We'll just hit a few quick things for this coming week:
Monday we will have early morning practice at 5:30a for Level 2's and 3's (1's are optional). In the afternoon, we will have our afternoon meeting and then practice for everyone.
Tuesday will be weights and a short run at 6:15a (Levels 2 and 3, 1 optional). In the afternoon we will have our annual Halloween run - wear a costume (that is runnable) and enough money for an ice cream cone at Arctic Circle.
Wednesday will be the usual morning run at 6:15a (Level 3 required, 2 optional - no Freshies) with a run in the afternoon.
Thursday will be weights and a short run at 6:15a (Levels 2 and 3, 1 optional). We will have no afternoon practice; instead, we will have the PV Autumn Classic at PVHS in the evening. This year it will be a 2 mile track race against DH (and whoever else). We will be sending our times into the Hoka Postal Nationals competition. Race schedule: Youngsters - 7:00p, Girls Open Heat 7:15p, Boys Open Heat 7:30p, Girls Seeded Heat (top 30 'ish) 7:45p, Boys Seeded Heat 8:00p.
Friday will be the usual morning run at 6:15a (Level 3 required, 2 optional - no Freshies) with a run in the afternoon.
Saturday we would like to meet with everyone that can and have a workout.
Banquet: has been scheduled for Thursday, November 9th at 6:00p.
Nike: If you haven't finished your Nike payment ($185 total) please do so ASAP.
This week's quote: "Be excellent to each other." - Bill and Teds' Excellent Adventure
Let's all work on supporting each other and helping one another do awesome things!
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Week 21
Wow.. What a week! Go back to the last post for a recap of State, but we want to just give one more big thanks for all of you (athletes, parents, friends); you are all what makes this team come together; you are all what makes this whole thing great.
A couple things for this new week -
A couple things for this new week -
- The season is officially over, so those who want to be done running can. However, our club will continue to train using our normal practice schedule.
- We need to get a final report of minutes. So please report your Week 20 minutes here (add up Monday - Wednesday; since the season ended the day of State).
- The workouts for the week aren't quite final yet (you might check later and they will be), but we will be meeting Monday morning at 5:30a for our long run. You must wear white or bright yellow/green. Grey, pink, purple, blue, etc... don't cut it.
- The final payment for Nike is due - we were able to keep the total at $185. Please bring you payment to Coach Holt ASAP.
- If you don't want text notifications anymore, reply to the message saying so and you'll be taken off the list.
- If anyone new wants to come out and join us (or maybe rejoin us if you've been gone for a little!), come on out. Now is a great time to start running (again).
A fitting quote from Olympian and World Cup Champion Mia Hamm - "Celebrate what you accomplish, but raise the bar each time you succeed."
Thursday, October 19, 2017
State Champs!
At yesterday's UHSAA State Championships, Pine View XC came home with a 1st place for the 4A Girls and 2nd place for the 4A Boys.
Last week's Region 9 Championships were a bit of a disappointment in some ways, so this week's focus was really on the team tactics it was going to take for us to do our best at State. A renewed focus was placed on being our best as a team and individually no matter the place.
Before getting into the race recap, we want to give a huge congratulations to Jacey, Carson, and Alex on achieving Academic All-State! This is an enormous achievement in XC that shows a tremendous dedication to school as well as running - the GPA of every group was 4.0.
We came into the season with high hopes for the girls team. We were returning nearly everyone off of our state championship team and were adding an excellent Freshman class. However, as in life, not everything went according to plan and the year was a little tougher than we may have liked. However, at the same time, the peaks and valleys of the season provided us many opportunities for growth and improvement; and when it mattered most, those lessons paid off. Throughout the race, every girl had a time or two where she had to dig very deep and overcome the difficulties of racing - and in the end, each girl responded with strength and courage. Jessica finished 5th (4th scorer) in a new school record time of 18:22.6! (She was the 2nd quickest Sophomore of the entire State meet.) She was followed by 4A's fastest Freshman Alli who finished in 12th at 19:05. Soon after Alli, we placed our next four finishers: Caroline - 15th, 19:09; Ellie - 16th, 19:15; Rylee - 17th, 19:23; Jacey - 19:24. Our 7th finisher, Sylvia, finished in 34th with a 20:03 and was 1 position out of beating every team's 5th runner. This was our best team race of the season... our tightest spread (1:01) and tied our fast team time ever 1:35:16 (from last year).
The boys started their race very strong. At the top of the first hill, we were running very controlled in the front of the chase pack with 4 runners together and all 7 within a few seconds of each other. As the race progressed, our pack spread, but once again each runner stepped up to the challenges of the day. Julien ran his best race of the year and finished 9th (7th scorer) in a time of 16:01. Carson hanged in well on a tough day and finished 14th with a 16:08. Alex was 19th with a 16:16. And Nathan and Spencer each had a strong push in the final mile to move up to 28th and 29th in 16:29. Logan was 38th in 16:39, and Dylan finished 59th in 17:08. Coming into the race, everyone knew that this was going to be the toughest team title of the day. There were at least five teams with legitimate shots at winning and the title would go to the team that could bring it together the best on this given day. Our spread of 27 seconds was one of our best boys groupings ever, but it just wasn't quite enough to overcome Stansbury's 17 second pack. Nonetheless, it was a very good race from our boys... we took home a trophy for the 3rd straight year, had one of our top 3 team times ever, and were able to beat our rival for the first time in 5 years at State.
We are so proud of all we accomplished this year so far. The Rowdies were absolutely awesome! We were the loudest, most notable team at the meet without a doubt. The Panthers who came up and supported us were amazing! And the family support was the best! That's why PVXC is the greatest thing out there.
Now... enjoy the moment as we continue to work to improve. There is always more work to do. One great moment begets the next.
Boys Results
Girls Results
Deseret News
St. George News
The Spectrum
Last week's Region 9 Championships were a bit of a disappointment in some ways, so this week's focus was really on the team tactics it was going to take for us to do our best at State. A renewed focus was placed on being our best as a team and individually no matter the place.
Before getting into the race recap, we want to give a huge congratulations to Jacey, Carson, and Alex on achieving Academic All-State! This is an enormous achievement in XC that shows a tremendous dedication to school as well as running - the GPA of every group was 4.0.
We came into the season with high hopes for the girls team. We were returning nearly everyone off of our state championship team and were adding an excellent Freshman class. However, as in life, not everything went according to plan and the year was a little tougher than we may have liked. However, at the same time, the peaks and valleys of the season provided us many opportunities for growth and improvement; and when it mattered most, those lessons paid off. Throughout the race, every girl had a time or two where she had to dig very deep and overcome the difficulties of racing - and in the end, each girl responded with strength and courage. Jessica finished 5th (4th scorer) in a new school record time of 18:22.6! (She was the 2nd quickest Sophomore of the entire State meet.) She was followed by 4A's fastest Freshman Alli who finished in 12th at 19:05. Soon after Alli, we placed our next four finishers: Caroline - 15th, 19:09; Ellie - 16th, 19:15; Rylee - 17th, 19:23; Jacey - 19:24. Our 7th finisher, Sylvia, finished in 34th with a 20:03 and was 1 position out of beating every team's 5th runner. This was our best team race of the season... our tightest spread (1:01) and tied our fast team time ever 1:35:16 (from last year).
The boys started their race very strong. At the top of the first hill, we were running very controlled in the front of the chase pack with 4 runners together and all 7 within a few seconds of each other. As the race progressed, our pack spread, but once again each runner stepped up to the challenges of the day. Julien ran his best race of the year and finished 9th (7th scorer) in a time of 16:01. Carson hanged in well on a tough day and finished 14th with a 16:08. Alex was 19th with a 16:16. And Nathan and Spencer each had a strong push in the final mile to move up to 28th and 29th in 16:29. Logan was 38th in 16:39, and Dylan finished 59th in 17:08. Coming into the race, everyone knew that this was going to be the toughest team title of the day. There were at least five teams with legitimate shots at winning and the title would go to the team that could bring it together the best on this given day. Our spread of 27 seconds was one of our best boys groupings ever, but it just wasn't quite enough to overcome Stansbury's 17 second pack. Nonetheless, it was a very good race from our boys... we took home a trophy for the 3rd straight year, had one of our top 3 team times ever, and were able to beat our rival for the first time in 5 years at State.
We are so proud of all we accomplished this year so far. The Rowdies were absolutely awesome! We were the loudest, most notable team at the meet without a doubt. The Panthers who came up and supported us were amazing! And the family support was the best! That's why PVXC is the greatest thing out there.
Now... enjoy the moment as we continue to work to improve. There is always more work to do. One great moment begets the next.
Boys Results
Girls Results
Deseret News
St. George News
The Spectrum
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Week 20 (State) and Region Recap
We are finally here... State! It has been a long journey and we have been through some ups and some downs, but you've been a remarkable team. We are so proud of all that you have accomplished and how much you've grown as a team and each of you individually. Before we get into our announcements for the week, let's recap the Region 9 Championships.
Youngsters: What an amazing season we've had with our middle school club. A HUGE thanks to our coaches Bethany Price and Katie Widdison, and to everyone else that helped out as well. They brought an amazing energy and excitement to the program and we are so grateful for them. Our last day of club will be tomorrow (Monday). This is our ice cream run to Arctic Circle. So bring enough money for an ice cream cone and let your rides know that you will get done a little later than usual. We love having all our Youngsters come out and run. We hope that you are developing a love for running and will keep coming out with us all the way through high school.
Region was a bit of a mixed bag this year. When you have set the bar as high as our program has, and have the level of goals that we have set, it is a bit of a let down when things don't go perfectly. In life, though, things rarely go perfectly; and what really matters is how you respond to those situations... and I have no doubt we will all continue to grow in a positive way and be even stronger - whether that be at State this coming week, in later races we run, or in life in general. And that is one of the great things about running - there are so many life lessons to learn.
So the JV Girls got us off to a great start. We placed all 5 scorers in the top 10 (Sylvia 3rd, Gracie 4th, Jenessa 5th, Jada 9th, and Addi 10th) and ran away with the team title scoring 31 points to DH's 47 and Cedar's 49.
The JV Boys then took to the course. The race played out a little different than our usual JV races; a few of our runners didn't have great runs, but a few others stepped up. And in the end we placed 2nd to DH. Leading the way were Mikey (3rd) and Scottie (4th). Also placing in the top 10 was JD with a very strong race to 10th.
The Varsity Girls race was a very tight battle between DH, Cedar, and us. Jessica ran strong and placed 3rd after leading much of the race. Jacey then battled to 8th, just 2 seconds out of 6th. We then finished out our scoring with Alli Baker (10th), Caroline (11th), and Rylee (12th) within 6 seconds of each other. We also got help in the scoring from Ellie (14th) as she bumped down every teams points. However, it wasn't quite enough to bring home the trophy as DH out leaned us 43 to 44, with Cedar at 60.
The Varsity Boys race saw somewhat of an upset, as Hurricane took the team title over DH and PV by a score of 45, 52, 63. Carson led the way for us with a 5th place finish, while Nathan also medaled with his 10th place finish. Julien (12th), Logan (17th), and Alex (19th) rounded out our scoring.
For our season-long minutes totals, we only have last week (Week 19) and up until State left. So please go in and enter your minutes for this past week and keep track of everything up until this Wednesday. Enter your Week 19 Minutes here.
State Info: For State, we will be leaving right at the end of lunch on Tuesday. 9th graders will be picked up from PVMS at approx. noon and brought to the HS. We will be staying overnight in Sandy, racing at 1:30p (Girls) and 3:00p (Boys) on Wednesday at SugarHouse Park in SLC and then returning home late on Wednesday evening. An itinerary will be sent home on Monday with those invited to attend the meet. Along with our 14 team members racing at State, we will take about 30-35 others who have shown dedication throughout the season by attending nearly every practice and keeping up in logging most of their minutes. A finalized list of those invited to go to State will be posted tomorrow (Monday) in Coach Holt's room and announced at the team meeting. For those not racing, there will be a $25 hotel fee that needs to be paid to PVHS Finance Office (cash only, no checks). This fee is waived if you have any remaining money from your Run-a-Thon Fundraiser. Those who haven't paid for your Murray hotels ($25) of Bob Firman trip ($50) need to get that taken care of ASAP and bring the receipt to Coach Holt.
Banquet: The date isn't set yet (look for an announcement this week about the date and time), but we are thinking early November. A committee is forming to organize and plan the banquet. Please send Coach Holt a message if you haven't been contacted and would like to help... we need help!
Practice after State: After State, our school XC season is over. We would highly encourage everyone to continue to be active whether it is with a winter sport (wrestling, swim, basketball) or with our club running team. Those planning on coming to Nike in November need to continue to come out to practice with the club. We really couldn't stress enough the importance of continuing to run during the "off-season" to have continued growth in running. Although we will take a couple weeks off in December, the winter between XC and track is basically like the summer is for track... If you want to see continued growth and improvement and have a healthy and successful track season, it is really important to be running with the club in the winter (it isn't required though). We hope that all of you have really enjoyed this season as much as we coaches have. We want to see you continue to reap the benefits of running in your life, and we want you to be around as much as possible. Come out to run with us in the winter. Come out to track in the spring (if your hesitant, you'll be surprised at how much fun it really is). Come and continue to be part of this awesome team!
This Week's Schedule:
Monday - morning practice 6:15a (racing at State required, all others optional); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p, team meeting and short run (everyone).
Tuesday - morning practice 6:30a short run (racing at State required, all others optional). Afternoon practice in SLC.
Wednesday - morning practice shake-out at the hotel (everyone on State trip required); Afternoon race at STATE!
Thursday - no morning practice. Afternoon medium run (everyone who is going to Nike or continuing to train with the club).
Friday - no morning practice. Afternoon medium run (everyone who is going to Nike or continuing to train with the club)
Saturday - run on own or form own group.
Youngsters: What an amazing season we've had with our middle school club. A HUGE thanks to our coaches Bethany Price and Katie Widdison, and to everyone else that helped out as well. They brought an amazing energy and excitement to the program and we are so grateful for them. Our last day of club will be tomorrow (Monday). This is our ice cream run to Arctic Circle. So bring enough money for an ice cream cone and let your rides know that you will get done a little later than usual. We love having all our Youngsters come out and run. We hope that you are developing a love for running and will keep coming out with us all the way through high school.
Region was a bit of a mixed bag this year. When you have set the bar as high as our program has, and have the level of goals that we have set, it is a bit of a let down when things don't go perfectly. In life, though, things rarely go perfectly; and what really matters is how you respond to those situations... and I have no doubt we will all continue to grow in a positive way and be even stronger - whether that be at State this coming week, in later races we run, or in life in general. And that is one of the great things about running - there are so many life lessons to learn.
So the JV Girls got us off to a great start. We placed all 5 scorers in the top 10 (Sylvia 3rd, Gracie 4th, Jenessa 5th, Jada 9th, and Addi 10th) and ran away with the team title scoring 31 points to DH's 47 and Cedar's 49.
The JV Boys then took to the course. The race played out a little different than our usual JV races; a few of our runners didn't have great runs, but a few others stepped up. And in the end we placed 2nd to DH. Leading the way were Mikey (3rd) and Scottie (4th). Also placing in the top 10 was JD with a very strong race to 10th.
The Varsity Girls race was a very tight battle between DH, Cedar, and us. Jessica ran strong and placed 3rd after leading much of the race. Jacey then battled to 8th, just 2 seconds out of 6th. We then finished out our scoring with Alli Baker (10th), Caroline (11th), and Rylee (12th) within 6 seconds of each other. We also got help in the scoring from Ellie (14th) as she bumped down every teams points. However, it wasn't quite enough to bring home the trophy as DH out leaned us 43 to 44, with Cedar at 60.
The Varsity Boys race saw somewhat of an upset, as Hurricane took the team title over DH and PV by a score of 45, 52, 63. Carson led the way for us with a 5th place finish, while Nathan also medaled with his 10th place finish. Julien (12th), Logan (17th), and Alex (19th) rounded out our scoring.
For our season-long minutes totals, we only have last week (Week 19) and up until State left. So please go in and enter your minutes for this past week and keep track of everything up until this Wednesday. Enter your Week 19 Minutes here.
State Info: For State, we will be leaving right at the end of lunch on Tuesday. 9th graders will be picked up from PVMS at approx. noon and brought to the HS. We will be staying overnight in Sandy, racing at 1:30p (Girls) and 3:00p (Boys) on Wednesday at SugarHouse Park in SLC and then returning home late on Wednesday evening. An itinerary will be sent home on Monday with those invited to attend the meet. Along with our 14 team members racing at State, we will take about 30-35 others who have shown dedication throughout the season by attending nearly every practice and keeping up in logging most of their minutes. A finalized list of those invited to go to State will be posted tomorrow (Monday) in Coach Holt's room and announced at the team meeting. For those not racing, there will be a $25 hotel fee that needs to be paid to PVHS Finance Office (cash only, no checks). This fee is waived if you have any remaining money from your Run-a-Thon Fundraiser. Those who haven't paid for your Murray hotels ($25) of Bob Firman trip ($50) need to get that taken care of ASAP and bring the receipt to Coach Holt.
Banquet: The date isn't set yet (look for an announcement this week about the date and time), but we are thinking early November. A committee is forming to organize and plan the banquet. Please send Coach Holt a message if you haven't been contacted and would like to help... we need help!
Practice after State: After State, our school XC season is over. We would highly encourage everyone to continue to be active whether it is with a winter sport (wrestling, swim, basketball) or with our club running team. Those planning on coming to Nike in November need to continue to come out to practice with the club. We really couldn't stress enough the importance of continuing to run during the "off-season" to have continued growth in running. Although we will take a couple weeks off in December, the winter between XC and track is basically like the summer is for track... If you want to see continued growth and improvement and have a healthy and successful track season, it is really important to be running with the club in the winter (it isn't required though). We hope that all of you have really enjoyed this season as much as we coaches have. We want to see you continue to reap the benefits of running in your life, and we want you to be around as much as possible. Come out to run with us in the winter. Come out to track in the spring (if your hesitant, you'll be surprised at how much fun it really is). Come and continue to be part of this awesome team!
This Week's Schedule:
Monday - morning practice 6:15a (racing at State required, all others optional); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p, team meeting and short run (everyone).
Tuesday - morning practice 6:30a short run (racing at State required, all others optional). Afternoon practice in SLC.
Wednesday - morning practice shake-out at the hotel (everyone on State trip required); Afternoon race at STATE!
Thursday - no morning practice. Afternoon medium run (everyone who is going to Nike or continuing to train with the club).
Friday - no morning practice. Afternoon medium run (everyone who is going to Nike or continuing to train with the club)
Saturday - run on own or form own group.
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Week 19 (Region) and Snow Canyon Recap
Before we get into all the great info for Region, let's go back and recap another solid week for the Panthers...
A very big thanks to Corbin on doing a great job organizing the aid station at the marathon. And another big thanks to all those that came and helped. We had a great time, and I know there were a lot of very thankful runners. Good work everyone.
Good work to Scottie on his first HS XC win which took place at this past week's Snow Canyon Invite! He ran a great race and patiently waited to push past the two leaders from SC and take the win. We had a lot of other strong performances as well, including a strong run from Brianna to lead the girls team.
Region: This week we head into Region on Tuesday at Sand Hollow Golf Course (the same location as the Hurricane Invite). The races will begin at 4:00p with the JV Girls, followed by the JV Boys at 4:30, then the Var Girls at 5:00, and Var Boys at 5:30. The MS kids (Youngsters) will then run at 6:00p - please note this change! Awards will follow. The bus will be leaving PV at around 2:15 and then picking up the 9th graders. Everyone must ride the bus. Please, please, please plan on staying the whole meet and cheering for the team. You may leave with your parent after the awards, or on the bus with the team.
After Region Practice Schedule: Those racing at State are required to be at practice on Thurs, Fri. Those who aren't racing at State are still invited. We will continue practice the week of State as usual with morning and afternoon practices. Everyone who is taking the club trip to Nike (Phoenix) needs to plan on continuing to practice with the team during the week of State and the next month building up to Nike. A few of you who have some injuries may be asked to take a few days or so off to get healed up. If you aren't going to Nike, and aren't doing a winter sport, you are still invited to come out and run with us if you'd like - it will definitely help you become a better runner!
Team Banquet: A date hasn't been set for the banquet yet, but we usually hold it around the first week of November. We are looking for any parents who would like to help plan the banquet - please contact Coach Holt if you are interested.
Minutes for Week 18: Update minutes for last week here.
Youngsters: What an awesome year we've had with our Youngsters Club. The club will have practice Monday as usual, followed by the race on Tuesday at 6:00p at Sand Hollow Golf Course (there will only be 1 race on the 2 mile course, not a MS and Elem race). There will be no practice over the long weekend. Then the final practice for our XC season will be on Monday the 16th. It will be the annual ice cream run (bring a little money for ice cream at Arctic Circle - and tell your rides that you will be a little bit later on that day).
A very big thanks to Corbin on doing a great job organizing the aid station at the marathon. And another big thanks to all those that came and helped. We had a great time, and I know there were a lot of very thankful runners. Good work everyone.
Good work to Scottie on his first HS XC win which took place at this past week's Snow Canyon Invite! He ran a great race and patiently waited to push past the two leaders from SC and take the win. We had a lot of other strong performances as well, including a strong run from Brianna to lead the girls team.
Region: This week we head into Region on Tuesday at Sand Hollow Golf Course (the same location as the Hurricane Invite). The races will begin at 4:00p with the JV Girls, followed by the JV Boys at 4:30, then the Var Girls at 5:00, and Var Boys at 5:30. The MS kids (Youngsters) will then run at 6:00p - please note this change! Awards will follow. The bus will be leaving PV at around 2:15 and then picking up the 9th graders. Everyone must ride the bus. Please, please, please plan on staying the whole meet and cheering for the team. You may leave with your parent after the awards, or on the bus with the team.
After Region Practice Schedule: Those racing at State are required to be at practice on Thurs, Fri. Those who aren't racing at State are still invited. We will continue practice the week of State as usual with morning and afternoon practices. Everyone who is taking the club trip to Nike (Phoenix) needs to plan on continuing to practice with the team during the week of State and the next month building up to Nike. A few of you who have some injuries may be asked to take a few days or so off to get healed up. If you aren't going to Nike, and aren't doing a winter sport, you are still invited to come out and run with us if you'd like - it will definitely help you become a better runner!
Team Banquet: A date hasn't been set for the banquet yet, but we usually hold it around the first week of November. We are looking for any parents who would like to help plan the banquet - please contact Coach Holt if you are interested.
Minutes for Week 18: Update minutes for last week here.
Youngsters: What an awesome year we've had with our Youngsters Club. The club will have practice Monday as usual, followed by the race on Tuesday at 6:00p at Sand Hollow Golf Course (there will only be 1 race on the 2 mile course, not a MS and Elem race). There will be no practice over the long weekend. Then the final practice for our XC season will be on Monday the 16th. It will be the annual ice cream run (bring a little money for ice cream at Arctic Circle - and tell your rides that you will be a little bit later on that day).
This Week's Schedule:
Monday - morning practice 6:00a long run (Level 2 & 3 required); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p, team meeting and short run (everyone).
Tuesday - morning practice 6:15a short run (Level 2 & 3 required, Level 1 optional). Afternoon Region at Sand Hollow.
Wednesday - morning practice 6:15a (Racing at State required, any others optional); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p and weights (everyone).
Thursday - morning practice on own. Afternoon TBA (Racing at State required, any others optional).
Friday -morning practice on own. Afternoon TBA (Racing at State required, any others optional).
Saturday - run on own or form own group.
Monday - morning practice 6:00a long run (Level 2 & 3 required); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p, team meeting and short run (everyone).
Tuesday - morning practice 6:15a short run (Level 2 & 3 required, Level 1 optional). Afternoon Region at Sand Hollow.
Wednesday - morning practice 6:15a (Racing at State required, any others optional); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p and weights (everyone).
Thursday - morning practice on own. Afternoon TBA (Racing at State required, any others optional).
Friday -morning practice on own. Afternoon TBA (Racing at State required, any others optional).
Saturday - run on own or form own group.
Thought for the Week:
Just stole this off the internet... don't know who said it (maybe Michael Scott). "Believe in yourself, push your limits, experience life, conquer your goals, and BE HAPPY!"
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Jess is DNews Athlete of the Week
Congrats to Jessica Hill. She was chosen as this past week's Deseret News Athlete of the Week for her performance at Cedar! Read the article here.
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Week 18 and Cedar Recap
Can you believe that we only have just over a week until Region and two weeks until State?! Some days it seemed that we had miles and miles until this time of year, and others times it flew by. Let's bear down these final few days and end the season in the great way that each of you and our team deserves to.
This past week, we raced at the Cedar Invite. It turned out to be one of our best meets of the year. Our JV girls easily handled the competition and won the meet by placing all five scorers in the top 11 - Pyper was 11th, Seanne 9th, Allison Brown 8th, Jada 4th, and Jenessa 2nd! We've got a very bright future ahead of us. The JV boys placed 2nd (even missing a couple key JV scorers) and were led by Parker who placed 6th. The Varsity girls defeated increasing strong DH and Cedar teams 41, 52, 73. All five scorers were medalists and placed in the top 15 - Jacey 15th, Ellie 13, Alli Baker 9th, Caroline 6th, and Jessica 1st. We believe Jessica's win was a meet record, and it earned the highest speed rating ever for a Pine View girl. The Varsity boys then narrowly edged out the field to take home the team title 90, 93 (DH), 96 (Hurr), 103 (Page). Strong packing in the 4th-7th place runners was key. Spencer had his best race of the season and was our 3rd scorer. Alex (14th) and Carson (6th) were our top finishers. It was a strong meet for our whole team, but we have a lot more to do and a lot more to improve on to reach our goals.
This week we have the Snow Canyon Invite on Tuesday for our JV teams (and a few who will be working for Varsity spots at Region). Remember that this meet was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was moved due to a conflict. We hope to have a bus for this meet (but it hasn't been picked up yet by the district) - so info will be spread Monday at the team meeting. There is a Youngsters race at this meet ($2 per youth runner). Meet schedule: MS at 4:00, Elementary at 4:30, HS Girls at 5:00, HS Boys at 5:30 (app).
For the Youngsters, the elementary kids also have the opportunity to race at Grandpa's Pond on Wednesday (I would guess a $2 cost).
Remember, Corbin's Marathon Service Project on Saturday. Info will be passed out during the week.
Nike: We have just a couple spots left. Get your permission slips and down payment ($100) in before we are all full.
This Week's Schedule:
Monday - morning practice 5:30a long run (Level 2 & 3 required); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p, team meeting and short run (everyone).
Tuesday - morning practice 6:15a weights and short run (Level 2 & 3 required, Level 1 optional). Afternoon Snow Canyon Invite (Varsity will have practice).
Wednesday - morning practice 6:15 (Level 3 required Level 2 optional, no Freshmen); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p (everyone).
Thursday - morning practice 6:15a weights and short run (Level 2 & 3 required, Level 1 optional). Afternoon 3:00p (everyone).
Friday - morning practice 6:15 (Level 3 required Level 2 optional, no Freshmen); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon 3:00p (everyone).
Saturday - run on own or form own group.
Monday - morning practice 5:30a long run (Level 2 & 3 required); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p, team meeting and short run (everyone).
Tuesday - morning practice 6:15a weights and short run (Level 2 & 3 required, Level 1 optional). Afternoon Snow Canyon Invite (Varsity will have practice).
Wednesday - morning practice 6:15 (Level 3 required Level 2 optional, no Freshmen); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon practice 3:00p (everyone).
Thursday - morning practice 6:15a weights and short run (Level 2 & 3 required, Level 1 optional). Afternoon 3:00p (everyone).
Friday - morning practice 6:15 (Level 3 required Level 2 optional, no Freshmen); wear white/bright shirt. Afternoon 3:00p (everyone).
Saturday - run on own or form own group.
Thought for the Week:
Although we are approaching the end of our season, we hope everyone of us will always remember this idea. "Success is a journey, not a finish line." - D.H. Groberg
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