Sept. 23-28 (Week 17)

Sometimes it feels like it may never get here, but now here we are at the last couple races and weeks of our season. It really has been a great one - and that is not to say it is over yet; now is the time we really kick it in and see great things happen. For those interested in going to Nike, we need the papers turned in (like last week) so we can finish our count and get everything arranged.

St. George Marathon Aid Station - still looking for a little more help. Come join us. Follow the link to register for AID STATION 22

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts (you have to request access on your school account to see the workouts). We'll be looking to have a strong race this weekend at Cedar, so we will have a big workout on Monday am and put some hill work in on Wednesday which should have us recovered and prepped to race well and hit some big improvements from August. Click here and track your minutes from Week 16: Weekly Minutes. 

*Wear WHITE or BRIGHT to ALL AM PRACTICES*

All practices at PVHS unless noted

This Week's Schedule: bring water and a towel (for stretches and drills on grass) 

Monday - AM - 5:45a PVHS (White, Black, Silver; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone), Meet in Lecture Hall after changing into practice clothes for our team meeting

Tuesday - AM - 6:15a Weights and short run PVHS (White, Black, Silver required; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Wednesday - AM - 6:15a regeneration run PVHS (White and Black required; Silver optional; no Maroon, no Freshmen), Yoga at 6:45a everyone invited / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Thursday - AM - 6:15a Weights and short run PVHS (White, Black, Silver required; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Friday - AM - 6:00a PVHS (everyone) / Afternoon - White required, Black and Silver optional; no Fresh/Sophs or Maroons) 

Saturday - RACE, Cedar Invite, see info below

Upcoming Events:

• Homecoming Events - week of 9/23-9/27: parade Weds time TBA, Halftime torch lighting Fri; remember we will be racing Saturday 9/28 at Cedar in the am, so plan your dance dates and stuff around that
• RACE: Cedar Invite - Saturday, 9/28; Youngsters time 8:00a, JV Girls 8:30a, JV Boys 9:10a, Var Girls 9:45a, Var Boys 10:20a; Cedar HS 
• RACE: Region 9 Championships - Tuesday, 10/8; schedule TBA; Bloomington Hills North Park 
• *travel meets require a grade check on Monday before meet (Border Wars, TwiKnight, Divisionals, State)

Race Report:

Hurricane Invite - Great job to everyone who raced. This was a much different race than our experience last week at Border Wars. The course measured a full 5k and was much more difficult. So the times might not be the same, but the efforts were awesome. Sydney was our top girl, followed by Laura, Sariah, Jazmyn, and Mercedes. The boys had Ben and Nate in the top 10, followed by Dustin, William, and Joseph. Results 

TwiKnight - The varsity teams went up to American Fork to race the TwiKnight Invite against some very tough competition. The girls placed 8th with Emmalee 12th scorer, Elin 30th, Vanessa 39th, Tevye 60th, Andi 108th, and Kattie 118th. The boys were 5th and had Bridger 11th scorer, Trevor 21st, Elliot 39th, Jake 49th, Benji 53rd, Bender 57th, Brennan 66th, and Liam in 93rd. Results

Alumni Report:

Trey went with UVU out to Roy Griak in Minnesota and ran a very solid race on an extremely tough course. He placed 7th for the Wolverines and continues to run very well as a Freshman.

Jessica placed 6th overall and 4th for Weber at the Big Sky Preview 5K in Pocatello.

Youngsters (our 6th-8th grade club):

We want to invite all interested 6th-8th graders to join the most successful and fun running club in Southern Utah. We run our club as a youth camp for XC and will be meeting 2 times a week on Monday and Wednesday at 3:00p at PVHS. Our Youngsters schedule is finally coming together. Check it out to help plan. For the Cedar race this Saturday, we MUST preregister. We will preregister you, but we have to know who is planning to come by Wednesday.

PVXC Thought of the Week: "When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things."

-Joe Namath

These two things - confidence and fun - really go together well. When you believe in yourself, you get out of your own way and get to go enjoy things. And when you enjoy things, usually you get to do really well at them... because it is fun!  Let's have some fun this week and go get some big improvements that we've worked so hard for up at Cedar. Get in the Boat!