Week 22

Heading into some post-season racing this week!  Here's what we got coming up:

• Halloween run on Monday afternoon - bring your $ for ice-cream and costume to run in!
• Race on Friday at the Dirt Mile - girls at 4:00p, guys right after.  Carpool over right after school.  Wear some sort of PV gear (your uni, old uni, singlet...)
• The few of you who haven't finished your Nike payment, please do!
• Trip to Phoenix is coming all together - look for an online itinerary coming this week sometime.
• Pictures are getting posted.  Take a look.
• XC banquet is on Nov 15th!

Week 21 and State Recap

Just an absolutely amazing week for PVXC!  The State meet turned out to be our most successful ever.  The goal of the team all year was to have our best meet at State and we truly did.

The Rowdies were all over and making all sorts of noise for the Panthers and it had a huge influence.

The Girls claimed our first State Title since 2001.  And did so in record setting fashion.  Our 85:15 time was a team record by 2 minutes and the 4th fastest 3A time ever!  Our team got out strong and continually moved up throughout the race.  Leading the way was Rylee, who set a new school record on her way to claiming 5th pace.  Just behind her was Jessica who in taking 6th was the fastest Freshman in all divisions!  Caroline and Josie made 2nd Team All-State with their 8th and 11th place performances.  And Jacey (15th) and Ellie (19th) made 3rd Team All-State.  Addi also had one of her best races of the season and displaced scorers from every team but 3! The girls finished 4th in the Utah merge and defeated the #23 and 24 teams in the nation!

1.  Pine View HS   45

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
5.	651	Rylee Holt	18:47.5	5.	00:24.9		00:37.6
6.	650	Jessica Hill	18:52.5	6.	00:29.9
8.	648	Caroline Clements	19:01.8	8.	00:39.2
11.	647	Josie Bushar	19:09.2	11.	00:46.6
15.	649	Jacey Finch	19:25.1	15.	01:02.5
19.	646	Ellie Bushar	19:32.7	(17.)	01:10.1
35.	645	Addi Baker	20:23.7	(33.)	02:01.1
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:35:16.1)			45

The Boys finished an unbelievable race just 4 points off DH.  In doing so, we placed 3 runners on 1st Team All-State: Carson (5th), Dallen (6th), and Mitch (7th); Julien as 2nd Team All-State; and Alex 3rd Team All-State.  And Logan and Spencer both displaced runners from every single team except DH!  Our team time was a new team record by nearly 30 secs over the 4A State Champion team of 2010 that was ranked as high as #13 in the nation and finished the season ranked #27!

2.  Pine View HS   50 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 5.  657     Carson Horspool 15:51.3 5. 00:24.2 00:43.4 6.  654     Dallen Gillespie 16:00.6 6. 00:33.5 7.  658     Mitchell Price 16:05.6 7. 00:38.5 13.  653     Julien Canales 16:20.8 13. 00:53.7 19.  656     Alex Hill 16:34.7 19. 01:07.6 22.  655     Logan Hall 16:42.7 (22.) 01:15.6 30.  652     Spencer Bell 16:52.6 (30.) 01:25.5 2. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:20:53.0)

Finally, we want to give a huge congrats to Josie and Mitch on earning Academic All-State with 4.0 GPA's!

Here's some info for the week:

• Enter Week 20 Minutes here - This is our final counting of minutes for the season.  Please enter minutes for Monday - Wednesday (State) for this past week.  And go back and catch up whatever you haven't for the past few weeks.  These will be totaled up early this week.
• Still looking to finish off our club trip to Nike - we've got 4 spots left.
• The final total for Nike will be $200 - the remaining $ (for most of you $100) will be due this week (Wednesday the 26th?)
• Our Team Awards Night will be November 15th (Tuesday) at PVHS - look for more info coming soon!
• Workouts are posted for the coming week - Level 2/3 remember early long run on Monday at 5:30; wear your bright camp shirts.
• Pics from Region, State, Team Pics and other races will be updated and posted at pvxc.blogspot as soon as I can get my school computer problems figured out (sorry) - feel free to download and use any/all the pics you want!

Just one last thing, a huge thanks from the coaches for all that you have done this year.  Parents, thanks for trusting with your kids.  Hopefully we have had a positive influence on them (because they have on ours).  Athletes, thanks for your hard work and dedication.  You have not only grown a ton yourselves, you have helped others around you do things they never dreamed possible.  Those who are moving on to other winter sports... have fun!  We'll see you guys back at track in the spring.  Those who aren't doing a winter sport... Please keep coming out!  Whether you are going with us to Nike or not, keep coming out!  The only way to become a better runner is to run.  We love having all of you around and want you to keep being part of this program - through the winter, in the spring, and into next year and beyond.  Thanks Again!

State News:
The Spectrum - Boys
The Spectrum - Girls
The Spectrum - Girls (pics)
St. George News
Deseret News
Salt Lake Tribune - Boys
Salt Lake Tribune - Girls

Week 20 and Region Recap

Another great Region 9 Championship for PV!  Below are the results... we are so proud of how great all the Panthers ran.  So much hard work and time put in during the past 4 months paying off in the race.
The JV Girls ran a great race - congrats to Brianna and Alli for their 1, 2 finish!  And congrats to the whole group on taking 2nd (just 7 points back of DH)

2.  Pine View HS   37 Place Bib     Name Time Score Behind Winner Spread 1.  1788     Brianna Loya 20:45.9 1. NA 01:43.3 2.  1789     Alli Peterson 21:09.5 2. 00:23.6 5.  1787     Carli Kimzey 21:44.1 5. 00:58.2 14.  1781     Jada Chepkwurui 22:28.2 14. 01:42.3 15.  1782     Jenessa Finch 22:29.2 15. 01:43.3 18.  1786     Maycee Hayes 22:49.4 (18.) 02:03.5 20.  1792     Seanne Smith 23:18.7 (20.) 02:32.8 22.  1778     Sylvia Brown 23:48.6 NS  03:02.7 48.  1784     Ashley Hall 25:56.1 NS  05:10.2 54.  1777     Kylee Brown 26:16.3 NS  05:30.4 70.  1773     Claudia Almenara 27:30.6 NS  06:44.7 72.  1776     Brynnli Borrowman 28:02.8 NS  07:16.9 76.  1775     Kaylee Benson 28:30.2 NS  07:44.3 77.  1785     Mallory Hauck 28:34.1 NS  07:48.2 86.  1783     Anna Green 31:10.3 NS  10:24.4 2. (Total time for scoring runners: 1:48:36.9)

The JV Guys then pulled together a great race.  A big congrats to Nathan who pulled together he first win ever with a killer last mile.  The guys pulled together the biggest win and lowest score of the meet!

1.  Pine View HS   23

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
1.	1744	Nathan Beitler	16:52.9	1.	NA		00:58.3
3.	1742	Mikey Abegglen	17:00.6	3.	00:07.7
4.	1764	Xander Reese	17:17.1	4.	00:24.2
7.	1765	Anwar Schone	17:47.9	7.	00:55.0
8.	1762	Corbin Paxman	17:51.2	8.	00:58.3
9.	1760	Dylan Miraglia	17:57.9	(9.)	01:05.0
11.	1746	Evan Boyer	18:05.6	(11.)	01:12.7
21.	1766	Colton Staheli	18:53.7	NS	02:00.8
25.	1752	Tanner Hadlock	18:56.8	NS	02:03.9
31.	1768	Gabe Valencia	19:00.4	NS	02:07.5
32.	1747	Cooper Despain	19:04.3	NS	02:11.4
33.	1763	Grant Poulsen	19:07.9	NS	02:15.0
34.	1761	Joshua Miraglia	19:11.5	NS	02:18.6
46.	1745	Tavin Borrowman	19:28.2	NS	02:35.3
50.	1772	Jaron Woodruff	19:40.4	NS	02:47.5
53.	1754	Braden Holmes	20:00.7	NS	03:07.8
55.	1755	James Holt	20:06.0	NS	03:13.1
58.	1756	Parker Jaten	20:12.3	NS	03:19.4
84.	1758	Alex Klein	20:59.4	NS	04:06.5
87.	1751	Miles Gilmore	21:11.2	NS	04:18.3
92.	1753	Tyler Hanson	21:18.8	NS	04:25.9
111.	1769	Kaleb Van Fleet	21:57.1	NS	05:04.2
116.	1750	Tyler Evans	22:16.8	NS	05:23.9
119.	1770	Landon Warby	22:20.9	NS	05:28.0
120.	1748	Connor Deuel	22:21.3	NS	05:28.4
128.	1771	James Wilde	22:45.2	NS	05:52.3
134.	1767	Jose Urioso	23:39.2	NS	06:46.3
145.	1759	Adam Lowe	24:16.6	NS	07:23.7
155.	1743	Caleb Adams	25:06.9	NS	08:14.0
160.	1749	Spencer Deuel	25:50.5	NS	08:57.6
162.	1757	Daniel Judd	38:40.2	NS	21:47.3
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:26:49.7)			23

The Varsity ladies then pushed through a little bit of an off day and a great race by DH to claim our 3rd straight Region Title!

1.  Pine View HS   34

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
3.	1804	Caroline Clements	19:09.4	3.	00:07.1		00:37.6
7.	1807	Rylee Holt	19:18.3	6.	00:16.0
8.	1806	Jessica Hill	19:30.8	7.	00:28.5
9.	1803	Josie Bushar	19:32.7	8.	00:30.4
11.	1802	Ellie Bushar	19:47.0	10.	00:44.7
12.	1805	Jacey Finch	19:48.3	(11.)	00:46.0
17.	1801	Addi Baker	20:40.0	(16.)	01:37.7
1.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:37:18.2)			34

And finally, the boys put a ton of pressure on DH and ended up just 6 points off.

2.  Pine View HS   40

Place	Bib	Name	Time	Score	Behind Winner	Spread
4.	1796	Dallen Gillespie	15:58.9	4.	00:19.9		00:42.7
7.	1795	Julien Canales	16:10.4	7.	00:31.4
8.	1800	Mitchell Price	16:13.8	8.	00:34.8
9.	1799	Carson Horspool	16:20.6	9.	00:41.6
12.	1797	Logan Hall	16:41.6	12.	01:02.6
15.	1794	Spencer Bell	16:48.2	(15.)	01:09.2
22.	1798	Alex Hill	17:17.3	(22.)	01:38.3
2.	(Total time for scoring runners: 1:21:25.3)

Hooray to us!  Region Cup Champs again!

Check out this important info for next week:

• Enter Week 19 Minutes here - this is our last full week of minutes; our minute count for the year ends on Wednesday (State), so get your minutes caught up!
• Speaking of STATE: As of last Friday, we only had about 12 spots or so left; remember this is first come first serve.  Get your receipt ($25 for hotel) in to Coach Holt - pay at the PVHS Finance Office.
• We will be leaving for State on Tuesday around 10:00 and returning Wednesday night.  A full itinerary will be sent home tomorrow for those who are going.
• Workouts for the week - important info:
• Monday AM - Track workout at 6:15, bring your XC spikes
• Monday afternoon - short run after TEAM PICTURES - BRING YOUR FULL UNIFORM
• Tuesday no AM practice, just a short run Tuesday afternoon up in Salt Lake
• Thursday and Fri no AM practice, but we will have practice in the afternoon for those who are taking the XC Club trip to Phoenix (we will start up AM practice again next week)
• Phoenix/Nike Trip - we have 4 spots left; let's fill them up!

Region News:

Spectrum

St. George News

Week 19 (REGION!) and Snow Canyon Recap

We had another awesome week.  Some solid workouts for the Varsity and great racing by the JV.  At Snow Canyon, our Youngsters again got us started off well.  The have been an very impressive group this year, and we want to give a huge thanks to all those who have helped coach and work with them - especially Coach Baker and Coach Bushar.  In the high school girls' race, we saw strong races and efforts from everyone.  The only girls beating us were some of the varsity runners from other teams.  In the boys' race, we saw the same thing.  It has been very impressive to see everyone's improvement throughout the year.  This is, without a doubt, due to the hard work put in by each and everyone of you everyday.  You have been a very fun group to coach and spend time with.  From June and through the long, hot summer; to the craziness of high-altitude camp; the excitement of our first races; and the push of tough workouts and lots of miles all the way to championship season; all of you have earned the right to have your very best races in the next few weeks!  Let's have a great Region meet this week and give it our all.
Here are the announcements for the week:

• Enter Minutes for Week 18 here
• Practice schedule will be up some day (!), but for now, just remember this... LEVEL 2 and 3's YOUR MONDAY AM PRACTICE WILL BE AT 6:00am - be there on time in your bright shirts ready for around a 60 min run.  
• RACE: Region on Tuesday at Bloomington Hills North Park.  JV Girls will race at 4:00p, JV Boys will follow at app. 4:40p, then Varsity Girls at about 5:10p, and finally Varsity Boys at 5:40p.  Please note, those start times are approximate.  We will NOT have a bus to the meet - as this is our home course and the coaches will already be at the course helping set up.  Both HS and MS will be excused at 2:15p on Tuesday.  Each athlete is expected to arrange his/her ride to the meet.  Monday at practice we will be finalizing all those rides.
• YOUNGSTERS - we are hoping to get a race for you on Tuesday as well.  As of right now, SC (who is hosting Region) isn't planning on it.  So we are trying to get our club and the Thunder XC Club to host a race.  Hopefully it will take place right after the Varsity Boys race at around 6:00p.  That way you can all come out and watch the high school teams and then have a great race to end your season.  We will update this post and get an email out to you through Coach Baker with updates!
• We will have practice on Wednesday after Region (after school) and we will also have practice over the Fall Break.  If you are planning on traveling with the team to State (and are in town) you need to be at those practices.  They will be at 12:30 and the time and place will be announced.
• Speaking of State... We are planning on filling the bus to go to State and cheer on the team!  We want everyone that can/wants to, to come with us.  The cost for the non-participants is $25 (this covers the hotel room).  This needs to be paid to the finance office at the HS ASAP!  We will take the first 34 who sign up.  Some of you have already covered the cost with your run-a-thon fundraiser.  We will be getting a count Monday afternoon at practice.  For this trip, we will be leaving on Tuesday (18th) around 10:00 and staying the night up in Salt Lake, going to the race on Wednesday and returning later that evening (a whole itinerary will be sent home to those who will traveling).
• Team Pics - we will be having our team pictures on Monday the 17th before afternoon practice.

Week 18, Cedar Invite Recap and Utah Rankings

What a solid week for the team!  It was a tough one as we hit some solid workouts Monday morning and then Tuesday afternoon.  We were able to bounce back and put together some great team and individual performances at the Cedar Invite on Friday.  We ran the modified version of the course that we ran earlier in the year - a full 3 mile course and about 20-40 seconds slower than previous years.  Our Youngsters got us started with some great racing.  Then the JV girls really put down the hammer on the field.  Sylvia (1st) and Brianna (2nd) led the team to the lowest score of the meet and a team score of 28 to easily outdistance the field.  The JV boys followed with an equally strong showing and the biggest margin of victory at the meet.  Led by Anwar (2nd) and Corbin (4th), we placed 6 in the top 15 to win by 52 points.  The Varsity girls then ran their strongest race of the season.  A very strong team showing saw all five scorers in the top 12 with a spread of just 32 seconds led by Jessica's 18:00.0 3rd place performance, Caroline in 4th, Ellie in 6th, Rylee 10th, and Josie 12th; and Jacey's score of 19 displaced every other team in the meet.  This led to a 34-61,68,73 win over very good DH and Timpview teams and a quickly improving Cedar team.  The Varsity boys closed out the meet with a very exciting battle with DH.  We placed 4 in the top 15 led by Carson (5th) and Dallen (8th) to finish just 7 points behind DH.  A gutsy performance by Julien (who had been sick all week - along with Spencer), and improving performances by Alex and Logan look to keep the pressure on for a great Region and State meet between the two schools.  All the super performances by the team and individuals really show us one of the coolest things about XC - when you put the team above all your other concerns, you will be paid back with awesome performances of your own.  Like we talked about last Monday - if you are living the life of a Renegade, it will give you back more than you could ever put in.  So keep working on developing that Renegade of Run lifestyle... a fully balanced life, where your running helps balance your life and your life helps balance running; sleep, eating habits, study and school, church and family all leading to a harmony that will help you achieve y[our] own greatness!
We finished off the week with a great time volunteering at mile 22 of the St. George Marathon.  Thanks to Mitch for organizing this all.  What an awesome way to give back to the sport and community that has brought so much to us.  An inspiration to watch and support everyone out there giving their very best.  And congrats to all the family and friends of PVXC who participated in the marathon this year!
A few important announcements for the week, so check them all out:

• Enter Week 17 Minutes here - we'll be entering minutes for the past few weeks and closing them up for entry... so get all caught up.  Thanks to all those who are taking the time to record and track your running through a blog, a week report, journaling, or whatever.  Tracking your running is another important part of being a Renegade.  It shows the commitment and buy-in to the program and your individual continued growth.
• RACE: This week the JV will race on Wednesday at Snow Canyon.  The meet time has been adjusted a little - A MS race will be at 4:00 and an Elementary race at 4:30 (these races will be $2, if you paid your pre-season $5 you are covered; if not, pay to Coach Baker).  The HS Girls will race at 5:00 and the HS boys will follow (app. 5:30).  We do have a bus for the HS team (You must travel over on the bus and then can travel home with your parents after checking out with Coach Roberts.
• Workouts might not be caught up today... but I will try - For now, just remember, Level 2 and 3 will have AM practice Monday at 5:30.  The Varsity will have a workout Wednesday over at Snow Canyon and then we will have a full team workout on Friday afternoon.  Most of the rest of the week will follow the usual schedule.
• Nike SW XC Regionals - Here is some important info for the PVXC Club trip to Phoenix for Nike Southwest: Each of you should have picked up the pink paper with all the info on it.  Parents, get this paper from your son/daughter.  It has ALL the important info.  For now, it looks like the total cost will be $200.  The first $100 and the permission slip is due October 6th!  The remainder will be due later in the month (around State).  Please make checks out to PVXC Club and all payments need to be made through Coach Holt (NOT the HS - this is a club event, not a HS event!).
• Also, here are the latest Utah XC rankings from Milesplit (released last week).  It is pretty awesome to see that we are one of just 6 schools from the state to be ranked in the top 10 in both boys and girls (and all the others are 4A and 5A schools).  We have a pretty dang awesome team!  You guys are all amazing; so glad that you are part of it, and let us be part of it!
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