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!
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