NXR Souhtwest results

 American Fork did well at today's Nike Southwest Regionals, held at Toka Sticks Golf Course in Mesa. Arizona. It was cloudy, in the 60's and soft/muddy in places from earlier rain on the 5000m course. Complete Results

The Boys Team placed 4th overall in the Championship Race with  218 points. David Webb was 2nd Team All-Region with a 10th place finish in 14: 48.5. Chase Hejny was 32nd in 15:09.8. Dallin Harrington was 68th in 15:28.0.  Bennett Jensen was 90th in 15:36.2. Roy Jones was 99th in 15:41.6 Austin Plewe was 114th in 15:47.5, and Grant Hejny placed 122nd in 15:49.2.

The Girls Team placed 4th overall in the Championship Race with 143 points. Skye Jensen was 3rd Team All-Region with a 21st place finish in 17:34.4. Mae Glassford was 23rd in 17:41.7. Cali Dooley was 40th in 17:59.0. Sarah Watson was 77th in 18:28.8. Sophie Bahr was 99th in 18:41.6. Rebekah Jacob was 132nd in 18:57.5, and Shay Smith was 135th in 18:58.5.

In the Boys Large School Race #1, The Cavemen placed 3rd with 195 points.

13.Ben Ward, 16:00.13

27.Logan Wagstaff, 16:10.70

39.Trey Nielsen, 16:18.38

60.Race Low, 16:34.52

66.Will Thresher, 16:39.06

80.Michael Jones, 16:47.95

89.Cayden Vukich, 16:57.13

130.Reid Freeman, 17:20.85

138.Joshua Jensen, 17:27.57

184.Brody Jones, 17:54.41

206.Joshua Piccolo, 18:07.83

229.Riley Moore, 18:22.74

In the Girls Large School Race #1, The Cavemen placed 1st with 77 points.

7.Mara Jensen, 19:17.10

10.Sophie Steiger, 19:24.94

24.Jane Sorensen, 19:53.16

25.Kaydi Lee, 19:53.34

29.Addie Low, 20:00.10

43.Leila Maughan, 20:13.12

51.Reagan EVans, 20:30.38

52.Emma Clark, 20:33.46

83.Kayla Bushman, 21:18.42

138.Ruby Collette, 22:25.51

142.Lyla Zollinger, 22:29.52

167.Katie Piccolo, 23:24.41

The Boys and Girls Teams will wait until Saturday to see if they receive at-large bids to Nike Cross Nationals.

1600m Time Trial

 The Boys and Girls Teams ran their postseason 1600 time trial at the AFHS track today. It was 56 degrees and windy,

Boys:

Austin Plewe - 4:21.8

David Webb - 4:22.3

Dallin Harrington - 4:23.8

Chase Hejny - 4:25.0

Grant Hejny - 4:31.4

Cayden Vukich - 4:33.8

Roy Jones - 4:34.5

Logan Wagstaff - 4:35.3

Trey Nielsen - 4:40.9

Bennett Jensen - 4:43.2

Mac Thresher - 4:43.6

Will Thresher - 4:44.5

Race Low - 4:45.7

Michael Jones - 5:01.9

Reid Freeman - 5:08.5

Isaac Baez - 5:10.7

Brody Jones - 5:13.1

Bronson Bird - 5:13.8

Josh Piccolo - 5:14.9

Josh Jensen - 5:18.4

Riley Moore - 5:27.9

Aaron Carwin - 5:36.9

Girls:

Skye Jensen - 5:10

Sarah Watson - 5:22

Shay Smith - 5:24

Cali Dooley - 5:25

Sophie Bahr - 5:25

Bekah Jacobs - 5:27

Jane Sorenson - 5:36

Lelia Maughan - 5:38

Mara Jensen - 5:45

Reagan Evans - 5:47

Addie Low - 5:49

Scarlett Simkins - 5:54

Kayla Bushman - 5:57

Kaydi Lee - 5:58

Emma Clark - 6:07

Abelina Howard - 6:21

Hope Morgan - 6:29

Kiah Cruz - 6:30

Kaitlyn Howard - 6:31

Elise Ku - 6:35

Piper Lund - 6:40

Lyla Zollinger - 6:42

Rachel Thatcher - 6:59

Emily Funk - 7:36

JV Meet Results

 Several members of the Girls JV Team ran last Saturday at a JV Meet held at the Spanish Fork Sports Park. Complete Results.

Caveman Results 6A Girls:

4.Mara Jensen, 19:46.4

7.Leila Maughan, 19:53.5

10.Addie Low, 20:10.9

14.Jane Sorenson, 20:25.5

17.Kaydi Lee, 20:32.1

18.Reagan Evans, 20:32.6

19.Scarlett Simkins, 20:34.4

23.Kayla Bushman, 20:39.3

34.Abelina Howard, 21:14.8

61.Elise Ku, 22:05.1

62.Lily Nelson, 22:05.4

64.Kiah Cruz, 22:06.8

82.Hope Morgan, 22:29.9

91.Kaitlyn Howard, 22:46.0

98.Pyper Lund, 23:08.1

102.Lyla Zollinger, 23:15.5

112.Rachael Thatcher, 23:31.9

130.Tessa Leach, 24:02.7

154.Luiza Bastos, 25:15.9

172.Emily Funk, 25:54.9

Team Scores

• 1 Lone Peak

  17.00

• 2 American Fork HS

  49.00

• 3 Riverton

  96.00

• 4 Skyridge

  127.00

• 5 Westlake

  143.00

• 6 Layton

  151.00

• 7 Herriman

  197.00

• 8 Mountain Ridge

  214.00

• 9 Syracuse

  289.00

Postseason Grinder #1

 Congratulations to Reid Freeman. He earned his "I Conquered The Grinder" t-shirt today with a time of 8:45. Abelina Howard also earned her t-shirt by running 10:29.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

 Yesterday the Cavemen participated at the 2025 Utah 6A Cross Country State Championships, held at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City. It was sunny and high 50's on the 3.00 mile grass course.

The Boys Team placed 2nd with 62 points. They were only 2 points behind U.S. #2  ranked Herriman.

We had 3 All-State runners in Grant Hejny,4th place in 15:18..4, Chase Hejny, 5th Place in 15:19.2, and David Webb, 6th place in 15:22.5. Following them were Dallin Harrington,19th place  in 15:43.3, Roy Jones, 27th place in 15:52.9, Bennett Jensen, 31st place in 15:58.1, and Austin Plewe, 41st place in 16:12.4.

Both Chase and David broke the 6A Sophomore State Meet record, while Bennett broke the 6A Freshman State Meet record. Their Team Time of 77:36.2 was 7th All-Time for all classifications at the State Championships.

The Girls Team placed 2nd with 52 points. They finished 21 points behind U.S. #1 ranked Lone Peak.

Skye Jensen was the Individual State Champion for the second straight year with a time of 17:39.0 which is 12th All-Time at the State meet and a 6A Junior State Meet record. Also earning All-State honors were Mae Glassford, 4th in 18:07.0, and Cali Dooley, 8th in 18:20.0. Mae's time is the new 6A Freshman State Meet record. Following were Sarah Watson, 11th in 18:29.1, Shay Smith, 28th in 19:12.1, Sophie Bahr, 30th in 19:19.7, and Rebekah Jacob, 33rd in 19:31.6. Their Team Time of 91:47.0 was 5th all-time for all classifications at the State Championships.

Complete Results

Skye Jensen Interview

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION

 Next Wednesday, October 29th, is the Utah State 6A State Cross Country Championships at Sugarhouse Park (2100 S. 1300 E.) in Salt Lake City.

Athletes are excused at Noon, and the bus will leave AFHS at 12:30 PM. Athletes must ride on the bus in order to be excused from school. 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.

Parking must be paid for in advance. Carpoolinng is recommended. State swag can also be purchased in advance. Please read carefully the UHSAA State Meet Information page.

Region III Championships Results

 The Cavemen participated Tuesday at the Region III Cross Country Championships, held at Art Dye Park in American Fork. It was in the 60's going from sunny to partly cloudy on the 3.00 mile grass course.

Complete Results

Girls JV Results: The Girls Team placed 2nd with 40 points to Lone Peak's 17 points.

4.Sophie Steiger, 20:06.1

7.Addie Low, 20:35.2

8.Emma Clark, 20:36.7

9.Kaydi Lee, 20:40.1

13.Reagan Evans, 20:58.5

14.Abelina Howard, 21:04.6

20.Kayla Bushman, 21:33.8

22.Scarlett Simkins, 21:41.2

27.Ruby Collette, 21:58.5

29.Hope Morgan, 22:08.0

33.Lily Nelson, 22:20.0

34.Katelyn Kasperson, 22:27.3

42.Elise Ku, 22:45.8

45.Lyla Zollinger, 22:54.7

52.Kaitlyn Howard, 23:08.1

54.Tessa Leach, 23:39.5

56.Kiah Cruz, 23:44.1

63.Pyper Lund, 24:07.5

65.Luiza Bastos, 24:22.9

74.Rachael Thatcher, 24:47.3

78.Rakelle Brinkerhoff, 25:10.0

100.Emily Funk, 26:15.0

Girls Varsity Results: The Girls Team placed 2nd with 35 points to Lone Peak's 25 points. Lone Peak is currently ranked #1 in the U.S.

2.Skye Jensen, 17:45.9, 1st Team All-Region

3.Mae Glassford, 18:08.1, 1st Team All-Region

6.Cali Dooley, 18:14.3, 1st Team All-Region

11.Sarah Watson, 18:41.8, 2nd Team All-Region

15.Rebecca Jacob, 19:02.7

17.Mara Jensen, 19:06.6

18.Sophie Bahr, 19:07.0

19.Shay Smith, 19:15.1

20.Leila Maughan, 19:32.4

28.Jane Sorenson, 20:03.7

Boys JV Results: The Boys Team won with 20 points, ahead of Lone Peak's 49 points.

2.Cayden Vukich, 16:19.0

3.Mac Thresher, 16:24.0

4.Trey Nielsen, 16:30.3

5.Logan Wagstaff, 16:35.1

6.Race Low, 16:41.1

10.Michael Jones, 17:31.4

14.Reid Freeman, 17:36.8

22.Brody Jones, 17:49.7

23.Joshua Jensen, 17:56.6

25.Tanner Jensen, 18:03.1

28.Isaac Baez, 18:10.5

32.Joshua Piccolo, 18:25.0

37.Riley Moore, 18:31.3

43.Bronson Bird, 18:42.3

Boys Varsity Results: The Boys Team won (Their 16th Region Championship) with 28 points, ahead of Lehi's 51 points.

2.Chase Hejny, 15:13.3, 1st Team All-Region

3.David Webb, 15:16.5, 1st Team All-Region

4.Dallin Harrington, 15:22.7, 1st Team All-Region

9.Grant Hejny, 15:39.2, 2nd Team All-Region

10.Roy Jones, 15:47.7, 2nd Team All-Region

12.Bennett Jensen, 15:48.6, 2nd Team All-Region

14.Ben Ward, 15:57.9, 2nd Team All-Region

22.Will Thresher, 16:20.5

The Utah State Cross-Country Championships will be held Wednesday, October 29th at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City.

Region III Championships

 The Cavemen will be competing at the Utah Region III Championships this coming Tuesday, October 14th at Art Dye Park. The course is the same 3 mile course as the Twi-Knight Invitational. Junior High Students will be excused at 1:45 PM.

Meet Schedule:

3:00 PM - Girls JV

3:30 PM - Boys JV

4:00 PM - Girls Varsity

4:30 PM - Boys Varsity

Meet Information

October Grinder

 The Team ran the Grinder for the last time of the regular season today.

The boys set 3 records today:

Most under 8:00 (12 boys)

Most under 9:00 (18 boys tied with 2020)

Most new sub-8:00 in a year - 10

Earning their "I Conquered The Grinder" t-shirts were:

Isaac Baez - 8:37

Scarlett Simkins - 10:06

Reagan Evans - 10:29

Earning their Spikes were:

Will Thresher - 7:35

Cayden Vukich - 7:57

Logan Wagstaff - 7:57

Sarah Watson - 9:17

Laila Maughan - 9:24

Skye Jensen set the All-Time Girls Record with 8:29.

Current National Rankings

 The Girls Team is currently ranked Nationally at 25th on Milesplit and 17th on Dyestat.

The Boys Team  is currently ranked Nationally at 2nd on Milesplit and 7th on Dyestat.

The September Grinder

 The Boys Team ran the Grinder this afternoon.

Mac Thresher earned a pair of spikes by running 7:53, and Michael Jones earned his "I Conquered The Grinder" t-shirt with a time of 8:58.

Rebecca Jacob earened her t-shirt by running 10:05, while Callie Dooley and Mae Glassford earned spikes by running (;27 and 9L25, respectively.

Twi-Knight Results

On Friday, the Cavemen participated in the Twi-Knight Invitational at Art Dye Park, hosted by Lone Peak. It was 80-86, partly cloudy changing to sunny, and calm changing to windy from the North. The course was 3.00 miles on grass. Complete Results

Girls Frosh/Soph Results: The Team placed 2nd out of 19 teams with 46 points.

3.Leila Maug:han, 20:13.2

7.Addie Low, 20:56.5

9.Kaydi Lee, 21:16.9

12.Scarlett Simkins, 21:43.0

15.Abelina Howard, 21:52.6

17.Ruby Collette, 21:53.5

19.Kiah Cruz, 21:59.8

24.Lyla Zollinger, 22:33.3

31.Elise Ku, 22:49.6

55.Tessa Leach, 23:50.4

67.Rachael Thtcher, 24:40.6

69.Pyper Lund, 24:45.8

97.Rakelle Brinkerhoff, 26:20.7

Boys Frosh/Soph Results: The Team won the 21 team race with 27 points.

1.Mac Thresher, 16:22.0

2.Will Thresher, 16:22.6

3.Race Low, 16:42.4

10.Reid Freeman, 17:23.8

11.Joshua Jensen, 17:31.1

14.Michael Jones, 17:38.7

17.Tanner Jensen, 17:41.2

35.Bronson Bird, 18:16.2

100.Riley Moore, 19:58.4

Girls JV Results: The Team placed 2nd out of 22 teams with 60 points.

3.Emma Clark, 20:23.1

7.Lucy Tanner, 20:59.3

13.Reagan Evans, 21:09.7

19.Lily Nelson, 22:09.6

21.Katelyn Kasperson, 22:17.1

26.Hope Morgan, 22:26.4

102.Luiza Bastos, 25:16.7

104.Kaitlyn Howard, 25:19.1

138.Emily Funk, 26:39.4

Boys JV Results: The team won the 22 team race with 67 points.

1.Ben Ward, 16:06.4

2.Trey Nielsen, 16:15.0

4.Cayden Vukich, 16:40.5

25.Isaac Baez, 18:03.0

39.Brody Jones, 18:30.8

Girls Varsity Results: The Team placed 2nd out of 24 teams with 61 points, only 20 points behind US #1 ranked Lone Peak.

4.Skye Jensen, 17:54.1

7.Mae Glassford, 18:05.3

9.Cali Dooley, 18:09.4

13.Sarah Watson, 18:23.9

28.Rebecca Jacob, 19:08.2

46.Sophie Bahr, 19:34.3

50.Shay Smith, 19:41.9

57.Mara Jensen, 19:47.8

67.Jane Sorensen, 20:01.6

106.Kayla Bushman, 21:05.7

Boys Varsity Results: The Team placed 3rd out of 31 teams, including 5 of the top 25 ranked teams in the Nation, with 117 points.

2.David Webb, 15:11.9

21.Dallin Harrington, 15:45.7

22.Grant Hejny, 15:46.5

35.Roy Jones, 16:04.9

37.Bennett Jensen, 16:05.9

52.Austin Plewe, 16:18.0

70.Logan Wagstaff, 16:34.5

UVU Invitational Results

 The Cavemen raced this morning at the UVU Invitational, held at the Lakeside Sports Park in Orem. It was 65 to 75 degrees, calm, and cloudy on the 3.03 mile grass course.

Complete Results

Girls Varsity Race: The Girls Team won the 10 team race with 17 points.

1.Skye Jensen, 17:59.6

2.Mae Glassford, 18:34.1

3.Cali Dooley, 18:34.1

4.Sarah Watson, 18:34.2

7.Rebecca Jacob, 19:07.9

11.Shay Smith, 19:18.6

19.Leila Maughan, 20:19.5

Boys Varsity Race: The Boys Team won the 10 team race with 29 points.

1.David Webb, 15:08.0

2.Chase Hejny, 15:11.4

5.Dallin Harrington, 15:33.6

9.Bennett Jensen, 15:49.5

12.Roy Jones, 16:01.6

14.Will Thresher, 16:05.0

16.Cayden Vukich, 16:07.7

Girls JV Race: The Girls JV Team won with 26 points.

2.Sophie Bahr, 19:25.5

3.Kayla Bushman, 19:50.3

4.Mara Jensen, 19:53.4

7.Emma Clark, 20:19.2

10.Lucy Tanner, 20:51.2

13.Reagan Evans, 21:08.8

17.Lily Nelson, 21:33.3

21.Katelyn Kasperson, 21:56.3

25.Hope Morgan, 22:33.9

50.Luiza Bastos, 24:40.7

72.Emily Funk, 26:14.6

Boys JV Race: The Boys JV Team won with 50 points.

1.Grant Hejny, 15:35.4

2.Trey Nielsen, 16:09.5

6.Ben Ward, 16:58.2

16.Isaac Baez, 17:46.4

25.Brody Jones, 18:14.1

Girls Frosh/Soph Race: The Girls Team placed 2nd behind Lone Peak.

5.Jane Sorenson, 20:07.7

6.Addie Low, 20:18.7

8.Kaydi Lee, 20:30.0

9.Ruby Collette, 21:00.4

11.Scarlett Simkins, 21:14.2

12.Abelina Howard, 21:36.7

14.Kiah Cruz, 21:59.3

20.Tessa Leach, 22:29.53

23.Lyla Zollinger, 22:35.5

29.Pyper Lund, 23:40.0

31.Elise Ku, 23:53.2

42.Rakelle Brinkerhoff, 24:32.4

Boys Frosh/Soph Race: The Boys Team won with a perfect score 15 points.

1.Logan Waqgstaff, 15:59.7

2.Mac Thresher, 16:12.8

3.Race Low, 16:30.1

4.Joshua Jensen, 17:08.2

5.Michael Jones, 17:14.7

6.Reid Freeman, 17:20.9

9.Tanner Jensen, 17:38.0

12.Bronson Bird, 18:04.8

21.Joshua Piccolo, 18:22.0

28.Riley Moore, 19:02.6

UVU Invitational Information

 The Boys and Girls Teams will compete this Friday at the UVU Invitational at the Lakeside Sports Park in Orem. The bus will leave AFHS at 8:30 AM. All athletes must ride on the bus in order to compete. Any athlete that misses the bus will not be allowed to race. Parents may take their athlete home after team cooldowns are completed, and if a coach has been notified.  Meet Information

Schedule:
10:00 - Varsity Girls
10:30 - Varsity Boys
11:00 - Frosh/Soph Girls

11:30 - Frosh/Soph Boys

12:00 - JV Girls

12:30 - JV Boys

Border Wars Results

 Holding out their top 8 runners, the Cavemen participated at the Border Wars Cross Country Invitational in Taylorsville today. It was 65-72 degrees, sunny to partly cloudy with an intermittant light breeze on the 3.05 mile grass and dirt course. Complete Results

Freshman Boys Race:

6.Joshua Jensen, 17:06.4

14.Michael Jones, 17:40.0

51.Riley Moore, 18:53.1

Sophomore Boys Race:

34.Tanner Jensen, 17:58.7

47.Bronson Bird, 18:18.1

85.Joshua Piccolo, 18:52.1

Junior Boys Race:

40.Isaac Baez, 17:49.9

Senior Boys Race: 

32.Brody Jones, 17:44.7

Championship Boys Varsity Race: The Cavemen placed16th of 32 teams.

77.Cayden Vukich, 16:05.2

96.Mac Thresher, 16:13.6

106.Logan Wagstaff, 16:18.2

114.Ben Ward, 16:24.8

125.Trey Nielsen, 16:33.1

165.Race Low, 16:55.1

180.Reid Freeman, 17:09.6

Border Wars Information

 The Boys Team will compete this Saturday at the Border Wars Invitational held at Valley Regional park - 5100 S 2700 W. in  Taylorsville, Utah.

The bus will leave AFHS at 7:30 AM. All athletes must ride on the bus in order to compete. Any athlete that misses the bus will not be allowed to race. Parents may take their athlete home after team cooldowns are completed, and if a coach has been notified. Information Link

Race Schedule:

9:20 AM - Senior Boys

10:00 AM - Junior Boys

11:20 AM - Championship Boys

12:00 PM - Sophomore Boys

1:00 PM - Freshman Boys

SanPete Classic Results

 The Girls Team participated Yesterday at the SanPete Classic Cross Country Invitational in Fairview, Utah. The course was 3.00 miles. 

Girls Varsity: The Girls Team won the 15 teamVarsity competition with 34 points.

Place	Bib	Name	Overall	Year	Time	Score
1.	1004	Skye Jensen	2	Jr	18:16.0	2
2.	1002	Mae Glassford	5	Fr	18:50.4	3
3.	1001	Cali Dooley	6	Fr	18:51.4	4
4.	1007	Sarah Watson	11	So	19:44.3	9
5.	1006	Shay Smith	18	Jr	20:17.0	16
6.	1005	Leila Maughan	24	Fr	20:39.2	21
7.	1003	Mara Jensen	36	Jr	21:20.4	33

Girls JV: The JV Team won the JV competition with a perfect score 15 points.

Place	Bib	Name	Overall	Year	Time	Score
1.	1020	Rebecca Jacob	1	So	20:06.3	1
2.	1025	Addie Low	2	Fr	20:57.6	2
3.	1031	Jane Sorensen	3	So	20:59.5	3
4.	1012	Emma Clark	4	Sr	21:12.7	4
5.	1011	Kayla Bushman	5	Sr	21:14.5	5
6.	1018	Abelina Howard	12	So	22:21.2	12
7.	1024	Kaydi Lee	14	So	22:22.5	14
8.	1032	Lucy Tanner	17	Sr	22:34.1
9.	1015	Reagan Evans	19	Jr	22:51.7
10.	1013	Ruby Collette	21	So	23:05.7
11.	1030	Scarlett Simkins	22	Fr	23:12.6
12.	1022	Elise Ku	23	So	23:16.4
13.	1028	Lily Nelson	24	Jr	23:18.0
14.	1021	Katelyn Kasperson	33	Jr	23:43.9
15.	1027	Hope Morgan	37	Jr	23:56.5
16.	1034	Lyla Zollinger	39	So	24:11.5
17.	1023	Tessa Leach	44	So	24:26.6
18.	1033	Rachael Thatcher	54	So	25:19.5
19.	1026	Pyper Lund	55	Fr	25:22.8
20.	1019	Kaitlyn Howard	58	Sr	25:39.1
21.	1009	Liuza Bastos	61	Jr	25:44.5
22.	1014	Kiah Cruz	81	So	26:42.9
23.	1010	Rakelle Brinkerhoff	92	So	27:04.2
24.	1016	Emily Funk	120	Jr	28:30.8