Pictures from the State Championship Race

Here are a set of pictures from the State Championship Race held on Wednesday October 22 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. A big Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the great pictures!

Pictures from the State Championship Race

Here are another set of pictures from the State Championship Race held on Wednesday October 22 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. A big Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the great pictures!

Complete State Championship Results

Here are links to the complete official results from the State Championship Races held at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday October 22. These links are to the results pages at the UHSAA website. Girls Results   Boys Results

State Championships Results

Below are the official results from the State Championships held at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City  on Wednesday October 22.   

Jayelen Knowles

In the championship race that featured 71 runners, Jayelen finished in 20th place with a time of 21:50, moving up 8 positions from her 28th place finish in 2013 when she ran the course in 22:20. The time of 21:50 was a personal best for Jayelen!

Jayelen was the 10th fastest sophomore in 2A, and the sixth fasted girl in Region 15.

Congratulation Jayelen on a very successful season!

 

Ryan Lewis

In Ryan's championship race that featured 90 runners, Ryan finished in 34th place with a time of 18:26. Ryan sprinted past 3 runners in the last 50 yards of the race!

Ryan was the third fastest freshman in 2A, and was the fourth fastest boy in Region 15, beating Cole Chamberlain from San Juan by almost 10 seconds.

Congratulations to Ryan Lewis on an outstanding first season of cross country!

 

Pictures from the Region XV Championship Race

Here are a set of pictures from the Region XV Championship Race held on Tuesday October 14 at the Moab Golf Club. A big Thank You to Mr. Knowles!

Pictures from the Region XV Championship Race

Here are another set of pictures from the Region XV Championship Race held on Tuesday October 14 at the Moab Golf Club. A big Thank You to Mr. Knowles for the great pictures!

The Other Half Aid Station

Thank you to all the team members and parents who came out and worked our Aid Station at the Other Half Marathon on Sunday morning October 19. You are all the best!

Pictures from the Region Championships

Here are a beautiful set of pictures from the Region Championship meet held at the Moab Golf Club on Tuesday October 14. Thank you to Alan Snow's dad for the great pictures!

Region XV Championship Results

Below are the official results from the Region XV Championship meet held on Tuesday October 14 at the Moab Golf Club. The times from our home meet held on August 27, 2014 are in parenthesis.

BOYS REGION CHAMPIONSHIP RACE (104 Runners)

Ryan Lewis   18:17   5th Place!   Personal Record   (19:03)
Andrew Hugentobler   18:56   14th Place   (18:45)
Mason Tranter   19:22   23rd Place   (19:21)
Cameron Wakefield   19:26   26th Place   (19:04)
Ethan Clark   19:29   29th Place   Personal Record   (20:30)
McKay Wakefield   20:01.24   38th Place   Personal Record   (20:26)
Aaron Hawks   20:01.94   39th Place   Personal Record   (20:32)
Sidney Shumway   20:39   53rd Place   (21:02)
Ryan Reed   64th Place   21:44   (23:57)
Tyrese Stash   22:34   74th Place   (24:27)

GIRLS REGION CHAMPIONSHIP RACE (54 Runners) 

Jayelen Knowles   22:03   6th Place!   (22:41)
Lauren Drake   23:00   13th Place   (25:37)
Alexa Pierce   23:00.36   14th Place   Personal Record   (27:05)
Sadie Bowen   24:35   25th Place  
Brooklin Hugentobler   24:42   27th Place   (27:36)
Ariahna Groesbeck     26:51   28th Place   (28:42)
Kaylan Young   27:23   41st Place   (30:36)

Lets all congratulate Ryan and Jayelen on being state qualifiers!

Though the fourth place finish for our boys and girls teams is certainly not what we were hoping for at the start of the season, I am focusing on: 1) We had five personal records set at the meet (Ryan Lewis, Ethan, McKay Aaron and Alexa). 2) Take a look at the improvement in times from the home meet on August 27 to the region meet on October 14. 13 of our 16 runners who ran the two races ran faster in October, and in some cases the improvement was dramatic. 3) We have a great team coming back next year with 15 of our 17 runners returning. We hate to lose Andrew and Mason, but the future is bright for cross country at Grand County HS!

Thanks to everyone for all of your hard work, commitment and dedication this season. Remember - winter running season with the Grand County Running Club starts Thursday November 6 and the Moab Turkey Trot is only 39 days away!

Pictures from the John Thornton Invitational (Blanding)

Here are pictures from the John Thornton Invitational held on Wednesday October 1 in Blanding. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the photos!

Pictures from the John Thornton Invitational (Blanding)

Here are another set of pictures from the John Thornton Invitational held on Wednesday October 1 in Blanding. A big Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the great pictures!

Team Practice Schedule for October 6 - October 11

Here is the practice schedule for the tenth full week of practice. No meet this week so we have a full week of practice.

Monday October 6 @ 5:00 pm at Rotary Park: 5 mile run

Tuesday October 7 @ 5:00 pm at the HS: Speed work on the track - a mix of 400's and 800's.

Wednesday October 8 @ 5:30 pm at the Golf Course: 6 mile run - two laps around the course.

Thursday October 9 @ 5:30 pm at the Golf Course: Hill repeats on the backside of gut check hill.

Friday October 10 @ 5:30 pm: We finish the week with a 3 mile run - 1 lap around the course.

Saturday October 11 or Sunday October 12: Easy 3 mile run on your own. It is important to keep your legs moving over the weekend prior to the race on Tuesday.

Times-Independent News Story

Here is an article in this weeks edition of the Times-Independent recapping the Carbon Invitational held in Price, UT on Wednesday September 24. Awesome picture of Lexi; Lauren and Sadie getting ready to surge past the runner from Altamont! Article Link

Pace Per Mile Over the Course of the Season

Now that we have ended our regular season schedule, I think it worth a look back to see the improvement each of you have made over the course of the season.

Next to your name are three times. The first time is your time per mile from the first meet of the season that we ran on August 27, the Highland Invitational in Salt Lake City. The second time is from the fourth meet of the season that we ran on September 12, the Tiger Invitational in Grand Junction. And the third time is from the the seventh and final meet of the season that we ran on October 1, the John Thornton Invitational in Blanding.  

Girls Team             

Sadie Bown     N/A  /  N/A  /  7:59
Lauren Drake     8:15  /  9:04  /  7:35
Ariahna Groesbeck    9:41  /   N/A  /  8:53
Brooklin Hugentobler     9:07  /  N/A  / 8:02 
Jayelen Knowles     7:40  /  7:23  /  7:13
Alexa Pierce     8:50  /  8:32  /  7:58
Kaylan Young     9:58  /  9:21  /  8:42

Boys Team

Ethan Clark     7:02  /  6:44  /  6:32
Aaron Hawks     7:02  /  7:09  /  7:24 
Andrew Hugentobler     6:17  /  5:55  /  6:05
Ryan Lewis     6:33  /  6:14  /  6:08
Ryan Reed     7:52  /  7:36  /  6:53 
Sidney Shumway     7:05  /  6:36  /  6:36
Tyrese Stash     8:40  /  7:46  /  7:25 
Mason Tranter     6:16  /  N/A  /  6:08
Cameron Wakefield     6:32  /  7:22  /  6:20
Mackay Wakefield     7:09  /  6:52  /  6:54

Congratulations to all team members who put in the work over the course of the season - your efforts certainly paid off with some very impressive improvement!

John Thornton Invitational (Blanding, UT) Results

Below are the official results from the John Thornton Invitational meet held on October 1, 2014 in Blanding, UT. Their were seven boys and seven girls teams competing at the meet. The course was 3.0 miles long. The time in parenthesis was the time from last year's region meet. Recall that at this meet there was a timing problem so we do not have times for all of the runners in the boys race.

Varsity Girls     3rd place overall     33 runners

Jayelen Knowles     21:40   6th place   (21:11)
Lauren Drake     22:50   13th place   (22:09)
Alexa Pierce     23:55   17th place   (22:53)
Sadie Bown     24:04  18th place
Brooklin Hugentobler     24:08   20th place 
Kaylan Young     26:09   27th place
Ariahna Groesbeck   26:41   28th place

Varsity Boys     3rd place overall   43 runners 

Andrew Hugentobler     18:14   8th place   (18:05)
Mason Trantor     18:23   10th place  
Ryan Lewis     18:24   11th place
Cameron Wakefield     18:59   21st place 
Ethan Clark     19:32   27th place
Sidney Shumway     19:38   30th place
Mackay Wakefield     20:28   38th place
Aaron Hawks     21:15   41st place

JV Boys     34 runners
   
Ryan Reed     20:38   8th place
Tyrese Stash     22:15   17th place

Congratulations to all our runners!