We had a great team trip down to Southern California for the FootLocker West Regionals. We want to give a huge thanks to our chaperones who braved the drive and the strange actions of high schoolers that had their "minds exploded" on multiple occasions! Thanks Patty Stone, Sheryl Finch, Nate and Amy Warby, Scott Gillespie and Ferron Holt. And of course to Cesar the "unbelievable" bus driver.
On Friday we waited and waited in line for our numbers and stuff at Mt. SAC and then attempted to run the course in the rain - only to be mudded out. After, we braved the Cali freeways for a trip to the Griffiths Park Observatory and had a fun experience there. Because we were rained out of the beach, we headed back toward the hotel and stopped off at a mall for dinner.
Saturday's main order of business was the races. Alli Peterson and Rylee Holt started us off very well in the Middle School 2 mile race taking 19th and 18th among the girls, and both making 3rd Team All-West! We then had strong showings in both of the Frosh/Soph races with Andrew Nielsen leading the boys and Kaelie Gillespie leading the girls. In the Junior/Senior Open 5K race, Jessica Peterson finished 17th and Taylor Abel placed 26th to lead the team. The Frosh/Soph All-West race had Paul Gaona placing 27th (and 3rd fastest Freshman in all the races). In the Championship Seeded races Rachel Stone ran well placing 55th in 19:57 and Casey Kimzey (155th) and Michael Finch (28th - 16:19 - new school record) ran well for the Panthers.
This has been a great season. The coaches can't thank all you XC'ers enough for your hard work and commitment. Although our Seniors are going to be greatly missed, this season has been a very important stepping stone in moving us toward reclaiming our Region and State titles. XC4EVER!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Awards Banquet
Our annual awards banquet was held in a packed PVHS Commons last night.
As a team we want to give another big thanks to Heidi Frodsham and everyone else who helped her organize and carry-out the dinner. As well as to Chris Heinrich for the awards - they looked great as always.
All of our athletes who finished the season with the team earned their Letters - Participation, JV, or Varsity.
We also recognized our new captains for the 2013 season - Liz Lunt, Mia Hart, Maquel Millward, Byron Warby, Taylor Abel, and Paul Gaona.
And we handed out our individual awards:
All-State: Michael Finch, Rachel Stone, Byron Warby
Performance of the Year: Michael Finch - 3rd at State/new school record; Rachel Stone - 2nd at Region
Most Improved: Krenshaw Yazzie; Aubrey McBride
Outstanding Newcomer: Paul Gaona; Erin Farish
Most Inspirational: Ryan Archibald; Taelor Bithell
Most Outstanding Athlete: Michael Finch; Rachel Stone
Congrats to all our amazing athletes. This has been such a great year. As coaches we have loved it and even though we will greatly miss all of our Seniors - you have meant so much to this program, you are the best - we are super excited for next year to get going!
As a team we want to give another big thanks to Heidi Frodsham and everyone else who helped her organize and carry-out the dinner. As well as to Chris Heinrich for the awards - they looked great as always.
All of our athletes who finished the season with the team earned their Letters - Participation, JV, or Varsity.
We also recognized our new captains for the 2013 season - Liz Lunt, Mia Hart, Maquel Millward, Byron Warby, Taylor Abel, and Paul Gaona.
And we handed out our individual awards:
All-State: Michael Finch, Rachel Stone, Byron Warby
Performance of the Year: Michael Finch - 3rd at State/new school record; Rachel Stone - 2nd at Region
Most Improved: Krenshaw Yazzie; Aubrey McBride
Outstanding Newcomer: Paul Gaona; Erin Farish
Most Inspirational: Ryan Archibald; Taelor Bithell
Most Outstanding Athlete: Michael Finch; Rachel Stone
Congrats to all our amazing athletes. This has been such a great year. As coaches we have loved it and even though we will greatly miss all of our Seniors - you have meant so much to this program, you are the best - we are super excited for next year to get going!
XC 4 EVER!
Nike X Regionals - Southwest
The Varsity guys and girls had a great trip to Phoenix for the Nike X Southwest Regionals. Despite some hotel and breakfast issues, the trip was great and we had an awesome experience.
Arriving at the course on Friday, we did our run-through and some striders and then participated in the pre-race activities. The t-shirt exchange was a lot of fun and some "interesting" shirts were traded for. Taylor Boyer ended up winning our team vote for best shirt and got an PVXC zip-up jacket for her efforts. Much props also goes out to Abel for getting a beanie for Coach Holt (we won't mention those that let Coach Roberts down). Then Paul got to meet 4-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman - and almost got his hat.
Saturday morning, the girls got us started in the Open I race. Each of the girls ran very well and helped the team place 23 out of 48. Leading the pack was Rachel Stone who placed 21st overall in a time of 19:00 to set a new PV record on the Toka Sticks course.
Next four of the boys ran in the Open I race. And again ran very well. For much of the race, Colton, Abel, Paul and Matt were in a very tight pack. Eventually they finished with a spread of about 20 seconds with Abel in the lead and placing 62nd overall in 16:28.
Arriving at the course on Friday, we did our run-through and some striders and then participated in the pre-race activities. The t-shirt exchange was a lot of fun and some "interesting" shirts were traded for. Taylor Boyer ended up winning our team vote for best shirt and got an PVXC zip-up jacket for her efforts. Much props also goes out to Abel for getting a beanie for Coach Holt (we won't mention those that let Coach Roberts down). Then Paul got to meet 4-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman - and almost got his hat.
Next four of the boys ran in the Open I race. And again ran very well. For much of the race, Colton, Abel, Paul and Matt were in a very tight pack. Eventually they finished with a spread of about 20 seconds with Abel in the lead and placing 62nd overall in 16:28.
Our last race of the day was the Championship Boys race with Michael, Byron and Casey. Again each guy ran well. Casey ran a strong 16:44, Byron raced extremely well and turned in a top 5 PV time all-time with a 16:06 and 104th place finish. And Mikey!... Mike put himself in the lead pack from the very beginning and as the leaders started to string the race out he went with them and was in 3rd place until about 600 meters to go. Michael eventually finished an amazing, yet heartbreaking 10th - just off of a national qualifying place. His 10th place finish was the highest ranking ever for a Panther runner and a new school record by nearly 30 seconds! Now we set our sights on the final race of the season down at FootLocker in two weeks.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Post Season Update
PVXC has participated in a couple events since the end of the regular season. Check out results for the PreFootlocker Invite at American Fork from early in November and our 3rd PV Time Trial on our results link to the right of the page. Both races had some very solid performances for PVXC'ers. This week, the Varsities will be heading down to Phoenix for Nike Cross Southwest and will be participating in the Open Races (hopefully Mike will be in the Championship Boys race, but we have yet to hear). Then in just 2 weeks after that, we will be traveling to Mt. SAC for the Footlocker West Championships. So good luck to all those competing in the next few weeks and let's have a great end to the XC season!
Monday, October 22, 2012
State XC 2012
It was a beautiful day for the 2012 Utah 3A State Championships held at Sugarhouse Park.
The girls came into the meet thinking a top 4 team placing was possible and although we didn't quite get that, there were some great runs and some valuable lessons learned. Park City and Ogden proved to be the class of the 3A field and ran some of the fastest team times in Utah history - and Cedar's Aimee Bryson set a new state record. Leading the pack for PV was Rachel Stone running a strong 10th place and finishing as the 2nd fastest time in PVXC history with a 19:09. Rachel was followed by Jessica Peterson (31st - 20:32), Mia Hart (33rd - 20:40). Liz Lunt ran a strong 4th for the team placing 43rd with a 20:56. Rounding out our scoring was Kaelie Gillespie who ran a 21:56 for 73rd. Taylor Boyer placed 81st with a 22:07 and Aubrey McBride placed 103rd with a 22:57. Despite placing 6th, this was the 2nd fastest team time in PVXC history (only to last year's time).
The boys also had hopes of a high finish at State and found themselves in position for 2nd/3rd throughout much of the race before dropping back to finish 5th. Michael Finch ran very well and placed 3rd in a new school record time of 15:39! Byron Warby ran a strong 16:30 (14th fastest time in PV history) to place 20th - and he will be coming back as the 3rd ranked returner next year. Casey Kimzey (28th - 16:43), Paul Gaona (43rd - 17:02, new PV Freshman record holder and fastest Freshman in 3A!), and Matthew Young (47th - 17:06) rounded out the scoring. Jason Lindhardt placed 57th in 17:19 and Colton Bowler placed 75th in 17:41. The boys also ran the 2nd fastest time in our history.
Overall this was a very positive season. We have set ourselves up for many good years in the future. We will greatly miss our Seniors - you have all meant a lot to our program. Thanks so much for all you have done.
The girls came into the meet thinking a top 4 team placing was possible and although we didn't quite get that, there were some great runs and some valuable lessons learned. Park City and Ogden proved to be the class of the 3A field and ran some of the fastest team times in Utah history - and Cedar's Aimee Bryson set a new state record. Leading the pack for PV was Rachel Stone running a strong 10th place and finishing as the 2nd fastest time in PVXC history with a 19:09. Rachel was followed by Jessica Peterson (31st - 20:32), Mia Hart (33rd - 20:40). Liz Lunt ran a strong 4th for the team placing 43rd with a 20:56. Rounding out our scoring was Kaelie Gillespie who ran a 21:56 for 73rd. Taylor Boyer placed 81st with a 22:07 and Aubrey McBride placed 103rd with a 22:57. Despite placing 6th, this was the 2nd fastest team time in PVXC history (only to last year's time).
The boys also had hopes of a high finish at State and found themselves in position for 2nd/3rd throughout much of the race before dropping back to finish 5th. Michael Finch ran very well and placed 3rd in a new school record time of 15:39! Byron Warby ran a strong 16:30 (14th fastest time in PV history) to place 20th - and he will be coming back as the 3rd ranked returner next year. Casey Kimzey (28th - 16:43), Paul Gaona (43rd - 17:02, new PV Freshman record holder and fastest Freshman in 3A!), and Matthew Young (47th - 17:06) rounded out the scoring. Jason Lindhardt placed 57th in 17:19 and Colton Bowler placed 75th in 17:41. The boys also ran the 2nd fastest time in our history.
Overall this was a very positive season. We have set ourselves up for many good years in the future. We will greatly miss our Seniors - you have all meant a lot to our program. Thanks so much for all you have done.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
2012 Region 9 Championships
Another solid performance from the Pine View Panthers at the Region 9 Championships held last night (10/9/12) at Bicentennial Park - the Region North Course - in Cedar. Here's The Spectrum's article. Everyone ran their guts out and we are all proud of how all the Panther harriers did.
As usual, the Youngsters got us off to a great start in the Middle School race. The race was an estimated 1.8 miles on the medium and short loops of the course (leaving out the long loop). Sergio Diaz continued his near perfect season with a region championship in a time of 11:32. Other PVXC Middle Schoolers who place in the top 10 were Dallen Gillespie (5th) and William Ward (10th). Alli Peterson made it a sweep for the Panthers with her victory in a time of 14:00. She was followed by Rylee Holt (2nd), Cristina Gaona (4th), Jacey Finch (5th), and Rachel Lusk (8th). We are very proud of our Youngsters program and look forward to many more years of contributions from them.
The JV girls placed 3rd and had probably their best race of the season. They were led by Aubrey McBride who finished 6th and was the top non-Cedar runner in the race. Megan Finch, Chancie Johnson, Erin Farish and Meskerem Stucki rounded out the scoring runners for the ladies.
The JV boys had another very strong race and nearly perfect scored the meet placing 5 in the top 6 and 7 in the top 13. Matthew Young was crowned JV champ as he outkicked a DH runner in a time of 16:57. 3rd place was Kyler Prisbrey followed closely by Taylor Abel and Taylor Hobbs. This was a great race and prepares the Panthers to fill in next year's Varsity spots very well.
The Varsity girls went out hard trying for their 3rd straight Region title. Through the first two miles the race with Cedar was very close, but in the end we came up just a little short. Rachel Stone ran a very gusty race and finished 2nd breaking 19 with a time of 18:58 (our 2nd fasted time on this course ever). Jessica Peterson placed 6th (our 5th best time) and she was followed by Mia Hart (9th - 8th ever) to round out our top 10 finishers. Liz Lunt (20th) and Taylor Boyer (27th) also made the team proud and really went for it throughout the whole race to finish off our scoring.
Like the girls, the guys were looking to extended a consecutive Region streak - to 6th - but also came up just short. Michael Finch finished his season undefeated in Region and now looks toward pulling the upset at State after winning in a time of 15:39 and setting our school record on the SUU/North Course as well as the all-time course record (excepting the short year of 2010). Casey Kimzey was our other top 10 finisher placing 7th with a strong race from beginning to end. Totaling our points were Byron Warby (13th), Colton Bowler (18th), and new Freshman record holder for the course Paul Gaona (27th) in his first Varsity race ever.
Although the results may not have been totally what we wanted, their was some great running done by many of our athletes. We are super proud of everyone and the hard work that has been put in this season. Great job Panthers!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Ahtlete of the Week - Snow Canyon
The Athletes of the Week from our Snow Canyon meet are Reed Burr and Brianna Esplin. Both have seen great improvement throughout the season and have worked very hard to get there.
Reed, a Junior, has seen his times drop from the 19's to the low 17's in the last couple races (17:03 - Cedar and 17:05 - SC). And he has been placing as one of the top JV runners as well. It is great to see Reed's commitment to practice and the team paying off for him this year. Reed has a love for hairless chihuahuas, and one of his life's goals is to get one and name him Saint Ralph.
Brianna, a Freshman, came out this summer and has seen steady improvement throughout the year. You can find her always pushing herself and others around her every practice. At Snow Canyon she had her best race of the year and placed as our 4th JV runner. Brianna enjoys making her own paper clip jewelry while listening to Led Zeppelin in the dark of her grandmother's underground cellar.
Reed, a Junior, has seen his times drop from the 19's to the low 17's in the last couple races (17:03 - Cedar and 17:05 - SC). And he has been placing as one of the top JV runners as well. It is great to see Reed's commitment to practice and the team paying off for him this year. Reed has a love for hairless chihuahuas, and one of his life's goals is to get one and name him Saint Ralph.
Brianna, a Freshman, came out this summer and has seen steady improvement throughout the year. You can find her always pushing herself and others around her every practice. At Snow Canyon she had her best race of the year and placed as our 4th JV runner. Brianna enjoys making her own paper clip jewelry while listening to Led Zeppelin in the dark of her grandmother's underground cellar.
Snow Canyon Invite
A bit warm over to Snow Canyon yesterday, but some good results on the new SC course (do to the flooding a month ago). The Youngsters ran well with many top 5 finishes by PV runners - including Sergio Dias (2nd boys), Cristina Gaona (4th girls) and Rylee Holt (5th girls).
Many of the schools ran their full squads (except us and DH), so it may have looked as if PV got a bit swamped on the girls side, but the JV girls ran well. Aubrey McBride was the leading PV lady (good to have her getting back from injury a little), followed by Megan Finch, Chancie Johnson, Brianna Esplin and Erin Farish to round out our scorers. The boys were led by Braden Johnston who placed a solid 11th in 16:20, followed by Paul Gaona (13th), Taylor Hobbs (14th), Matt Young (15th) and Kyler Prisbrey (22nd) to help the boys place 2nd to a full strength Cedar squad - a good strong showing for our JV boys as they fought over the 2 Varsity spots that are still in a little bit of flux.
It was especially nice to see the progress in some of our younger runners. Those that are coming to practice and putting in a full effort are really starting to see it pay off as we prepare for Region next week.
Many of the schools ran their full squads (except us and DH), so it may have looked as if PV got a bit swamped on the girls side, but the JV girls ran well. Aubrey McBride was the leading PV lady (good to have her getting back from injury a little), followed by Megan Finch, Chancie Johnson, Brianna Esplin and Erin Farish to round out our scorers. The boys were led by Braden Johnston who placed a solid 11th in 16:20, followed by Paul Gaona (13th), Taylor Hobbs (14th), Matt Young (15th) and Kyler Prisbrey (22nd) to help the boys place 2nd to a full strength Cedar squad - a good strong showing for our JV boys as they fought over the 2 Varsity spots that are still in a little bit of flux.
It was especially nice to see the progress in some of our younger runners. Those that are coming to practice and putting in a full effort are really starting to see it pay off as we prepare for Region next week.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Athlete of the Week - Cedar
Some good strong races by Maquel Millward and Casey Kimzey have earned them the Athlete of the Week awards for the Cedar Invite.
Maquel, a Junior, has worked very hard all year to overcome some major shin splint issues and is really starting run well for us. At Cedar she finished as the 3rd JV runner on our team, and we look forward to continued improvement in the next few weeks. Maquel loves Appropriate Tuesdays and various ugly things. She hates calendars because they remind her of months... many many months - even years.
Senior harrier, Casey Kimzey, had one of his strongest races ever at Cedar. Casey, a team captain, has worked very hard to be a strong #2 on our team - even giving up soccer to work on solidifying his position. His sub 16 at Cedar was a PR and put the team in a great scoring position. Casey enjoys raucous games of Risk and Battleship and would rather not play card games with 1 armed chimps.
Maquel, a Junior, has worked very hard all year to overcome some major shin splint issues and is really starting run well for us. At Cedar she finished as the 3rd JV runner on our team, and we look forward to continued improvement in the next few weeks. Maquel loves Appropriate Tuesdays and various ugly things. She hates calendars because they remind her of months... many many months - even years.
Senior harrier, Casey Kimzey, had one of his strongest races ever at Cedar. Casey, a team captain, has worked very hard to be a strong #2 on our team - even giving up soccer to work on solidifying his position. His sub 16 at Cedar was a PR and put the team in a great scoring position. Casey enjoys raucous games of Risk and Battleship and would rather not play card games with 1 armed chimps.
Cedar Invite
The XC team headed to the Cedar Invite last Friday at Cedar HS. This meet is a great opportunity for our runners to judge their improvement for the year since it is also the first race we run each year.
As usual, the Youngsters started us off very well. Alli P. led the girls with a strong time of 12:30 for the 1.75 mile course. Sergio D. ran a great race and won the boys race in a time of 10:33.
In the high school races, the JV girls saw many PR's and big improvements off of the first race of the season. The Varsity girls didn't run their best, but still managed a 3rd place finish behind Rachel Stone's 5th place finish. When the scoring was broken down to just our region schools, the girls ended up 2nd behind Cedar, but not too close like we were last week when we actually beat Cedar in the broken down region scoring.
The boys JV really hammered the course again this week finishing all scorers in the top 10 and getting a score of 36. Paul Gaona ran a great race to place 2nd in 16:31 for the 2.95 mile course. He was followed by Matt Young in 16:47, Taylor Hobbs in 16:54, Nick Hill in 16:55, Kyler Prisbrey in 17:00 and Reed Burr finished just outside the top 10 with a 17:03. The Varsity boys showed some strong improvements and bounced back from last week's less than impressive run with a 2nd place showing to DH. Despite running a little flat Micheal Finch (a little blurp about Mikey on Milesplit) was able to pull out the win in the last 1/2 mile with a time of 15:07 (just a few seconds off the course record),. Casey Kimzey ran his strongest race of the year and placed 13th (15:53) followed closely by Byron Warby in 15:54. Jason Lindhard (16:08) and Colton Bowler (16:19) rounded out our scoring.
After many great races and time improvements it is now time to focus toward Region. The JV's will be racing at Snow Canyon on Wednesday and then Region will be held at Bicentennial Park in Cedar on Tuesday the 9th.
As usual, the Youngsters started us off very well. Alli P. led the girls with a strong time of 12:30 for the 1.75 mile course. Sergio D. ran a great race and won the boys race in a time of 10:33.
In the high school races, the JV girls saw many PR's and big improvements off of the first race of the season. The Varsity girls didn't run their best, but still managed a 3rd place finish behind Rachel Stone's 5th place finish. When the scoring was broken down to just our region schools, the girls ended up 2nd behind Cedar, but not too close like we were last week when we actually beat Cedar in the broken down region scoring.
The boys JV really hammered the course again this week finishing all scorers in the top 10 and getting a score of 36. Paul Gaona ran a great race to place 2nd in 16:31 for the 2.95 mile course. He was followed by Matt Young in 16:47, Taylor Hobbs in 16:54, Nick Hill in 16:55, Kyler Prisbrey in 17:00 and Reed Burr finished just outside the top 10 with a 17:03. The Varsity boys showed some strong improvements and bounced back from last week's less than impressive run with a 2nd place showing to DH. Despite running a little flat Micheal Finch (a little blurp about Mikey on Milesplit) was able to pull out the win in the last 1/2 mile with a time of 15:07 (just a few seconds off the course record),. Casey Kimzey ran his strongest race of the year and placed 13th (15:53) followed closely by Byron Warby in 15:54. Jason Lindhard (16:08) and Colton Bowler (16:19) rounded out our scoring.
After many great races and time improvements it is now time to focus toward Region. The JV's will be racing at Snow Canyon on Wednesday and then Region will be held at Bicentennial Park in Cedar on Tuesday the 9th.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Nebo Invite/Wahsatch Rendezvous
On Friday the 21st the Varsity teams raced at the Nebo Invite. This year's version of the course was a flat, fast grass course at Salem Hills (measuring 3.25 miles). The girls had one of their strongest team races of the year - taking 4th out of 25 teams and placing Rachel Stone (6th) and Jessica Peterson (8th) in the top 10. The boys took 7th place and were paced by another great performance by Michael Finch who placed 2nd. Mike is quickly becoming one of the Panther XC greats!
Saturday, the JV raced at the Wahsatch Rendezvous. Both teams ran very well. Megan Finch and Sarah Ballantyne were the top 2 finishers for the Panthers. The boys took the team JV title by dominating the race - Kyler Prisbrey placed 4th, Matthew Young 5th, Paul Gaona 8th, Taylor Hobbs 9th, Nick Hill 10th, Josh Farish 12th, and Reed Burr 13th all came in under 18:00 for the 2.91 mile race.
Saturday, the JV raced at the Wahsatch Rendezvous. Both teams ran very well. Megan Finch and Sarah Ballantyne were the top 2 finishers for the Panthers. The boys took the team JV title by dominating the race - Kyler Prisbrey placed 4th, Matthew Young 5th, Paul Gaona 8th, Taylor Hobbs 9th, Nick Hill 10th, Josh Farish 12th, and Reed Burr 13th all came in under 18:00 for the 2.91 mile race.
Athlete of the Week - Nebo/Wahsatch
For this past weekend's journey up north, Sarah Ballantyne and Paul Gaona have earned Athlete of the Week. Sarah is a Freshman who is in her first year of running with PVXC. She had a great race at Wahsatch and placed as our 2nd JV runner in her first race! Sarah has no fear of black cats or ladders, but is deeply afraid of the number 13. Paul Gaona is also a Freshman. Paul ran a little with our Youngster XC Club last year and showed a lot of potential. He had a breakthrough race for himself at Wahsatch placing as the 3rd PV JV runner and helping the team with the JV title in dominating fasion. Paul apparently likes snakes and everything strange. He dislikes being normal and normal people.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Alumni Update 9/22
Many PVXC'ers are out there running in the college ranks this year. So let's give a little update on them.
SUU: Tyson and Kaylee Boyer are starting off the year great up in Cedar. Both are fighting to be on the traveling squads for the T-Birds and are two of the top Freshman in the program. Here are the results from their race last week down in Cali. You can check out their time trials and get other update on them at the SUU XC page.
Utah State: Ruth Hilton (former XC record holder and current 1600m school record holder- and State Champ!) is in her Redshirt Senior year as a standout Aggie harrier. I have yet to see results rom her for this year, but we hope she is fully recovered from the injuries that have set her back the past couple years.
Dixie State: A few PVXC grads are running for the Red Storm. Along them are Josh Decker (team captain back in '08) and RJ Smith. You can check out their results for the first race at NAU here.
SUU: Tyson and Kaylee Boyer are starting off the year great up in Cedar. Both are fighting to be on the traveling squads for the T-Birds and are two of the top Freshman in the program. Here are the results from their race last week down in Cali. You can check out their time trials and get other update on them at the SUU XC page.
Utah State: Ruth Hilton (former XC record holder and current 1600m school record holder- and State Champ!) is in her Redshirt Senior year as a standout Aggie harrier. I have yet to see results rom her for this year, but we hope she is fully recovered from the injuries that have set her back the past couple years.
Dixie State: A few PVXC grads are running for the Red Storm. Along them are Josh Decker (team captain back in '08) and RJ Smith. You can check out their results for the first race at NAU here.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Salt Lake Trip / Car Wash (coming soon!)
This week we are taking our overnighter to Nebo and Wahsatch. The athletes took home an info paper and it was also sent around via email, so hopefully everyone who was invited (and their parents) know what is going on there. Let's go race well!
Next Saturday we will host our 2nd Annual PVXC Car Wash at Sandstone Elementary from 10:00am-2:00pm. Athletes - get selling your tickets. Parents - encourage them to sell tickets. Others - contact your local XC'er to purchase a ticket for $5 or just pay when you come. This Car Wash is the fundraiser for the athletes to head down to California for the Foot Locker West Championships, so let's help support our awesome XC runners!
Next Saturday we will host our 2nd Annual PVXC Car Wash at Sandstone Elementary from 10:00am-2:00pm. Athletes - get selling your tickets. Parents - encourage them to sell tickets. Others - contact your local XC'er to purchase a ticket for $5 or just pay when you come. This Car Wash is the fundraiser for the athletes to head down to California for the Foot Locker West Championships, so let's help support our awesome XC runners!
Michigan 9/18-19
This week we held our first Michigan workout of the season. The team is really rounding into form and this workout was proof of it. Congratulations to Mike Finch, Jessica Peterson, Rachel Stone, and Mia Hart for hitting the "A Standard" (Mia for the first time earning her Black/Silver laces!)
The following athletes all hit the "B Standard" (those with an * are hitting the mark for the first time and earned their laces): Casey Kimzey, Jason Lindhardt, Byron Warby, Colton Bowler, *Braden Johnston, *Taylor Abel, *Hunter Kimzey, *Josh Farish, *Nick Hill, *Kyler Prisbrey, *Danny Arellano, *Krenshaw Yazzie, Nicole Heinrich, Liz Lunt, Taylor Boyer, *Chancie Johnson, and *Kaelie Gillespie.
Great job everyone!
The following athletes all hit the "B Standard" (those with an * are hitting the mark for the first time and earned their laces): Casey Kimzey, Jason Lindhardt, Byron Warby, Colton Bowler, *Braden Johnston, *Taylor Abel, *Hunter Kimzey, *Josh Farish, *Nick Hill, *Kyler Prisbrey, *Danny Arellano, *Krenshaw Yazzie, Nicole Heinrich, Liz Lunt, Taylor Boyer, *Chancie Johnson, and *Kaelie Gillespie.
Great job everyone!
Athletes of the Week - Time Trial #2/Herriman
Am I catching up yet? We had better announce the Athletes of the Week for last week before we race this week. So...
For the boys we have Kyler Prisbrey (Junior) and Colton Bowler (Junior).
Kyler is in his first year running XC and shown amazing potential. He has steadily improved through the summer and the school year to become one of the top JV runners on the team. He likes people that dress as panthers, hunting large game, and neighborhood kick-the-can games. He dislikes those who don't smile at Laffy-Taffy jokes.
Colton is starting to come back strong from injury early in the summer. He has worked his way back to Varsity (a spot he held throughout last season) and is looking forward to an awesome end of the season. Colton enjoys a good scavenger-hunt (but not as much as Byron!) and historical documentaries about various diseases. He would rather stay away from deep-fried bananas and orange creamies.
And for the ladies: Erin Farish (Senior) and Kaelie Gillespie (Sophomore).
Erin is in her first year of XC as well. She has really started to do well in her running and is making great improvements. Erin enjoys getting beat at volleyball by Coach Holt, but she dislikes those who open doors for her.
Kaelie has worked very hard to work her way up to a Varsity spot this season. At Herriman, she had a strong race on a very tough course and really closed the gap on the other Varsity runners. Kaelie enjoys all things with her family (fights, yelling, all forms of various recklessness). However, among her dislikes are hang-nails and badminton games gone array.
For the boys we have Kyler Prisbrey (Junior) and Colton Bowler (Junior).
Kyler is in his first year running XC and shown amazing potential. He has steadily improved through the summer and the school year to become one of the top JV runners on the team. He likes people that dress as panthers, hunting large game, and neighborhood kick-the-can games. He dislikes those who don't smile at Laffy-Taffy jokes.
Colton is starting to come back strong from injury early in the summer. He has worked his way back to Varsity (a spot he held throughout last season) and is looking forward to an awesome end of the season. Colton enjoys a good scavenger-hunt (but not as much as Byron!) and historical documentaries about various diseases. He would rather stay away from deep-fried bananas and orange creamies.
And for the ladies: Erin Farish (Senior) and Kaelie Gillespie (Sophomore).
Erin is in her first year of XC as well. She has really started to do well in her running and is making great improvements. Erin enjoys getting beat at volleyball by Coach Holt, but she dislikes those who open doors for her.
Kaelie has worked very hard to work her way up to a Varsity spot this season. At Herriman, she had a strong race on a very tough course and really closed the gap on the other Varsity runners. Kaelie enjoys all things with her family (fights, yelling, all forms of various recklessness). However, among her dislikes are hang-nails and badminton games gone array.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Race Reports: Murray/Herriman
I have been slow and haven't updated race reports for a little while, so I had better say something quick.
The Varsity boys and girls headed up north the past two Fridays for big invitationals.
The first (9/7) was the Murray Invite. Both teams did well and finished in the top 10. The girls were led by Rachel Stone who placed 37th to help guide the team to 10th place overall. This was a strong finish by the girls and shows that they are on the right path. Mike Finch led the boys to a 7th place team finish with his 6th place overall in a time of 15:54 on the 5K course.
This past weekend we raced on the toughest 5K course in Utah - and I didn't believe it until I saw it, but it really is! - up at the Herriman Invite. The girls improved on last week's performance and took 3rd place overall with Mia Hart (14th), Jessica Peterson (5th), and Rachel Stone (4th) all earning 1st and 2nd team awards. The boys also took 3rd - defeating DH for the first time this year. Placing in the top 14 for the boys were Byron Warby (12th) and Michael Finch (2nd). Great job everyone! This week... up to Nebo and Wahsatch!
The Varsity boys and girls headed up north the past two Fridays for big invitationals.
The first (9/7) was the Murray Invite. Both teams did well and finished in the top 10. The girls were led by Rachel Stone who placed 37th to help guide the team to 10th place overall. This was a strong finish by the girls and shows that they are on the right path. Mike Finch led the boys to a 7th place team finish with his 6th place overall in a time of 15:54 on the 5K course.
This past weekend we raced on the toughest 5K course in Utah - and I didn't believe it until I saw it, but it really is! - up at the Herriman Invite. The girls improved on last week's performance and took 3rd place overall with Mia Hart (14th), Jessica Peterson (5th), and Rachel Stone (4th) all earning 1st and 2nd team awards. The boys also took 3rd - defeating DH for the first time this year. Placing in the top 14 for the boys were Byron Warby (12th) and Michael Finch (2nd). Great job everyone! This week... up to Nebo and Wahsatch!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Pine View Time Trial #2
We had a great time trial on Tuesday. Nearly every runner hit a quicker time than the first time trial. The Youngsters and Girls were especially impressive. Congrats to Sergio D. who set the records for the Middle schoolers by 31 secs. on the 1 mile XC course with a time of 5:28 - very impressive. Addi B. also set the girls record and led a pack of middle school girls at 6:35-6:45 - awesome times!
Many of the HS girls ran time up to 2 minutes quicker than their previous times. And Mike Finch just missed the HS boys record by just 1 sec. (even though the course is about 30 meters longer than previous years).
Many of the HS girls ran time up to 2 minutes quicker than their previous times. And Mike Finch just missed the HS boys record by just 1 sec. (even though the course is about 30 meters longer than previous years).
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Athlete of the Week - Dixie
With some strong performances all around, it was difficult to pick the Athletes of the Week from the Dixie All-Comers. But the runs by Taylor Abel and Megan Finch have risen to the top.
Taylor paced the boys to a win at Dixie by finishing 5th overall in a time of 17:35 our 10th fastest time on this course. Taylor, a Junior, is in his first year with XC and is making an immediate impact. Taylor likes his marshmallows roasted to a golden brown and his waffles burnt to a crisp. Among his many dislikes are purple wildflowers.
Megan, one of our few Freshman girls, is having a great first season of XC. She was our 2nd finisher at this race and is really starting to run well. She has many great years of cross in front of her and we look forward to her development and contributions to the team for years to come. Megan likes everything her brother hates and hates everything he likes - kind of weird!
Taylor paced the boys to a win at Dixie by finishing 5th overall in a time of 17:35 our 10th fastest time on this course. Taylor, a Junior, is in his first year with XC and is making an immediate impact. Taylor likes his marshmallows roasted to a golden brown and his waffles burnt to a crisp. Among his many dislikes are purple wildflowers.
Megan, one of our few Freshman girls, is having a great first season of XC. She was our 2nd finisher at this race and is really starting to run well. She has many great years of cross in front of her and we look forward to her development and contributions to the team for years to come. Megan likes everything her brother hates and hates everything he likes - kind of weird!
Dixie All-Comers
Some clouds rolled in and made Tuesday a great evening for racing at the Region South Course held at Bloomington Hills North Park.
The Youngsters started the team off well in the middle school race. Sergio D. led the race throughout and ended up winning by 5 seconds with a killer kick in the last 150 meters. Dallin G. also ran very well. The ladies were led by Alli Peterson who placed 3rd overall in the girls and Josie Bushar who had her strongest race this season.
With the Varsity girls pulled from the race, Kaelie Gillespie paced our girls team over the 3 mile course. She placed 23rd overall and ran a solid 23:30 on this very difficult course.
The boys were fighting for the remaining 3 spots on the Varsity trip to Murray this coming weekend. Going into the race, there were 8 or so boys who had a good shot at the spots, and 4 of them ran together the whole race - making for a very exciting finish. They all ran very well and finished 6-8 overall led by Taylor Abel, the Braden Johnston, Mathew Young and Colton Bowler. Nick Hill finished 5th for the team (14th overall) and rounded out our team scoring. We don't have the official results, but it will be very close between PV and Cedar for the win - pretty impressive without our top 4 runners.
The Youngsters started the team off well in the middle school race. Sergio D. led the race throughout and ended up winning by 5 seconds with a killer kick in the last 150 meters. Dallin G. also ran very well. The ladies were led by Alli Peterson who placed 3rd overall in the girls and Josie Bushar who had her strongest race this season.
With the Varsity girls pulled from the race, Kaelie Gillespie paced our girls team over the 3 mile course. She placed 23rd overall and ran a solid 23:30 on this very difficult course.
The boys were fighting for the remaining 3 spots on the Varsity trip to Murray this coming weekend. Going into the race, there were 8 or so boys who had a good shot at the spots, and 4 of them ran together the whole race - making for a very exciting finish. They all ran very well and finished 6-8 overall led by Taylor Abel, the Braden Johnston, Mathew Young and Colton Bowler. Nick Hill finished 5th for the team (14th overall) and rounded out our team scoring. We don't have the official results, but it will be very close between PV and Cedar for the win - pretty impressive without our top 4 runners.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Athletes of the Week - Cedar/Hurricane/SUU
We had to go back a few weeks and catch up our Athletes of the Week from the first three weeks of the season, so here they are:
Cedar All-Comers -
Boys: Nick Hill. Nick is a freshman who ran in the Youngsters group with us last year winning many races including the Region Title. Nick has continued his strong running this summer by having a great race at Cedar that propelled him to the Varsity squad for the Hurricane Invite - pretty big deal. Nick enjoys Appropriate Tuesdays, morning runs with a sunrise and Coach's crazy rants about left-handers.
Girls: Aubrey McBride. Aubrey is a senior who has worked very hard this past summer and had it pay off right away. She had a great race at Cedar, probably her best race ever, placing 3rd on the team and 14th overall. Aubrey enjoys being the official treat girl this season and knows the value of peanut butter M&M's and Wheat Thins.
Hurricane Invite -
Boys: Jake Taylor. Jake, another freshman, was chosen because of his hard work and example. Jake ran a very strong run for his first HS race and did it with a smile. Some of Jake's likes: blue cheese, the smell of dirt, and lazy winter days. Dislikes: diet drinks and the KGB.
Girls: Mia Hart. Not many runners have worked as hard as junior Mia Hart. At Hurricane she placed 5th overall and made the huge jump to elite Region runner. Mia truly enjoys dirty hair and Christmas sing-a-longs.
SUU and Highland Invites -
Boys: Michael Finch. Senior Mikey Flat Stanley Finchy Boy had one of the greatest races in PVXC history at the Highland Invite at Sugarhouse Park in SLC. Mike led much of the race and ended up placing 3rd to a national top 20 runner and top 75 runner. Mike enjoys laughing - a lot, and giving me a grin in class that makes me think he is up to something fishy (or Finchy, I've heard it both ways).
Girls: Sally Lawlor. Sophomore Sally Lawlor has seen tremendous improvement this season. One of her goals is to make Varsity and with her hard work she is on her way. Sally's biggest joy is making the coaches wonder what she is thinking since she never talks. Her biggest pet peeve is coaches who make up stuff about what she might be thinking since she never talks!
Great job all of you! You guys are amazing examples of what PVXC is all about!
Cedar All-Comers -
Boys: Nick Hill. Nick is a freshman who ran in the Youngsters group with us last year winning many races including the Region Title. Nick has continued his strong running this summer by having a great race at Cedar that propelled him to the Varsity squad for the Hurricane Invite - pretty big deal. Nick enjoys Appropriate Tuesdays, morning runs with a sunrise and Coach's crazy rants about left-handers.
Girls: Aubrey McBride. Aubrey is a senior who has worked very hard this past summer and had it pay off right away. She had a great race at Cedar, probably her best race ever, placing 3rd on the team and 14th overall. Aubrey enjoys being the official treat girl this season and knows the value of peanut butter M&M's and Wheat Thins.
Hurricane Invite -
Boys: Jake Taylor. Jake, another freshman, was chosen because of his hard work and example. Jake ran a very strong run for his first HS race and did it with a smile. Some of Jake's likes: blue cheese, the smell of dirt, and lazy winter days. Dislikes: diet drinks and the KGB.
Girls: Mia Hart. Not many runners have worked as hard as junior Mia Hart. At Hurricane she placed 5th overall and made the huge jump to elite Region runner. Mia truly enjoys dirty hair and Christmas sing-a-longs.
SUU and Highland Invites -
Boys: Michael Finch. Senior Mikey Flat Stanley Finchy Boy had one of the greatest races in PVXC history at the Highland Invite at Sugarhouse Park in SLC. Mike led much of the race and ended up placing 3rd to a national top 20 runner and top 75 runner. Mike enjoys laughing - a lot, and giving me a grin in class that makes me think he is up to something fishy (or Finchy, I've heard it both ways).
Girls: Sally Lawlor. Sophomore Sally Lawlor has seen tremendous improvement this season. One of her goals is to make Varsity and with her hard work she is on her way. Sally's biggest joy is making the coaches wonder what she is thinking since she never talks. Her biggest pet peeve is coaches who make up stuff about what she might be thinking since she never talks!
Great job all of you! You guys are amazing examples of what PVXC is all about!
Saturday, August 25, 2012
SUU & Highland
There were a lot of good races at SUU this weekend - as well as some opportunities for learning. The JV Girls got things started with Kaelie Gillespie taking 14th. The Varsity Girls placed a solid 2nd with Rachel Stone, Jessica Peterson, and Mia Hart placing in the top 10 (3rd, 4th and 9th respectively) and recording the 4th, 5th and 6th fastest PV times on the course.
The JV Boys ran as a great pack and took 1st in the meet. Colton Bowler (2nd), Kyler Prisbrey (3rd), Taylor Hobbs (4th), Nick Hill (5th), Paul Gaona (8th) and Josh Farish (10th) all placed in the top 10 and scored a meager 22 points. Casey Kimzey took 6th to lead the guys to a 2nd place finish - with Casey and Byron both cracking the top 20 PV times on the course.
Michael Finch was up in Salt Lake and ran the Highland Invite on Friday. He ran a groundbreaking run and took 3rd just off of Saarel (PC) and Cross (Ogd) after leading much of the race.
Also check out the Milesplit Article.
The JV Boys ran as a great pack and took 1st in the meet. Colton Bowler (2nd), Kyler Prisbrey (3rd), Taylor Hobbs (4th), Nick Hill (5th), Paul Gaona (8th) and Josh Farish (10th) all placed in the top 10 and scored a meager 22 points. Casey Kimzey took 6th to lead the guys to a 2nd place finish - with Casey and Byron both cracking the top 20 PV times on the course.
Michael Finch was up in Salt Lake and ran the Highland Invite on Friday. He ran a groundbreaking run and took 3rd just off of Saarel (PC) and Cross (Ogd) after leading much of the race.
Also check out the Milesplit Article.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Nike SW Pre-Season Rankings
The Nike SW Pre-Season Rankings are out and the PV guys are listed as a "Bubble Team"! This is a pretty big deal for us to go into the season with this type of recognition. Counting the teams listed would find us ranked as the 11-14 team in the 6 Southwest states. I think this is big props to our program and how hard we have run the last few years. We know there are teams coming after us, and there are teams we need to go after to reach our goals, so let's use this as motivation to keep the tradition alive and rolling!
PV Time Trial #1
The storm held off and we were able to get our 2 mile Time Trial in on our home course. This race is an important one since it is one of the first ones for many of our new runners and it becomes the basis for workout paces for the next few weeks.
The Youngsters ran first... and fast. Sergio D. ran a 6:02 followed by Dallin G. in 6:11 and then a slew of 6th-8th grade guys in their 1 mile version of the course. The girls were led by Addi B. (now you have to move to PV!) and then 6-7 girls in a tight spread including Alli P, Cristina G., Rachel L., Rylee H., and Josie B. This was our largest turnout ever for a Youngsters race and it says a lot to the dedication and commitment of this next generation of PVXC superstars!
In the high school race, Mike Finch put in the 2nd fastest time on this course at 10:22 and then a huge group of guys led by Casey Kimzey followed up with some great packing. The girls were led by Rachel Stone who turned in a 13:43 and then a great grouping for the ladies as well as our usual 4-6 runners really pulled up toward Mia Hart who took 2nd today.
The Youngsters ran first... and fast. Sergio D. ran a 6:02 followed by Dallin G. in 6:11 and then a slew of 6th-8th grade guys in their 1 mile version of the course. The girls were led by Addi B. (now you have to move to PV!) and then 6-7 girls in a tight spread including Alli P, Cristina G., Rachel L., Rylee H., and Josie B. This was our largest turnout ever for a Youngsters race and it says a lot to the dedication and commitment of this next generation of PVXC superstars!
In the high school race, Mike Finch put in the 2nd fastest time on this course at 10:22 and then a huge group of guys led by Casey Kimzey followed up with some great packing. The girls were led by Rachel Stone who turned in a 13:43 and then a great grouping for the ladies as well as our usual 4-6 runners really pulled up toward Mia Hart who took 2nd today.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Hurricane Invite
Some strong performances were turned in by the Panther harriers at the Hurricane Invite. The Varsity girls were led by Rachel Stone (3rd) and Mia Hart (5th) in the first race of the season for both of them. For each of the other girls it was their first Varsity race ever. So it was great to see Liz Lunt, Taylor Boyer, Aubrey McBride and Kaelie Gillespie out pushing themselves and doing the best they could for our team and placing 5th (just off 4th with the tie-breaker). The JV girls ran well with Nicole Heinrich taking 1st.
The guys also ran very well. Michael Finch took home his 2nd victory in as many races this season with a hard fought win over Jason Quinn of Dixie. Casey Kimzey ran a strong 6th and Jason Lindhardt had a good race for 9th. Byron Warby (12th) and Matt Young (14th) rounded out our scoring for the team title! Taylor Abel ran very well too (placing 15th, just .2 secs. behind Red Leader) as well as freshman Nick Hill in his first Varsity race. The JV boys were the biggest pleasant surprise of the meet with Ryan Archibald making all of Canada (and PVXC) proud winning the JV race. It was great to have Colton Bowler back in his first race from stress fracture (3rd) and Kyler Prisbrey running 4th in his first race. Overall we placed 7 in the top 12 and 10 in the top 20. This crew should really be pushing the Varsity squad and making everyone better.
We also had 17 Youngster run in the 1.5 mile Open Race! Great job to all of them as they have been running very well in the heat 3 (or more) times/week. Dallin G., Jarron N., Alex K., Alex H. and Scottie B. all placed in the top 10 for the boys, and Cristina G., Rylee H., Josie B. and Ellie B. did the same for the girls.
It was a solid week for the team. We did the tough adjustment to the heat in the afternoon and the start of school and the earlier mornings of AM practices. And we had some good racing experiences at Hurricane.
This coming week is a busy one, so plan accordingly. Varsity (and top JV) girls need to remember practice Monday morning at 5:45 so we can get the whole thing in. On Tuesday we have our Team Time Trial. The races will start at 4:45 for the Youngsters, then 5:00 PM for the boys, followed by the girls just a few minutes later. (We will get the bulk of our mileage before the time trial, so we will start practice around 4:00 Tues. afternoon (depending on the necessary mileage.). Following the race, we will have our Parent Meeting for ALL Parents and Athletes of PVXC (including Youngsters). On Saturday, we head up to Cedar for the SUU Invite at Bicentennial Park.
Again, great job the week. Our team is making great strides and with some important weeks of practice heading our way we have room for a lot of improvement to reach our goals.
The guys also ran very well. Michael Finch took home his 2nd victory in as many races this season with a hard fought win over Jason Quinn of Dixie. Casey Kimzey ran a strong 6th and Jason Lindhardt had a good race for 9th. Byron Warby (12th) and Matt Young (14th) rounded out our scoring for the team title! Taylor Abel ran very well too (placing 15th, just .2 secs. behind Red Leader) as well as freshman Nick Hill in his first Varsity race. The JV boys were the biggest pleasant surprise of the meet with Ryan Archibald making all of Canada (and PVXC) proud winning the JV race. It was great to have Colton Bowler back in his first race from stress fracture (3rd) and Kyler Prisbrey running 4th in his first race. Overall we placed 7 in the top 12 and 10 in the top 20. This crew should really be pushing the Varsity squad and making everyone better.
We also had 17 Youngster run in the 1.5 mile Open Race! Great job to all of them as they have been running very well in the heat 3 (or more) times/week. Dallin G., Jarron N., Alex K., Alex H. and Scottie B. all placed in the top 10 for the boys, and Cristina G., Rylee H., Josie B. and Ellie B. did the same for the girls.
It was a solid week for the team. We did the tough adjustment to the heat in the afternoon and the start of school and the earlier mornings of AM practices. And we had some good racing experiences at Hurricane.
This coming week is a busy one, so plan accordingly. Varsity (and top JV) girls need to remember practice Monday morning at 5:45 so we can get the whole thing in. On Tuesday we have our Team Time Trial. The races will start at 4:45 for the Youngsters, then 5:00 PM for the boys, followed by the girls just a few minutes later. (We will get the bulk of our mileage before the time trial, so we will start practice around 4:00 Tues. afternoon (depending on the necessary mileage.). Following the race, we will have our Parent Meeting for ALL Parents and Athletes of PVXC (including Youngsters). On Saturday, we head up to Cedar for the SUU Invite at Bicentennial Park.
Again, great job the week. Our team is making great strides and with some important weeks of practice heading our way we have room for a lot of improvement to reach our goals.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Region 9 Preview Article
Preview of the season by the St. George News. Check out what "star pupil"! Jessica Peterson has to say here!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Cedar All-Comers
Finally got our first meet of the year in! The weather was great; nice temps and overcast - a great break from the 100+ temps. The 6th-8th graders got us off to a good start with good runs from Alex and Kaden Klein and Alli Peterson.
We were missing a few of our top Varsity girls, but many others really stepped up particularly Aubrey McBride who ran 3rd on the team and placed 14th overall. Leading the pack of Panther girls was Jessica Peterson who placed 3rd in 19:46.
The guys were paced by Michael Finch who ran a very strong and relaxed opening race for the win in the fastest opening Cedar time in recent years (15:31). Byron Warby (8th) and Casey Kimzey (10th) placed in the top 10, and we had great runs from Jason Lindhardt and Taylor Abel.
Overall this was a good experience. The first race is always a little tricky, but it is great to get one under our belts after a long hot summer. Now on to Hurricane.
We were missing a few of our top Varsity girls, but many others really stepped up particularly Aubrey McBride who ran 3rd on the team and placed 14th overall. Leading the pack of Panther girls was Jessica Peterson who placed 3rd in 19:46.
The guys were paced by Michael Finch who ran a very strong and relaxed opening race for the win in the fastest opening Cedar time in recent years (15:31). Byron Warby (8th) and Casey Kimzey (10th) placed in the top 10, and we had great runs from Jason Lindhardt and Taylor Abel.
Overall this was a good experience. The first race is always a little tricky, but it is great to get one under our belts after a long hot summer. Now on to Hurricane.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Another SCHEDULE CHANGE
So sorry about all the schedule changes - but that is the nature of the beast I guess.
So here is the new stuff (check it out over to the right and PRINT OUT A NEW ONE)
The Provo Bulldog (one of our favorites) got cancelled (boo). So we will replace it with the Varsity going up to the Murray Invite (another one of our favorites!) on the 7th of Sept. (up and back).
The Wasatch Rendezvous has been rescheduled for 9/22. So... we will take up just the Varsity to the Herriman Invite on 9/14 (up and back).
So our overnighter for everyone will now be on the 9/21 (varsity run at Nebo) - 9/22 (JV run at Wasatch Rend.) trip. Up on Friday and back on Saturday - staying at South Town in Sandy.
Also, remember we had previously changed the Time Trial that had been scheduled on Aug. 14th to the next Tuesday Aug. 21st @ PVHS. With the 6th-8th starting at 4:45, Guys at 5:00 and Girls shortly following (app. 5:03). Following the Time Trial we will have our Parent Meeting (with Parents/Athletes/Coaches) at 5:45 in the school.
I know this is a pain, but hopefully we have rescheduled all this before too many plans have been affected.
One last thing... you guys are all awesome!
So here is the new stuff (check it out over to the right and PRINT OUT A NEW ONE)
The Provo Bulldog (one of our favorites) got cancelled (boo). So we will replace it with the Varsity going up to the Murray Invite (another one of our favorites!) on the 7th of Sept. (up and back).
The Wasatch Rendezvous has been rescheduled for 9/22. So... we will take up just the Varsity to the Herriman Invite on 9/14 (up and back).
So our overnighter for everyone will now be on the 9/21 (varsity run at Nebo) - 9/22 (JV run at Wasatch Rend.) trip. Up on Friday and back on Saturday - staying at South Town in Sandy.
Also, remember we had previously changed the Time Trial that had been scheduled on Aug. 14th to the next Tuesday Aug. 21st @ PVHS. With the 6th-8th starting at 4:45, Guys at 5:00 and Girls shortly following (app. 5:03). Following the Time Trial we will have our Parent Meeting (with Parents/Athletes/Coaches) at 5:45 in the school.
I know this is a pain, but hopefully we have rescheduled all this before too many plans have been affected.
One last thing... you guys are all awesome!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Nike SW - First Glance
6th-8th Grade Club Team
We call them the Youngsters and they are a great addition to our team. We will be holding practice for our middle school club on Wed/Thurs/Fri once school starts. And any day that the Youngsters want to come to practice (meaning Mon/Tues) is totally great.
We also have a bunch of races that the Youngsters can participate in. They are between 1-2 miles long and usually happen just before the high school races. Our first race is Wed. Aug. 8th at 5:30 at Cedar HS. Our 2nd race will be our team time trial on Aug. 21st at 4:45 - check out the full schedule on the link to the right. If transportation is an issue, we can bring a few Youngsters on the bus, but mostly racers head up with their families.
We also have a bunch of races that the Youngsters can participate in. They are between 1-2 miles long and usually happen just before the high school races. Our first race is Wed. Aug. 8th at 5:30 at Cedar HS. Our 2nd race will be our team time trial on Aug. 21st at 4:45 - check out the full schedule on the link to the right. If transportation is an issue, we can bring a few Youngsters on the bus, but mostly racers head up with their families.
Camp Report/XC Races on the horizon!
We had an awesome time up at PVXC High Altitude Camp at Pine Lake. The weather was not too shabby (less rain than last hear!), food was great (thanks Mr. Holt), workshops were excellent (thanks Coach Roberts and also special thanks to Mrs. Peterson), the running was super, and all the activities the captains put together were amazing (thanks JP, Stoner, Meg, Finchy, and Casey).
And now...
After two months of hard work, the XC season is about to ramp up into full gear. Our first race is Weds. Aug. 8th at Cedar High.
Schedule:
5:30 6th-8th graders
6:00 Girls
6:30 Boys
This is a great low-key race to get the season started (especially since we run the same course near the end of the season for comparison). Bus will be leaving the high school at (? - I think around 4:00, but I need to check for sure and will update the post - sorry).
And now...
After two months of hard work, the XC season is about to ramp up into full gear. Our first race is Weds. Aug. 8th at Cedar High.
Schedule:
5:30 6th-8th graders
6:00 Girls
6:30 Boys
This is a great low-key race to get the season started (especially since we run the same course near the end of the season for comparison). Bus will be leaving the high school at (? - I think around 4:00, but I need to check for sure and will update the post - sorry).
End of Summer Running Club
We have had a great Summer Running Club this year with over 250 participants - and 150+ earning their shirts (for attending at least 7/9 weeks).
Here are the results of the July 31st race. There were some great times and a lot of kids ran stronger races than earlier this summer and one new record was set as Pyper Holt set a new record for the 4th grade and under 1/2 mile race - great job Pyper! (of course, I might be just a proud dad!)
Remember that next Tuesday is our last Club day. Bring your mileage cards and let's get those summer marathons complete! Kids that earned their shirts will also receive them - and donations will still be accepted.
Here are the results of the July 31st race. There were some great times and a lot of kids ran stronger races than earlier this summer and one new record was set as Pyper Holt set a new record for the 4th grade and under 1/2 mile race - great job Pyper! (of course, I might be just a proud dad!)
Remember that next Tuesday is our last Club day. Bring your mileage cards and let's get those summer marathons complete! Kids that earned their shirts will also receive them - and donations will still be accepted.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
High Altitude Camp Info
PVXC's 3rd Annual High Altitude Camp is NEXT WEEK (Monday-Thursday) at Pine Lake Campground. We will be leaving from PVHS at noon on Monday the 23rd of July and returning on Thursday July 26th at app. 1:00-2:00.
Click the links for the following information:
Supply List
Agenda
Driving Directions
?'s - email Coach Holt ASAP!
Click the links for the following information:
Supply List
Agenda
Driving Directions
?'s - email Coach Holt ASAP!
Friday, July 13, 2012
3A Girls Preview
Girls are looking strong coming into this year as well. Here is Milesplit's preview for the 3A Girls. Keep working hard ladies and let's prove those positives right and close the gap on anyone who is ahead of us.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
3A Boys Preview
15'ish weeks out from State and here is the first preview of the 3A Boys XC Season from Milesplit. It does a pretty good job of breaking down the returning runners and trying to evaluate improvements from XC through track. To me it shows pretty much what we thought, we're in the hunt, but we have some strong competition from Desert Hells and a big push to go toward reaching Ogden and Park City.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Summer Running Club Update
The 2012 Kids Summer Running Club has been a huge success! We have our largest group ever with over 250 runners. A special thanks to those who are sponsoring our club - St. George Running Center - and those who have donated $10 toward our club shirts. There is still plenty of time to help out!
Today we held our first of two races - we will run a second race later in the summer to track our progress. The 1st-4th graders run a half mile and the 5th-8th graders run a full mile XC style (on the grass with 1-2 little hills). Everyone ran great today and many records were set. Pyper Holt set the record for the 1st-4th Girls; Boston Horspool in the 1st-4th Boys; and Cristina Gaona out leaned Rylee Holt in a thrilling finish for the record for the 5th-8th Girls. Dallin Gillespie was the winner for the 5th-8th Boys.
Check out the full results at the link below (girls are on one tab/page and the boys on another)
Race Results 6/19/12
Today we held our first of two races - we will run a second race later in the summer to track our progress. The 1st-4th graders run a half mile and the 5th-8th graders run a full mile XC style (on the grass with 1-2 little hills). Everyone ran great today and many records were set. Pyper Holt set the record for the 1st-4th Girls; Boston Horspool in the 1st-4th Boys; and Cristina Gaona out leaned Rylee Holt in a thrilling finish for the record for the 5th-8th Girls. Dallin Gillespie was the winner for the 5th-8th Boys.
Check out the full results at the link below (girls are on one tab/page and the boys on another)
Race Results 6/19/12
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Summer Club Info
PVXC will be hosting the 3rd annual SUMMER RUNNING CLUB for 1st-8th graders that feed into PVHS on each Tuesday this summer starting June 5th @ 8:30 am at Washington Elementary.
Click here for flyer
Click here for Summer Club Info and disclaimer than must be brought with students on the first day of participation.
Click here for flyer
Click here for Summer Club Info and disclaimer than must be brought with students on the first day of participation.
Summer Info
XC is ready start up again soon! Check out our summer info here. Remember first day of summer practice is Monday, June 4th - 7:00 am at Washington Elementary.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Hurricane Invite
Another week of great performances - both the guys and girls teams are really improving as the season is moving along. The girls ended up taking 5th at this meet and the boys found themselves winning the invite!
The following were qualifiers for BYU and State* (check out all PV results at athletic.net and see the many athletes with PR's in the past couple weeks):
boys girls
100: Prentiss Miller(7th); Janzen Morgan(7th) and Kali Stubbs
200: Prentiss Miller(8th)
400: Jake Arslanian(1st)*, Jake Wright(3rd), Tyson Boyer
800: Tyson Boyer(1st)*, Timmy Lunt(5th), Mike Finch(6th); Kaylee Boyer(3rd), Rachel Stone, Frida Nilsson
1600: Mike Finch(4th)*, Devin Gillespie(6th), Casey Kimzey, Byron Warby; Frida Nilsson(2nd), Rachel Stone(4th), Jessica Peterson
3200: Devin Gillespie(1st)*
shot: Jason Gunter(1st)*; Raynette Tavita(2nd)*, Tayosha Turek(5th)
jav: Zac Bullock(3rd)
Long jump: Jake Arslanian(2nd)*, Jerome Nielson(5th)*; Kali Stubbs(4th)
The following were qualifiers for BYU and State* (check out all PV results at athletic.net and see the many athletes with PR's in the past couple weeks):
boys girls
100: Prentiss Miller(7th); Janzen Morgan(7th) and Kali Stubbs
200: Prentiss Miller(8th)
400: Jake Arslanian(1st)*, Jake Wright(3rd), Tyson Boyer
800: Tyson Boyer(1st)*, Timmy Lunt(5th), Mike Finch(6th); Kaylee Boyer(3rd), Rachel Stone, Frida Nilsson
1600: Mike Finch(4th)*, Devin Gillespie(6th), Casey Kimzey, Byron Warby; Frida Nilsson(2nd), Rachel Stone(4th), Jessica Peterson
3200: Devin Gillespie(1st)*
shot: Jason Gunter(1st)*; Raynette Tavita(2nd)*, Tayosha Turek(5th)
jav: Zac Bullock(3rd)
Long jump: Jake Arslanian(2nd)*, Jerome Nielson(5th)*; Kali Stubbs(4th)
Monday, March 26, 2012
PV Invite
The PV Invite was a huge success - a big congratulations to all the athletes, and a job well-done to all our BYU and State Qualifiers*.
100 meters - Austin Gibbs, Janzen Morgan, Kalli Stubbs
200 meters - Jake Arslanian (3rd)*, Janzen Morgan
800 meters - Devin Gillespie, Jessica Peterson, Liz Harrison, Abby Van Orden
1600 meters - Tyson Boyer (3rd)*, Mike Finch, Devin Gillespie, Casey Kimzey, Kaylee Boyer (5th)*, Frida Nilsson, Rachel Stone
3200 meters - Tyson Boyer (3rd)*, Mike Finch (6th)*, Kaylee Boyer (4th)*, Frida Nilsson (8th)*, Rachel Stone*
Shot Put - Austin Mikkleson (2nd)*, Jason Gunter (3rd)*, Lenka Juranova (3rd)*, Raynette Tavita (7th), Tayosha Turek
Discus - Raynette Tavita (7th)
Javelin - Raynette Tavita
We also have our Athletes of the Week for the first two meets of the season:
All-Comers @ Snow Canyon
Sprint distance field
boys: Prentiss Miller 11.89 100, Tim Lunt 2:97.78 800, Austin Mikkleson 48-3 shot
girls: Courtney Honeycutt 14.1 100, Liz Lunt 6:04 1600/13:05 3200, Raynette Tavita 32-1 shot
Pine View Invitational
Sprint distance field
boys: Austin Gibbs 11.74 100, Mike Finch 9:49 3200 (6th), Jason Gunter 48-4 shot (3rd)
girls: Janzen Morgan 13.55 100, Frida Nilsson 11:42 3200 (8th), Lenka Juranova 33-08 shot (3rd)
100 meters - Austin Gibbs, Janzen Morgan, Kalli Stubbs
200 meters - Jake Arslanian (3rd)*, Janzen Morgan
800 meters - Devin Gillespie, Jessica Peterson, Liz Harrison, Abby Van Orden
1600 meters - Tyson Boyer (3rd)*, Mike Finch, Devin Gillespie, Casey Kimzey, Kaylee Boyer (5th)*, Frida Nilsson, Rachel Stone
3200 meters - Tyson Boyer (3rd)*, Mike Finch (6th)*, Kaylee Boyer (4th)*, Frida Nilsson (8th)*, Rachel Stone*
Shot Put - Austin Mikkleson (2nd)*, Jason Gunter (3rd)*, Lenka Juranova (3rd)*, Raynette Tavita (7th), Tayosha Turek
Discus - Raynette Tavita (7th)
Javelin - Raynette Tavita
We also have our Athletes of the Week for the first two meets of the season:
All-Comers @ Snow Canyon
Sprint distance field
boys: Prentiss Miller 11.89 100, Tim Lunt 2:97.78 800, Austin Mikkleson 48-3 shot
girls: Courtney Honeycutt 14.1 100, Liz Lunt 6:04 1600/13:05 3200, Raynette Tavita 32-1 shot
Pine View Invitational
Sprint distance field
boys: Austin Gibbs 11.74 100, Mike Finch 9:49 3200 (6th), Jason Gunter 48-4 shot (3rd)
girls: Janzen Morgan 13.55 100, Frida Nilsson 11:42 3200 (8th), Lenka Juranova 33-08 shot (3rd)
Friday, March 9, 2012
All-Comers at Snow Canyon
Here is the info on today's meet (sorry it's late):
Start 3:00 @ Snow Canyon HS
bus leaving at 2:00 sharp
order:
(girls them boys)
1600
100/110 hurdles
100
4x100
400
300 hurdles
800
medley
200
3200
4x00
Field events:
boys jav
boys shot
boys long jump
girls disc
girls high jump
boys high jump
boys disc
girls long jump
girls shot
girls jav
Start 3:00 @ Snow Canyon HS
bus leaving at 2:00 sharp
order:
(girls them boys)
1600
100/110 hurdles
100
4x100
400
300 hurdles
800
medley
200
3200
4x00
Field events:
boys jav
boys shot
boys long jump
girls disc
girls high jump
boys high jump
boys disc
girls long jump
girls shot
girls jav
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Track Starts!
Track season is underway! Practice will be held every afternoon starting at 3:00 at Panther Stadium.
A downloadable/printable schedule is posted to the right.
AND...
an ATHLETE/PARENT MEETING will be held Thursday at 3:00 in the PVHS lecture hall. Look for required paperwork to come home as well as fundraising info.
A downloadable/printable schedule is posted to the right.
AND...
an ATHLETE/PARENT MEETING will be held Thursday at 3:00 in the PVHS lecture hall. Look for required paperwork to come home as well as fundraising info.
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