XC Update - August 16

XC Update - Aug 16, 2009

“You can’t be a champion two hours a day and a chump the other 22 hours a day.” In other words, start taking care of the “little” things like sleep, nutrition, abs, etc. START NOW!! Don’t wait until the week before Region!!!

NOTE ON WORKOUT TIMES THIS WEEK: Same times and places as last week. We will run trails Monday in the morning, the Tuesday workout at Steed Park and Thursday workout at Jensen Park will be at 7:00 pm.

GOOD EFFORTS AT THE 18th DART CHALLENGE
Several Titans turned in good performances at the Dart Challenge 5K Saturday. Hannah Williams ran a great race to finish as the 2nd place high school runner. Her time was 19:19 and will put her in the top-15 performers on the races All-Time List. Our next finishers were pretty closely bunched. Mikelann Wilcox (23:24), Taylee Hamblin (23:25), Shelby Cadwell (23:57), Kianna Tebbs (24:03), Lindsay McFarland (24:09), Haley Busby (24:49) and Sasha Russell (25:26) were the other Lady Titans that ran the race. Hannah’s time was 40 seconds faster than last year, Mikelann’s 15 faster, and Sasha’s 2:06 faster!!! Great job Sasha. Maybe we won’t be spending as much time on hurdles this fall. Now, while grouping is a good thing in Cross Country, we need to get the entire group to narrow the gap and get closer to Hannah.

For the boys, Austin Costley ran 16:26 to place 3rd among high school runners. The time will put him in the top-30 on the All-Time list for the race. Jake Rossmango’s 16:42 was 2:42 faster than he ran last year and will put him in the top-50 on the list. Preston Williams ran 17:36, 41-seconds better than 2008. Brandon Yardley beat last years time by 1:18 to finish in 18:16. Dylan Rossmango finished in 21:27, 1:04 better than last year. Our other finishers were Tom Hill (20:39) and Julian Alvarez (20:47).
Great job by Mrs. Yardley as she placed 3rd in her age group running 27:39.
You can find all of the results at: http://davisxc.blogspot.com/2009/08/dart-challenge-womens-results.html

PHYSICALS, FEES, ETC.
Before you can be issued a uniform or compete in any meets, you must have turned in a Physical (B-Form for those who competed at Syracuse High last year), Tryout Checklist, Code of Conduct, Hazing Form and paid your District Fees ($35 fee, $20 transportation fee). I will have copies of all paperwork at the Tuesday workout. Pay your fees in the main office.

ADVANCED TEAM CONDITIONING
There is still time to get into 8th period Advanced Team Conditioning. It is taught both semesters.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Try to catch some of the World Championships over the next week. Great action. You can follow it live on the internet or watch it on TV. Here are the TV times:
Sunday- 12:00 pm - NBC
Sunday- 5:00 pm - Versus
Monday- 11:00 am - Versus
Tuesday - 11:00 am - Versus
Wednesday - 11:30 am - Versus
Thursday - 11:30 am - Versus
Friday - 11:00 am - Versus
Saturday - 11:00 am - NBC
Sunday - 12:00 pm - NBC
There are more times for Universal Sports- I’m not sure of them. You can follow all of the results and get to the live internet coverage by going to: www.iaaf.org. They have great information covering all events.

TEAM WORKOUTS THIS WEEK
Monday: Trails- meet at the school at 6:30 am or at Fernwood Campground at 7:00 am. Regular trail run.
Tuesday: 7:00 pm at Steed Park (300 north, 1000 west in Clearfield)
Thursday: Meet at Jensen Park at 7:00 pm.
Monday, Aug 24: First day of school. Bring your running clothes, shoes, etc. Bring a combination lock- I will try to have TEAM lockers by then for those who have been working out during the summer.
Saturday, Aug 29: Grass Relays at American Fork

MILEAGE
Again, please send in your mileage updates. Humor me.

See you Monday.

Coach Buhrley