Saturday, November 8, 2014
DHills 2 Miler
Friday, November 7th, PV and DH met out in the desert at the edge of Little Valley and ran a duel to stay sharp for the upcoming Nike SW and FootLocker West meets. The course was a very fast two looper on a hard-packed dirt road with some mild up and down hills. The PV ladies placed 8 of the top 10 spots led by 6th grader Sarah Snow (12:01), who ran to the wire with Region champ Laynee Wells of DH. The guys had probably their best run of the year against DH placing all 5 scorers in the top 11 led by Nick Hill (9:57) who placed 2nd overall.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
State 2014
It was a solid day for Pine View XC at the 2014 3A State Championships held at Sugar House Park in SLC. The girls capped of an amazing season with a close 2nd place finish and our 2nd fastest team time ever at the State Course. As usual, our strength was our tight pack and depth. Senior caption Nicole Heinrich ran an inspired race leading our team with a 14th place finish - 2nd Team All-State - in a time of 19:43. Following in just a 28 second spread were Freshman Caroline Clements (who set a new PV Freshman record!), Josie Bushar (both 3rd Team All-State), Meskerem Stucki, and Alli Peterson. Our two other freshmen, Jacey Finch and Ellie Bushar finished very well also placing just behind Alli. Taking a look at the merged scoring, saw PV place 11th in the whole state and having our 7 runners in before every team in the Utah except national top 15 teams American Fork and Davis. What a great end to a fantastic season. We are super proud and grateful of all of the 19 girls who finished the season with our team - but especially Nicole Heinrich, Sarah Deuel, and Moani Andresen… thank you for all you have meant to our team over the years!
| 2. Pine View HS 86 |
| Place | Bib | Name | Time | Score | Behind Winner | Spread | |
| 14. | 777 | Nicole Heinrich | 19:43.3 | 11. | 01:49.3 |  | 00:28.8 |
| 17. | 775 | Caroline Clements | 19:46.8 | 14. | 01:52.8 | ||
| 21. | 774 | Josie Bushar | 19:59.9 | 18. | 02:05.9 | ||
| 24. | 779 | Meskerem Stucki | 20:07.7 | 20. | 02:13.7 | ||
| 27. | 778 | Alli Peterson | 20:12.1 | 23. | 02:18.1 | ||
| 29. | 776 | Jacey Finch | 20:13.6 | (25.) | 02:19.6 | ||
| 31. | 773 | Ellie Bushar | 20:20.1 | (27.) | 02:26.1 | ||
| 2. | (Total time for scoring runners: 1:39:49.8) | ||||||
In the boy's race, our team had another strong finish at State - ending up 4th. Despite it not being our best race, and our team being a bit off our best, we still ran hard and were in the mix for a podium finish for much of the race. Strong performances by Jake Taylor and Jason Hall placed them into the 3rd Team All-State category. Nick Hill once again led our team with his 11th place finish, and Alex Hill ran the 5th fastest Freshman time of the day. He was followed closely by Paul Gaona and then Senior captain Cam Brown to round out our finishing order.
| 4. Pine View HS 107 |
| Place | Bib | Name | Time | Score | Behind Winner | Spread | |
| 11. | 771 | Nick Hill | 16:15.2 | 11. | 00:35.2 | | 00:52.9 |
| 18. | 772 | Jake Taylor | 16:38.7 | 18. | 00:58.7 | ||
| 21. | 769 | Jason Hall | 16:42.0 | 20. | 01:02.0 | ||
| 25. | 768 | Dallen Gillespie | 16:52.8 | 24. | 01:12.8 | ||
| 36. | 770 | Alex Hill | 17:08.1 | 34. | 01:28.1 | ||
| 38. | 767 | Paul Gaona | 17:10.3 | (36.) | 01:30.3 | ||
| 46. | 766 | Cameron Brown | 17:21.4 | (44.) | 01:41.4 | ||
| 4. | (Total time for scoring runners: 1:23:36.8) | 107 | |||||
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Kaylee at Pre-Nats
Although many of our alumni are out on missions, we do have one former Panther running in college this year. Kaylee Able (Boyer) placed 7th and just seconds off of 5th for the T-Birds at Pre-Nationals in Terra Haute, In. today. Great job Kaylee - way to get it going this year!
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Panther Harriers Earn SW Honors
The PVXC boys have received votes in the Milesplit SouthWest Regional Rankings - Great job men! Let's go earn that Elite Race spot at Nike SW.
Region 9 Championships
An amazing day of Region 9 XC running at the Region 9 South Course at Bloomington Hills Park.
The day started with the JV girls placing the highest they have in recent memory with a 3rd place showing - just 10 points off of 1st. Carli Kimzey ran an amazing and gusty race taking 2nd. She was followed in the top ten by Brianna Loya, 4th, and Megan Finch, 8th. Although this is a very tough, hilly, windy course and it was a warm day for mid-October, many girls ran their best races of the year - some even hitting near PR times.
The JV boys took 2nd placing all 5 scores in the top 10. Paul Gaona led much of the race and finished 2nd. He was followed very closely by Mitch Price - running his best race of the year and taking 4th overall. Then the trio of Skylar Abel, Logan Hirschi and Zach Crowell rounded out our scoring. It was a very close race with the DH and the boys ran with guts.
The Varsity girls came into the race with a real shot at a Region title after defeating Cedar at their invite and they took full opportunity! The girls got out strong and used their excellent packing to move up throughout the race finishing with a 24 second spread and with all 5 scorers in before Cedar's 2nd and Snow Canyon's 3rd girls! Leading our team were the Bushar sisters - with Josie finishing 7th and Ellie right behind her in 8th. Caroline Clements rounded out the Region medalist and took 10th. She was followed closely by Alli Peterson and Nicole Heinrich who secured the title and 2nd-Team All-Region honors with their finishes. As we have all year, our 6th and 7th runners also contributed by finishing before all teams 5th runners and knocking their scorers down. Congrats ladies on the Region Title!
The boys came into the race with nationally ranked DH looking to improve on last week's race and get some momentum heading into State. The boys ran very well and were in great position throughout the race. Nick Hill raced with the lead group and ended up 3rd (in a time that would have been a new Region record). Also finishing in the top ten were Jake Taylor 7th and Dallen Gillespie 8th. Rounding out our scoring and securing the dominate 2nd place finish were Alex Hill and Cam Brown.
We are all so proud of everyone of you who pushed so hard this season and made another amazing season of Pine View X-Country. We are the greatest program ever!
The day started with the JV girls placing the highest they have in recent memory with a 3rd place showing - just 10 points off of 1st. Carli Kimzey ran an amazing and gusty race taking 2nd. She was followed in the top ten by Brianna Loya, 4th, and Megan Finch, 8th. Although this is a very tough, hilly, windy course and it was a warm day for mid-October, many girls ran their best races of the year - some even hitting near PR times.
The JV boys took 2nd placing all 5 scores in the top 10. Paul Gaona led much of the race and finished 2nd. He was followed very closely by Mitch Price - running his best race of the year and taking 4th overall. Then the trio of Skylar Abel, Logan Hirschi and Zach Crowell rounded out our scoring. It was a very close race with the DH and the boys ran with guts.
The Varsity girls came into the race with a real shot at a Region title after defeating Cedar at their invite and they took full opportunity! The girls got out strong and used their excellent packing to move up throughout the race finishing with a 24 second spread and with all 5 scorers in before Cedar's 2nd and Snow Canyon's 3rd girls! Leading our team were the Bushar sisters - with Josie finishing 7th and Ellie right behind her in 8th. Caroline Clements rounded out the Region medalist and took 10th. She was followed closely by Alli Peterson and Nicole Heinrich who secured the title and 2nd-Team All-Region honors with their finishes. As we have all year, our 6th and 7th runners also contributed by finishing before all teams 5th runners and knocking their scorers down. Congrats ladies on the Region Title!
Snow Canyon and Youngster Time Trial
Great racing by our JV harriers at the Snow Canyon Invite. Many continue to set PR's and run their best races of the year. It is a testament to hard work and dedication that all of you are seeing such great improvements!
Also great racing by our Youngsters in their last race of the year. Since the Youngsters weren't allowed to run at Snow Canyon and Region this year, we adjusted the schedule and had a "skills development race" for our 6th-8th graders on the Time Trial course at PV. Scottie Bushar became the 2nd Youngster to break 6:00 on the course, and he was followed closely by Mikey Albegreen and Alex Klein. The race of the day was Addi Baker. She set a new girl's record come in just under the old record with a 5:54. Many PR's for the boys and girls today... great job!
Also great racing by our Youngsters in their last race of the year. Since the Youngsters weren't allowed to run at Snow Canyon and Region this year, we adjusted the schedule and had a "skills development race" for our 6th-8th graders on the Time Trial course at PV. Scottie Bushar became the 2nd Youngster to break 6:00 on the course, and he was followed closely by Mikey Albegreen and Alex Klein. The race of the day was Addi Baker. She set a new girl's record come in just under the old record with a 5:54. Many PR's for the boys and girls today... great job!
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Youngsters and FootLocker
Important changes have been set in motion for out Youngsters program. The district has become concerned with the involvement of 6th-8th graders in cross country and has called for an end to our season. Fortunately, our program has only a few minor changes to implement and we will be in compliance. So what does this mean for us? We will continue to hold Youngster practices through the PVXC Club and with Coach Martha Baker at the regularly schedule times. We will not, however, be able to have our final two meets of the season - at Snow Canyon and Region. Instead, PVXC will be hosting a skills development race (Time Trial) at PV this coming week, most likely on Friday. Those who are planning on racing at FootLocker, will need to follow the guidelines discussed below. While the rest of our Youngsters will receive more information about winter and spring training within the next week. At PV, we continue to have the largest and most successful Youngsters program in the area. We are so thankful to Martha. She is a great coach who loves working with each of these developing Panther harriers. We appreciate the hard work of parents who get their kids to races and practice and want to see their kids learn the values taught through distance running. And we, of course, are so proud to have the Youngsters with us on our club team. They are amazing runners and have so much energy. Keep up the great work and keep coming around… our program will always be here running and we want everyone who wants to, to be a part of it too!
Another bit of info for FootLocker. All athletes planning on attending the FootLocker/California trip with the PVXC Club need to have the entire $165 payment taken care of by October 6th. We have a few seats left and we need them sold for $ sake and we want them sold for the coolness of having more of our teammates coming. If no high schooler's claim them (or those who haven't finished their payments don't pay in full), we will sell the seats off to other runners - possibly from other schools. Please remember that everyone who goes to Cali (except "manager of the year - Chandler") needs to sign up for and run one of the races. You can find the link to sign up by going to FootLocker West Region and following the links. Athletes who plan on attending this trip, must continue to be committed to the team and practice up through the trip. Those who can't meet these requirements are asked to not attend.
Another bit of info for FootLocker. All athletes planning on attending the FootLocker/California trip with the PVXC Club need to have the entire $165 payment taken care of by October 6th. We have a few seats left and we need them sold for $ sake and we want them sold for the coolness of having more of our teammates coming. If no high schooler's claim them (or those who haven't finished their payments don't pay in full), we will sell the seats off to other runners - possibly from other schools. Please remember that everyone who goes to Cali (except "manager of the year - Chandler") needs to sign up for and run one of the races. You can find the link to sign up by going to FootLocker West Region and following the links. Athletes who plan on attending this trip, must continue to be committed to the team and practice up through the trip. Those who can't meet these requirements are asked to not attend.
Cedar Invite
Cedar Invite is always a key race for our team. Not only does it finalize our Varsity rosters for Region and enter us into the championship season, the race is a great comparison to one of our first races of the season on this same course.
Many of our Youngsters had great races. Our girls took places 2-5. And we saw great races from Sarah Snow (2nd), Jessica Hill, Pyper Holt and many others. The boys also ran very well. Leading the team were Alex Klein and Scottie Bushar.
The JV Girls may have seen some of the best Season Records and improvements of the day. The JV girls took 4th - just 10 points off of Cedar. Carli Kimzey ran an outstanding race and placed 7th overall. Other great races included Macey Widdison, Annelise Burr and Irene Salinas.
The JV Boys were locked in a great team race with DHells. After Hellians took 2 and 3rd, Skylar Abel outsprinted Logan Hirschi to the line for a 4 and 5 for PV. We then placed 7 (Zach Crowell), 8 (Mitch Price) and 12 (Macen Walker) to come up 2nd in the race by a score of 33-36. Many of our JV Boys ran great races and showed great improvement from the first of the year.
The Varsity Girls ran the race of the day. Using our team depth, we were able to break up Cedar's scorers much better than last week at Nebo. The girls ran with confidence and determination and placed 7, 11, 14, 17, 19, 29, 32 (Josie, Nicole, Caroline, Alli, Ellie, Meskerem, Jacey). Winning the title by a score of 67 to 74. The long-term consequences of this race are going to be huge to our team. This race shows us what it takes to win Region and State Titles. Congrats to all the girls who ran so well and accomplished times that may have seemed unrealistic at the beginning of the season. But in doing so… they not only won the meet title, but they set the PV team record for the Cedar course - 54 seconds faster than our 2011 team which took 2nd in State and ran our fastest team time at State by over 4 minutes!
The meet ended with our Varsity Boys taking 3rd place to strong DHells and Page teams. Nick Hill was our leading runner, once again, placing 9th in 15:32.
Many of our Youngsters had great races. Our girls took places 2-5. And we saw great races from Sarah Snow (2nd), Jessica Hill, Pyper Holt and many others. The boys also ran very well. Leading the team were Alex Klein and Scottie Bushar.
The JV Girls may have seen some of the best Season Records and improvements of the day. The JV girls took 4th - just 10 points off of Cedar. Carli Kimzey ran an outstanding race and placed 7th overall. Other great races included Macey Widdison, Annelise Burr and Irene Salinas.
The JV Boys were locked in a great team race with DHells. After Hellians took 2 and 3rd, Skylar Abel outsprinted Logan Hirschi to the line for a 4 and 5 for PV. We then placed 7 (Zach Crowell), 8 (Mitch Price) and 12 (Macen Walker) to come up 2nd in the race by a score of 33-36. Many of our JV Boys ran great races and showed great improvement from the first of the year.
The Varsity Girls ran the race of the day. Using our team depth, we were able to break up Cedar's scorers much better than last week at Nebo. The girls ran with confidence and determination and placed 7, 11, 14, 17, 19, 29, 32 (Josie, Nicole, Caroline, Alli, Ellie, Meskerem, Jacey). Winning the title by a score of 67 to 74. The long-term consequences of this race are going to be huge to our team. This race shows us what it takes to win Region and State Titles. Congrats to all the girls who ran so well and accomplished times that may have seemed unrealistic at the beginning of the season. But in doing so… they not only won the meet title, but they set the PV team record for the Cedar course - 54 seconds faster than our 2011 team which took 2nd in State and ran our fastest team time at State by over 4 minutes!
The meet ended with our Varsity Boys taking 3rd place to strong DHells and Page teams. Nick Hill was our leading runner, once again, placing 9th in 15:32.
Nebo/Wahsatch
We had a rainy, chilly and great trip to northern Utah for our team overnighter. Our racing started with our 7-10 boys running the JV race at Nebo. The all ran well, working together to push themselves to great times and help determine who our Varsity will be in our final few races as we head into championship season. The Varsity ladies then ran as a strong pack. Although it wasn't our best race, it was a great team effort and we place all 7 runners in front of our main rival's - Cedar - 5th girl. That teamwork pushed us to a 4th place finish in this large invite. The Varsity boys then ran and had strong performances from Nick Hill, Paul Gaona and Dallen Gillespie.
The following day, the Varsity practiced at the State course and then got down to the Cottonwood Complex just in time to watch the JV girls at the Wahsatch Rendevzous. For our team, this course and the Region South course are most like the experience of running at State with the rolling hills and all grass courses. The JV girls ran excellent and placed 3rd in the team scoring led by Megan Finch (7th), Brianna Loya (8th) and Carli Kimzey (12th). The JV boys also ran very well and 2nd - just a few points off 5A Herriman. The boys were led by Mitch Price with a 4th place finish; followed by Macen Walker (7th), Skylar Abel (11th) and Zach Crowell (14th). It was a great meet and brought our weekend to a very good end.
The following day, the Varsity practiced at the State course and then got down to the Cottonwood Complex just in time to watch the JV girls at the Wahsatch Rendevzous. For our team, this course and the Region South course are most like the experience of running at State with the rolling hills and all grass courses. The JV girls ran excellent and placed 3rd in the team scoring led by Megan Finch (7th), Brianna Loya (8th) and Carli Kimzey (12th). The JV boys also ran very well and 2nd - just a few points off 5A Herriman. The boys were led by Mitch Price with a 4th place finish; followed by Macen Walker (7th), Skylar Abel (11th) and Zach Crowell (14th). It was a great meet and brought our weekend to a very good end.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
SUU and PV Time Trial #2
If you started at the bottom of these race reports and worked your way up, you can probably tell I am getting tired of writing these (as they get shorter and less detailed - maybe that's why you should keep up on journaling!). So anyway, I am going to finish these last two (or really some of the first two) races and be caught up.
Our 2nd Time Trial was held under some pretty decent weather. We have been having a lot of rain this year - thus running in the school over and over and over... - but it cooled it off for this time trial. Thus leading to some good running. Rylee Holt set a new girls record for the Youngsters followed by Sylvia Brown, Addi Baker and Sarah Snow. Scottie Bushar led the boys. The HS girls set a new time trial record based on their depth at 1-7. The boys also showed strong depth and continue to work to push the pack more toward the front.
SUU was our first bigger Invite of the season and the girls really showed up! Using their depth - placing all 7 girls in between 7th and 21st - the lady Panthers won the meet 52-59 over Cedar.
The boys took 2nd in the meet to a very good DH team and showed there is a lot of work to do in the next 1 1/2 months until Region and State. Nick Hill took control of the pack with 600 to go and won by over 10 seconds.
Our 2nd Time Trial was held under some pretty decent weather. We have been having a lot of rain this year - thus running in the school over and over and over... - but it cooled it off for this time trial. Thus leading to some good running. Rylee Holt set a new girls record for the Youngsters followed by Sylvia Brown, Addi Baker and Sarah Snow. Scottie Bushar led the boys. The HS girls set a new time trial record based on their depth at 1-7. The boys also showed strong depth and continue to work to push the pack more toward the front.
SUU was our first bigger Invite of the season and the girls really showed up! Using their depth - placing all 7 girls in between 7th and 21st - the lady Panthers won the meet 52-59 over Cedar.
The boys took 2nd in the meet to a very good DH team and showed there is a lot of work to do in the next 1 1/2 months until Region and State. Nick Hill took control of the pack with 600 to go and won by over 10 seconds.
Dixie All-Comers
We took on the difficult Region 9 South Course at Bloomington Hills North Park at the annual Dixie all-Comers/PreRegion Meet. As has been the case this year, our youngsters ran very well and represented our program well. The girls team did an excellent job and got a good feel for the course. The boys had a little more riding on the race than usual as they were fighting for Varsity spots for the next few weeks; and they really stepped up, running solid times and really pushing each other.
Las Vegas Invite
PV hasn't travelled to the Larry Burgess Las Vegas Invite in a few years. But earlier this summer, our schedule opened up this weekend and with the new course held at the Site of the Nevada state championships, this looked like a good opportunity for our team to run against new competition. The day started with our top three Youngsters taking the top 3 places in the race - Rylee Holt, Sylvia Brown and Addi Baker. Then the 9/10 girls ran a very strong race led by Carli Kimzey 2nd and Brianna Loya in 7th. The 9/10 boys got our first win of the day with a 1/2 sweep by Dallen Gillespie and Alex Hill. Mitch Price took 4th, Macen Walker took 11th and Anwar Schone rounded out our scoring at 16th.
As the day warmed up the varsity races got under way. The girls ran very well and took 2nd to a strong Palo Verdes team from Vegas. Josie Bushar was our top finisher, just over 30 seconds behind a nationally ranked 10:30 3200 runner from Centennial. The boys - led by Cam Brown who finished 6th - used depth to take the team title by a score of 52 to 80 over Centennial.
The day was very warm by the time the JV/Open races came around. We didn't have enough girls to score our JV team (same with our 9/10 girls), but they ran strong led by Annelise Burr and Macey Widdison. The JV boys finished off the perfect sweep for the Panther boys in nearly perfect fashion - just missing a perfect score by 1 point. Andrew Nielsen had probably the best race of the day for the PV harriers running a 17:28 and winning by over 30 seconds in temps well over 90 degrees. This team win earned the boys the Grand Champion Trophy for top team at the meet.
As the day warmed up the varsity races got under way. The girls ran very well and took 2nd to a strong Palo Verdes team from Vegas. Josie Bushar was our top finisher, just over 30 seconds behind a nationally ranked 10:30 3200 runner from Centennial. The boys - led by Cam Brown who finished 6th - used depth to take the team title by a score of 52 to 80 over Centennial.
The day was very warm by the time the JV/Open races came around. We didn't have enough girls to score our JV team (same with our 9/10 girls), but they ran strong led by Annelise Burr and Macey Widdison. The JV boys finished off the perfect sweep for the Panther boys in nearly perfect fashion - just missing a perfect score by 1 point. Andrew Nielsen had probably the best race of the day for the PV harriers running a 17:28 and winning by over 30 seconds in temps well over 90 degrees. This team win earned the boys the Grand Champion Trophy for top team at the meet.
PV Time Trial #3
Another record breaking time trial. Nearly every boy and girl who ran the Youngster race set a new PR in our middle school 1 mile race. 8 boys broke 7 minutes and 6 girls also met that standard. Rylee Holt set a new girls' record at 5:58, becoming only the second middle schooler (girl or boy) to break 6:00.
The HS girls once again broke their 2 mile course record - led by Josie Bushar, 11 girls set season records.
The boys also ran strong with Nick Setting the pace with a strong 10:40 and 21 boys earned season records.
The HS girls once again broke their 2 mile course record - led by Josie Bushar, 11 girls set season records.
The boys also ran strong with Nick Setting the pace with a strong 10:40 and 21 boys earned season records.
Herriman Invite
On Friday the 12th, the top 8 boys and girls headed up to Herriman to conquer the infamous Motha Cussa. Carli Kimzey had a strong run in the JV race placing 8th. In the varsity races, both teams ran very strong and placed 2nd. Josie Bushar and Alli Peterson took 2nd team honors; as did Nick Hill on the boys side. Both teams ran very strong and defeated many Utah powerhouse programs using our depth and team strength. It was a race to be celebrated at the Pizza Pie!
Duel in the Desert
Tuesday, we held our annual duel with DH. we missed a few of our teammates who weren't qualified to run, but those who were there ran great. Our Youngster continue to set the standard for middle school teams in Southern Utah and ran very well. Scottie Bushar continues to improve and is our top ms boy right now. The girls also ran very strong and took most of the top spots.
In the high school girls race, Brianna Loya and Carli Kimzey set the pace for our girls. And we continue to see good seasons from Sarah Deuel and Elizabeth Lloyd.
The boys took the top 7 spots led by Preston Warby, Jason Hall and Logan Hirschi. Maven Walker and Zack Crowell also ran well for the team.
In the high school girls race, Brianna Loya and Carli Kimzey set the pace for our girls. And we continue to see good seasons from Sarah Deuel and Elizabeth Lloyd.
The boys took the top 7 spots led by Preston Warby, Jason Hall and Logan Hirschi. Maven Walker and Zack Crowell also ran well for the team.
Woodbridge
This is why I can't keep a journal! I can't keep up…
So our blog has fallen way behind on pretty much everything this season, so we are going to get caught up by starting at the most recent stuff and working our way back to the start.
This past weekend, our Varsity Boys headed down to Irvine, California for the Woodbridge XC Classic. This was a first for our team and could become a yearly event (girls, it's your turn next year!). Upon arriving Friday afternoon, we checked in and did a course run-through. Our race was late in the evening Friday night, so we checked in to the hotel and hunted down some dinner. Getting back to the course, we saw this was the largest XC invite any of us had been to - thousands of athletes everywhere. The team ran very well under the lights and ended up winning our division (White - Varsity B) with a 38 second spread between Nick Hill who took 4th (and ended up with the 101st fastest time of the meet, between the 2 days), Alex Hill 17th (and top 5 fastest Freshman in the whole meet), Paul Gaona 18th, Dallen Gillespie 19th, and Andrew Nielsen 27th. Cam Brown placed 32nd and Jake Taylor finished 61st to round out our 7.
The next day, the team had a less than desirable breakfast, a nice long run, and a good time at the beach and headed home.
The girls, meanwhile, had a great team bonding camp up at Pine Valley. Thanks to Coach Roberts for going with them. The Bushars for letting the girls use the cabin and chaperoning and cooking. And to Nicole and the other girl captains for all the hard work they put into the overnighter.
So our blog has fallen way behind on pretty much everything this season, so we are going to get caught up by starting at the most recent stuff and working our way back to the start.
This past weekend, our Varsity Boys headed down to Irvine, California for the Woodbridge XC Classic. This was a first for our team and could become a yearly event (girls, it's your turn next year!). Upon arriving Friday afternoon, we checked in and did a course run-through. Our race was late in the evening Friday night, so we checked in to the hotel and hunted down some dinner. Getting back to the course, we saw this was the largest XC invite any of us had been to - thousands of athletes everywhere. The team ran very well under the lights and ended up winning our division (White - Varsity B) with a 38 second spread between Nick Hill who took 4th (and ended up with the 101st fastest time of the meet, between the 2 days), Alex Hill 17th (and top 5 fastest Freshman in the whole meet), Paul Gaona 18th, Dallen Gillespie 19th, and Andrew Nielsen 27th. Cam Brown placed 32nd and Jake Taylor finished 61st to round out our 7.
The next day, the team had a less than desirable breakfast, a nice long run, and a good time at the beach and headed home.
The girls, meanwhile, had a great team bonding camp up at Pine Valley. Thanks to Coach Roberts for going with them. The Bushars for letting the girls use the cabin and chaperoning and cooking. And to Nicole and the other girl captains for all the hard work they put into the overnighter.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Didn't Order A Spirit Pack?
... Well here is what's left. See what you want/need and bring in your money and claim what you want. There are still a few things on back-order - hopefully they will show up soon and we can fill out those orders.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Season Preview
The Spectrum's season preview is out and has a pretty solid write-up of our team and our goals. Sorry to those that may not have been mention - use it as a drive to make sure you never get left off again!
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Weeks 8, 9 and 10 - Camp and Time Trial #1
Catching up a few weeks.
We had an excellent High Altitude Camp up at Pine Lake this summer. There was a bit of everything: rain, thunder and lightning; swimming; trail runs; activities and food. Our camp theme this year was "We' talkin' 'bout practice!" after the infamous Allen Iverson rant which was recreated perfectly by the most AI guy we have - Preston Warby! The captains did a great job of focusing our camp on the importance of practice and other activities that bring us together as a team in our running and socially. This one of our very best camps ever and we thank the captains, the camp cooks, those who helped drive and all the great runners.
Our last week of summer we had the conclusion of our Kids Club - which was a great success this year - and our first team Time Trial held at the PV course. The Time Trial showed some great possibilities for our team. The boys ran as a strong pack and ended with a nice close spread - especially nice was the 10 second spread from 3-7. The hard work of summer really showed up on the girls side as good times were put up by many who will be pushing each other for every Varsity spot.
It was a great summer, full of hard work, miles and a lot of fun activities. great job to all of you for starting off this season right!
We had an excellent High Altitude Camp up at Pine Lake this summer. There was a bit of everything: rain, thunder and lightning; swimming; trail runs; activities and food. Our camp theme this year was "We' talkin' 'bout practice!" after the infamous Allen Iverson rant which was recreated perfectly by the most AI guy we have - Preston Warby! The captains did a great job of focusing our camp on the importance of practice and other activities that bring us together as a team in our running and socially. This one of our very best camps ever and we thank the captains, the camp cooks, those who helped drive and all the great runners.
Our last week of summer we had the conclusion of our Kids Club - which was a great success this year - and our first team Time Trial held at the PV course. The Time Trial showed some great possibilities for our team. The boys ran as a strong pack and ended with a nice close spread - especially nice was the 10 second spread from 3-7. The hard work of summer really showed up on the girls side as good times were put up by many who will be pushing each other for every Varsity spot.
It was a great summer, full of hard work, miles and a lot of fun activities. great job to all of you for starting off this season right!
Week 11 - Cedar, Relays and Run-a-Thon
Well... I have fallen behind as usual, but I figured to give us our update for where we are at and our preview of next week, then we'll get caught up ASAP.
What a busy week! With the start of school, two races and our run-a-thon, it is a good one to have finished up! Our first official race of the season - the Cedar All-Comers - went well. The You fosters started us off well with Scottie Bushar having a strong race and girls letting the Region notice that we will be a force for years to come as we finished by claiming spots 2-7 and 9 of the top 12, led by great runs from Addi Baker, Sarah Snow and Sylvia Brown. The high school ladies then followed the lead of their younger counterparts running very strong and taking 2nd to Cedar and led by a tight pack of Alli Peterson who finished in 8th at 19:56, Nicole Heinrich (9th, 20:03) and Josie Bushar (11th 20:06). Freshmen Jacey Finch and Ellie Bushar also ran strong races finishing at 20:40 and taking 5th and 6th on the team. It was a very good start to the season for the girls. The boys also took a solid 2nd (to DH) placing all 5 scores in the top 20. Leading the team was Nick Hill with a 15:55 finish and taking 6th overall. Although the result showed we have a lot of work to do to meet our team goals, it was also a good race for the early season.
Later in the week, we held our first Desert Relays - a duel relay with DH held at the Region South Course. The format saw the top 3 runners from each team compete together, followed by the next three, etc... Each completing a lap of the course at distances from 1.4, 1.5 and .85 miles. Once again the youngster girls ran very well with our 8th grade team taking 2nd overall and the 6th grade girls taking 6th. Our team of Nicole Heinrich (fastest Leg 1 of the meet), Ellie Bushar and Jacey Finch won the relay and led our PV girls to the inaugural team title. On the boys side, our team showed improvement over Tuesday's result and closed the gap on DH just a little, narrowly missing out on winning with a 25-30 score.
We ended the night with our 12 hour Run-a-thon which was a great success. A lot of miles were run - 102 by each team, in fact!, a lot of games, dancing, good food and tiredness!
Now we look forward to Week 12 which holds the SUU Invite on Saturday, starting at 8:00 at Bicenteniall Park in Cedar. The bus will leave PV at 6:30 Sat. morning. JV girls will race at 8:00, followed by the JV boys, Varsity girls and then Varsity boys. As we get into this week, I want everyone to evaluate what you are doing in all aspects of your life and how it is effecting our team. I have seen many of you getting to AM practices, recruiting, pushing yourself and others like you never have before. And I know that as we continue this we will be reaching our goals individually and as a team.
What a busy week! With the start of school, two races and our run-a-thon, it is a good one to have finished up! Our first official race of the season - the Cedar All-Comers - went well. The You fosters started us off well with Scottie Bushar having a strong race and girls letting the Region notice that we will be a force for years to come as we finished by claiming spots 2-7 and 9 of the top 12, led by great runs from Addi Baker, Sarah Snow and Sylvia Brown. The high school ladies then followed the lead of their younger counterparts running very strong and taking 2nd to Cedar and led by a tight pack of Alli Peterson who finished in 8th at 19:56, Nicole Heinrich (9th, 20:03) and Josie Bushar (11th 20:06). Freshmen Jacey Finch and Ellie Bushar also ran strong races finishing at 20:40 and taking 5th and 6th on the team. It was a very good start to the season for the girls. The boys also took a solid 2nd (to DH) placing all 5 scores in the top 20. Leading the team was Nick Hill with a 15:55 finish and taking 6th overall. Although the result showed we have a lot of work to do to meet our team goals, it was also a good race for the early season.
Later in the week, we held our first Desert Relays - a duel relay with DH held at the Region South Course. The format saw the top 3 runners from each team compete together, followed by the next three, etc... Each completing a lap of the course at distances from 1.4, 1.5 and .85 miles. Once again the youngster girls ran very well with our 8th grade team taking 2nd overall and the 6th grade girls taking 6th. Our team of Nicole Heinrich (fastest Leg 1 of the meet), Ellie Bushar and Jacey Finch won the relay and led our PV girls to the inaugural team title. On the boys side, our team showed improvement over Tuesday's result and closed the gap on DH just a little, narrowly missing out on winning with a 25-30 score.
We ended the night with our 12 hour Run-a-thon which was a great success. A lot of miles were run - 102 by each team, in fact!, a lot of games, dancing, good food and tiredness!
Now we look forward to Week 12 which holds the SUU Invite on Saturday, starting at 8:00 at Bicenteniall Park in Cedar. The bus will leave PV at 6:30 Sat. morning. JV girls will race at 8:00, followed by the JV boys, Varsity girls and then Varsity boys. As we get into this week, I want everyone to evaluate what you are doing in all aspects of your life and how it is effecting our team. I have seen many of you getting to AM practices, recruiting, pushing yourself and others like you never have before. And I know that as we continue this we will be reaching our goals individually and as a team.
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