After a lot of moving and debating, the Region 9 Championships(4A) were moved to Monday Oct. 11. This didn't seem to bother the Panthers as the Blackout was in full effect!
JV Girls got the team off to a fantastic start. Although the day was hot (90 degrees), the ladies pushed through and took 5 of the top 6 - and 8 of the top 9 - scoring a near perfect 16 to easily win the meet. Leading the pack was Madi Hansen with a 21:50. 2nd was Mia Hart in 22:02; 3rd MaKayla Baxter in 22:17; 4th was Kylee Becker in 23:52; and rounding out the scoring was Maree Wade who finished 6th in 24:04. Other top 10 finishers wwere Taylor Boyer (7th) and Chancie Johnson (8th).
The JV Boys ran well taking a clean sweep of the points and scoring a perfect 15 - in fact, the boys went 16 of the top 19 spots! Taking first was Michael Finch (16:46) who looks to be rounding back into form after his mid-season injury. Jared Ellsworth was 2nd in 16:58 (congrats on breaking 17!); 3rd was Timmy Lunt (17:22); 4th Morgan Wood (17:29); 5th Austin Manuele (17:51); and 6th was Wesley Plumb (18:06). Also finishing in the top 10 were Reed Burr (8th) - top Freshman in the Region! - and Robert Lusk (9th).
The race of the day was the Varsity Girls. Through two miles the race was all square between PV and SC, but valiant finishes by Jessica Peterson and Rachel Heinrich proved the 3 point difference as PV prevailed 27-30. Leading the race in dominating fashion was Kaylee Boyer who set a new course record (beating former PV standout Ruth Hilton by 2 seconds) in 18:20. JP finished 3rd outkicking a SC runner for a time of 19:57. 5th was Rachel Stone in 20:22. 8th was Rachel Heinrich in 20:50. And our final scorer was our Senior Captain Sierra Worlton who finished 10th in 21:08. Had it come down to a tie we would have still prevailed as Liz Harrison and Megan Frodsham both placed higher than the 6th SC runner finishing 12th and 13th in 21:24 and 21:27 respectively. This was one of the most exciting and gut-wrenching races I have witnessed. Both teams ran great and we are just so proud of the Pine View girls for earning their first region title since 2001!
The final race of the day - Varsity Boys - held little drama as our nationally ranked Panthers scored another perfect score victory (but not without some great efforts by two Dixie and one SC runners). Trevor Thompson just missed breaking the 15:00 mark recoding a 15:01 (but still breaking Snow Canyon great Hayden Hawk's record by 13 seconds). Corey Kimzey placed 2nd in 15:34, followed by Tyson Boyer in 15:44, Ryan Nielsen in 15:54, and Devin Gillespie in 16:04. This resulted in our 2nd best spread of the season - and on a day when Trevor truly had one of his best races of the year. Dyllen Cafferty made it into the top 10 finishing 9th in 16:50, followed by Casey Kimzey in 14th at 17:23.
What a great way to bring the Region season to a close. Everyone ran so well - and you all deserved it after working so hard all season.
Next stop... STATE!
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