Nebo Invite

The Cavemen had one of our most impressive meets ever today at Maple Mountain High School at the Nebo Invitational. The 2.98 mile race course was a little wet from the rain, and it was only about 50 degrees, but the team came ready to race. For the first time in school history, we won all 6 races  teamwise, and had 5 of the 6 individual race winners.

The Girls Frosh/Soph team started it off with a 15 point perfect score.
1.Katie Cornell, 19:03
2.Sophie Stewart, 19:44
3.Katie Bradshaw, 19:55
4.Anna Gunther, 19:56
5.Bonnie Schellenberg, 19:59
6.Shelby Graves, 20:07
9.Rachel Brantley, 20:52
11.Kaylie Green, 21:05
18.Kendra Heath, 21:14
29.Camille Garrett, 21:58
42.Abbi Lamb, 22:25
66.Courtney Cox, 23:04
82.Autumn Kelsch, 23:40
136.Madison Marrott, 27:03
153.Taylor Hodges, 31:18

The Boys Frosh/Soph team kept it going with a winning 27 points.
1.McKay Johns, 16:10
2.Joseph Simmons, 16:35
4.Hagen Harmer, 16:46
8.Adam Juchau, 17:01
12.Tony Jeffs, 17:12
13.Jonah Hickman, 17:12
17.Jason Manning, 17:17
47.Nathan Springer, 18:06
55.Jared Anderson, 18:15
78.Mark Carlisle, 18:47
159.Nate Baird, 20:30
176.Collin Nielsen, 20:51

Up next was the Girls Junior/Senior race where the Lady Cavemen prevailed 65 to 79 over Herriman.
1.Emily Orton, 19:55
2.Amber Bardin, 19:58
20.Malorie Finch, 21:43
22.Hailey Heath, 21:45
26.Taylor Aaron, 21:53
27.Sabrina Thomas, 21:53
41.Abigail McBride, 22:29
42.Andie Weight, 22:29
46.Rachel Merrill, 22:31
74.Megan Staten, 23:14
114.Heather Bergeson, 24:26
127.Candace Lundahl, 25:10
154. Ashlie Rymer, 27:23
169.Allison Lawrence, 28:46

The Boys Junior/Senior Team stamped their mark on the meet with a winning  20 points.
1.Spencer Herzog, 15:56
2.Jacob Chase, 16:12
4.Jace Jensen, 16:18
6.Connor Hoopes, 16:25
7.Luke Gunther, 16:31
49.Parker Rasmussen, 17:59
62.Dillon Stone, 18:23
196.Parker Williams, 21:05

In the Girls Varsity Race, The girls used a 31 second 1-5 spread to defeat Orem 96 to 116.
14.Diane Leach, 18:30
15.Maddie Bench, 18:32
17.Lexie Green, 18:41
24.Hannah McKendrick, 18:55
31.Sammy Hollingsworth, 19:01
32.Sophie Baird, 19:02
33.Nikki Smith, 19:03

The most epic race of the day was the boys varsity race. Lone Peak's Clason Shumway led out the first mile in 4:38, then 9:54 at the two mile with Kramer Morton of Alta, and Connor McMillan and Zac Jacklin of AF in pursuit. Kramer and Connor passed Clayson with about 500 meters remaining, and then Connor kicked past Kramer with 200 remaining to win by 6 seconds. Zac came up and almost caught Clayson. The Team finished strong to win 59 to 121 over Bingham.
1.Connor McMillan, 14:39.6 (3.00 conversion of 14:46 is a new school record at altitude )
4.Zac Jacklin, 14:54.6
15.Casey Clinger, 15:29.9 (3.00 conversion of 15:37 is a new school Freshman record).
19.Calb Thompson, 15:36.0
23.Tyler Bell, 15:42.5
27.Nathan Tracy, 15:46.4
40.Daniel Bentley, 15:57.3


Complete Results

Current National Rankings

Currently, the boys team is nationally ranked:
3rd on DyeStat.com
3rd on XCNation.com
4th in Running Times.
4th on Milesplit


The Girls Team was ranked 24th, preseason, on DyeStat.com.

This Week's Meet

The Cavemen will be traveling this Friday to Maple Mountain High School for the Nebo Invite.

Directions: Take I-15 South to the US 6 (Spanish Fork Canyon) exit. Travel East to Center Street (3rd stoplight) and take a left. Take the first right turn and drive straight to the high school.

Junior High Athletes are excused from class at 1:00 PM, High School students at 1:15 PM. The bus will leave promptly at 1:30 PM. Athletes who miss the bus will not be able to compete. Parents may take their athlete home after they have completed their team cooldown, and a coach has been notified.

Race Schedule:
3:00 PM - Frosh/Soph JV Girls Race
3:30 PM - Frosh/Soph JV Boys Race
4:00 PM- Jr/Sr JV Girls Race
4:30 PM - Jr/Sr JV Boys Race
5:00 PM - Girls Varsity Race
5:30 PM - Boys Varsity Race

Wasatch Invite Results

The Cavemen raced this last weekend at the Wasatch Invite at Soldier Hollow.
The Boys Varsity won against 20 teams with 28 points. Lone Peak was second with 44 points.
1.Connor McMillan, 15:41 (Meet Record)
3.Zac Jacklin, 16:16
4.Casey Clinger, 16:39
7.Tyler Bell, 16:57
13.Daniel Bentley, 17:10
15.Nathan Tracy, 17:17
19.Jacob Chase, 17:37

In the Boys JV Junior/Senior race, the Cavemen took the first 5 places.
1.Caleb Thompson, 17:16
2.Jace Jensen, 17:44
3.Luke Gunther, 17:49
4.Spencer Herzog, 17:57
5.Connor Hoopes, 18:05
12.Parker rasmussen, 19:33
100.Parker Williams, 23:05

The Cavemen took 6 of the top 9 places in the Boys JV Freshman/Sophomore race.
1.McKay Johns, 17:37
4.Joe Simmons, 18:15
6.Adam Juchau, 18:49
7.Jonah Hickman, 18:51
8.Jason Manning, 18:58
9.Tony Jeffs, 19:01
25.Jared Anderson, 20:00
30.Nathan Springer, 20:07
33.Mark Carlisle, 20:09
55.Ben Schellenberg, 21:04
90.Nate Baird, 22:21
119.Collin Nielsen, 23:18

Girls JV Junior/Senior results:
15.Hailey Heath, 25:03
17.Sabrina Thomas, 25:20
29.Mallory Finch, 26:16
32.Andie Weight, 26:19
33.Megan Staten, 26:23
35.Tayler Aaron, 26:31
29.Abigail McBride, 26:44
56.Candace Lundahl, 27:35
93.Ashlie Rymer, 31:46

The Lady Cavemen had two top 10 finishers in the Girls JV Freshman/Sophomore race:
5.Kendra Heath, 24:02
10.Kaylie Green, 24:36
25.Abbi Lamb, 26:03
32.Madison Marrott, 26:38
44.Autumn Kelsch, 27:31
45.Courtney Cox, 27:32
Complete Results

Bob Firman Invite

The Varsity and top 9 JV girls traveled this weekend to Boise, Idaho for the Bob Firman Invitational. The Girls Varsity finished 4th in the 5000 meter Elite race with 165 points.
30.Nikki Smith, 19:26
33.Lexie Green, 19:32
35.Diane Leach, 19:37
45.Hannah McKendrick, 19:57
51.Sammy Hollingsworth, 19:57
52.Sophie Baird, 20:05
94.Maddie Bench, 21:04(Ill)

The Lady Cavemen also placed 2nd in the DI Varsity race.
17.Katie Cornell, 20:24
24.Sophie Stewart, 20:39
28.Payton Pryor, 20:43
32.Amber Bardin, 20:49
63.Anna Gunther, 21:15
74.Bonnie Schellenberg, 21:30
75.Katie Bradshaw, 21:30

Shelby Graves placed 3rd (21:20) and Rachel Brantley placed 7th (22:07) in the girls JV race.

This Week's Meets

The girls Varsity and top JV will be traveling this weekend to Boise, Idaho for the Bob Firman Invitational. Meet Website

The rest of the girls JV will be going with the boys team Saturdayto the Wasatch Invitational at Soldier Hollow. The bus will leave AFHS at 7:00 AM. Athletes must ride on the bus in order to race. Parents may take their athlete home after their team cooldown, and if they've notified a coach.

 8:00 a.m. Check-in/walk the course
8:30 a.m. Coaches meeting/Question and Answer
9:00 a.m. JV Fresh/Soph Boys race
9:15 a.m. JV Senior/Junior Boys race
9:30 a.m. Boys Varsity race
9:45 a.m. Girls Varsity race
10:00 a.m. JV Senior/Junior Girls race
10:15 a.m. JV Fresh/Soph Girls race

This Weekend's Boys Results

The boys team ran Friday at the Herriman Invite

The boys Varsity team won the 5000m race by 48 points over Bingham and Timpanogos, who are both ranked in the Southwest.
2.Connor McMillan, 17:47
3.Zac Jacklin, 17:54
8.Tyler Bell, 18:32
11.Nathan Tracy, 18:40
12.Casey Clinger, 18:43
18.Daniel Bentley, 19:02
19.Caleb Thompson, 19:03
Points-36, Team Time-91:16

The Boys J.V. squad won with 22 points.
1.Jacob Chase, 19:01
3.Jace Jensen, 19:06
4.McKay Johns, 19:06
5.Spencer Herzog, 19:22
10.Joseph Simmons, 19:55
17.Connor Hoopes, 20:17
20.Ashton Jensen, 20:09
22.Tony Jeffs, 20:39
23.Jonah Hickman, 20:40
25.Adam Juchau, 20:44
30.Jason Manning, 20:59
35.Parker Rasmussen, 21:05
48.Tyler Schow, 21:46
65.Nathan Springer, 22:06
68.Jared Anderson, 22:07
92.Mark Carlisle, 22:57
101.Ben Schellenberg, 23:10
140.Collin Nielsen, 24:38
142.Nate Baird, 24:42
157.Parker Williams, 25:08