Titan XC Update - Sept 9, 2012

PRE-REGION
    The Girls finished 2nd and the Boys 3rd at the Pre-Region meet held at Layton City Park Wednesday.  The races were run over the 2.0 mile course used for the last several years.
    Sharlie Dimick, Isabella Williams, Erin Kibler, Katrina Dunlap and Maddy Neyts were the top finishers in the Ladies race.  Their 52-second split was the best we have had in a long time.  The top-five finishers for the Boys were Landon Greenhalgh, Jeff Reed, Nathan Seffker, Brandon Reed and Tyler Fessler. 
    Complete results can be found at: http://regiononetrack.blogspot.com/

MURRAY INVITATIONAL
    Over 45 schools and 2000 athletes competed at the Murray Invitational Friday.  Each of the six races was kind of an organized 5000 meter stampede.  Fortunately, all Titans managed to survive.
    Our Rookie Boys turned in our highest finish as they placed 6th.  Carson Andreason (15th, 18:42), Brandon Reed (33rd, 19:24), Ryan Andreason (50th, 19:57), Tanner Robb (69th, 20:31) and Caleb Saunders (72nd, 20:33) were our scoring athletes.  The J.V. Boys placed 20th in the team race.  They were led by Nathan Seffker (74th, 19:21) and Jeff Reed (80th, 19:25.  Because of injuries and illnesses, Landon Greenhalgh was our only entrant in the Varsity race.  He ran tough even though he was tightening up most of the race, to finish 51st in 17:02.
    Adriana McFarland (81st, 23:55) and Becca Jacobsen (116th, 24:56) led the J.V. Girls to a 15th place finish.  The Girls Varsity overcame a poor start to place 18th.  Sharlie Dimick (75th, 21:08), Isabella Williams (77th, 21:10), Erin Kibler (106th, 21:42), Maddy Neyts (156th, 22:40) and Katrina Dunlap (23:09) were the scoring athletes.  Katelyn Davidson (184th, 23:36) and Mallory Ashby (193rd, 23:55) also ran very well in the Varsity race.  Complete results of all races can be found at: www.runnercard.com.
    Overall, it was a good performance by the Titans and a valuable experience in learning how to run in large races.  This will pay off in the big races at the end of the season.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK(‘S)
    Selected as the Athletes of the Week were Erin Kibler and Jeff Reed.  Both had very good races this week, probably the result of their very good summer preparation.

DAVIS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
    We will be back at Layton Commons Park Wednesday for the Davis County Championships.  The race will be run over a 2.75 mile course.  The meet will feature a parent/coach/supporters race.  Anyone can run the same course as the high school athletes.  The schedule will be as follows:
      3:30 pm - Junior Varsity Girls
      3:55 pm - Junior Varsity Boys
      4:20 pm - Varsity Girls
      4:45 pm - Varsity Boys
      5:10 pm - Alumni/Parent/Sibling/Friends of XC
      5:30 pm - Awards Ceremony at the Finish Line area

ROYAL CHALLENGE
    We will travel to Roy High Friday for the 1st Royal Challenge Invitational.  I don’t know how many teams will be there, length of course, etc.  Not much information so far.  The race schedule is as follows:
    4:00 pm - Rookie Girls
    4:15 pm - Rookie Boys
    4:30 pm - JV Girls
    4:45 pm - JV Boys
    5:00 pm - Varsity Girls
    5:15 pm - Varsity Boys
   
PARENT/ATHLETE NIGHT
    Our Parent/Athlete night will be held Thursday, September 13th at 6:30 pm.  It will be held in the Chorale Room.  We want ALL parents and athletes to attend

ALUMNI UPDATE
    I missed Jaxon Hansen’s and Brandon Yardley’s collegiate debuts from the USU meet last week.  Jaxon ran 21:26 and Brandon 21:39 over the 4.0 mile course.  Good start for what will be a couple of great collegiate careers.  No former Titans were in action this weekend.

UPCOMING DATES
Sept 12 - Davis District Championships @ Layton Park
Sept 13 - Parent / Athlete Night - 6:30
Sept 14 - Royal Invitational @ Roy High - 4:00
Sept 19 - Open Region @ Layton - 3:45

Check out Kevin Hansen’s great pictures at: http://2012titanxcphotos.blogspot.com/