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!

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.

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