Preliminary Track Schedule

UPDATED VERSION - and hopefully the last one!
There have been some changes in the schedule - 2011 PV Track Schedule

Final 2010 Rankings

28th! Not too shabby. We started the season knowing we had a great team; but if you would have told me that we would have accomplished all that we did I would never have believed it. Great job guys!

State MVP and All-State

Congrats to Trevor Thompson for being named State MVP and Corey Kimzey and Tyson Boyer for being named to the All-State team!

Nike SW Regionals

The boys team came into NSW with big hope and expectations. However, we knew it would be very difficult to reach our goal of a trip to the national championships. The race was held at the Toka Sticks Golf Course in Mesa, Az. It was a nice layout that looked to be very fast. Leading the PVXC Club was Tyson Boyer in 43 (27th scoring) in a time of 16:03, followed closely by Trevor Thompson in 16:04 (45/29). The best race of the day was put in by Ryan Nielsen who ran a strong 16:06 (50/32). Rounding out our scoring was Corey Kimzey in 16:23 (81/55) and Devin Gillespie in 16:30 (103/69). Finishing out our 7 were Michael Finch in 17:47 and Casey Kimzey in 18:20. Although the race was a bit of a disappointment, we did place 5th with a 212 behind 4 nationally ranked programs: AF-44, Ft. Collins-88, Davis-93, and Albuquerque-172. It was a great season and I am very proud of all we accomplished!

End of the Year Awards

We had an amazing awards night last month. We want to thank all those parents/friends that put so much time and effort in to pulling this night off. Dyllen the video was awesome! The Boyers did a ton of work; the Heinrichs for donating the awards; and everyone else who helped out. Thanks.
Boys/Girls
Most Outstanding Athlete: Trevor Thompson/Kaylee Boyer

Performance of the Year: Tyson Boyer4A State Runner Up/Jessica Peterson Region 9 2nd Place

Most Inspirational: Corey Kimzey/Sierra Worlton

Outstanding Newcomer: Reed Burr/Mia Hart

Most Improved: Taylor Shakespear Liz Lunt

and our newest award "MOST COWBELL" award for the athlete that most epitomizes what XC is all about: the spirit, the team, the hardwork, etc... - chosen by parents and athletes

9th grade: Reed Burr/Mia Hart

10th grade:

11th grade: Tyson Boyer/Kaylee Boyer

12th grade: /Sierra Worlton and Stephanie Rimmasch

October Athletes of the Month

Rachel Heinrich and Devin Gillespie were our Athletes of the Month for October. Both Juniors, Rachel and Devin have played a crucial role on our teams for the last three years.
Rachel was one of our team captains this year and provided a certain spark and fire for our team. Her race at Region was huge and would have placed us a point up had no other runners caught someone on the final straight.
Devin's best performance this year came at State where he took 14th place (13th scoring) and set himself up as the 3rd returner in our new 3A classification for next year.
Great job Rachel and Devo - looking forward to another year of great running from you guys.

Harrier Rankings

PVXC has never been ranked in the Harrier Magazine Super 25 - until now! 17th... Great job guys.

Nation Rankings

Our great showing at State propelled the boys back to lucky 13th in the nation on ESPNrise.

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!

Girls State Results

The Pine View Girls finished the season in fine fashion with a Top 10 finish at this year's 4A State Championships! Leading the Varsity 7 was Kaylee Boyer who finished in a new school record of 19:17.0! Kaylee ran a solid race and was right near the individual Top 10 throughout the entire race. Also breaking into the Panther All-Time Top 20 were Rachel Stone who place 33rd with a 20:21.3 and Jessica Peterson finishing just behind Rachel in 34th with a 20:21.7. Finishing the scoring for PV were Rachel Heinrich (101 22:34) and Liz Harrison (104 22:38). Senior Captain Sierra Worlton finished just behind Liz in 106th with a 22:39. And rounding out the Varsity 7 was Megan Frodsham with a 23:12 and 118th place finish.
The cumulative time of the ladies was 1:45:12 - our 3rd fastest finish ever at State! Overall a great way to end a great season!

State Title Articles

Deseret News
Salt Lake Tribune
The Spectrum

Alumni Report - 10/19

Ruth Hilton: PreNats, Notre Dame - Great to see Ruth really getting her speed and performance back after last year.

The Dixie State Crew (Ashley Judd, Cassidy Ferris, Luke Peck, Willy Heinrich, Tason Turek): Cal State Bernardino, SUU Invite (can't find results)

State Preview

Here is Deseret News' State Preview - not a lot of info., but we are used to that in newspapers. Speaking of... latest Nike SW update is out (check out their comment about our newspaper coverage!) The biggest way to change this is to email/call The Spectrum and ask for more coverage - so parents, family, friends get out there and do it.

BLACKOUT - Region Championships

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!

Michigan 10/7

Congrats to Ryan Nielsen for hitting the A Standard on the 2 set Michigan and earning his new laces. Trevor and Tyson also hit the standard for each section of the Michigan - a first. Good work guys.

September Athletes of the Month

Corey Kimzey and Liz Harrison are our PVXC Athletes of the Month for September 2010. Both Corey and Liz have played an important role in our teams success throughout the year.
A Junior, Liz has been one of our Athletes of the Week this season and has really improved throughout the year. Liz has a great attitude and has really pushed herself to become not only a Varsity runner, but a point scorer as well. How she runs at Region will play a huge role in our success, as she has not only developed herself into a strong runner, but pushed those around her as well.
Corey will reach a remarkable feat this season as he will become the only runner in Panther history to run every race as a Varsity runner! Every other PVXC great has had a race or two at JV - but not Corey. Obviously, Corey has played a crucial role in the development of our team to a Region power, State power, and now National power! Corey, although we won't say goodbye just yet, you will greatly be missed by everyone around you - good luck at the next level.

Athletes of the Week - Oct. 11

As we close in on Region and near the end of the season, we award Athletes of the Week for Oct. 11 to Jared Ellsworth and Liz Lunt.
Liz, a Freshman, had the biggest improvement of any runner between the Aug. 17th and Oct. 6th Time Trials - an improvement of 10:07! Liz has worked very hard all season and is a great example of what you can do by coming to practice and giving it your all every time.
Ells looks to move into a Varsity spot next year as a Senior and has taken a few very important steps throughout the season. The most important of these has been coming to practice consistently and letting the workouts get him better and better as he gets in shape. His 11:24 at the Time Trail was over 1:30 minutes better than earlier this year and he placed top among JV runners. He leads a strong JV team that looks to black-out the JV Region race today.
Nice work this season Liz and Jared!

PV Team Time Trial #2

With Snow Canyon Invite being canceled, we improvised and held a time trial on our 2 mile course on Weds. 10/6. A couple good things actually came of this: 1) We were able to get out and still do some hard running; 2) Only racing 2 miles keeps the legs a little fresher for Region (especially since it turns out that Region got moved to Monday the 11th; 3)and finally, this is the same course we raced on the 17th of Aug. and we got to see MAJOR improvements across the board!
With the top 5 boys not planning on racing SC anyway, they didn't run the time trial, neither did Kaylee as she hit a separate workout. Others:
Liz Harrison solidified her Varsity spot for Region with a very solid 14:18 (22:01 State equiv. and 2 1/2 minutes PR on the course). Running strong with Liz were Sierra Worlton (14:21, looking strong to come back after injury) and Megan Frodsham (14:24). Gaining ground - as she has all season - was Mia Hart coming in at 14:26 and making a serious bid for the Varsity team at State after she runs well at Region. Also strong in the second pack was MaKayla Baxter (14:30) and Madisson Hanson (14:38). The biggest improvements throughout the season can be awarded to Taylor Boyer who improved nearly 5 1/2 minutes and Liz Lunt who had a remarkable improvement of 10 minutes!
The boys were paced by Dyllen Cafferty who hit a very strong 11:08 (4th fastest time of the year on this course and a 17:08 State equiv.) and Casey Kimzey's 11:14 - both are looking solid for the 6th and 7th Varsity spots. The JV crew also ran very strong as they look to bring another blackout to the Region JV race: Jared Ellsworth (11:24), Wesley Plumb (11:34), Michael Finch (11:37), Morgan Wood (11:45), Tim Lunt (11:52), and Austin Manuele (11:53) all broke the 12 minute barrier. The big movers on the boys' side were Byron Warby and Colton Bowler. Both Freshmen improved in the 1:45 range.

Trevor Thompson - National Top 50!

Congrats to Trevor - He has recently made the Honorable Mention list of ESPNrise.com's elite top 25 boys. After the top 25, the honorable mention are listed alphabetically - so check out Trevor toward the bottom of the list. This is an absolutely amazing honor especially when you think about how a Top 50 national athlete would be received in other sports (not to name names!). Having Trevor helping lead our team on and off the course is awesome. It has been great to work with Trev for the last 4 years and to see him overcome all he has to become the great young man he is has really been a joy (most of the time!). When Trevor showed up for his first practice in jeans and burned up most of the team as a Freshman, I told Coach Cappy that this kid was going to be the best runner we've ever seen at Pine View. Thanks for not making me a liar! - Congrats Trev, you deserve it!

Athletes of the Week - Oct. 4

Morgan Wood and MaKayla Baxter are our PVXC Athletes of the Week.
Morgan (Sr.) is in his first year of running with our team. During this season he has established himself as one of the top JV runners on the team. He has an excellent attitude and work ethic and we continually remind him of how mad we are that he didn't run before. But we love you anyway Morgan and are glad to have you with us!
MaKayla (Soph.) is also in her first year of running. She too has developed into a very strong runner and this past week found herself bumped into the Varsity line-up for the first time. She ran extremely well at Cedar (placing 6th on the team) and has a great future with the team.
Great job Morgan and MaKayla you both exemplify what PVXC is all about!

Cedar Invite 10/1

Our final invitational of the year turned out to be the best all-around meet our team has run this season.
JV Girls started us off very well on the 2.95 mile course. Even with 2 runners moving up to Varsity because of injuries, the girls finished 4th out of the 12 scoring teams. Leading the girls was Mia Hart with her spectacular 6th place finish in 21:41 (a time that would have placed in our 5th Varsity spot!). Also running very well were Madi Hansen finishing 10th in 22:07 and Chancie Johnson finishing 16th in 23:11.
The JV Boys were challenged by Coach Holt in the past weeks to step up and continue the standards set by previous years' teams and the Varsity. This week, they responded to the call. Scoring 28 points and winning by 60 over Desert Hills and 71 over Cedar, the Panthers dominated the race. Michael Finch finishes 2nd overall and seems to be getting some of his legs back from injury. Jared Ellsworth finished 4th after holding 2nd most of the race, followed by Wesley Plumb in 6th, Morgan Wood in 7th, Timmy Lunt in 9th, and Robert Lusk in 10th.
Kaylee Boyer (6th in 18:16/19:18 State equivalent) paced the Varsity Girls to a solid 7th place finish while missing 2 runners. Most impressive in the race was MaKayla Baxter finishing 6th on the team in her Varsity debut.
The Varsity Boys, racing for the final time before Region, also ran well. The top three were held back by Coach for about 1 1/2 miles before unleashing amazing final pushes to get a team victory. Trevor Thompson finished 1st in 15:02(15:38 State equivalent), Tyson Boyer was 2nd in 15:16, and Corey Kimzey 3rd in 15:22. Ryan Nielsen rounded out the top 10 with a 15:55 finish and Devin Gillespie placed 16th in 16:11 to finish the team scoring (PV 28, Canyon View 105, Kearns 137, DH 140, Cedar 145 - 13 teams total)

The Cowbell is on FIRE!

New national rankings out! I'll admit I got a chill and a huge burst of adrenaline when I saw this - That is pure hard work and guts; great job TEAM!

Alumni Report - 9/29

Ruth Hilton's (Utah State) latest race.
Looks like Ruth is getting some good speed and strength back after her injury last year.
Our runners at DSC had a time trial the other day - here's Luke Peck's report.

Michigan 9/27

Two new "A Standards"! Good job Corey and Tyson on hitting the A Standard and earning your black/gray laces on the yesterday's 2 set Michigan.

Athletes of the Week - Sept. 27

The athletes of the week for this past week are Tyson Boyer and McKenzie Roberts.
Tyson, a Junior, has exploded onto the elite Utah XC scene this year with great races at Murray, Provo and Nebo. One of the top #2 runners in the entire state, Tyson has worked extremely hard to get where he is at. He is dedicated and buys into the PVXC program in every way, and this commitment has truly paid off for him.
Freshman McKenzie Roberts is one of our new runners this year. She is really working hard and is becoming a good young runner. Her commitment to the team, great attitude, and solid work ethic have helped her become this week's PVXC Girls Athlete of the Week.

Nebo Invite

Most of the team took the week off from racing to fully participate in the Homecoming activities; however, the Varsity boys headed up to Nebo on Friday looking to close the gap on #1 American Fork. The results were pleasant as the top 5 took the 3.04 mile course in 81:06 (79:26 for AF - nearly the same gap as last week, with Trevor not running as well). Placing for the boys went Trevor Thompson #3 in 15:33, #6 Tyson Boyer in 15:54 (after running with AF's #2 through most of the race), #9 Corey Kimzey in 16:17, #14 Ryan Nielsen in 16:38 (just behind AF's 5th), and Devin Gillespie in 17th with a 16:44. In the 6th and 7th spots for the team were Dyllen Cafferty and Casey Kimzey who continue to push each other as they battle for the 7th spot. Team scoring went AF 30, PV 49, Pleasant Grove 117, Canyon View 147, and Desert Hills 197 (followed by many others).

NXN-SW: The Lull Before the Storm

Milesplit article on this past week's races. Good little blurb about PV boys.

ESPN Rankings

The newest ESPNrise rankings are out and saw the PV boys have a little movement; up to 42. Great job guys.

State Rankings

The Deseret News has released its newest rankings. PV boys up to 3rd in the state and 1st in 4A!

Michigan 9/21

With the busy race season, we have backed off the Michigan for a few weeks. Yesterday we hit our toughest workout again in the heat and wind (still near 100*). More athletes attempted the workout than ever before and got experience that will help them be more successful in the future. Although we didn't have any new "B Standards", Dyllen and Ells were very close. We also saw a new record as Trevor hit the "A Standard" (for 3 sets!) with a 35:36.

Top 25 in the NATION!

Mark Biro's has posted his new top 50 and the PV boys are ranked 25th! This is just one of of the 4-5 major rankings, but it sure is awesome to see the recognition for all the hard work and great work the team is putting in (especially in a poll where we were not originally ranked).

Provo Bulldog Invite

We continue to see great things for our Cross Country teams here at Pine View. The latest strong results come from the Provo Bulldog Invite held at Kiwanis Park in Provo on Sept. 17.
The JV Girls started the day well with strong finishes from Madi Hanson and Mia Hart. Freshman Maree Wade also had a strong run in her first race of the year.
The JV Boys were paced by Casey Kimzey and Morgan Wood. Jared Ellsworth made the waiting of the bus worth it as he continues to improve as well.
In the Varsity Girls race Kaylee Boyer was in the mix for a top 3 finish, running with a group of 5-7 girls as they battled for 3rd. She held on strong and finished with a 20:10 and 6th place on the 3.2 mile course (an 18:57 State equivalent - 2 seconds quicker than her Murray PR last week). Jessica Peterson and Rachel Stone also ran strong races (21:39 and 21:59 respectively). A nice Varsity surprise has been the performance of Liz Harrison who rounded out the scoring with a 5th place finish for the team.
The Varsity boys avenged last week's loss at Murray by beating Davis by 10 points. Trevor Thompson continues to stake his claim as the top runner in Utah by defeating American Fork's Clayton Young with at time of 16:01 (state equivalent of 15:03!). Tyson Boyer place 7th and Corey Kimzey placed 11th (16:32 and 16:45) just edging out Davis' top runner. Ryan Nielsen and Devin Gillespie rounded out the scoring for the Panthers to lead to the final results of American Fork (44), PV (73), Davis (83).

Athletes of the Week - Sept. 20

Freshmen control the Athletes of the Week from the Provo Bulldog Invite. They are Reed Burr on the guys team and Chancie Johnson for the ladies.
Reed had continued to develop into a strong young runner for the Panthers. His time of 21:23 placed him as the top PV freshman for the meet and had a State equivalent of 20:06 (a PR of nearly 40 seconds).
Chancie has continued to improve greatly for the lady Panthers. At Provo she ran a 27:41 which has a State equivalent of 26:01 - a PR of over 2 1/2 minutes!
Great job guys - it is awesome to see young runners come in and catch the spirit of PVXC and continually improve through hard work. We look forward to great things from you guys for years to come.

Alumni Report - 9/16

A few of our illustrious PVXC grads are out running in college and have started off their seasons. Willy Heinrich, Luke Peck, and Ashley Judd are running for Dixie State (as are some others) and competed at the UC Irvine Invite. And Ruth Hilton had her first meet of the season for Utah State at the Utah State Cross Country Open. XC4EVER!

Athletes of the Week - Sept. 13

After a great showing at Murray, Trevor Thompson and Kaylee Boyer have been chosen as this week's PVXC Athletes of the Week.
A Senior, Trevor has contributed a ton to our team in the past 4 years. He is an amazing runner, has a great personality and loves long walks on the beach at sunset (for those that are interested). Trev has an unlimited future in running that will see him accomplish great things. Congrats on your 1st place finish at the largest meet of the year!
Kaylee is a Junior who has beaten her twin brother in a race at least once! Despite starting XC as a Sophomore, she has developed into one of the best harriers in the State. At Murray she took 16th overall and 9th in 4A. As she looks to improve on her place through the rest of the season and finish in the top 5 at State and break the school record on the State Course we wish her the best since we know she can do it.

Run-A-Thon

Each year, PVXC puts together a 12 hour run-a-thon for our fundraiser. A fundraiser is needed to pay for meets, hotel rooms, uniforms, Trevor's face transplant and other necessary items. Each athlete is responsible for getting at least $50 in donations either through pledges per mile or a lump sum. Those businesses that donate $50 are added to our team sponsor banner that hangs at Panther Stadium during home football, soccer, track, and of course XC events as well as many community events. Those businesses that donate $300 receive their own banner that can be renewed each year for $200.
Anyway... with nearly 70 athletes on the team, this year it was possible to field three teams (Silver, Black, and Maroon) with about 20 athletes per team.
We had a great time running from 3:00 in the afternoon to 3:00 in the morning on Friday-Saturday Sept. 3-4. The fundraiser went great; the Family-Friends Hour from 6:00-7:00 was a huge success; and breakfast at midnight was fantastic (Thank you so much to Megan's mom and dad and Colton's mom - you guys are awesome and everything tasted great!). Of course Coach Holt had to once again show his soccer skills - although they only come out once per year, they are quite masterful! - and there were many good ultimate games. As always, the team bonding was the highlight and fun was had by all.
For those that got pledges by the mileage here are the results: Black(105.25), Maroon (99), Silver (96) - the big difference the Black team's large number of Family-Friends that won them the 10 bonus miles!

Murray Invite

The Varsity boys and girls headed up to Murray this past Friday. Despite the guys forgetting a few things and a blowout in their suburban near Leeds, the teams arrived safely and had an afternoon shakeout run on the State course. Then we looped around a while until we finally got the Murray course and hit a prime parking spot! (Thanks to Coach Holt on all accounts - good and bad!)
Although the course was shortened from the usual 5K to a 3 miler due to the flooding this past Spring, the race went well - with the expected multiple restarts because of the HUGE field of runners.
The Varsity girls were running shorthanded, as Sierra has developed some shin problems and Madisson is out hurt with some tendonitis (Liz stepped in very well, however, and posted her best race of the year - nice work!). Leading the girls to a solid 18th place was Kaylee Boyer with her impressive 16th place finish in a time of 18:37 (an 18:59 state course equivalent). As Kaylee keeps this up, she has a great shot at setting the school record and finishing top 5 at State!
The guys hit the ground running after their solid showing at SUU and continued to roll. Winning the overall title was Trevor Thompson with a time of 15:02 - 12 seconds up on 2nd - (state course equivalent 0f 15:20, which would be another school record!). The Jail Break was in full effect as Tyson Boyer soon followed up Trevor with an 8th place finish in 15:32 and Corey took 12th with 15:45. After these three we were in first and we held onto 2nd as Ryan came in at 16:08 (33rd) and Devin (48th) in 16:21. Everyone ran solid and the gap over Mt. View grew to 42 points - and more importantly in the 4A breakdown, with pretty much every team in attendance - the score was 51 PV/71 MV! But as the boys said on the way home, "We can't rest here."
Now we set our sights on Provo Bulldog for our overnight trip - Boys are looking to close the gap on Davis and girls are looking to continue to develop stronger in the 4,5,6,7 spots and set themselves up for a Region Title!
Here's the links to a few articles on the race:
Deseret News
Milesplit - Southwest Update

August Athletes of the Month

Pine View Cross Country Athletes of the Month for September are Ryan Nielsen and Megan Frodsham. Those chosen for this award receive a t-shirt from the school and have a picture place in the trophy case.
Ryan's consistent development has really helped push our Varsity boys to the level which they are now at. Last year, as a Junior, Ryan exploded onto the XC scene with times and places he had never been near before. He continually improved and placed 3rd overall (and on the team) at the 2009 Region 9 Championships. This improvement continued into the track season and through the summer. His commitment to the team has continued to show as his strong 4th place on team and 12th overall showing at SUU helped the Panthers defeat defending State Champion Mt. View.
A lot has already been said about Megan as she has already been awarded an Athlete of the Week award a few weeks ago - but I'll say some more. Even in the weeks since the race season began at the start of the school year, Megan has continued to improve. She went from being a "surprise I made Varsity" to a major contributor on the Varsity team. This, along with her major contributions of positive attitude and team recruiter make Megan our Girls Athlete of the Month.
Way to go Ryan and Megan - you guys are awesome!

View from the Pine

On Labor Day, Coach Holt took the Varsity boys on an adventurous run to the top of Pine Valley Mountain. The 7 mile round-trip run (with some hiking!) climbed from the Oak Grove Campground at 6300 ft. to 10300 ft. at the top of Signal Peak. We all avoided major crashes off the shear cliffs and were able to laugh when both Kimzeys survived their wipeouts. It was a great break from the usual labors of workouts and we enjoyed amazing views from top and cool temps (notice Trevor had his shirt on the whole run!). And now, we'll all be able to say that we ran right up the front of that beautiful blue mountain to the very top! (pics forthcoming)

@ Dixie - 9/7

Tuesday, the JV runners participated in the Dixie race. Although the course was long - measured at 3.35 - the team did well. The girls had a strong pack of Liz Harrison, Kylee Becker (each 26:27 - a 24:20 state equivalent), Mia Hart (26:46), MaKayla Baxter (26:47), and Mariah Harris (DNF - ankle injury) and pushed each other throughout the race. The boys did well competing with the Varsity teams of the other area schools led by Dyllen Cafferty (19:04 - a 17:32 state equivalent - 4th place), Casey Kimzey (19:32), Morgan Wood (19:39), Jared Ellsworth (19:40), and Wesley Plumb (20:07).

Athletes of the Week - Sept. 8

Kylee Becker and Taylor Shakespear have been selected as our most recent athletes of the week. Kylee is in her first year running for PVXC and has shown great improvement and potential. She has established herself as one of the top JV runners, with the potential to soon break through to the Varsity. As a Sophomore, Kylee has a lot of room from growth and has already began to bridge the gap from the Level 1 workouts to the Level 2 - a process that is sometimes difficult for runners, but she is handling it well and learning from each and every workout and race.
Shakes is another example in the long line of runners who have seen the benefits of hard work. Also a Sophomore, Taylor started running last year and was all knees and elbows. Taylor's desire to be a contributing member of the team has led him to morning workouts, Level 2 workouts, and great improvement.
Good job guys! Keep up the great examples.

Southwest Regional Rankings

ESPNrise releases its first SW Rankings and has the PV boys in 6th. This is a pretty solid position based upon where we finished last season. So as usual, good job boys; you are setting an amazing standard for the youngsters to follow for years to come.

Run to the Top

An nice article in today's (9/6) Spectrum about the boys breaking into the top 50. Check out the article here: Run to the Top

Michigan 9/1

Congrats to Tyson, Corey, Trevor, Devin, Ryan, and Casey for hitting the Michigan "B Standard". On the girls side, Kaylee, Megan, and Sierra each hit their "B Standard". The top three guys and Kaylee were all just short of hitting their "A Standard" times. Based upon the improvement from last week to this, the next Michigan workout will yield a few "A's" and a few more "B's". Get those Michigan Laces on those racers!

That being said, here is a little explanation of the workout. A Michigan is a tempo workout created by the head XC coach at Michigan, Ron Warhurst, and introduced to us at the end of the 2009 season by Coach Roberts. We have tweaked the workout to run 1/2 on the track at 5K pace, 1 1/2 miles on the grass (two big loops) at adjusted 10K pace (10K pace plus a few seconds depending on athlete level) - this makes one set. The runners complete two or three of these sets to a specific pace and end with a fast finish 400 - hard as you can go.
Two standards have been set for the Michigan. The first is the "A Standard" which is the goal for our top Varsity; the second is the "B Standard" which is more reachable and a goal for seasoned JV runners, but still difficult to reach. The goal is to make the Michigan a standard workout for PVXC and develop it into a status symbol for the team.
Upon completing the workout under one of the Standards, runners receive a set of laces for their racing shoes - gray and black for the "A" and gray and white for the "B".

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.

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!

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!

#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

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!

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.

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.

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