2018

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Region XV Championship Race Final Results

Below are the official results from the Region XV Championship Race held at the Moab Golf Club on Tuesday, October 9. Home meet times from September 5 are in parenthesis.

GIRLS RESULTS 1st place! Region Champions!

Kylah Ricks 18:41 (19:32) 1st place out of 73 runners!
Jessie Anderson 20:39 (21:09) 5th place!
Ali Hirt 20:39 6th place!
Anika Scherer 20:49 (20:58) 9th place!
Bella Welch 22:17 (23:20) 17th place!
Sadie Farnsworth 22:53 (23:49)
Mercedes Zunich 23:29 (23:22)
Rachel Thompson 26:25 (26:08)
Lorena Johnson 26:49 (28:28)
Hannah Owen 28:14

BOYS RESULTS 4th place

Evan Ellison 16:27 (16:44) 3rd place out of 115 runners!
Malachi Ricks 16:29 (17:12) 4th place!
Arthur Hawks 17:01 (17:23) 9th place!
Jameson Hawks 18:44 (18:49)
Soren Indergard 18:58 (19:14)
Jonathan Martineau 19:40 (20:09)
Stan Johnson 20:19 (20:03)
Carson Whitney 21:15 (20:02)
Cameron Stotz 20:52 (21:22)
Patrick Johnson 21:58 (23:52)
Daniel Thayer 22:32 (23:19)
Patrick Johnson 21:58 (23:52)

Here is the link to the complete official results: Results

So very proud of each and every team member! What a great performance today! It is on to state and let's win there!

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Grand County vs. American Fork

American Fork HS has one of the premier cross-country programs, not only in the state of Utah but in the entire country.

This picture was taken at Park City on Friday, September 29 showing our two top runners, Evan Ellison, and Malachi Ricks actually in front of two of the top runners from American Fork HS near the finish line at the Park City Invitational.

Truly an outstanding race with Evan and Malachi!

Team Practice Schedule for October 8 - October 13

Region Championship this week, State Championship next week. How did this season go by so fast?

Monday, October 8 @ 5:00 PM at the Moab Golf Club. To prepare for the region championship race to be held on our home course on Tuesday, today we will run our 3 mile home course. We finish with two-200 meter downhill repeats on hole 1.

Tuesday, October 9 at the Moab Golf Club. Region Championship races at the Moab Golf Club! Team members will be released from school at 1:40 (right after lunch) and have the option to ride the bus or drive their own car to the golf course. The bus will leave from in front of the High School at 1:55 pm. All team members must be at the course by 2:15 pm. The races begin with the girls' race at 4:00 pm followed by the boys' race at 4:30. Following the awards ceremony, all team members must participate in sweeping and cleaning the course.

Wednesday, October 10 @ 5:00 at Rotary Park. The workout is a 40-minute recovery run for all runners. We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass.

Thursday, October 11 @ 5:00 PM at the HS track. 5k effort repetitions. After a one mile warm-up, we complete 4 x 1,000 @ 3-mile pace on the grass. We focus on consistent pacing; surging turns and our kick on the last 250 meters. 4-minute recovery between reps. We finish the workout with a one-mile cooldown.

Friday, October 12 @ 2:15 at the HS track. TBA

Saturday, October 13 @ 9:00 am at Lions Park. Easy 5-mile run followed by 4 strides. It is important to keep your legs moving over the weekend prior to the State Championship race on Wednesday.

Friday, October 5, 2018

Newspaper Article Links

Here are links to this week's articles in the local newspapers that covered the John Thornton Invite held in Blanding on Wednesday, September 26 and The Park City Invite held in Park City on Friday September 28th.

Moab Sun News

Moab Times-Independent

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Park City Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the Park City Invitational held in Park CIty, UT on Friday, September 28.

GIRLS RESULTS

Kylah Ricks 18:47 3rd place out of 120 runners in the girls' varsity race!
Jessie Anderson 21:08 Season Best!
Sadie Farnsworth 23:00 Season Best!
Bella Welch 23:49 28th out of 240 runners in the girls JV race!
Lorena Johnson 28:33

BOYS RESULTS

Evan Ellison 16:26 12th place out of 168 runners in the boys' varsity race!
Malachi Ricks 16:30 16th place and a seasons best!
Arthur Hawks 17:12 47th place and the third fastest freshman in the boys' varsity race!
Jameson Hawks 19:08
Stan Johnson 19:40

Jonathan Martineau 21:10
Cameron Stotz 21:23
Daniel Thayer 30:02

Complete results can be found here Results

Congratulation to all our runners!

Team Practice Schedule for October 1 - October 6

Championship season begins! 1 week to the region championship and 2 weeks to the state championships!

Monday, October 1 @ 5:00 PM at Lions Park. The workout is a 70-minute training run for all runners. All runners should be making a good effort in aerobic range on this run, and should still be able to talk in sentences (listen to your body). We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass.

Tuesday, October 2 @ 5:00 PM at the Moab Golf Club. We start the workout with an easy 20-minute run. We then run 3 x 1,000 at race pace with a 2 minute recovery between each. We finish the workout with an easy 15-minute run and 10 minutes of core work.

Wednesday, October 3 @ 5:00 at Rotary Park. The workout is a 45-minute training run for all runners. We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass.

Thursday, October 4 @ 7:00 PM at the HS track. Our 2nd annual runapalooza under the lights on the track! Events include predict your mile time, team relays and other fun running events!

Friday, October 5 @ 2:15 at the HS track. We start the workout with an easy 20-minute warmup run. We then run 3 x 5 minute on the trail behind the HS at a tempo pace (comfortably hard) with 2 minute recovery between each. We then head to the track for 4 x 200 at a fast pace with a 200-meter jog between each. We then finish the workout with an easy 10-minute run.

Saturday, October 6 @ 9:00 am at Lions Park. The workout is a 45-minute training run for all runners. We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass in the park.

Newspaper Article Links

Here are links to this week's articles in the local newspapers that covered the Emery Invitational held in Castle Dale on Friday, September 21st.

Moab Sun News

Moab Times-Independent

Thursday, September 27, 2018

John Thornton Invitational Pictures

Below is the link to a nice set of pictures from the John Thornton Invitational held in Blanding, UT on Wednesday, September 26. Thank you to Rachel Stenta for the great pictures!

Picture Link

John Thornton Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the John Thornton Invitational held in Blanding, UT on Wednesday, September 26.

GIRLS RESULTS 2nd Place! 36 runners in this race

Kylah Ricks 21:40 1st place!
Anika Scherer 22:36 2nd place!
Jessie Anderson 24:18 7th place!
Bella Welch 24:56 10th place!
Mercedes Zunich 25:47 15th place
Sadie Farnsworth 26:33 19th place
Rachel Thompson 29:43 30th place

Lorena Johnson 31:52 8th place in the JV Race!

BOYS RESULTS 2nd place! 40 runners in this race

Arthur Hawks 20:02 12th place
Malachi Ricks 20:12 15th place
Soren Indergard 20:42 19th place
Evan Ellison 20:43 20th place
Jameson Hawks 20:50 21st place
Stan Johnson 22:19
Carson Whitney 22:24 29th place
Jonathan Martineau 22:25 30th place
Cameron Stotz 23:18

Daniel Thayer 24:48 10th place in the JV race!
Patrick Johnson 24:49 11th place in the JV race

Complete race results can be found here RESULTS

Congratulations to all our runners on a successful day in Blanding!

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Team Practice Schedule for September 24 - September 29

8 weeks down with 4 to go before region and state championships!

Monday, September 24 @ 5:00 PM at Lions Park. The workout is a 70-minute training run for all runners. All runners should be making a good effort in aerobic range on this run, and should still be able to talk in sentences (listen to your body). We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass.

Tuesday, September 25 @ 5:00 PM at the Moab Golf Club. To prepare for the region championship race to be held on our home course on October 9, today we will run our 3 mile home course. We finish with four 200 meter downhill repeats on hole 1.

Wednesday, September 26. John Thornton Invitational in Blanding. Team members will be excused at 12:30 PM (after lunch) to board the bus for Blanding. We will not stop on the way to Blanding, so please pack snacks and a large water bottle for the trip. Race times are 4:00 for JV; and 4:30 for Varsity. We will stop in Blanding after the race for dinner, and should return to the High School at around 8:00 PM.

Thursday, September 27 @ 3:00 PM at Rotary Park. Our 2nd run with the dogs followed by pizza and a movie! More information on this to follow at practice this week!

Friday, September 28. Park City Invitational in Park City. The bus will depart from the HS at 8:30 am for Park City. We will stop for lunch on the way and for dinner after the race. Race times are girls JV at 4:00; boys JV at 4:30; girls varsity at 5:00 and boys varsity at 5:30. Expect to return to Moab at around midnight.

Saturday, September 29. Enjoy the weekend off!