Boys State Results

STATE CHAMPIONS!
Congratulations on an amazing finish to our state season. The boys came into the State Championships as the favorite, but according to some by only a narrow margin. The Panthers left with no doubt who the best team in the state is beating Mt. View 38 to 74! The 1:21:18 cumulative time is a Panther record (for the 3rd straight year) breaking the old record by over 2 minutes - it is also the 10th fastest time ever in Utah and the 3rd fastest 4A time of all time!
Although the race started off slow, the PV harriers stuck right to the game plan and established a strong position early but waited until 2500 meters to make their move. In doing so, Trevor Thompson put 20 seconds on the chase pack. Coming around the pond the final time, Trevor had a very large lead - but just big enough to hold off the rest of the pack when the effects of his head cold and the heat really hit him the last 500 meters. No matter how it was done, Trevor was State Champ in 15:56! Tyson Boyer pulled out a killer kick and finished 2nd in 16:00, and Corey Kimzey became our 3rd All-Stater with his 8th place finish in 16:14. The race was truly won, however, by the performances of 4th and 5th men Devin Gillespie (14th 16:31) and Ryan Nielsen (15th 16:34) who gutted out great races after being buried at the start to finish just behind Mt. View's top 3. Rounding out the Panther runners was Michael Finch in 71st with a 17:37 and Dyllen Cafferty in 84th at 17:49. Congratulations guys - that is years and years of had work paying off!