:07 for the 5.6k course.

Sammy Hollingsworth placed 26th in 21:07 for 4th place UVU in the 6k invitational race at the Bronco Invitational in Santa Clara, California.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The Grinder

On Monday, the boys did their Pre-State Grinder.
Congratulations to Cole Phillippi. He earned a pair of spikes by running 7:52.
Also congratulations to Ethan Kelley who earned his Grinder shirt by running 8:19.


Saturday, October 7, 2017

Region IV Championships Results

We appreciate the coaches, parents, and administrators who helped at the Region IV Cross-Country Championships held yesterday at AFHS.

Results Link

The boys were Region Champs for the 11th time. Dalton Brems was the individual Region Champion.

The Girls placed second to Lone Peak, advancing to State. Lexi Wright was the individual Region Champion.



The boys JV took the first 10 spots, with Joe Corbridge as individual JV Champion.

Five AF girls placed in the top 10 of the Girls JV Race. Brooklyn Hopkins was individual JV Champion.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Region IV Championships

American Fork High School will be hosting on Friday, October 6th the Region IV Cross-Country Championships. It is the same 5000m Course as we ran at Pre-Region.

The top 4 teams and top 3 individuals will advance to the State Championships at Sugarhouse Park on October 18th.

Schedule of Races:
3:30  Girls J.V. Race
4:00  Boys J.V. Race
4:30  Girls Varsity Race
5:00 Boys Varsity Race
5:30 Awards Ceremony

Link to results

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Park City Results

The Cavemen rested their top 7 on Friday, and ran their top 10 JV in the 3 mile  Park City Invite Varsity Division ending up in 5th place. I was held at Quinn's Junction at 6670 ft. altitude. Complete Results
20.Ben McBride, 16:19
27.Ethan Kelley, 16:26
29.Andrew Baird, 16:26
38.Aidan Nielsen, 16:45
42.Logan Evans, 16:49
43.Justin Herzog, 16:49
44.Joe Corbridge, 16:49
49.Nathan Wright, 16:51
63.Casey Chamberlain, 17:06
66.Nathan Hess, 17:08

JV Boys Results:
2.Dylan Rawlings, 16:59
4.Caleb Westover, 17:10
15.Robert Richards, 17:31
23.Andrew Jolley, 17:45
28.Kyle Livingston, 17:52
30.Kooper Dibb, 17:58
35.Samuel Nelson, 18:06
40.Caleb Crowther, 18:12
56.Brayden Blackhurst, 18:35
84.Mason McQuivey, 19:01
194.Jordan Schanze, 20:35
224,Joshua Brockbank, 21:07
295.Jared Leavitt, 22:03