Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Des. News Season Preview

The Deseret News gives a Utah high school XC season preview. It mentions the ensuing battle between PV and Mt. View for the 4A state title.

SUU Invite 8/28

The team delivered a great birthday present to Coach Holt with a boys victory over Mt. View! Although the course was short (2.8 miles) the times were great and everyone ran well - To get a State equivalent time for this course take the finish time and multiply it by 1.08.
The day started well - after the late people finally showed up to the bus - with the JV girls all running very solid and taking 3rd place - to Cedar and only 4 points off Mt. View. Leading the JV girls were Madisson Hansen, Liz Harrison, MaKayla Baxter, Mia Hart, and Mariah Harris.
Although the Varsity girls didn't have their best race, some positive things did happen. Kaylee Boyer ran well and near the top Mt. View girls throughout the race - finishing 5th overall. As a team the girls finished a solid 4th.
The JV boys really stepped up and answered the 1-3 finish of Mt. View boys with 4 in the top 8 and Jared Ellsworth holding strong to finish up the scoring to with the overall title 39-41. Leading the Panthers with a 4th place finish was Senior Dyllen Cafferty who is making a hard charge for the 7th Varsity spot.
The Varsity boys also defeated Mt. View in thrilling fashion. Mt. View came into the meet ranked #1 in 4A while we were #2 and the race lived up to its billing. The Mt. View pack of 5 was very impressive and finished with a 17 second spread and all in the top 9! But after developing a strong lead throughout the race led by Core Kimzey, PV's lead runners took the top three spots - Trevor Thompson 1st in 14:38 (State equivalent time of 15:48), Tyson Boyer 2nd 14:43 (15:53), Corey Kimzey 3rd 14:47 (15:57). Then our 4 (Ryan Neilsen) and 5 (Devin Gillespie) ran strong and placed well enough (12th and 14th) to hold onto a 2 point victory - 32-34!
Although we still have a lot of work to do - especially in closing up the pack - this was a fun victory and should be a positive step for our program. The Spectrum had a big write-up on the race.

Athletes of the Week - Aug 30

The Athletes of the Week for SUU are Austin Manuele and Mia Hart.
Manu, a Junior, has worked very hard since his Freshman year to develop his running. At SUU Manu was 4th PV JV runner and 8th overall with a time of 16:55 (a 3 mile State equivalent of 18:16) helping lead the team to a JV victory over Mt. View.
Mia has established herself as one of the top Freshman runners on the team. Since joining the team at the start of the school year, she has continually improved and pushed those around her. Mia recorded a 22:39 at SUU and placed 4th on the JV team helping them to a 3rd place finish behind Cedar and Mt. View (within 4 points). As usual, great job guys.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Deseret News has released its Preseason XC rankings.
Boys Statewide:
1. AF
2. Davis
3. Mt. View
4. Pine View
5. PG
6. Bingham
7. Hillcrest
8. Orem
9. Cedar
10. Kearns

4A:
1. Mt. View
2. Pine View
3. Orem
4. Ogden
5. Box Elder

Ladies Statewide:
1. Mt. View
2. Park City
3. AF
4. Davis
5. Ogden
6. Timpanogos
7. Mt. Crest
8. Bingham
9. Skyline
10. North Sanpete

4A:
1. Mt. View
2. Ogden
3. Timpanogos
4. Mt. Crest
5. Orem

Here's the link: Cross Country Rankings

So what does that mean? good/bad? Neither really... The only thing that matters is how you perform on the course. Let's go have a great race at SUU!

Monday, August 23, 2010

Athletes of the Week - Aug 23

This week's XC Athletes of the Week performed very well at both the Team Time Trial and the Hurricane Invite.
After a strong race at the Team Time Trial, Liz "African" Harrison was our top JV runner at Hurricane placing 9th overall in the JV race. Liz has a great personality and is consistently working to be the best she can be while making everyone around her better as well.
Wesley "V-Neck" Plumb was also our top JV athlete at Hurricane, taking 4th overall. Wes looks to become one of our future Varsity runners, and with continued hard work and determination he will make it.
Great job Liz and Wesley!

Hurricane Invite 8/21

The girls raced amazing at Hurricane this past weekend. Kaylee Boyer won the girls race in 19:25 out-kicking Cedar's Ashley Gray in the last 100 meters. That was just the beginning for the ladies, however, as Jessica Peterson ran a great race from the beginning to place 3rd followed closely Rachel Stone in 5th. The Panther ladies rounded out the scoring with Rachel Heinrich in 18th and Sierra Worlton in 20th. These great finishes placed the girls 2nd just 5 points off Cedar - 42 to 47. The JV girls also ran well paced by Liz Harrison taking 9th in the race followed by Kylee Becker in 11th and Tammy Kemp and MaKayla Baxter also running well.
With most of our Varsity boys taking the morning off - if you call a 15 miler off! - Casey Kimzey held onto his 7th position by placing 10th overall in 17:48, Dyllen Cafferty took 11th in 17:52, and Morgan Wood in 13th with a 18:02. In the JV race Wesley Plumb ran a strong race to place 4th with a 18:38.
Here's the Spectrum's report. Good race everyone - especially the ladies!

Friday, August 20, 2010

#46!

Preseason national rankings are out and we are pleased to announce Pine View's first national top 50 ranking ever! Any sport, any year... EVER! Congratulations to the boys who have worked so hard, put so many miles in, and dig through every hard practice to achieve this awesome ranking - now it is time to back it up! Check out the link to ESPNrise's Powerade FAb 50

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

PV Team Time Trial

On Tuesday the 17th, 60 Panther harriers braved the 108 degree heat to run a 2 mile team time trial. The first race of the afternoon was the middle school race. Each of the kids ran their mile great and earned a ribbon for their effort - good job each of you; keep coming out (and bring some friends!).
The high schoolers were split into 2 teams (black and silver) and assigned a level based on ability. The scoring for the meet was a cumulative total for the top #1, #2, and #3 runners both boys and girls for each team. Kaylee Boyer representing the silver team set the pace with a very solid 13:21 for the overall win. The top #1 for the black team was Rachel Stone who finished 3rd overall behind Kaylee and Jessica Peterson. The surprise of the meet was Mariah Harris' top finish for the #2 silver team (this was easily her best run yet!). Leading the #2 black was Kylee Becker with a solid 8th place overall finish. Another great run was posted by Mia Hart who really put the black team into the lead with a good race for the #3 girls. Stephanie Rimmasch led the #3 girls for the silver team.
The boys race was led by Trevor Thompson (silver) throughout. His 10:20 on the hilly grass/dirt course (in the extreme heat) was a very strong time. Tyson Boyer, however, did not let his black team down finishing 2nd just 15 seconds behind Trev. The rest of the boys varsity did very well and closed the spread that we saw develop at Cedar last week. The top #2 boys were Dyllen Cafferty (silver) who ran his best XC race maybe ever and Morgan Wood - finishing just behind Cowboy. Both will be pushing Casey this year for that final Varsity spot. Matthew Young placed first for the #3 silver team, but he could not make up the big gap in the overall standings created by Byron Warby when he won the #3 boys spot for black well ahead of many #2's!
Overall the times turned out to be Silver 87:21 and Black 86:46.
The event was a lot of fun, and provided a opportunity for our runners to run in front of parents and friends at PV for the only time this season.
Also, thanks to all the parents that came to the parents' meeting afterword. It was very productive and didn't take too long!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Athletes of the Week - Aug 16

Casey Kimzey and Megan Frodsham are our first Athletes of the Week for the 2010 season based upon their performances at the Cedar All-Comers meet.
Casey is a Sophomore who raced well and secured the 7th Varsity spot for the first part of the season. He is a strong runner who is determined to hold the position throughout the season. The most important thing Casey is getting is experience that will help a lot as he moves up to a scoring position next year (and maybe later this year!). Hopefully the fact that Casey received this recognition is proof enough that Coach Holt doesn't hate everything related to soccer!
Megan's story is very impressive. She has worked extremely hard since joining the team last year as a Freshman to make our team and herself as good as possible. Not only has she recruited many other runners, her determination has paid off in her own running as she set a big PR and established herself as a Varsity runner with her great race at Cedar. All that and her brother is coming home from his mission this week (welcome back Jeff; XC 4 EVER!).
Good job Casey and Megan, you guys are doing great.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Cedar All-Comers 8/11

After a long, hot, and wonderful summer of training, the season is now rolling. Panther harriers had a great showing at the first meet of the year - Cedar All-Comers, held on the same course as last year at Cedar HS (the "new" course) - against the full Region 9 (3A and 4A).
Leading the ladies to a 3rd place finish was Kaylee Boyer with a great 2nd place run after leading pretty much the whole race. This was the best race the girls have had in many years - following Kaylee were Jessica Peterson (8th), Rachel Stone (17th), Rachel Heinrich (18th), and Sierra Worlton (28th) to round out the scoring. Equally impressive was Megan Frodsham's breakthrough race placing 6th on the team and just 11 seconds off Sierra. The ladies were tied with Canyon View for 2nd (but lost the tie-breaker) and beat Snow Canyon (3 time defending Region Champs). Many of the new runners also hit great times and had a good experience in their first race. Great job ladies!
On the guys' side, the "Black Out" was in full effect as the Panthers picked right up where they left off last year recording a near perfect score of 17 and winning by 53 points. Midway through the race Corey Kimzey passed Trevor Thompson and went on to win in a time of 15:53. Following Trevor's 2nd place finish, Tyson Boyer pulled out a furious last mile to take 3rd, narrowly out-leaning Cedar's Danny Stevenson. The boys finished off the scoring with Devin Gillespie (5th) and Michael Finch (6th) running strong races. A congrats also to Casey Kimzey for taking the early season 7th Varsity spot. Like the ladies, many young guys did a great job in their first races - good work.
The Spectrum finally got a write-up on the race (8/17) so check it out at PV Nearly Hits High Mark - you do have to be a registered user to read the whole thing - sorry.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

PVXC Summer Club Comes to an End

PVXC Summer Club came to an end this week. It was a great success and it will be back next year! Tell your friends, neighbors and everyone else and let's keep this growing. Congratulations to everyone who earned their Participation Shirt, PR Certificates, and Summer Marathon Certificates.
2010 Summer Club Race Times
1st-2nd (and K) Girls
.5 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Pyper Holt 4:21
Laney Holt 8:35
Jenna Boyer 5:05 5:46
Maycee Leavitt 4:51 4:29
Kyanne Klein 5:14 5:13
Isabel Hooper 4:34 4:41
Gretta Poltson 5:07 5:14
Kiara Nelson 6:25
Rylee Dorman 5:48 6:40
Emmalee Dorman 7:09
Abby Bateman 5:39 6:44
Anney Bateman 5:00 6:21
Sofia Hooper 5:44
Autumn Bishop 6:27 5:49
Kya Burningham 5:35
Ellie Nielsen 5:37
Autumn Best 5:12 4:46
Riley Mitchell 5:30 5:02
Abbie Green 6:10
Brinley Peterson 5:46
Brooke Hill 5:21
Anna Nelson 5:21
Kallie E. (?) 9:37
2010 Summer Club Race Times
1st-2nd (and K) Boys
.5 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Ocean Goncalves 6:07 6:06
Jayden Taylor 5:43
Brock Roundy 4:46
Brandon Roundy 5:21
Jake Bowler 5:16 6:03
Kai Gilberston 5:09 5:43
Bentley Bushar 5:15 5:12
Shylar Kropf 6:05 5:38
Ivan Richardson 4:49 5:55
CJ Bishop 6:30 5:50
Gabe Holt 4:40
Jordan Dean 6:18
Justin Stone 6:52
Nicholas Farmer 9:32
Johnny Nielson 5:11
Eli Heinrich 4:05
Bridger Despain 3:38
Trey Despain 4:53
Jackson Ruesch 5:56
Josh Heinrich 5:03
Cole Sampson 5:01
Brexton Frehner 5:43
Koda Egbert 5:38
Mason Eardley 5:23 5:11
2010 Summer Club Race Times
3th-4th Girls
.5 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Rylee Holt 3:58
Aubrey Dye 4:50 4:52
Sabrina Johansen 4:45 4:28
Lauren Young 5:17
Monica Taylor 4:15
Kaitlin Roundy 5:31
Kennedy Peterson 4:24 4:36
Baylie Wright 4:24 4:32
Zara Gilbertson 10:13 6:14
Karissa Gillespie 3:52 3:48
Abby Farish 5:39 5:17
Cassidee Wright 5:52 6:07
Neesha Turner 6:01
Lexie Dorman 4:55
Kassidy Peterson 5:02
Jena Cheney 5:16 5:17
Tiara Cafferty 4:10 3:58
Sara Lusk 4:23
Sunny Nelson 4:16
McKinlee Porter 7:50
MaKayla Green 5:34
Jessica Hill 4:12
Brenna Nielsen 4:15
Ashley Hall 5:22
Janessa Finch 4:54
2010 Summer Club Race Times
3th-4th Boys
.5 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Evan Boyer 4:45 5:24
Jake Nielsen 3:32 3:37
Alex Mitchel 5:07
Anthony Farmer 3:58
Jayden Allen 4:13 4:01
Isaac Hooper 5:22 5:28
Kaden Gilbertson 4:48 5:28
Alex Klein 3:49 3:40
Scottie Bushar 4:28 4:18
JD Holt 5:13
Carson Horspool 4:20 4:10
Conner Johnson 4:08
Kelton Mitchell 4:35 4:45
Nathan Howard 9:15 6:53
Josh Hill 5:46
Cooper Desphin 4:55
Ammon Prior 4:45
Gabriel ? 4:50
Isaac Johnson 4:25
2010 Summer Club Race Times
5th-6th Girls
1 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Carli Kimzey 10:02 10:39
Marissa Taylor 8:36
Bailey Bowler 11:13
Ashley Farmer 11:12
Josie Busher 8:31
Ellie Busher 9:23
Britain Nielson 9:31
Tahia Martin 12:11
Gillian Manuele 10:23
Arianna Gibson 9:36
Alli Peterson 7:41 8:47
Rachel Lusk 7:45
Jacey Finch 9:31
Aubrie Johnson 12:10
2010 Summer Club Race Times
5th-6th Boys
1 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Brandon Dye 9:42 9:40
Lucas Nielson 11:58 10:43
Kaden Kline 9:57 7:33
Jacob Farish 8:14 9:30
AJ Gorzkiewicz 12:11
Dallin Gillespie 7:25 7:20
Grant Poulson 9:28 9:41
Ben Worlton 9:18 8:55
Michael Frodsham 7:48
Levi Hope 7:58 8:33
Jon Zabriskie 9:21
Brycen Cheney 11:46 9:39
Alex Hill 7:24 7:11
Kaden Smith 9:15
Jarron Nielson 8:12 8:12
Carson Horspool 9:57 9:14
Logan Hall 8:35
Taylor Jones 12:52
Michael Eardley 10:35
2010 Summer Club Race Times
7th-8th Girls
1 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Megan Finch 9:08 9:13
Chyanna Manuele 11:19
Kaelie Gillespie 9:06 8:45
Lindsay Porter 9:06
Macey Widdison 9:29
Abby Nelson 10:50
2010 Summer Club Race Times
7th-8th Boys
1 Mile - Cross Country Time
NAME 29-Jun 27-Jul
Josh Farish 8:32
Jason Hall 11:25
Nick Hill 6:54
Andrew Nielsen 7:38
Chanler Prior 9:21

High Altitude Camp - MORE COWBELL!

Things turned out great! Camp Report (July 28th-30th Pine Lake Campground)
Weds: After loading the suburbans and trailer, the team headed out just after noon with 16 boys and 13 girls. The 2 1/2 drive went well and after arriving and setting up camp, the team headed out for a 3 miler around the lake. The evening festivities were dinner cooked up by Mr. Holt - sloppy joes - and a little inspirational chat by Trevor to introduce the camp theme of "More Cowbell" and reverse tie-dying our camp shirts (except for Tyson who has to keep everything perfectly clean and in order).
Thursday: After a constant drizzle of rain throughout the night, the team headed out toward the cliffs for the morning workout. After a breakfast of pancakes, the team went to classes on Goal Setting presented by Coach Roberts, Injury Prevention presented by Clyde, and Running in College presented by Coach Holt. After hoagies for lunch, we had a little team building with a ropes exercise - the spiderweb - and a log exercise. Rachel's team of Irish Wristwatches dominated the competition! After after having all the fun we could handle here, the team went out for the afternoon run up the mountain. Much of the spare time of the afternoon was spent with card games, volleyball matches (dominated by The Anvil - Trevor, The Rocket - Corey, The Hammer - Coach Holt, and Ryan - sorry no nickname!), a few even went to the lake and tried to reel in a fish or two. The evening finished up with some tasty dutch oven and a get-to-know you activity where everyone bid on super abilities.
Friday: Again the morning kicked off with a workout. This time down toward the highway and back. Classes that were held after breakfast burritos included Mental Toughness presented by Coach Holt, Form presented by Coach Roberts, and a class for the Varsity on Becoming a Champion presented by Clyde. After some more sandwiches for lunch the team headed out for pictures at the cliffs. A workout was planned after the pictures, but a group of the kids led by Coach Holt ran down an awesome trail to pull a horse out of quickmud. The story is amazing and everyone was pumped up from showing up just in time to save Treasure. "I saved a horse today; what did you do?!" So after getting back from this adventure, the rest of the team headed out for a jog and some headed to the lake for a dip. The evening was topped off with a spaghetti dinner and an XC Testimony Meeting where some great thoughts were shared about X-Country and the wonderful experience we had.
Saturday: The final day of camp saw the team head out for one last workout. After a great breakfast of french toast, everything was packed up quickly and we headed home only to have to wash all the mud off the suburbans and trailer upon arrival.
But it was a great time for all and one that will bring the team together for a long time. Thanks to everyone that helped pull this thing off!