Park City Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the Park City Invitational held in Park CIty, UT on Friday, September 28. 

GIRLS RESULTS     

Kylah Ricks  18:47  3rd place out of 120 runners in the girls' varsity race! 
Jessie Anderson   21:08   Season Best!
Sadie Farnsworth   23:00   Season Best!
Bella Welch   23:49   28th out of 240 runners in the girls JV race! 
Lorena Johnson   28:33

BOYS RESULTS     

Evan Ellison   16:26   12th place out of 168 runners in the boys' varsity race!
Malachi Ricks   16:30   16th place and a seasons best!
Arthur Hawks   17:12   47th place and the third fastest freshman in the boys' varsity race!
Jameson Hawks   19:08 
Stan Johnson   19:40
   
Jonathan Martineau   21:10   
Cameron Stotz   21:23
Daniel Thayer   30:02

Complete results can be found here   Results

Congratulation to all our runners!

Team Practice Schedule for October 1 - October 6

Championship season begins! 1 week to the region championship and 2 weeks to the state championships! 

Monday, October 1 @ 5:00 PM at Lions Park. The workout is a 70-minute training run for all runners. All runners should be making a good effort in aerobic range on this run, and should still be able to talk in sentences (listen to your body). We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass. 

Tuesday, October 2 @ 5:00 PM at the Moab Golf Club. We start the workout with an easy 20-minute run. We then run 3 x 1,000 at race pace with a 2 minute recovery between each. We finish the workout with an easy 15-minute run and 10 minutes of core work.

Wednesday, October 3 @ 5:00 at Rotary Park. The workout is a 45-minute training run for all runners. We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass.

Thursday, October 4 @ 7:00 PM at the HS track. Our 2nd annual runapalooza under the lights on the track! Events include predict your mile time, team relays and other fun running events!

Friday, October 5 @ 2:15 at the HS track. We start the workout with an easy 20-minute warmup run. We then run 3 x 5 minute on the trail behind the HS at a tempo pace (comfortably hard) with 2 minute recovery between each.  We then head to the track for 4 x 200 at a fast pace with a 200-meter jog between each. We then finish the workout with an easy 10-minute run.     

Saturday, October 6 @ 9:00 am at Lions Park. The workout is a 45-minute training run for all runners. We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass in the park.

Newspaper Article Links

Here are links to this week's articles in the local newspapers that covered the Emery Invitational held in Castle Dale on Friday, September 21st.

Moab Sun News

Moab Times-Independent

John Thornton Invitational Pictures

Below is the link to a nice set of pictures from the John Thornton Invitational held in Blanding, UT on Wednesday, September 26. Thank you to Rachel Stenta for the great pictures!

Picture Link

John Thornton Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the John Thornton Invitational held in Blanding, UT on Wednesday, September 26. 

GIRLS RESULTS   2nd Place!  36 runners in this race  

Kylah Ricks  21:40  1st place!
Anika Scherer   22:36   2nd place!
Jessie Anderson   24:18   7th place!
Bella Welch   24:56   10th place!
Mercedes Zunich   25:47   15th place
Sadie Farnsworth   26:33   19th place
Rachel Thompson   29:43   30th place

Lorena Johnson   31:52   8th place in the JV Race!

BOYS RESULTS   2nd place!  40 runners in this race  

Arthur Hawks   20:02   12th place
Malachi Ricks   20:12   15th place
Soren Indergard   20:42   19th place
Evan Ellison   20:43   20th place
Jameson Hawks   20:50   21st place   
Stan Johnson   22:19
Carson Whitney   22:24   29th place   
Jonathan Martineau   22:25   30th place
Cameron Stotz   23:18

Daniel Thayer   24:48   10th place in the JV race!
Patrick Johnson   24:49   11th place in the JV race

Complete race results can be found here   RESULTS

Congratulations to all our runners on a successful day in Blanding!

Team Practice Schedule for September 24 - September 29

8 weeks down with 4 to go before region and state championships! 

Monday, September 24 @ 5:00 PM at Lions Park. The workout is a 70-minute training run for all runners. All runners should be making a good effort in aerobic range on this run, and should still be able to talk in sentences (listen to your body). We finish the workout with 4 strides on the grass. 

Tuesday, September 25 @ 5:00 PM at the Moab Golf Club. To prepare for the region championship race to be held on our home course on October 9, today we will run our 3 mile home course. We finish with four 200 meter downhill repeats on hole 1.

Wednesday, September 26. John Thornton Invitational in Blanding.   Team members will be excused at 12:30 PM (after lunch) to board the bus for Blanding. We will not stop on the way to Blanding, so please pack snacks and a large water bottle for the trip. Race times are 4:00 for JV; and 4:30 for Varsity. We will stop in Blanding after the race for dinner, and should return to the High School at around 8:00 PM. 

Thursday, September 27 @ 3:00 PM at Rotary Park. Our 2nd run with the dogs followed by pizza and a movie! More information on this to follow at practice this week!

Friday, September 28.  Park City Invitational in Park City. The bus will depart from the HS at 8:30 am for Park City. We will stop for lunch on the way and for dinner after the race.  Race times are girls JV at 4:00; boys JV at 4:30; girls varsity at 5:00 and boys varsity at 5:30. Expect to return to Moab at around midnight. 

Saturday, September 29.  Enjoy the weekend off!

Newspaper Article Link

Here is a  link to this week's Moab Sun article that covered the BYU Autumn Invite held on Saturday, September 15th in Logan, UT.   Article Link

Emery Invitational

Over the years, Grand County XC always has success at the Emery Invitational!

Jackson Knowles - 2013 boys champion!

Andrew Hugentobler - 2014 boys champion!
Ryan Lewis - 2015 boys champion!

Even Ellison - 2018 boys champion!

Mercedes James - 2013 girls champion!

Jayelen Knowles - 2015 girls champion!

Kylah Ricks - 2018 girls champion!

2013 boys team champions!

2014 boys team champions!
2018 girls team champions!

Emery Invitational Results

Below are the official results from the Emery Invitational held in Castle Dale, UT on Friday, September 21. 

GIRLS RESULTS   1st Place!    

Kylah Ricks  19:27  1st place!
Anika Scherer   21:21   2nd place!
Ali Hirt   21:21   3rd place!
Bella Welch   23:53   6th place!
Mercedes Zunich   24:10   7th place!
Sadie Farnsworth   25:47   9th place!
Rachel Thompson   26:57
Lorena Johnson   27:26

BOYS RESULTS   2nd place!    

Evan Ellison   16:33   1st place!   SEASON PR!
Malachi Ricks   17:17   3rd place!
Arthur Hawks   17:33   7th place! 
Jameson Hawks   18:24   SEASON PR!
Soren Indergard   19:25
Stan Johnson   19:35   SEASON PR!
Jonathan Martineau   20:29
Cameron Stotz   20:49   SEASON PR!
Patrick Johnson   22:59   SEASON PR!
Daniel Thayer   25:02

Congratulations to all our runners on a great race!

BYU Autumn Invite Pictures

Below is the link to a nice set of pictures from the BYU Autumn Invite held in Logan, UT on Saturday, September 15. Thank you to Rachel Stenta for the great pictures!                            

Picture Link

BYU Autumn Classic Results

Below are the official results from the BYU Autumn Classic held in Logan, UT on Saturday, September 15. 

GIRLS RESULTS   

Kylah Ricks  19:22  15th place out of 154 runners
Jessie Anderson   22:02 
Bella Welch   25:00
Rachel Thompson   27:36
Lorena Johnson   31:15

BOYS RESULTS    

Malachi Ricks   17:04
Evan Ellison   17:09
Arthur Hawks   17:59   
Jameson Hawks   20:02 
Jonathan Martineau   21:09
Cameron Stotz   22:40
Daniel Thayer   23:47

Here is the link to the complete official results:  RESULTS

Congratulations to all our runners on overcoming all of the obstacles thrown our way at this meet!

Newspaper Article Links

Here are links to this week's articles in the local newspapers that covered the Red Rock Invitational held in Moab on Wednesday, September 5th.

Moab Sun News

Times - Independent Link