XC Update - Sept 21

Titan XC Update - Sept 21, 2009

GREAT WEEK FOR THE TITANS
The Titans had a great week that moved us closer to reaching some of the TEAM goals. The great Monday workout really got things started. 2nd place finishes behind Davis High by both Girls and Boys at the Davis Clipper Championships kept the momentum going. The week was capped off Saturday as both teams finished 4th at the Wahsatch Rendezvous Invitational. Over 25 schools had teams entered in the meet.

DAVIS CLIPPER CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hannah Williams led the Lady Titans to the 2nd place finish. She ran 17:32 over the 2.75 mile course to finish in 3rd place. Taylee Hamblin (10th, 18:49) and Mikelann Wilcox (14th, 19:11) also medaled for Syracuse. Lindsey McFarland (16th, 19:28), Shelby Cadwell (17th, 19:34), Kiana Tebbs (18th, 19:37) and Abby Rich (21st, 19:47) all ran great to complete the varsity scoring.
Jake Rossmango and Austin Costley ran very aggressively with the lead runners for the first ½ of the race. Then Jake broke away and took the lead for a mile before getting passed in the final stages. He held on to finish 2nd in a 14:42. Austin was right behind in 3rd with a time of 14:50. Preston Williams (14th, 15:34), Brandon Yardley (17th, 15:50), Kyle Kelly (20th, 15:55), Tyrell Pearce (21st, 15:58) and Matt Clough (33rd, 16:43) rounded out the varsity scorers. In the JV race, Jaxon Hansen ran a great race to finish 4th in 15:46.
Both squads ran very well and narrowed the gap between us and Davis.

WAHSATCH RENDEZVOUS
This unique format was another good one for the Titans. The meet was at the Cottonwood Complex in SLC and the course was 2.94 miles long. Both TEAMS ran very well in finishing 4th. This meet has a series of smaller races with all #7 runners competing against each other, then #6, etc. The places are then added up to get the final total. In the #7 races, Daylyn Johnston placed 5th (23:00) and Kyle Kelly 3rd (17:19). The #6 races had Abby Rich in 3rd (21:22) and Tyrell Pearce finishing 4th (17:14). Kiana Tebbs placed 5th (21:21) and Brandon Yardley 10th (17:36) in the #5 races. In #4, Shelby Cadwell was 4th (20:44) and Jaxon Hansen 5th (17:12). The #3 races had Mikelann Wilcox finishing 8th (21:20) and Preston Williams 7th (16:44). Austin Costley placed 2nd (16:00) and Taylee Hamblin 6th (20:29) in #2. In the #1 races, Hannah Williams placed 3rd (18:56) and Jake Rossmango 5th (16:05). When all races were combined, Hannah had the 3rd best time while Austin’s was 9th and Jake’s 10th.
Matt Clough and Weston Atkins ran very well in the JV race. Matt finished 2nd in 17:34. Weston was 15th in 17:57. Brandon Hansen (42nd, 18:40), Steve Wilcox (48th, 18:44) and Frank Owens (87th, 19:11) helped us finish 5th in the TEAM race. There were over 420 runners and 30 teams in the race. This was probably our best JV finish ever in a big meet.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as the Athletes of the Week were Taylee Hamblin, Jaxon Hansen and Matt Clough. Taylee had two very good races and showed that she can be a force on the State scene. Jaxon did a great job at both meets and is really starting to help the TEAM. Matt had his best race since coming to Utah and is working hard for a varsity spot.

THIS WEEK
We will go to Roy High for the “Open Region Meet” Wednesday. I’m not sure of the race times- they will start at 3:00 or 3:45. I’ll send out the race schedule as soon as Roy High sends it out. On Saturday, we will travel to UVU in Orem for the Orem Kiwanis Invitational. The bus will leave at 6:30 am with the races starting at 9:00.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Wed, Sep 23 - Open Region Meet @ Roy
Sat, Sep 26 - Orem Invitational @ UVU
Wed, Sep 30 - Open Region Meet @ Davis
Wed, Oct 7 - Open Region Meet @ Syracuse
Wed, Oct 14 - Region Championships @ Layton Commons Park
Wed, Oct 21 - State Championships @ Sugarhouse Park