Team Practice Schedule August 29 - September 3

5th week of practice and only 7 weeks to the region championships!

Monday August 29 @ 5:00 PM at Rotary Park. Long six mile run to Lions Park and back.

Tuesday August 30 @ 5:30 PM at Lions Park. Long six mile run on the trail in the Wetlands to the Matheson Wetlands Preserve and back.

Wednesday August 31 @ 3:00 PM at the HS Track.  Eight 5 minute trail repeats on the Millcreek trail behind the HS.

Thursday September 1 @ 5:30 PM at Rotary Park. 4 mile conversational pace taper run up Powerhouse Lane and up Sand Flats Road. 

Friday 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 4:00 for JV boys; 4:05 JV Girls; 4:45 Varsity Boys and 4:50 Varsity Girls. Please bring healthy food to eat along with plenty of water on the bus before and after the meet as we will not be stopping anywhere either before or after the meet.

Saturday September 3 @ 9:00 AM at Rotary Park. Easy 5 mile run followed by 4 strides on the grass in the park.

Times-Independent News Story

Here is an article in this weeks edition of the Times-Independent recapping the Highland Invitational. Great picture of Hannah Stripeika sprinting toward the finish line!  Article Link

Pictures from the Red Rock Invitational

Here are a set of pictures from the Red Rock Invitational held on Wednesday August 24 at the Moab Golf Club. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the great pictures!

Pictures from the Red Rock Invitational

Here are another set of pictures from the Red Rock Invitational held on Wednesday August 24 at the Moab Golf Club. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the great photos!

Pictures from the Highland Invitational

Here are a set of pictures from the Highland Invitational held on Thursday August 24 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the photos!

Pictures from the Highland Invitational

Here are another set of pictures from the Highland Invitational held on Thursday August 24 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Thank You to Jayelen's dad for the photos!

Pictures from the Highland Invitational

Here are a set of pictures of the team taken at the Highland Invitational held on Thursday August 24 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Thank You to Mr. Wakefield for the photos!

Red Rock Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the Red Rock Invitational run on Wednesday August 24 at the Moab Golf Club. 

GIRLS RESULTS     3rd Place!   47 runners in this race

Jayelen Knowles   21:23   5th place!
Hannah Stripeika   22:12   6th place!
Auburn Jackman   23:14   11th place
Mercedes Zunich   24:40   17th place
Sadie Farnsworth   24:41   18th place
Brooklin Hugentobler   24:55   19th place
Josie Wakefield   29:01   33rd place
Hannah Owen   30:07   37th place

BOYS RESULTS     2nd place!   111 runners in this race

Ryan Lewis   16:37   1st place!   NEW COURSE RECORD
Evan Ellison   17:43   5th place!
Cameron Wakefield   18:23   10th place!
Mackay Wakefield   18:31   11th place
Braxten Pierce   18:56   18th place
Soren Indergard   19:34   25th place
Ryan Reed   20:21   37th place
Tyrese Stash   20:45   42nd place
Aaron Hawks   20:53   45th place
Jameson Hawks   22:28   76th place
Trent Disbro   26:44   97th place

Congratulations to all our runners on a extremely successful home meet!   

Team Practice Schedule August 22 - August 27

4th week of practice already! Home meet this week! Remember to hydrate everyday as it is still extremely warm outside.

Monday August 22 @ 7:00 PM at Moab Golf Club. Six mile run following the same route that the home meet is run on. The run will start at an easy pace, work up to a tempo pace (comfortably hard) and then end with an easy pace. We also will have a guest speaker at practice to talk to the team about her experiences as a runner. Because of the long run expect practice to end between 8:45 and 9:00.

Tuesday August 23 @ 7:00 PM at the Moab Golf Club. Easy three mile run at a conversational pace followed up with six strides.

Wednesday August 24. Our home meet at the Moab Golf Club! Team members will be released from school at 1:30 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 1:45 pm. All  team members must be at the course by 2:00 pm. The meet begins with Jr High races at 3:00 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 25 @ 7:00 PM at Rotary Park. 6 mile conversational pace trail run led by Coach Trish.

Friday August 26 @ 3:00 PM at the HS track. 1 mile warm up followed by (12)  400 meter repeats with a 45 second recovery on the HS track. All runners will have a time goal. The first four should feel like you are holding back; the middle four should feel like you have to work a bit and the last four should feel uncomfortable. Finish the workout with a 800 meter cool down.

Saturday August 27: 4 -5 mile run on your own.

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 Evan, Jayelen, Ryan and Hannah taken at last Friday afternoon's acclimation practice!  Article Link

Highland Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the Highland Invitational run on Thursday August 18 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Last years times are in parenthesis. Results Link 

GIRLS RESULTS

Jayelen Knowles   20:48 (21:44)   93rd out of 193 runners
Hannah Stripeika   22:20 (26:17)
Mercedes Zunich   24:52   48th out of 155 runners
Ariahna Groesbeck   25:58 (29:54)
Sadie Farnsworth   29:15
Josie Wakefield   29:56
Jenna Hawks   30:00

BOYS RESULTS

Ryan Lewis   16:16   (17:28)   39th out of 252 runners
Evan Ellison   17:21   7th out of 197 runners!
Cameron Wakefield   18:13   (19:08)
Mackay Wakefield   19:06   (20:28)
Soren Indergard   19:31   53rd out of 197 runners
Tyrese Stash   19:48   (20:41)
Ryan Reed   20:25   (21:12)   173rd out of 375 runners
Aaron Hawks   21:03
Jameson Hawks   22:09
Trent Disbro   26:03 (32:14)

The general rule of thumb is if a HS cross country runner trains hard for 1 year they can expect about a 1 minute improvement in time. We had all our runners improve by about a minute and some far greater than a minute! The results of your hard work were in full display at Sugarhouse Park yesterday - everyone toed that start line with the confidence that they were going to run great! This confidence came from knowing that you put in the work and that you were there to compete! Congratulations to everyone who successfully competed!   
   

Team Practice Schedule for August 15 - 20

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 15 @ 7:00 pm at Rotary Park: Long 7 mile run for our "A" runners; 5.5 mile run for our "B" runners. 4 strides when we return to the park.

Tuesday August 16 @ 7:00 pm at Rotary Park: 2 mile warm up run followed by 6 x 200; 6 x 400 and 6 x 200 with a 200 meter jog recovery on the HS track. We finish with a 1 mile cool down jog back to the park where uniforms will be handed out.

Wednesday August 17 @ 3:00 pm at Rotary Park: 4 mile taper run for all runners followed by 4 strides on the grass at Rotary Park. 

Wednesday August 17 @ 6:30 at USU. Parent / Player meeting.

Thursday August 18: First meet of the season - The Highland Invitational in Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Team members will be dismissed from school at 8:45 am to board the bus. BRING YOUR HOMEWORK WITH YOU TO DO ON THE BUS! We will stop at the Subway in Wellingon for lunch. First race of the day (Freshman Boys) is at 3:00, while the last race of the day (Girls Varsity) is at 6:10. After the meet we will stop for dinner before heading back to Moab. We should be back at the High School around 11:30 pm.

Friday August 19 @ 9:00 PM at Rotary Park: Medium 5 mile moonlight run for all runners with pancakes at Denny's after the run.

Saturday August 20: Easy 4 - 5 mile run on your own.

Team Practice Schedule for August 8 - 13

1  week down! We start competing next week! 

ALL PRACTICES THIS WEEK AT ROTARY PARK

Monday August 8 @ 6:00 AM: Long 6 mile run for all runners. When we return to the park we will do  4 - 50 meter strides on the grass in the park. 

Monday August 8 @ 4:00 PM: Bonus Practice! An easy conversational 2 mile trail run

Tuesday August 9 @ 6:00 AM: We will jog over to the HS track where we will complete our warm-ups. After warm-ups we will run a TIMED 3 mile run on the track (12 laps). After the run we will have a team meeting in Coach Dan's room in the Tech Center.

Tuesday August 9 @ 7:00 PM: Nutrition Meeting with Julie Cornelius @ Utah State University West Building Room C

Wednesday August 10 @ 6:00 AM: (9) 45 - 60 second hill repeats up Sand Flats Hill

Wednesday August 10 @ 4:00 PM: Bonus Practice! An easy conversational 2 mile trail run

Thursday August 11 @ 6:00 AM: 5 mile timed tempo run @ 80% of 3 mile effort followed by a PACK 800

Friday August 12 @ 6:00 AM : Long 7 mile run for all runners. When we return to the park we will do  4 - 50 meter strides on the grass in the park.

Friday August 12 @ 4:00 PM: Bonus Practice! An easy conversational 2 mile trail run

Saturday August 13 @ 8:00 AM: 2 mile easy warm-up run followed by (4) 1 mile timed repeats. Finish with a easy 1 mile cool down.