NXN Story by Phil Latter

Here's a cool story on ESPN-Rise by Phil Latter:
NXN Story

Footlockerwest Regionals

The girls team and boys j.v. raced at Footlocker West Regionals held at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California last Saturday.
We had some great races there:
4th-Jamie Lee, Girls Junior 20:17
5th-Connor McMillan, Boys Frosh 
10th-Lakyn Lux, Girls Senior 20:35
12th-Brayden McLelland, F/S All-Region 17:05
19th-Tyson Green, F/S All-Region 17:21
22nd-Diane Leach , Girls Frosh/Soph 21:06
35th-Kaden Springer, Boys Frosh
50th-Dallas Griswold, Boys Junior 17:56
54th-Taylir Garrison, Girls Junior 22:23
59th-Spencer Herzog, Boys Frosh
66th-Ashlyn Hatch, Girls Junior 22:55
78th-Kylie Buckwalter, Girls Senior 23:06
88th-Robert McMillan, Boys Junior 18:36
89th-Jake Healey, Boys Senior 18:28
93rd-Megan Bardin, Girls Frosh/Soph 24:00
96th-Jasmyn Hildebrandt, Girls Seeded 20:43
105th-TJ Bishop Boys Junior 18:46
114th-Paige Leyba, Girls Junior 24:44
118th-Emilio Martinez, Boys Senior 18:52
133rd-Michael Richards, Boys Senior 19:11
133rd-Krissy Eakins, Girls Junior 25:31
142nd-Jen Squire, Girls Junior 26:00
165th-Kiersten Shelley, Girls Junior 27:58
166th-Shannon Rowley, Girls Junior 28:01
180-Melissa Hirsch, Girls Junior 31:34
 251-Philip Sorensen, Boys Junior 21:24
271-Tyler Ward, Boys Junior 22:07
305-Zach Wigington, Boys Junior 24:22

NXN Results

The boys raced really hard through the mud  and ended up placing 8th at the Seventh Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon. The Cavemen scored 195 points , which would have been enough to win last year. Derek Day was the top placer at 38th (15th team) followed by Nafe Richardson at 66th (30th), Mack Morrison at 79th (39th), Clayton Young at 96th (55th), Austin West at 98th (56th), Kevin Judd at 151st (106th), and Danny Keller at 177th (132nd).
Full race coverage is at NXN Nationals

We would like to thank everybody who supported the team through this amazing season. 

NXN Live Broadcast on Saturday

We race Saturday. The live webcast begins at 11:05 MST.
Here is the link for the broadcast:
NXN Website

American Fork Spotlighted on Milesplit

The Cavemen are spotlighted in a feature on Milesplit which was written by Coach Alan Versaw from Classical Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Caveman Article

Cavemen Prevail

This morning, our Cavemen won the NXN Southwest Championships with 44 points to 88 points for Ft. Collins, Co. and 93 points for Davis, Ut.
The win qualifies the boys to race in two weeks at the Nike Cross Nationals in Eugene, Oregon.
This is the second year in the row the Cavemen have won Regionals. Last year they ended up 8th place at NXN.
The race was a flat and fast 5000 meters at Toka Sticks Golf Course in Mesa, Arizona.
We had 5 All-Region athletes.

On the SW Region First Team were Clayton Young, 5th in 15:28.1 and Nafe Richardson, 6th in 15:30.2.
Second Team was Mack Morrison, 13th in 15:41.8.
Third Team were Derek Day, 18th in 15:45.5 and Austin West, 20th in 15:49.3.
Danny Keller (112th in 16:33.4) and Kevin Judd (145th in 16:52.8) also ran for the Cavemen.
Complete results are at: NXN-SW Results

The Cavemen pose with Girls Champions Ft. Collins Lambkins

2011 XC Captains Named

 

Captains were named for the 2011 XC Team.

Girls Captains are:

Kaijsa Angerhofer

Jamie Lee

Kimberly Merrill

Boys Captains are:

Mack Morrison

Clayton Young

Josh Savage

Robert McMillan

Dallas Griswold