The Grinder Week #11

Congratulations to two freshmen. Dalton Brems earned his Grinder t-shirt by running 8:50 yesterday, while Carson Clinger won his Grinder t-shirt by running 8:55 yesterday. They are the second and third boys to earn t-shirts this Summer. This was the penultimate Grinder this Summer for the boys and the final Grinder for the girls team.

Season's coming!

Weekend Inspiration

One of the best movies to come out this past year was Unbroken. It was an inspiring story about Olympic runner Louis Zamperini and his trials as a prisoner of war during World War II. There are many great quotes in the movie, one of which will appear on our team t-shirts this year.
READ THIS!

Girls Two-Mile Time Trial

The girls had their pre-season two mile time trial this morning on the Grass Relays course.
(2014 time)

1.Lexi Wright      12:10 (12:55)
2.Sophie Baird      12:15 (12:27)
3.Cami Squires      12:19 (12:26)
4.Sammy Hollingsworth      12:21 (12:28)
5.Katie Cornell     12:24 (12:58)
6.Sara Musselman      12:31
7.Katie Bradshaw      12:34 (13:00)
8.Lacey Evans      12:41
9.Anna Gunther      12:44 (13:48)
10.Bonnie Schellenberg      13:18 (13:04)
11.Katy Phillippi      13:38 (14:11)
12.Camille Garrett      14:11 (15:07)
13.Emma Russell      14:30 (15:43)
14.Madison Marrott      14:41 (15:05)
15.Dani Christlieb      15:10 (15:02)
16.Ashlynn Lee      15:12
17.Allie Green      15:18 (17:46)
18.Scout McMillan      16:41 (17:46)
19.Meg Ipson      19:18 (21:35)

9 girls under 13:00 is a school record for the pre-season time trial.

The Grinder Week 10 and Other News

Congratulations to Patrick Parker for breaking 8:00 up the Grinder this morning to earn his spikes with a time of 7:55. He is the first new Caveman this season and the 21st to ever break 8:00.

Congratulations to Joe Simmons for winning the Highland Fling 5k last Saturday with a time of 15:58. He won by over 30 seconds.

Casey Clinger will be attending the Nike Elite Camp in Portland, Oregon this week. Only 10 elite cross country boys from around the Nation are invited. Elite Camp Website Link. Congratulations to Casey for this opportunity.
Elite Camp Highlight Video           Elite Camp Workout Video        Casey Bio Video              

ALL-TIME GRINDER LIST
Sub 8:00 Grinder
1992-Chris Merkley
1993-Dave Bell
2008-Jeff Harmon
2009-Robby Lee, Austin West
2010-Clayton Young, Nafe Richardson, Derek Day, Mack Morrison
2012-Brayden McLelland, Tyson Green, Caleb Thompson
2013-Connor McMillan, Nathan Tracy, Casey Clinger, Zac Jacklin,  McKay Johns, Hagen Harmer, Daniel Bentley
2014-Jacob Chase
2015-Patrick Parker, Joe Simmons, Jason Manning, Patrick Larkin, Parker Barnes
2016-Carson Clinger

Sub 9:30 Grinder
2013-Makayla Stepp, Maddie Bench, Lexie Green, Katie Cornell, Diane Leach
2014-Lexie Wright, Cami Squires, Sammy Hollingsworth
2015-Sara Musselman
2016-Brooklyn Hopkins

Week #9 News

Official practice begins this coming Monday at 7:00 AM. In order to practice with the team, athletes MUST have in the following:
1.Physical Form
2.Tryout Checklist (on registermyathlete.com)
3.Concussion Training Certificate (see earlier blog post for online instructions)
Athletes missing forms will be not be able to practice with the team until forms are in.

The Boys Team begins official two-a-days on Monday. We will meet at AFHS at 7:00 AM Monday through Saturday, and at 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Girls will continue with their M,W,F,Sat. AM and Tue.,Thurs. PM schedule.

Yesterday the team went out to Coach Hunziker's home in Cedar Fort for a trail run.

This morning, the boys helped out at the Timp Half Marathon, running the first water station at mile 3. They then proceeded to run down the canyon and back to AFHS.

Speedy Spaniard 10k

The team had three boys compete at the 38th Annual Spanish Fork Speedy Spaniard 10k this morning.

Joseph Simmons won the race in a course record time of 32:53. It was the first year on a new course.
Alumnus Mike Felix ('06) took second place overall in 33:43.
Patrick Larkin was third overall in 33:57, and Tony Jeffs was seventh overall in 35:20.
Results Link