Times-Independent News Story

Here is an article in this weeks edition of the Times-Independent recapping our race at the Highland Invitational in Salt Lake City. A great team picture of everyone having fun at the meet!  Article Link   

Team Practice Schedule for August 31 - September 4

Fifth Week of Practice!

Monday August 31 @ 6:30 PM at Rotary Park: 4 mile timed tempo run at 85% of 3 mile effort followed by 4 - 100 yard strides in the park.

Tuesday September 1 @ 6:30 PM at Rotary Park: 3 mile taper run as we prepare for our meet on Wednesday at Monticello.

Wednesday September 2: Loyd's Lake Classic in Monticello. Team members will be excused at 1:10 PM to board the bus for Monticello. Bus leaves at 1:30 from in front of the HS. Race times are 4:30 for JV boys; 5:15 Varsity Boys and 5:20 Varsity Girls.

Thursday September 3 @ 6:30 at Rotary Park: 4 mile recovery run followed with 4 - 100 yard strides in the park.

Friday September 4 @ 3:00 at the HS track. Fire on the Track Friday! A series of speed work drills to finish out the week!

Saturday September 5: Enjoy the weekend off! 

Red Rock Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the Red Rock Invitational meet on August 26, 2015 at the Moab Golf Club in Moab, UT.

VARSITY GIRLS     51 RUNNERS     APPROXIMATELY 2.95 MILES

Jayelen Knowles     23:18
Alexa Pierce     24:52
Hannah Stripeika     25:52
Brooklin Hugentobler     26:07
Ariahna Groesbeck     28:51
Kaylan Young     29:01

VARSITY BOYS     116 RUNNERS     APPROXIMATELY 2.70 MILES

Ryan Lewis     15:33   2nd place
Cameron Wakefield     17:00   16th place
Ethan Clark     17:21   23rd place
Sammy Hansen     17:38   30th place
Mackay Wakefield     17:44   32nd place
Tyrese Stash     18:06   44th place
Kane Scherer     18:14   48th place
Gage Longley     18:33   59th place
Aaron Hawks     18:35   61st place
Braxten Pierce     19:01   71st place
Ryan Reed     19:02   72nd place
Alex Lacy     20:12   89th place
Tyler Moreau     22:33   106th place
Trenton Disbro     27:45   115th place

Congratulations to all our team members who competed in the race in rainy and sloppy conditions!

Team Pictures from the Highland Invitational

Here are a set of pictures of the team taken at the Highland Invitational held on Thursday August 20 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the photos!

Pictures from the Highland Invitational

Here are pictures from the Highland Invitational held on Thursday August 20 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the photos!

Team Practice Schedule for August 24 - 29

Fourth week of practice!

Monday August 24 @ 6:30 pm PM at the Moab Golf Club. Medium 6 mile timed tempo run followed by 4 - 100 yard strides in the Park.  

Tuesday August 25 @ 6:30 PM at the Moab Golf Club. Meet at the Moab Golf Club for a 3.1 mile run on the golf course to prepare for our home meet on Wednesday.

Wednesday August 26. Our home meet at the Moab Golf Club! Team members will be released from school at 1:15 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 1:30 pm. All  team members must be at the course by 2:00 pm. The meet begins with Jr High races at 3:15 pm. The HS boys race starts at 4:00 pm and the HS girls race starts at 4:30. Following the awards ceremony all team members must participate in sweeping and cleaning the course.
  
Thursday August 27 @ 6:30 PM at Rotary Park: 4 mile recovery run followed by 4 - 100 yard strides. 

Friday August 28 @ 3:00 PM at Rotary Park: Long uphill run up Sand Flats Road. 

Saturday August 29 @ 8:00 am at Denny's: 4 - 1 mile repeats on the trail across from Denny's with a three minute recovery between each run. After the run we will enjoy an all you can eat pancake breakfast at Denny's!

Times-Independent News Story

Here is an article in this weeks edition of the Times-Independent previewing our team and the start of a new season of cross country. Great picture of Ryan Lewis and Cameron "Pre" Wakefield at the start of the race in Tooele!   Article Link

Highland Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the Highland Invitational run on Thursday August 20 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Last years times are in parenthesis. Results Link

BOYS RESULTS

Ryan Lewis     17:28   (19:00)
Cameron Wakefield     19:08   (18:59)
Ethan Clark     20:20    (20:24)
Mackay Wakefield     20:28   (20:45)
Braxten Pierce     20:35   
Tyrese Stash   20:41   (25:08)
Samuel Hansen   20:52
Ryan Reed     21:12   (22:50)
Alex Lacy     23:09
Trent Disbro     32:14

GIRLS RESULTS

Jayelen Knowles     21:44   (22:15)
Alexa Pierce     25:55   (25:38)
Hannah Stripeika     26:17
Kaylan Young     27:28   (28:55)
Ariahna Groesbeck     29:54   (28:06)

Congratulations to all our runners who competed in the race!


     

Pictures from the Premier Invitational

Here are pictures from the Premier Invitational held on Saturday August 15 in Tooele. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the great photos!

Team Attendance Policy

Welcome back to school! The Coaches and Captains want to help you make this a great cross-country season. We admire the dedication you put into the team and realize many of you have commitments outside of cross country. To help us keep track of the training plan for all members, we are asking everyone to follow these attendance guidelines:

• Attendance at practice will help you attain a personal best and will advance the team toward state. We expect all members to come to every practice.
• If you must miss one practice a week, please provide parent documentation explaining the reason you are missing practice. Documentation may come in the form of a parent phone call to Randy, a parent note or email, or a copy of your work schedule.
• If you must miss more than one practice in a week, you are expected to do the practices listed on the blog on your own. For documentation, please bring your training log signed by a parent or guardian and the reason for your absence. 
• Two Sport Athletes: Our team supports those student athletes who take on the challenge of competing in two sports in the same season. These athletes should talk directly to the coaches for an individualized training plan and will be excused from normal cross country practices while attending their other sports practices and competitions.

If for some reason you can’t meet these expectations, you will not be invited to attend the meet that week. We hope you will join us again the following week.

Looking forward to a great season,

Captains and Coaches

Team Practice Schedule for August 17 - 21

3rd week of practice! Evening practices start this week and as you all know the weather is extremely hot. Please hydrate all day prior to practice and bring a full water bottle to practice.

Monday August 17: Two practices this day - a 6:30 am practice at the recreation center for those team members who have band practice in the evening and are unable to attend the evening practice. For those team members who are not in band, we will have a evening practice at 6:30 at Rotary Park. Both practices team members will run a medium 4 mile run followed by four 100 yard strides.

Tuesday August 18 @ 6:30 pm at Rotary Park: Speed work at the HS track. After a warm-up at Rotary Park we will jog to the HS track for a speed workout on the track.

Wednesday August 19 @ 6:30 pm at Rotary Park: Medium four mile run followed by four 100 yard strides at the park.

Thursday August 21: Second meet of the season - The Highland Invitational in Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Team members will be dismissed from school at 9:45 am to board the bus. BRING YOUR HOMEWORK WITH YOU TO DO ON THE BUS! We will stop at the Subway in Green River for lunch around 11:15. First race of the day (Frosh/Soph boys) is at 4:00. After the meet we will stop for dinner before heading back to Moab. We should be back at the High School around 10:30 pm.

Friday August 22 @ 3:00 pm at Rotary Park: Long Uphill Run up Sand Flats Road. To the top for our veteran runners; 1/2 for new runners.

Premier Invitational Results

Here are the official results from the Premier Invitation ran in Tooele, UT on Saturday August 15. There were seven members of the cross-country team that participated in the race. The venue was absolutely spectacular with a 1.2 mile gradual uphill followed by a long downhill trail run to a quarter-mile uphill to the finish line.  Congratulations to our runners who ran this tough course! Pictures to follow soon!

BOYS TEAM     3rd out of 4 teams  27 runners in race  
Ryan Lewis     17:40   11th overall
Cameron Wakefield     19:47   17th overall
Aaron Hawks     19:51   18th overall
Mackay Wakefield     22:06   21st overall
Ryan Reed     22:33   22nd overall
Tyler Moreau     26:43   27th overall

GIRLS TEAM      19 runners in race
Jayelen Knowles     22:55   12th overall     

Team Practice Schedule for August 10 - 15

2nd week of practice!

To prepare for our meet on Saturday we will have four full workouts Monday - Thursday and a taper run on Friday. All Practices will be held this week from 6:30 am to 8:00 am at the Recreation Center.

Monday August 10: Team meeting followed by a four mile run. When we return to the park we will do 4 - 50 yard strides on the grass at the park.

Tuesday August 11: Timed 3 mile run to the HS.Our first timed run of the season. We will use this as a baseline to measure improvement throughout the season.

Wednesday August 12: Trail run led by Coach Trish.

Thursday August 13: Speed workout at the park led by Coach Randy. Uniform handouts after the workouts at the park.

Friday August 14: Three mile taper run in preparation for our first meet of the season. Bus for Tooele leaves at 4:00 at the HS; please arrive by 3:45 to board the bus. 

Saturday August 15: First meet of the season - The Premier Invitational at Settlement Canyon in Tooele. First race starts at 12:30. More information on this meet to follow.

Black Hawk 10k Results

Here are the official results from the Black Hawk 10k ran in Golden, CO on Saturday morning August 1. There were six members of the cross-country team and/or the Moab Running Club and Coach Trish that participated in the race. The venue was absolutely spectacular - the race started at 8,500 feet in the Rocky Mountains and climbed 1,000 before turning back to run a long downhill back to the start line. Congratulations to our runners who accepted the challenge of running this tough course!

Ryan Lewis     54:18   6th overall / 1st in age group
Evan Ellison     54:18   7th overall / 2nd in age group
Aaron Hawks     58:55   10th overall / 4th in age group
Sam Hansen     1:03:15     17th overall
Coach Trish     1:08:11     22nd overall / 2nd in age group
Hannah Stipeka     1:26:12   68th overall / 4th in age group
Kaylan Young     1:32:30   83rd place