Week 13 and SUU Invite Recap

Another great week in the books for the Panthers!  After a very LONG and HOT summer, we have started to see the results of all the hard work we have put in.  At SUU everyone ran so well!  We want to say so sorry to the JV girls that got affected by the race/timing screw up.  That is so bumma.  I was really mad (and kind of am still - because so many of you ran amazing races and it would have been great to have a time to back that up), but like in life, mistakes happen and there isn't anything to be done to change it now other than pull out all the positives of why each person individually ran so well.  So dwell on those and keep doing those things!  The race itself was great to watch.  Caroline ran a great race; so great she won it twice!  We have to guestimate her time a bit, but can fairly safely say it would have been between 18:50 and 19:20... a 19:10 would have placed her right around 7th/8th in the Varsity race.  There were also great races run by Carli, Sylvia, Brynnli, Janessa and many others.  The JV girls would have taken a very solid 2nd place if all had been run properly.  The JV boys then stepped up and opened it up.  A pack of Spencer B., Mikey and Nathan took out the early lead and kept it strong throughout the race.  In his first full race as a Panther, Spencer B. claimed the JV title in 16:32 (a time that would have placed him in the top 20 in Varsity).  Mikey finished a strong 2nd, Nathan 6th; then Corbin, Grant, Parker, and Cooper finished 10th-13th to help secure the team title over DH 30-37.  The Varsity Girls eventually got started and we formed a strong pack up front.  For most of the race Rylee, Jessica, and Josie led the pack and the race.  Rylee's strongest run of the season resulted in her finishing 2nd overall (just 3 secs. off the win; and 5 seconds off our PV course record), following Rylee by just 1 second was Jessica and then two seconds back of her was Josie (for a 2,3,4 finish).  Ellie and Jacey finished the last mile strong to get just enough places back to hold on to the win at 32-34 over DH.  The Varsity Boys also had a great result through tight packing.  Alex led the group out strong and they responded to finish 4th - an exciting kick by Carson - 6th, Mitch; 7th, Dallen; 8th, Julien; 9th, Alex; and 11th, Logan.  That 28sec spread nearly overcame DH and we ended up just short at 30-34, but with our best team race in many years (and with times - on both the guys and girls side - that are very worthy of a national ranking)!

Great job to everyone; and thanks parents for all your support.  Let's keep it rolling as we move into a very important week of training.

• Please enter Week 12 Minutes - and catch up anything you haven't, because I won't look back past the last week or two to update after Monday.
• Workouts are posted (over on the right); remember... 
• Monday morning early - 5:30a in your camp shirts
• Monday afternoon meeting in Coach Holt's room
• Wednesday afternoon we will carpool over to BHNP for the workout
• Friday afternoon we will carpool into Washington for the workout on the Dirt Mile
• Tuesday and Thursday are weights in the morning
• Car Wash - is kind of up in the air right now.  The reason; because of district $ and travel guidelines, we cannot hold the car wash at Sandstone (it is a long and often frustrating discussion, ask me later if you want more details).  So anyway, we are trying to secure another location to hold the car wash.  We would still like to hold it this weekend so we can start collecting $ for our club trip to Nike SW in Phoenix (or Cali for Foot Locker if that doesn't work out).  Sorry that this has happened, but sometimes we have to roll with the punches.

Region Previews and Preason SW Rankings

Some good articles and our teams getting some props!

Previews of Region 9 XC from The Spectrum
Girls
Boys

DyeStat SW Preseason rankings

Saucony Flo50 SW Preseason rankings

Week 12 and Desert Relays

What a great week!  Thanks to all those who came out to the early run on Monday morning AND WORE YOUR CAMP SHIRTS (same thing this week... run starts at 5:30a, wear the camp shirt).  We had a good workout at the park on Wednesday and then followed that up with a very strong race at the Desert Relays.  Both races looked to be very close coming into them, but we were probably on the down side of those scores.  The girls got us started off very well, especially our 3-6th teams, and we were able to flip the score and secure our 3rd straight title by 2 points over a DH team that ran even stronger than last week.  Jacey Finch won our lone Plate with a huge run on Leg 3, besting her Leg record (set last year) by 5 seconds!  The boys followed suit by pulling what would probably be called an upset and winning by just 1 point!  It was a great race, and all the boys pulled together for their first win over the 3x defending state champs in 4 years.  Probably the greatest thing about these wins is that as a team we won only 1 of the 6 individual titles, but in the true definition of TEAM, everyone did their best and helped Pine View to achieve our best!  Great job Panthers; we are so proud of you guys.  We then capped the night off with our annual Run-A-Thon.  There was a ton of team bonding, great games, running, food, wildness and whatever else you could imagine.  Awesome times... and glad it's done.
A lot of stuff coming up this week too.  Check out every bit of info:

• Enter Week 11 Minutes
• To all our new teammates; you must get your registration done at registermyathlete.com, get your fees paid to the HS, and turn in your physical
• Workouts are posted - important info:
• Monday - am at 5:30; pm meet in Coach Holt's room at 3:00, ready to run (even with the short day - stick around, or come back, whatever... just be there, see below)
• Wednesday - meet at PVHS and carpool over to the park for the workout
• Race: SUU INVITE, Saturday at Bicentennial Park in Cedar (times and bus info TBA)
• And as usual, get on the remind app for text updates (scroll down a bit for info) and follow us on Insta and Twitter at @pvxctrack

Just a quick note, but a very important one, on practice - Our team is growing a lot.  We will have over 70 athletes registered by this week.  This means it is even more important than ever to make sure you are at practice for every required workout (and only use the optional ones when very needed).  Many of our trips will only take between 48 (like Murray and Nebo) and low 50's athletes.  The very first way that we will determine the traveling squad is attendance at practice.  YOU MUST BE AT EVERY REQUIRED PRACTICE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEK TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RACE! (AND FOR OVERNIGHT TRIPS IT WILL BE 2+ WEEKS.)

Week 11 and Cedar All-Comers Recap

A lot of great stuff this past week:  School started, so that was awesome! 
At the Cedar All-Comers on Tuesday, the team ran well and got the racing season off to a good start.  Many of our Youngsters traveled up and saw great races as a result of hard summer training.  Scottie Bushar won the race overall and we placed many boys and girls in the top 10.  The HS girls race was won by our very own Josie Bushar!  Our Varsity pack slipped off a bit and we got beat narrowly by a very good DH team 28-35.  But we'll continue pushing forward and see great things happen!  Especially considering our #2 runner was Freshman Jessica Hill; great job Jess.  We also saw strong races from Brynnli Borrowman and Carli Kimzey.  The boys were up on DH for about 2 miles, but slipped off a bit in the final mile and ended up getting beat by about 10 points (28-38 ?).  Mitch Price led the team with a great run in the front pack (finishing 3rd) along with Dallen Gillespie. 
On Friday and Saturday, the top 8 guys and 9 girls headed up to Pine Valley for our Renegade Camp.  We had some great discussions, played games, and ran up the mountain.  It was awesome!  Thanks to Coach Robs for the use of the cabin and putting up with everyone.

Here's the important info for the upcoming week:

• Get your Week 10 Minutes in.
• Usual reminder about registration: Almost everyone got it done!  But those that haven't or are new to the team, you need to register at registermyathlete.com as well as get your physical done and turned in to the office and pay your participation fee to the Finance Office and give Kara (secretary in the main office) your receipt.
• Workouts are posted to the side - check them out, especially your workout times for Wednesday afternoon (we will meet together Wed. afternoon and then carpool over to BHNP for the workout).  Please remember that Level 2 and 3's are meeting at 5:30a on Monday for their long run.  It will be tough to get up, but you'll be happy you did when it is near 110 Monday afternoon.
• Monday afternoon all team members will meet for an info meeting at 3:00p in Coach Holt's room (304) - hopefully we can move the meeting to the lecture hall.
• Race on Friday - Desert Relays - PV vs. DH at Bloomington Hills North Park at 6:00p.  There will be no bus; athletes need to arrive at 5:15 to get race assignments and warm-up.  Youngsters are invited to run this race (they will race at the same time as the HS races).
• Run-a-thon will be Friday after the race (app. 8:00p) at PVHS.  Specific running times will be sent home on Monday.
• We will be getting Car Wash tickets this week, so look for those soon.
• Remember to check us out on Insta and Twitter @pvxctrack
• AND Finally... any 6th-8th graders, the YOUNGSTERS are officially starting on Monday at 3:00p at the HS (meet near the PV marquee in front of the building).  Check out the post on it from last week.

Youngsters Practice

We have put together our practice schedule for our Middle School Club - The Youngsters.
Practices will be held Monday, Tuesday and Friday at PVHS at 3:00 starting August 15th.  These practices are led by Coaches Martha Baker and Scott Bushar.  There is no cost for the club, but some of the races have a cost associated with them, and the uniform has a cost (but it is not necessary to purchase) - check out the Spirit Pack info a few posts down for info about the Youngsters uniform options.
It is important that each athlete who wants to participate with the club have the Youngsters Consent Form filled out and signed.
And it is VERY IMPORTANT to know that each runner will not be directly supervised at all times.  We try and keep the kids here at the school as much as possible, but our space is limited.  So on occasion, runs may head into neighborhoods near the school.  Coaches will be near the runners and the safest routes possible will be chosen, but not every runner can be watched at all times.  This is part of the inherent risk of running and EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO EXPLAIN/DISCUSS SAFETY WITH EACH YOUNGSTER!

Week 10

We just finished up a great week of high altitude camp up at Deer Haven Campground.  Thanks to all the parents who helped get the team up and down the mountain.  Thanks to Papa Holt for the tasty meals.  And a huge thanks to all the captains and the great work they did to pull off such a big effort.  We had all sorts of activities, great runs, rain, skits, rain and did we mention rain! 
This week we will not only be starting school on Thursday, we will be having our first race on Tuesday.  Check the info below for important XC related stuff:

• Practice schedule and workouts are posted - remember we will be meeting Monday at PVHS at 6:30a
• Your Minutes for Week 9 need to be updated
• Sponsor Paperwork is due MONDAY - turn the money in to the finance office at PVHS and bring receipt and paperwork to Coach Holt
• Spirit Pack info is due MONDAY at am practice - the info can be found in last week's post - and the Team/Parent shirt has been updated, so check it out (if you don't turn in your spirit pack paperwork in on time, you will not get the things you want #bumma)
• RACE: Tuesday we will head up to Cedar HS for the Cedar All-Comers - the bus for 9-12th graders will be leaving the HS at 4:00p.  All members of the team MUST ride the bus to the race, but can ride home with their own parent upon sign-out with Coach Roberts after the whole team races. 
• EVERY HS (9-12th Grade) athlete MUST have all paperwork at registermyathlete.com complete, Physical turned in, and Participation Fee paid to be cleared to race
• We will be getting our uniforms after Tuesday am practice
• Schedule: Youngsters (middle school race - 1.75 miles) 5:30p, HS Girls 6:00p, HS Boys 6:30p app.
• Team Night at the St. George Running Center - Thursday at 7:15 - pizza, presentations, shoes, prizes

Utah Team Previews from Milesplit - (contact me for the login if you need to)

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     Boys

Wow!  What a summer - we had a lot of great stuff going on.  Let's keep it up as we transition to the school year.  Think about how many of you talked about a person who recruited you and made a difference in you coming out to XC... I challenge everyone of you to now be that person for someone else as we move into the school year.  It is a perfect time to get someone started.  Challenge them to come out for 2 weeks and see how much they really like it.  And calm all their fears by telling them about how it was when you got started and what you like about it so much.  This is going to be a truly special year and we want to share it with everyone that we can.