Friday, August 1, 2014

Team Dinner

A team dinner will be held on Tuesday August 12 at 6:30 pm at the Best Western Canyonlands Inn (Next to Pasta Jays). Team members and their parents are invited as we review the 2014 team disclosure statement and view the HS cross country movie "The Long Green Line". Please let a coach know if you are able to attend. Thanks!

Team Practice Schedule for August 4 - 9

Opening Week of Practice!

It is exciting to finally be back in cross-country season! We are required to take the first two days off this week due to team practice being held during summer moratorium but we will hit the ground running hard on Wednesday August 6.

Wednesday August 6 @ 6:00 am at the HS track: Medium 45 minute run followed by 4 - 100 yard strides on the football field. We finish the day with a 20 minute core workout with Dylan.

Thursday August 7 @ 6:00 am at the HS track: Six - 5 minute trail repeats with a two minute recovery between each repeat.

Friday August 8 @ 6:00 am at the HS track: Medium 45 minute run followed by 4 - 100 yard strides on the football field. We finish the day with a 20 minute core workout with Dylan.

Saturday August 9 @ 7:00 am at the HS track: Four - 1 mile repeats with a two minute recovery between each repeat.


Remember - All practices are mandatory. If for some reason you cannot make a practice please let a coach know in advance. Thanks!

2014 Cross Country Schedule

Grand County High School
2014 Cross Country Schedule

Thursday August 21               Highland Invitational              Sugar House Park
                                                                                              Salt Lake City

Wednesday August 27           Red Rock Invitational            Moab, UT

Friday September 5                Lloyd's Lake Invitational        Monticello, UT

Friday September 12              Tiger Invitational                    Canyon View Park
                                                                                               Grand Junction, CO

Wednesday September 17     Emery Invite                          Ferron, UT

Saturday September 27          Anna Banana Invitational      Connected Lakes 
                                                                                               State Park
                                                                                                Grand Junction, CO

Wednesday October 1             John Thornton Invitational    Blanding, UT

Tuesday October 14                 Region Championship         Moab, UT

Wednesday October 22           State Championship            Sugar House Park
                                                                                                Salt Lake City, UT

Sunday, November 3, 2013

And that's a wrap

Wow - what a fun and rewarding season! But as Brian Cranston said in a recent interview regarding the end of the TV series Breaking Bad; "for something to be really, really good it must be perishable". So this season now must come to an end.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this season a success. Parents, school administrators, bus drivers, sponsors and volunteers at our Moab Autumn Run fundraiser, Mr. and Mrs. Knowles for the great tech shirts, Mr. Knowles and Mr. Snow for the great pictures, our friends at the Moab Golf Club for a great home meet, all the volunteers who helped with our home meet, the list can go on and on.

Thanks to my two assistant coaches - Greg Poettgen and Brandi Heywood. The season would have been nowhere near as succesfull or fun without both of you.

Thanks to all the great parents for coming to our meets, supporting our team and for the sacrifices you made during the season.

And lastly, a huge Thank you to all the team members. It was amazing to watch all season long as without complaint you "put the work into winning!". Long runs, speed work, hill repeats at the cemetery, 1 mile trail repeats. Whatever the workout, everyone ran hard to improve. It was an honor and a pleasure working with all of you this season and I looking forward to next season already!

 

Times-Independent News Story

Here is this weeks Times-Independent Story that recaps the State Championship race at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Nice picture of Andrew at the start of the race. Article Link

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Pictures from the State Championship Race

Here are a set of pictures from the State Championship Race held on Wednesday October 23 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. A big Thank You to Alan Snow's dad for the great pictures!

Pictures from the State Championship Race

Here are a set of pictures from the State Championship Race held on Wednesday October 23 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. A big Thank You to Jackson'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 23 at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. A big Thank You to Jackson's dad for the great pictures!

Complete State Championship Results

Here are links to the complete official results from the State Championships 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 23.   

BOYS VARSITY - 10th Place (91 runners)

Jackson Knowles     18:01   22nd place
Treyton Helquist     18:34   42nd place
Andrew Hugentobler     19:04   57th place
Adam Jenkinson     19:32   71st place
Alan Snow     19:47   76th place
Cameron Wakefield     20:04   80th place
Mason Tranter     20:41   86th place

GIRLS VARSITY - 7th Place (77 runners)

Mercedes James   20:36   8th place - ALL STATE!
Jayelen Knowles     22:20   28th place
Lauren Drake     24:06   44th place
Alexa Pierce     24:25   48th place
Annie Heywood     24:59   52nd place

Congratulations to all our state championship runners!      

Times-Independent News Story

Here is this weeks Times-Independent Story that recaps the Region Championship race in Blanding where both the boys and girls finished in third place and advanced to the state championship races. Great picture of Alexa finishing strong at the finish! Article Link

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Pictures from the Region XV Championship Race

Here are a set of pictures from the Region XV Championship Race held on Tuesday October 15 in Blanding. A big Thank You to Mr. Knowles and Mr. Snow!