ESPN Rankings

Today the new ESPNHS Rankings were published and the Cavemen have risen to #2 in the United States of America!
Sept. 29 Powerade Fab 50

Clayton Young has moved up in the individual national rankings on Dyestat to 25th in the nation today.
Dyestat Super 25
Clayton is also ranked #25 on Milesplit's national rankings released today.
Milesplit Super 50

Running The Edge

Friends of Caveman Cross-Country, Olympian Adam Goucher and Teacher and Coach Tim Catalano, have written a book called "Running The Edge". It is about striving for excellence in both running and in life. Copies of the book can be purchased from their website: Run The Edge.

Tim and Adam have announced that for every book sold on their website between now and October 5th, Run the Edge will donate $3.00 to Runners with a Reason,  a non-profit charity started by Britt Ehlers and his wife to raise money to remove the reasons people find not to run.  Britt's first thought was to provide shoes to addicts who wanted to use running to fight their addictions.  This idea got the ball rolling and soon Runners with a Reason was helping runners in a variety of ways.  They have collected over 1000 shoes for One World Running , provide support and scholarships for the Girls on the Run program, and created a winter running club for students at low income schools in their area.  In the first year of that program, 3 kids finished the Lincoln half marathon and earned $250 scholarships for college.  It is not much but a gentle push in the right direction can have a tremendous trans-formative influence on a young person’s life.

Park City Invitational

This Saturday, the Cavemen will participate at the Park City Invitational.
The bus will leave AFHS at 7:00 AM. Athletes must ride on the bus to participate, but parents can take their athlete home, if they first tell a coach.
Schedule:
Girls JV 9:00 AM
Boys JV 9:45 AM
Girls Varsity 10:15 AM
Boys Varsity 10:45 AM

Location : The course is at Quinn’s Junction athletic fields and the National Ability Center.

Directions: If coming on I-80 take the silver creek junction exit onto Hwy 40 East

            Go 2-3 Miles on Hwy 40 to the Park City exit (Hwy 248)

            Turn Right on 248 to Park City.  Then immediate right again at the first light.

            Start line and finish is the Athletic field in front of the ice arena.

            If coming from Heber on 40, just take the 248 exit and turn left, then follow the rest.

Alumni Report

Yesterday, Mike Felix ('06) placed 90th out of 242 runners at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Ca. He helped UVU to an 11th place finish out of 28 teams.

Nebo Invite

The girls varsity placed 4th and the JV 2nd.. The boys varsity and JV won.
Nebo Invite Results

Big news:
Nebo Invite Maple Mountain HS
84 degrees & sunny. 3.00 miles. FLAT!
4700 ft. altitude.

15 boys teams.
1.AF-1,2,3,4,7,(9),(12) = 17
2.Bonneville = 107

American Fork Boys:
1. Clayton Young (12)- 14:50 (course record, old record - 14:56, Austin West, AF 2009)
2. Mack Morrison (12)- 15:06 - ran last 1 3/4 mi. without 1 shoe.
3. Brayden McLelland (11)- 15:25
4. Tyson Green (11)- 15:38
7. Connor McMillan (10)- 15:52
9. Zac Jacklin (9)- 15:56 WHA? THAT'S SICK!!!
12. Kaden Springer (10)- 16:01
Top 5-76:51 (AFHS in-state record. Old record 77:01, Nebo Inv. 2009). Second fastest in school history behind 75:33 at 2010 NXN-SW in Mesa, Az..

American Fork Girls:
6. Emily Orton (10)- 19:03
12. Morgan Warner  (11)- 19:23
14. Diane Leach (10)-19:24
17.Jamie Lee (12)- 19:30
23. Makayla Bernardo (11)-19:50
31. Lexie Green (9)- 20:34
40. Amber Bardin (9)- 21:04

SW and National Rankings

 Marc Bloom of  The Harrier Magazine has ranked the boys this week at 7th in the Nation.
Marc Bloom's Super 25

ESPNHS has ranked the boys this week at 6th in the Nation.
Powerade Fab 50

In Southwest Rankings, the American Fork boys move from #1 to #2 behind Ft. Collins who won the Liberty Bell Invite last Saturday.
Sept. 21 SW Rankings

Nebo Invite this Friday

We will be at Maple Mountain High School this Friday. To get there, head South on I-15 to the Spanish Fork Highway 6 exit towards Spanish Fork Canyon. Turn left at the third light (Canter Street). Take the first right and go East for 1 mile.
Nebo Invite Schedule:
3:00 PM - Girls JV
3:30 PM - Boys JV
4:00 PM - Girls Varsity
4:30 PM - Boys Varsity