Monday, September 28, 2020

Region IV Championships Information

 The Cavemen will be participating this Friday at the Region IV Championships, held at Westlake High School.

The team bus will leave AFHS at 2:00 PM. Athletes must ride the bus in order to compete. Anyone missing the bus will not be allowed to compete. Parents may take home their athlete after team cooldowns are completed and if a coach has been notified.

Race Schedule:

3:30 PM - Girls JV
4:00 PM - Boys JV
4:30 PM - Girls Varsity
5:00 PM - Boys Varsity
5:30 Awards.


PARENTS, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING COVID-19 INFORMATION!

All spectators need to park in Vista Middle School South parking lots.  Spectators need to enter by the South West and South East gates to access the back of the school.  They should have pre-purchased their tickets using the codes sent to their school.  EACH spectator will need their OWN ticket.  They will need to be able to show a purchase code for EACH ticket at the gate to enter.


Parents, we need your assistance.  We need to work together to keep our student athletes and coaches safe.   We are excited that our athletes have the opportunity to participate in Region Cross Country. We do not want to jeopardize this opportunity nor the opportunity to attend the State Meet.  The following protocol is necessary to allow spectators and still conduct the Region Meet.  It was developed to provide direction for schools and spectators in accordance with Utah County Health guidelines. For the safety of spectators, athletes, coaches, their families, and the community at large, these guidelines must be followed. Face coverings are required to attend ASD and Region 4 Events. Games may be delayed or suspended for non compliance. 


1. Ticketed Events/Spectator Admittance  

  • All students, parents and non-team members will need a ticket to enter.

  • Spectators will not be allowed access to areas designated as “Team Members Only”.  This includes most of the field area west of the school.

  • Spectators will need to park at Vista Middle School and enter the north fields by Vista Middle School.  Field access provides spectators 2 opportunities to cheer for their team for each lap.  Bathrooms will not be available.

  • All ticket purchases must be done in advance via electronic (VNN) touchless system. Same day ticketing will NOT be sold at the gate at the event.  Access codes for VNN will be sent to schools.  

A spectator agreement form is required for spectators who must agree to it before an individual can get tickets.   Tickets are free, but everyone needs a ticket from VNN.


WE ARE LIMITED TO 2 TICKETS PER FAMILY. TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT thunderathletics.org
Your athlete will receive the password today at practice.



Sunday, September 20, 2020

UIAAA Invite Results

 The Cavemen raced Friday afternoon at the UIAAA Invitational held at the Spanish Fork Sports Park.  The course was flat, grass, 3.00 miles. JV Races were separated in two waves by school name.

Girls JV Frosh Soph Wave #1: The girls won their wave race with 17 points out of 8 scoring teams.
1.Alyssa Kleinman, 19:58
2.Lily Jensen, 20:12
3.Natalia Boltz, 20:39
5.Millie Baird, 20:48
6.Kaylee Hollingsworth, 20:55
7.Tori Stratton, 21:09
8.Brielle Lee, 21:19
9.Jenna Corbridge, 21:25
46.Rachel Fletcher, 25:30
47.Shelby Clegg, 25:38

Girls Junior Senior Wave #1: The girls won their wave race with 22 points out of 9 scoring teams.
1.Aubrey Westover, 20:34
2.Alyssa Stratton, 20:34
3.Sariah Jackson, 21:06
7.Anna Harrison, 21:34
9.Jenna Lee, 21:38
12.Abigail DeOliveira, 21:57
26.Kayley Kerr, 22:40
41.Melia Grundvig, 24:02
60.Hailey Derington, 25:16
86.Marianne Cox, 30:31

Girls Varsity Race: The girls won with 63 points out of 25 scoring teams.
1.Avalon Mecham, 17:56
5.Abigail Barlow, 18:29
13.Natalie Jensen, 18:56
16.Avery Moore, 18:59
28.Sadie Hess, 19:28
43.Audrey Wright, 20:02

Boys Frosh Soph Wave #1: The boys won their wave race with 20 points out of 14 scoring teams.
2.Kyler Nelson, 16:59
3.Seth Smith, 17:16
4.Chase Pack, 17:33
5.Ben Bradshaw, 17:37
6.Ben Jaster, 17:39
43.Bridger Karren, 19:27
45.Ryker Shanklin, 19:31
48.Ethan Allred, 19:32
61.Wesley Madsen, 19:47
75.Ben Robertson, 20:17
95.Derek Corbridge, 20:57

Boys Junior Senior Wave #1: The boys won their wave race with 17 points out of 9 scoring teams.
1.Jayden Fitzgarrald, 16:01
2.Joshua Hernandez, 16:44
3.Jared Thomas, 16:55
5.Will Merkley, 17:09
6.Cooper Pack, 17:12
8.Kaden Pack, 17:21
11.Chase Evans, 17:34
14.Ethan Herzog, 17:41
17.Andrew Abel, 17:54
24.Warren Hansen, 18:25
40.McKay Miner, 19:01

Boys Varsity Race: The boys won with 41 points out of 29 scoring teams.
2.Brayden Packard, 15:08
3.Nathan Jaster, 15:15
6.Samuel Nelson, 15:37
17.Lucas Peck, 16:01
18.Kooper Dibb, 16:04
19.Ryan Jolley, 16:05
26.Tim Spiesman, 16:10

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

UIAAA Invite Information

 The Cavemen will be participating this Friday at the UIAAA Invitational, held at Spanish Fork Sports Complex, 295 West Volunteer Drive, Spanish Fork.

Athletes will be excused from school at 10:40 AM. The bus will leave AFHS at 11:15 AM. All athletes must ride on the bus in order to compete. Any athlete that misses the bus will not be allowed to race. Parents may take their athlete home after team cooldowns are completed and if a coach has been notified.


Schedule:

1:00pm                 Frosh/Soph JV Girls Race 1 (A-M)

1:20pm                 Frosh.Soph JV Girls Race 2 (N-Z)               

1:40pm                 Frosh/Soph JV Boys Race 1 (A-M)                             

2:00pm                 Frosh/Soph JV Boys Race 2 (N-Z)

2:20pm                 Jr/Sr JV Girls Race 1 (A-M)           

2:40pm                Jr/Sr JV Girls Race 2 (N-Z)

3:00pm                 Jr/Sr JV Boys Race 1 (A-M)

3:20pm                 Jr/Sr JV Boys Race 2 (N-Z)

3:40pm                 Varsity Girls Race

4:00pm                 Varsity Boys Race

4:30pm                 Varsity Team Awards   

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Weekend Results

 The Girls Team ran Friday at the Timpview Quad Meet, held at Kiwanis Park in Provo. The course was 3 miles.

Girls JV Results: The Girls JV Team won with 19 points.
1.Natalia Boltz, 20:12
3.Alyssa Stratton, 20:37
4.Millie Baird, 20:41
5.Sariah Jackson, 20:47
6.Kaylee Hollingsworth, 20:52
7.Milly Wood, 20:54
8.Lily Jensen, 21:06
9.Brielle Lee, 21:11
10.Tori Stratton, 21:14
11.Jenna Corbridge, 21:26
12.Anna Harrison, 21:31
19.Abigail DeOliveira, 22:24
21.Jenna Lee, 22:46
33.Melia Grundvig, 24:22
35.Shelby Clegg, 24:49
40.Rachel Fletcher, 25:37
47.Hailey Derington, 27:01
68.Marianne Cox, 31:24
72.Ella Cedarstrom, 33:47

Girls Varsity Results: The Girls Varsity Team won with 29 points.
1.Avalon Mecham, 17:56
5.Natalie Jensen, 18:39
6.Avery Moore, 18:47
8.Abigail Barlow, 18:59
9.Audrey Wright, 19:11
10.Sadie Hess, 19:14
14.Kailey Hopkins, 19:45
16.Alyssa Kleinman, 19:54
18.Aubrey Westover, 20:10

The Boys Team participated Saturday at the 2.84 mile Wasatch Invite held at Soldier Hollow.

Boys JV Results: The Boys won the Saturday Wave 2 JV race with 23 points.
1.Ryan Jolley, 16:45
2.Joshua Hernandez, 17:09
4.Seth Smith, 17:34
9.Jared Thomas, 17:47
11.Ben Jaster, 17:52
14.Ben Bradshaw, 18:06
15.Andrew Abel, 18:10
18.Cooper Pack, 18:16
19.Chase Pack, 18:21
21.Ethan Herzog, 18:32
22.Chase Evans, 18:32
34.Warran Hansen, 19:10
60.Ryker Shanklin, 20:12
78.McKay Miner, 20:37
81.Bridger Karren, 20:39
83.Wesley Madsen, 20:40
98.Ethan Allred, 21:04
135.Derek Corbridge, 22:18

Boys Varsity Results: The Cavemen won the Saturday Wave 2 Varsity Race with 42 points.
1.Braden Packard, 15:17
2.Nathan Jaster, 15:27
8.Kooper Dibb, 16:11
15.Lucas Peck, 16:31
16.Samuel Nelson, 16:34
20.Tim Spiesman, 16:52
30.Jayden Fitzgarrald, 17:17
37.Nathan Hess, 17:30
52.Will Merkley, 18:13


Wednesday, September 9, 2020

BOYS' SUMMER MILEAGE

 The Cavemen started their Summer mileage on Memorial Day, and counted through Labor Day; a total of 15 weeks. Team goals were 750 miles (50 mi./week avg.), and 60 mi./week for Varsity runners.

2020 Summer Mileage

1027    Samuel Nelson
991    Tim Spiesman
953    Seth Smith
938.5    Kyler Nelson
901    Kooper Dibb
890    Jared Thomas
881.6    Cooper Pack
871    Nathan Jaster
869    Nathan Hess
852    Brayden Packard
827    Warren Hansen
779    McKay Miner
774    Will Merkley
765.2    Andrew Abel
755    Joshua Hernandez
751.4    Kaden Pack
658    Adam Eck    
637.6    Chase Pack
635    Ryan Jolley
602    Ethan Herzog
575    Ben Bradshaw
557    Ben Jaster
501    Owen Nelson
475    Ashton Miller
473    Derek Corbridge
472    Ethan Allred
453.5    Ryker Shanklin
347    Chase Evans
300    Lucas Peck
256 Ben Robertson
   Jayden Fitzgarrald
   Dylan Crowther
   Wesley Madsen
   Bridger Karren
  

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

WASATCH INVITE INFORMATION

 The Boys Team will be racing this Saturday at the Wasatch Invite held at Soldier Hollow.

The bus will leave AFHS at 9:00 AM, but we will meet at 8:15 for a short run and visualization session. All athletes must ride on the bus in order to compete. Any athlete that misses the bus will not be allowed to race. The athlete must wear a facemask on the bus and will be checked for temperature. Because of Covid-19 precautions, the Wasatch County Health Department has deemed NO SPECTATORS  at the meet.  Parents may take their athlete home after races and team cooldowns are completed.


Information: We are excited to host the 14th annual Wasatch Invitational held @ Soldier Hollow.


This event will be chip timed via RunnerCard

Wasatch County Health Department restrictions limit gatherings to 1000 persons in each section. In order to accommodate Max athlete participation, No Spectators are allowed.

Wave 2 (Max 940 athletes)
10:00AM Team check-in/coaches info
11:00AM JV Girls
11:20AM JV Boys
11:40AM Varsity Girls (top 10)
12:00PM Varsity Boys (top 10)

Medals to top 10 in ALL Races

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Timpanogos Invite Results

 Yesterday, the Cavemen raced at the Timpanogos Invite hosted by Timpanogos High School and held at the Lakeside Park in Vinyard. There were 1800 athletes from close to 50 schools at the meet. Award t-shirts were handed out to the top ten in each race. The race course was flat grass and wheeled at 3.00 miles. Temperature rose from 70 to 80 degrees, and it was very sunny. Full Results

Girls Elite Varsity Results: The Girls Team finished 1st out of 125 runners on 18 teams with a stellar 5 person team time of 92:36 (18:31 average), 8th fastest in AFHS in-state history. Avalon is the 8th Caveman to break 18 minutes for 3 miles.

2.Avalon Mecham, 17:38.1
7.Abigail Barlow, 18:27.3
9.Avery Moore, 18:34.0
19.Natalie Jensen, 18:56.6
25.Sadie Hess, 19:00.1
36.Kailey Hopkins, 19:24.9
74.Natalia Boltz, 20:20.0

Boys Elite Varsity Results: The Boys Finished 1st out 135 runners on 19 teams with a meet record 5 person team time of 76:00.5 (15:12 average), third fastest in AFHS in-state history. Brayden and Nate are the 12th and 13th Cavemen to break 15 minutes for 3 miles, earning Aerobic Monster status

1.Brayden Packard, 14:48.5
2.Nathan Jaster, 14:54.3
9.Kooper Dibb, 15:18.9
16.Jayden Fitzgarrald, 15:27.7
18.Samuel Nelson, 15:31.1
35.Lucas Peck, 15:52.2
36.Nathan Hess, 15:52.4

Girls Freshman JV Results: 1st of 10 Teams with 121 runners.
2.Alyssa Kleinman, 19:55.1
4.Millie Baird, 20:34.8
13.Tori Stratton, 21:41.3
14.Lily Jensen, 21:41.5
42.Shelby Clegg, 23:46.5
49.Eleanor Bourget, 24:02.6

Boys Freshman JV Results: 1st of 10 teams with 135 runners.
3.Chase Pack, 17:13.7
7.Ben Jaster, 17:33.5
9.Ben Bradshaw, 17:39.8
18.Bridger Karren, 18:17.7
28.Ryker Shanklin, 18:40.1
65.Derek Corbridge, 20:19.8

Girls Sophomore JV Results: 3rd of 10 teams with 129 runners.
1.Audrey Wright, 19:58.6
7.Milly Wood, 20:42.0
14.Kaylee Hollingsworth, 21:17.7
21.Jenna Corbridge, 21:45.8
76.Rachel Fletcher, 25:06.3

Boys Sophomore JV Results: No team score with 231 runners.
1.Kyler Nelson, 16:31.5
12.Dylan Crowther, 17:22.9
108.Wesley Madsen, 20:06.4

Girls Junior JV Results: No Team Score with 110 runners.
4.Alyssa Stratton, 20:27.9
23.Abigail De Oliveira, 22:02.4
66.Melia Grundvig, 24:39.6

Boys Junior JV Results: 1st of 12 teams with 147 runners.
5.Will Merkley, 16:29.2
9.Jared Thomas, 16:52.1
10.Joshua Hernandez, 16:53.4
12.Cooper Pack, 17:07.9
20.Chase Evans, 17:33.5
31.Warren Hansen, 17:56.7
37.Owen Nelson, 18:06.1

Girls Senior JV Results: 3rd of 5 teams with 80 runners.
3.Aubrey Westover, 20:00.4
7.Sariah Jackson, 20:39.2
16.Anna Harrison, 21:24.4
19.Kayley Kerr, 21:34.8
75.Marianne Cox, 28:25.3

Boys Senior JV Results: No team score with 131 runners.
1.Tim Spiesman, 15:59.7
3.Ryan Jolley, 16:18.3
14.Andrew Abel, 17:05.9
69.McKay Miner, 19:19.2



Wednesday, September 2, 2020

WASATCH INVITATIONAL WAIVER

 The Boys Team will be racing Saturday, September 12th at the Wasatch invite at Soldier Hollow. To be eligible to run, all athletes must fill out an activity waiver by this Friday, September 4th.

Go to www.sohoactivitywaiver.org

Most of the athletes did that at practice today, but for those who didn't, use the link above to fill it out.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

TIMPANOGOS INVITATIONAL INFORMATION

 

The Cavemen will be competing this Saturday at the Timpanogos Invitational to be held at Lakeside Park in Vinyard. 400 South, 1850 West, Orem.

The bus will leave AFHS at 6:30 AM. All athletes must ride on the bus in order to compete. Any athlete that misses the bus will not be allowed to race. The athlete must wear a facemask on the bus and will be checked for temperature. Because of Covid-19 precautions, the Utah County Health Department has recommended NO SPECTATORS  at the meet.  Parents may take their athlete home after races and team cooldowns are completed.

Note From Meet Director:
I have added extra races in order to make the races smaller sizes and to allow more teams.
Elite Race will be the Top 20 Teams. Top Rankings will be determined from last years performances and this years rankings/performances.
If we have too many athletes in each race we will add additional races.
Please make sure you add your athletes into the correct race.
Race Schedule
7:00 AM Packet Pick up
7:30 Senior Girls
7:50 Senior Boys
8:10 Junior Girls
8:30 Junior Boys
9:00 Varsity Girls
9:20 Varsity Boys
9:50 Varsity Girls Elite
10:10 Varsity Boys Elite
10:30 Sophomore Boys 1 (Teams A-L)
10:35 Sophomore Girls
10:50 Sophomore Boys 2 (Teams M-Z)
11:10 Freshman Girls
11:30 Freshman Boys


High School races are 3 Miles.