XC Update - Oct 4

Titan XC Update - Oct 4, 2009

OPEN REGION @ DAVIS
With all of the Region One schools competing except Clearfield, this meet was a fairly good indicator of where we stack up going into the final 1 ½ weeks before the Region Championships. All teams, including the Titans, seemed to be a little short-handed because of injuries and illnesses. However, we were able to finish 2nd to Davis in both Boys and Girls races.
“Queen” Hannah Williams continued to run great as she finished 2nd behind her rival from Davis, Meghan Hedquist. Her time of 17:21 over the 2.75 mile course is the #4 time ever run on the Barnes Park Course. Taylee Hamblin ran very well finishing in 18:00 to place 8th. Mikelann Wilcox continued to show improvement as her 19:07 was good enough for 15th. Lindsey McFarland (19th, 19:38) and Abby Rich (20th, 19:39) worked well together to round out the top-5 Lady Titans. Daylyn Johnston ran very well to place 29th in 20:19.
Haley Busby (21:16), Sasha Russell (22:06) and McKenna Peterson (24:46) all ran well in the J.V. race.
In the Boys Varsity, Austin Costley left the pack behind at about the 2-mile mark to finish 1st in 14:30. This was the #2 mark ever run on the course, just 3-seconds off the record. Jake Rossmango also finished very strong over the last ½ mile to finish 3rd in 14:48. That is the #4 mark ever run on the course. Tyrell Pearce (18th, 15:27), Brandon Yardley (19th, 15:28), and Kyle Kelly (26th, 16:07) made some strong moves at the end of the race that resulted in the Titans narrow 2-point margin over Weber for 2nd in the meet. Matt Clough (30th, 16:20) and Weston Atkins (42nd, 16:49) rounded out the varsity squad.
The top five scorers in the J.V. race were Brandon Hansen (18th, 16:51), Frank Owens (19th, 16:52), Thomas Hill (27th, 17:22), Parker Williams (30th, 17:32) and Steven Wilcox (32th, 17:50). Dylan Rossmango (33rd, 17:53) and Julian Alvarez (34th, 18:04) also figured in the scoring. The rest of the J.V. finishers were Grant Patterson (18:29), Josh Flores (19:51), Lance Gossett (19:51), Spencer Griffin (20:03) and Gregg Marchant (20:08).
Complete results can be found at: www.titanxc09.blogspot.com.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Selected as Athletes of the Week were: Abby Rich, who has consistently been in our top-five all year, and Austin Costley who has been our #1 runner most of the year and had a great race at Davis Wednesday.

THIS WEEK
We will host the Open Region meet Wednesday afternoon. The race times will be: 3:30- Junior Varsity Girls; 4:00- Junior Varsity Boys; 4:30- Varsity Girls; 5:00- Varsity Boys. This will be our last meet before the Region One Championships. It will help determine somewhat who will run Varsity at Region. We not only want to run well and compete hard, but also do some things that will make it a great meet for the other schools.

TEAM PICTURES
We will take TEAM pictures for the yearbook Friday after school. Make sure you have your uniform.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Wed, Oct 7 - Open Region Meet @ Syracuse
Fri, Oct 9 - TEAM Pictures after school
Wed, Oct 14 - Region Championships @ Layton Commons Park
Wed, Oct 21 - State Championships @ Sugarhouse Park