Sep 27, 2009

Weekend Results - Bob Firman and Orem Kiwanis Invite

Team, I am really proud of all of you that took the opportunity to race this weekend. We had strong performances at both races. I am still missing the full JV results for the girls and most of the JV performances for the boys from Bob Firman. once they post I will update the website.

Girls (Bob Firman)full 5000 Meter Race

Summer Harper - 18:43.58* 3rd Overall Elite Race (Fastest Utah Girl in a Loaded Field)
Rachel Stratton - 21:25.25*
Jordyn Stratton - 22:29.14*
Olympia Okamura - 23:17.33*
Izumi Okamura - 23:41.11*
Madison Bunker
Zoe Hart
Lacey Gray
Taylor Byers
*This was our fastest top 5 Group time this year by almost a minute. Great Job Girls!

JV Girls Times not Loaded Yet

Boys (Bob Firman) full 5000 Meter Race

Taylor Charles: 16:45.7
Victor Johnson: 16:56.2
Jace Jones: 17:08.5
Gar. Christensen: 17:23.2
Chance Werner: 17:47.3
Austin Birrell 18:16.44
Joseph Blackburn: 18:30.8
Garrett Bowles 18:31.85
Cooper Saffell (Not Posted yet)
Vince Miller: 20:23.0
2009 Top 5 Beat the 2008 Top 5 by a combined 15 seconds... 11th in the Elite Division. Great Job Guys!!

Girls Kiwanis Invite 5K:

Megan Robison 23:35.1
Katie Lewis 23:39.3
Camille Moss 23:46.7
Kristen Mella 24:07.4
Katy Dayton 25:35.6
Rachel Lyons 25:36.4
Hannah Porter 25:53.3
Karissa Kenney 27:20.2
Wendy Peterson 28:05.2
Skylar Larsen 28:19.9

Boys Kiwanis Invite 5K:

Andrew Simpson 19:03.8 (1st Place beginning to end)
Tyran Schouten 19:35.7
Cam Holderness 19:46.1
Sam South 19:52.1
Brennen Jenkins 19:53.9
Cameron Robins 20:33.8
Cory Jeffs 20:34.7
Adam Holderness 20:36.5
Taylor Welker 21:38.0
Stan Hawkes 22:08.7
Jacob Simpson 22:21.5
Tyler Martinez 28:06.5

Sep 21, 2009

Kiwanis Invite - Saturday September 26th

Team, here is the schedule for those that are not going to Bob Firman.

The course is in the north East Corner of UVU's Campus and starts and finishes in the large grass field by the marquee.

SCHEDULE:
7:00 a.m. Course open for team walk-throughs (also open Friday after 6:00 p.m.)
8:00 a.m. Coaches check-in and pick up packets
8:30 a.m. Coaches Meeting
9:00 a.m. J.V. Girls – all divisions
9:30 a.m. J.V. Boys – 1A thru 4A
10:00 a.m. J.V. Boys – 5A
10:30 a.m. Varsity Girls – all divisions
11:00 a.m. Varsity Boys – all divisions
11:30 a.m. Awards Ceremony/Open Race

Sep 19, 2009

2009 Bulldog Invite - Results

Hey Everyone, I finally called and got some of the results over the phone. I will not have the full results until tommorow.

Nice job to Summer and Vince our varsity team leader once again.

Girls: Girls varsity Top 5 had the best 5K total time of the year, But our top 5 Gap continues to lag behind. We really need to get more girls in the sub 22:00 range or faster. Considering we were missing Kristen, we are improving each week. Each of you need to continue to focus and trust in yourself to run the times we need for you to run. I continue to see panic and doubt on your faces during the race. Be confident in yourself, and take a deep breath, and go out and be competitive. I know you can do it.

Athlete Name Bulldog Invite Place
@ Kiwanis Park
Top 5 total Time 1:51:07
Top 5 Gap 04:34.0
Summer Harper 19:15.0 1
Heather Stratton 22:06.0 2
Rachel Stratton 22:34.0 3
Megan Robison 23:23.0 4
Jordyn Stratton 23:49.0 5
Izumi Okamura 23:57.3 6
Camille Moss 23:57.7 7
Olimpia Okamura 24:35.0 8
Katie Lewis 24:44.0 9
Madison Bunker 26:06.0 10
Rachel Lyons 26:08.0 11
Samantha Gull 26:30.0 12

Boys: Every week you continue to improve. We still have a long way to go. I am really impressed by the Freshman and sophmores on the team. They continue to shine. keep up the hard work. Total top 5 combined time is the best we have done for a 5k. However our gap fell off this week pushing up to over a minute. We can do better at this... we need to continue to focus close the gap. As our front guys get faster, so must everyone else.

Athlete Name Bulldog Invite Place
@ Kiwanis Park
Top 5 total Time 1:27:40
Top 5 Gap 01:03.9
Victor Johnson 17:01.1 1
Taylor Charles 17:21.2 2
Jace Jones 17:25.0 3
Chance Werner 17:48.0 4
Gar. Christensen 18:05.0 5
Andrew Simpson 18:31.0 6
Vince Miller 18:33.0 7
Joseph Blackburn 18:49.0 8
Garrett Bowles 18:51.0 9
Austin Birrell 18:52.0 10
Cooper Saffell 19:02.0 11
Ben Wright 19:10.0 12




Sep 18, 2009

Update for Bulldog Invite -

Team, the first race is not until 4:30... so please plan on meeting at orem high at 3:00. We will take a bus down to Kiwanis Park in Provo.

For the parents... Kiwanis park is just off of 9th East Directly Kitty Corner to the Byu Creamery on 9th... There is an elementary school, and the park is behind that.

Todays Varsity Squad:

Summer Harper, Heather Stratton, Megan Robison, Rachel Stratton, Izumi Okamura, Jordyn Stratton, Camille Moss

Victor Johnson, Taylor Charles, Jace Jones, Chance Werner, Garrett Christensen, Garrett Bowles, Andrew Simpson


See you then.

Coach Andy...

Sep 15, 2009

Provo Bulldog Invite - Friday 9/18/2009

Here is the information on this Fridays meet. If you know anyone that is not in high school and would like to run, that they can. They do need a USATF membership card. But it will be a great chance for them to run in a cross country meet. There will be more chances throughout the fall.

We do have a bus scheduled for 2:00 at Orem High. Please plan on riding the bus.

Where:
Provo Kiwanis Park (about 900 North and 1100 East)

Cost:
High School events: Team’s cost is $30 per Boy’s team (which includes all boys) and $30 per Girl’s team (which includes all girls). Individual runners will cost $6 each.
USATF 3K event: $2 per individual

Tentative Schedule of Event
Event 1: 4:30pm High School JV Boy’s 5K
Event 2: 5:00pm High School JV Girl’s 5K
Event 3: 5:30pm High School Varsity Girl’s 5K
Event 4: 6:00pm High School Varsity Boy’s 5K
Event 5: 6:30pm USATF 3K
6:20pm Varsity Team Awards for High School

Awards
Varsity: Top 20 Girls and Boys Medal
Girl’s and Boy’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Trophies
Jr Varsity Top 20 Girls and Boys Medal
USATF Youth: Individual awards per age group 1- 6
Open/Masters: Individual awards per group 1- 3

Murray Recap -



Team,

The perfect weather and a fun course provided many of you the opportunity to run very solid 5K times. Considering this course is longer than Pre Region, and more difficult than BYU we had a bunch run season 5K best times. Each of you need to continue to focus on your training and take every precaution to take care of yourself.

Best Overall Finisher (Girls):
Summer Harper 6th
Best Overall Finisher (Boys):
Victor Johnson 29th

Girls Total top 5 Time: 1:51:17 Top 5 gap: 4:29.6 (we Need to reduce this)
Boys Total top 5 Time: 1:27:29 Top 5 Gap: 36.3 seconds (pretty good, goal <20 Seconds)

With only 4 weeks until region, we need to stay focused and ready for the challenge of training, competing, and most importantly, Improving.

Thanks,

Andy

Sep 8, 2009

Murray Invitational

Team, this Friday is the Murray Invitational. This meet has typically been one of our favorite meets for the team. The following individuals will be competing in the Varsity Races:

Girls:

Summer Harper
Kristen Mella
Heather Stratton
Rachel Stratton
Camille Moss
Megan Robison
Izumi Okamura

Boys:

Jace Jones
Taylor Charles
Victor Johnson
Garrett Christensen
Chance Werner
Andrew Simpson
Garrett Bowles

The rest of you will participate in either the Rookie race or the JV race. If you are a 1st year Fresh/Soph you will run in the rookie race. If you are a Jr/Sr. you will run in the JV race. I expect that in each race we will be competitive and four our team to compete.

Schedule:

Bday: Bus will Depart at 2:00 PM Sharp!!!
Rookie Girls 4:00
Rookie Boys 4:15
JV Girls 4:45
JV Boys 5:00
Varsity Girls 5:30
Varsity Boys 5:45

Awards:

Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls
teams. Medals will be awarded to the top 20 finishers in each race.
T-shirts will also be given to the top 10 finishers in each Varsity race.

BYU Meet Recap

team,

As the season moves along, we need to continue to focus on improving. Especially those that are in position to be on the Varsity team. We have a talented group of kids on both the boys and girls team. I know we can continue to improve. Continue to focus on getting stronger and staying healthy.

Here are the team results for the BYU MEET:

Athlete Name BYU INVITE

Top 5 total Time...... 1:52:35
Top 5 Gap............. 04:35.6
Summer Harper .........19:29.2 1
Heather Stratton ......22:29.0 2
Rachel Stratton .......22:41.5 3
Megan Robison .........23:51.3 4
Izumi Okamura .........24:04.8 5
Jordyn Stratton .......24:20.5 6
Olimpia Okamura .......24:49.3 7
Madison Bunker ........25:24.7 8
Katy Lewis ............25:26.0 9
Katy Dayton ...........25:28.1 10
Samantha Gull .........26:00.1 11
Hannah Porter .........26:18.9 12
Taylor Byers ..........27:35.5 13
Skyler Larsen .........28:27.5 14
Lacy Gray .............28:34.7 15
Jenny Garbut ..........29:18.1 16
Zoe Hart ..............29:20.4 17

Athlete Name BYU INVITE Place
@ BYU
Top 5 total Time ....1:29:28
Top 5 Gap ...........00:51.7
Jace Jones ..........17:21.2 1
Taylor Charles ......17:52.3 2
Victor Johnson ......17:56.9 3
G. Christensen ......18:04.8 4
Chance Werner .......18:12.9 5
Andrew Simpson ......18:18.7 6
Garrett Bowles ......18:41.8 7
Vince Miller ........18:44.6 8
Joseph Blackburn ....18:44.8 9
Cooper Saffell ......19:25.5 10
Austin Birrell ......19:25.8 11
Cam Holderness ......19:29.3 12
Jordan Dodge ........19:48.3 13
Tyran Schouten ......19:55.5 14
Brennen Jenkins .....20:06.2 15
Taylor Greenwood ....20:52.5 16
Cameron Robins ......20:59.7 17
Adam Holderness .....21:06.2 18
Taylor Welker .......21:06.6 19
James Hinkson .......21:16.3 20
Kyle Turner .........21:21.9 21
Jason Groo ..........21:54.4 22
Sam South ...........22:16.9 23
Stan Hawkes .........22:49.3 24
Jacob Greenwood .....23:22.1 25
Tyler Martinez ......26:59.0 26

Sep 2, 2009

BYU INVITE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - Saturday Sept. 3rd

Team, please plan on riding the bus over to and from the meet. Looking forward to another Saturday morning of racing...


Time Schedule

8:00 AM Bus (departs Orem High)

Approximate Time:

9:00 am Frosh/Soph Boys 5K
9:30 am Frosh/Soph Girls 5K
9:55 am JV Boys 5K
10:15 am JV Girls 5K
10:45 am Univ. Women's 5K
11:10 am Varsity Girl's 5K
11:35 am Univ. Men's 4 Mile
12:05 pm Varsity Boy's 5K
12:40 pm Awards

Thanks,

Coach Andy Jacobs