PARENT/ATHLETE NIGHT
Thanks to everyone who made it to the
Parent/Athlete night. It was great to hear the experiences of
three-time All-American Kurt Black. His ideas on how to prepare for
races, and life, were things we can all put to use to help us pursue our
goals. Nylin Johnson showed what a great asset Mountain Land Physical
Therapy can be to all our runners. And Coaches Busby and Wilcox had
some great words of advice. They are more important to the program than
can be explained. It was 90 minutes well-spent.
TEAM / INJURIES
So far this year our TEAM results have not been what we had expected,
especially on the Boys side. This is due to injuries, illnesses, and in
some cases, lack of commitment. With only three weeks until Region, it
is very important that we do everything possible to get the entire TEAM
as healthy and fit as possible by October 10th. That means no more
missed workouts and following proper training principles. Proper
nutrition and hydration, adequate sleep, and taking care of potential
injuries becomes even more important now. Don’t let yourself or the
TEAM down!!!
DAVIS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The TEAM results
may not have been was we would have liked, but there were many very good
individual efforts. Katelyn Davidson (2:46), Mallory Ashby (2:13),
Jareck Nelson (1:56) and Nick Merriman (1:45) had huge improvements over
their times from 2011 over the same course. In the Boys Varsity,
Landon Greenhalgh was our top finisher while Cameron Dower was our first
placer in the JV race. Bella Williams and Sharlie Dimick finished
together as our top placers in Girls Varsity. Lindsey Bailey was our
top finisher in the Girls JV.
Complete results can be found at: http://regiononetrack.blogspot.com/
ROYAL CHALLENGE
As has been the case most of the year, our TEAM places were hampered by
injuries and illnesses. However, there were many outstanding
individual performances in each of the five races in which Titans were
entered. The times over the 3.0 mile course could most accurately be
compared to the Murray Invitational adjusted times.
Sharlie
Dimick had her best race of the year finishing 8th in 20:16, a 52-second
improvement over Murray. Erin Kibler ran 21:32 to finish 2nd in the
JV race. She was running JV because she still pretty sick after a DNF
at the Davis County meet. Maddy Neyts, Katrina Dunlap, Katelyn
Davidson, Adriana McFarland, Mallory Ashby and Becca Jacobsen all had
improvements around 1-minute over their Murray times.
Landon
Greenhalgh was again our top placer in the Boys race as he finished 13th
overall. Nate Seffker, Ryan Andreason, Brandon Read, Tyler Fessler,
Cameron Dower, Loren Burrell, Thaddeus Bean, Brayden Burrell, Jareck
Nelson, Zach Griffin, Sean Marchant and Gavin Dowdy all had big
improvements over their Murray performances.
Complete results can be found at: www.runnercard.com
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Selected as the Athletes of the Week were Katelyn Davidson and Cameron
Dower. Both have continued working hard and have been making continued
progress. And they have provided some quality senior leadership.
ALUMNI UPDATE
Jake Rossmango ran 21:02 over four miles to place 7th overall at the
Ken Garland Invitational in Denton Texas. He was only a couple seconds
from 5th. Hannah Williams placed 35th at the Montana State Invitational
running 19:37 over the tough 5k course. There were over 100 runners in
the race. At the BYU Autumn Classic, Jaxon Hansen (22:33) and Brandon
Yardley (24:14) ran well for UVU. Our adopted Titan, Jared Ward, won
the race in 20:02. The course was 4.0 miles long.
THIS WEEK
We will be running at Layton Park Wednesday for an Open Region meet.
We will decide Monday if we will run at the Wahsatch Rendezvous. We may
have an alternative “homecoming” race Saturday morning.
UPCOMING DATES
Sept 19 - Open Region @ Layton - 3:45
Sept 22 - *Wahsatch Rendezvous @ Cottonwood Complex
Sept 26 - Open Region @ Syracuse - 3:45
Sept 28 - Orem or Park City Inv.
Oct 3 - Open Region @ Davis - 3:45
Oct 10 - Region @ Layton Park - TBA
Oct 17 - State @ Sugarhouse Park - TBA
Our complete schedule is posted at:
Check out Kevin Hansen’s great pictures at: http://2012titanxcphotos.blogspot.com/
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