XC Update - Sept 14

Titan XC Update - Sept 14, 2009

MURRAY INVITATIONAL
The Titans turned in some outstanding performances Friday at the Murray Invitational. With over 40 schools competing, Syracuse fared very well. The Girls finished 11th overall and 5th among the 5A schools. The Boys were 9th overall and 4th in the 5A classification.
Hannah Williams ran a great race to finish 7th overall and 2nd among the 5A runners. Her time of 19:33 over the 3.1 mile course was 53-seconds faster than she ran last year. She showed that she can run with the best in the state and will be one of the favorites for the 5A title in October. The other Lady Titan scorers were Taylee Hamblin (74th, 21:46, 1:33 faster than last year), Abby Rich (83rd, 21:57), Lindsey McFarland (86th, 21:59), and Kiana Tebbs (88th, 22:01, :49 faster than 2008). There were over 240 in the race.
Haley Busby (73rd, 24:44, 1:12 faster than last year) and Daylyn Johnston (75th, 24:45) were the top finishers in the JV race.
Austin Costley recovered from a bad start to finish 22nd in 16:54, just out of the medals. That is a 21-second improvement over last year. Preston Williams ran 17:34 to finish 50th. Jake Rossmango, battling the flu and the effects a record time in the PE mile earlier in the day, ran 17:40 to finish 60th. The other Titan scorers were Tyrell Pearce (92nd, 18:04, 1:06 faster than 2008), and Weston Atkins (97th, 18:10, 1:56 faster than last year). Over 260 finished the race.
Kyle Kelly was moved down to JV because he had been feeling under the weather. All he did was run 18:01, 1:11 faster than last year, to finish 6th in the JV race. Matt Clough, a newcomer to our program, ran very well running 18:44 to place 25th.
The meet was a good one to help prepare us for the big meets that really count. The experience gained will pay big dividends later in the season.
For complete results, go to: http://www.runnercard.com/runner/data/531/2182/Result/2009_Murray_Invitational.htm


ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as the Athletes of the Week were Haley Busby, Kyle Kelly and Preston Williams. All three had great races Friday and also had great workouts throughout the week.

CAPTAINS
Hannah Williams, Haley Busby and Kiana Tebbs were selected as the captains of the Girls’ TEAM. The Boys captains are Kyle Kelly, Jake Rossmango, Austin Costley and Julian Alvarez. Congratulations!!!

CONGRATS SASHA!!!
Sasha Russell was selected as the KJAZZ Scholar / Athlete of the Week. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor.

YEARBOOK PICTURES
We will take TEAM pictures for the yearbook after practice Friday. Don’t forget to have your uniform at school.

THIS WEEK
The Davis County Championships will be held Wednesday at Layton Commons Park. The JV Boys race will start at 3:30. Girls will run at 4:00 and Boys Varsity at 4:30. There is also an Open Race at 5:00 for anyone who would like to run.
Saturday we will travel to the Cottonwood Complex (4500 south 1300 east) for the Wahsatch Rendezvous. The bus will leave at 6:45 am and the first race is scheduled for 9:00 am.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Wed, Sep 16 - Davis County Championships at 3:30 @ Layton Commons Park
Fri, Sep 18 - TEAM Pictures after practice
Sat, Sep 19 - Wahsatch Rendezvous at 9:00 @ Cottonwood Complex
Wed, Sep 23 - Open Region Meet @ Roy
Sat, Sep 26 - Orem Invitational @ UVU