Davis Cross Country: August 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

xc update - grass relays

Darts -
It is a great feeling to have the first race done with. We are now to the exciting part of cross country--the racing. We have put in the work, and we are ready to prove to ourselves and to others what we are made of. It was a great start to the season at the grass relays. As a TEAM, we won 4 of the 6 races - Girls Varsity, Girls JV, Boys JV, and Boys Freshman/Sophomore. We finished 3rd in a very competitive boys varsity race. I think it gives us a good starting point. We will definitely want to keep working hard and keep improving, but this was one of our best starts ever. I am most impressed with our depth. On the girls side we had 10 girls under 14:00, and on the boys side we had 23 boys run under 12:00 (the next closest teams were Mountain Crest and American Fork with 10 boys each). I dare anyone to mess with our boys JV.

On the girls side, Meghan Hedquist anchored our varsity team to their 4th straight grass relays title. Meghan had the fastest time out of all 500 girls who ran on Saturday. She got the baton about 12 seconds behind Park City, and a few seconds behind American Fork, but pulled away from both runners to give us the 23 second victory. Abby Frodsham had a great race in her first ever cross country meet to finish in the top 20. And Jessie Wilding improved 31 seconds from last year to finish in the top 10. The JV girls also had a tight group with the top 5 finishing within 19 seconds of each other. Our depth is definitely going to help us as the season goes on. Big improvements over last year came from Anna Ward (1:21 faster), Brooke Gutzwiller (:42), Becca Albrechtsen (:59), Madi Holt (1:29), Danna Stuart (1:12), Tracey Munson (:56), and Karaline Vandemerwe (1:25).

For the boys, we have a very tight gap for our top 10 runners (:23 seconds). It is going to make us a strong TEAM, and hopefully motivate us to work hard with each other and improve together. The boys varsity TEAM was definitely not satisfied with their races, although they showed some good fitness. We are going to work on staying more mentally tough in the middle parts of the race. It was our 2nd best all-time team time, but we know we can do even better. We were lead by sophomore Brad Nye with his 10:54 (good enough for 15th place). Other big improvements over last year came from Joe White (1:17 faster), Adam Seelos (1:31), Adam Mathias (1:50), James Stenquist (1:10), and Cade Cloward (:37). We also had a great showing from our freshman - Preston Johnson, Alex Hedquist, Brayden Cromar, Hayden Hansen, Jackson Sagers, Taylor Goldsberry, Jed Brough, and Isaac Clouse. It may be the strongest group of 9th grade boys we've ever had.

Overall, the coaching staff was excited about what we saw. We know there are some areas we can work on, and we know that some of you want to race even better -- I hope all of you have a desire to work hard and improve from here. It is just a starting point. Evaluate your race and make note of what you did well, and what you think you can improve on as we go from here.

One of the things I really was impressed with was our sea of gold and brown cheering for the Varsity races. I have never seen that much enthusiasm coming from our JV squads. It was impressive to watch you run from point to point in order to energize your teammates. Plus it is a great way to cool down.

Davis Results are posted below. Full results can be found at http://timo.mostert.googlepages.com/americanforkgrassrelays
Pictures will soon be posted at www.davisxc.blogspot.com

Athletes of the Week: Abby Frodsham, Madi Holt, Joe White, Adam Mathias
Also, congratulations to my wife, Stefanie, who ran 1:20.14 for the Top of Utah 1/2 marathon. She finished 1st place :)

Coming Up:
Wednesday, September 2 - Pre Region Meet at Layton City Park - the race will be 2 miles
Thursday, September 3 - 6:30 pm - Parents Night @ Davis High. All parents and athletes invited
Saturday, September 5 - 9:00 am - BYU Invite at BYU Track - the race will be 5k
Friday, September 11 - 4:00 pm - Murray Invite at Murray Park - the race will be 5k

Girls Varsity
1. 12:06 Meghan Hedquist (5th fastest time ever on the course - tied for #1 Davis all-time)
8. 12:46 Jessie Wilding
17. 13:09 Emily Hansen
20. 13:12 Abby Frodsham
27. 13:28 Brooke Stromberg
*131 Total Runners
Team Times
1. 64:41 Davis (8th fastest team ever on the course)
2. 65:04 Park City
3. 65:45 American Fork
4. 66:38 Timpanogos
(Our Girls JV would be 5th with 67:43)

Girls JV
1. 13:21 Annie Anderson
3. 13:33 Anna Ward
4. 13:34 Tessa Brown
5. 13:35 Brooke Gutzwiller
8. 13:40 Becca Albrechtsen
15. 14:12 Megan Parker
19. 14:17 Madi Holt
27. 14:27 Danna Stuart
28. 14:28 Karaline Vandemerwe
41. 14:54 Tracey Munson
46. 15:05 Caitlin Miller
50. 15:09 Katie Christensen
54. 15:14 Julia Anderson
71. 15:50 Kayla Sagers
73. 15:51 Cecily Nye
75. 15:53 Missy Lott
89. 16:14 Addie Ferguson
*175 total runners
Team Score
1. 21 Davis
2. 101 American Fork
3. 102 Alta
4. 123 Timpanogos
5. 161 Jordan (ran their varsity in the JV)

Girls Freshman/Sophomore
18. 14:37 Sarah Parker
31. 14:57 Janice Hartvigsen
158. 18:24 Whitney Williams
*186 Total Runners

Boys Varsity
15. 10:54 Brad Nye
20. 10:59 Joe White
25. 11:01 Logan Petty
26. 11:03 Jeff Taylor
33. 11:12 Brian Alfaro
Team Times
1. 53:39 American Fork
2. 54:32 Timpanogos
3. 55:09 Davis
4. 55:42 Pleasant Grove
5. 55:42 Hillcrest
(Our Boys JV would be 6th with 56:00)
(Our Boys Freshman/Sophomores would be 18th out of 31 teams with 58:42)

Boys JV
3. 11:06 Jason Thomas
4. 11:08 Austin Neuner
9. 11:14 Adam Mathias
10. 11:15 Spencer Jones
12. 11:17 Ben Poulson
16. 11:23 Michael King
19. 11:32 Matt Swanson
22. 11:38 Adam Seelos
31. 11:48 James Stenquist
39. 11:53 Colton Cottrell
40. 11:54 Zach Schofield
41. 11:54 Cody Robbins
43. 11:58 Keigunn Kunz
44. 11:59 Cade Cloward
45. 11:59 Nate Lee
47. 12:01 Brandon Estoque
54. 12:07 Brad Fry
63. 12:10 Andrew Steinicke
72. 12:17 Joe Albrechtsen
88. 12:27 Sam Callister
92. 12:30 Jason Barfus
116. 12:52 Spencer Jewett
160. 13:25 Mike Arnold
172. 13:35 Curtis Knight
173. 13:36 Devin Vance
195. 14:05 Joe Valentine
230. 15:09 Ben Thomas
233. 15:18 Dalton Facer
*244 Total Runners
Team Score
1. 38 Davis
2. 102 American Fork
3. 189 Park City (Varsity Runners)
4. 217 Jordan (Varsity Runners)
5. 244 Timpanogos

Boys Freshman/Sophomore
3. 11:20 Preston Johnson
4. 11:24 Alex Hedquist
5. 11:32 Brayden Cromar
21. 12:12 Logan Wood
22. 12:14 Hayden Hansen
36. 12:34 Jackson Sagers
38. 12:35 Taylor Goldsberry
61. 12:49 Kaden Gilchrist
123. 13:33 Cameron Layton
228. 15:27 Jed Brough
242. 16:48 Isaac Clouse
*248 Total Runners
Team Scores
1. 55 Davis
2. 91 Mountain Crest
3. 158 Salem Hills
4. 169 American Fork

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Davis 2009 XC Schedule

Davis High 2009 Cross Country Schedule

July 27-31 Cross Country Camp Marsh Lake, Uintahs

Aug 15 Dart Challenge Barnes Park, Kaysville 8:00 am

Aug 29 Grass Relays American Fork High 8:00 am

Sept 2 Pre-Region One Layton Commons Park 3:00 pm

Sept 5 BYU Autumn Classic TBA 9:00 am

Sept 11 Murray Invitational Murray City Park 3:00 pm

Sept 16 Davis Clipper Invitational Layton Commons Park 3:00 pm

Sept 26 Bob Firman Invitational Boise, ID TBA

Sept 30 Open Region Meet @ Davis 3:45 pm

Oct 7 Open Region Meet @ Syracuse 3:45 pm

Oct 14 Region One Championships Layton Commons Park 3:00 pm

Oct 21 State Championships Sugarhouse Park TBA

Nov 21 Nike Team Southwest Regionals Tempe, AZ TBA

Dec 5 Nike Team Nationals Portland, OR TBA

Saturday, August 15, 2009

2009 Dart Challenge 5k Results

18th Annual Dart 5k Challenge
August 15, 2009 @ Barnes Park
Weather: 55 degrees, light rain, breezy. Course: 5000 meters on asphalt, flat

Men’s Race Record 14:59 by Mike Spence, 2009 (Old record 15:28 Trevor Willey, 1998)
Boys/Mens Results
1. 14:59 Mike Spence 32
2. 15:28 Ken Richardson 30
3. 15:59 Jacob Barton Ogden 17
4. 16:04 Corbin Talley 32
5. 16:05 Seth Gutzwiller UVU 18
6. 16:11 Curtis Carlisle WSU 18
7. 16:11 Logan Petty Davis 17
8. 16:26 Austin Costley Syracuse 17
9. 16:27 Jeff Taylor Davis 17
10. 16:33 Brad Nye Davis 15
11. 16:35 Joe White Davis 17
12. 16:42 Jake Rossmango Syracuse 17
13. 16:55 Brian Alfaro Davis 17
14. 17:11 Michael King Davis 16
15. 17:16 Austin Neuner Davis 16
16. 17:20 Preston Johnson Davis 14
17. 17:21 Nate Pollard 42
18. 17:36 Preston Williams Syracuse 16
19. 17:41 Adam Mathias Davis 16
20. 17:45 Devin Lang USU 18
21. 17:46 Spencer Jones Davis 16
22. 17:49 Ben Poulson Davis 17
23. 17:56 Keigunn Kunz Davis 16
24. 17:58 Brayden Cromar Davis 14
25. 18:03 Alex Hedquist Davis 14
26. 18:08 Thom Kuewls 45
27. 18:09 Orson Thornton 37
28. 18:16 Colton Cottrell Davis 16
29. 18:16 Brandon Yardley Syracuse 15
30. 18:18 Trevor Johnson 28
31. 18:39 Brandon Estoque Davis 18
32. 18:42 Matt Swanson Davis 16
33. 18:43 Logan Wood Davis 15
34. 18:54 Cade Cloward Davis 17
35. 18:55 Sam Callister Davis 17
36. 18:55 Hayden Hansen Davis 14
37. 19:12 Paul Stenquist 48
38. 19:14 Andrew Steinicke Davis 17
39. 19:18 Steve Petty 46
40. 19:19 Skylar Williams 13
41. 19:58 Bradley Fry Davis 16
42. 20:03 Dustin Stettler 31
43. 20:09 Brett Williams 42
44. 20:39 Tom Hill Syracuse 14
45. 20:46 Taylor Goldsberry Davis 15
46. 20:47 Julian Alvarez Syracuse 17
47. 20:54 Jared Edwards 29
48. 20:54 Jackson Sagers Davis 14
49. 20:55 Rex Sumsion Davis 14
50. 21:10 Topher Anderson 25
51. 21:20 Michael Arnold Davis 16
52. 21:23 Scott Heuser 31
53. 21:24 Tim Gill 40
54. 21:27 Dylan Rossmango Syracuse 15
55. 21:29 Devin Vance Davis 16
56. 21:43 Josh Ward 12
57. 21:59 Chad Cloward 26
58. 22:28 Chris Hock 21
59. 22:32 Roger Buhrley 61
60. 22:36 Kenneth Murdock Davis 16
61. 22:41 Nick Mason Davis 16
62. 22:45 Rich Tait 40
63. 23:01 Trevor Fry 14
64. 23:02 Jed Brough Davis 14
65. 23:07 Boyd Hawkins 51
66. 23:19 Justin King 27
67. 23:21 Chris Hedquist 42
68. 23:26 Brad Anderson 32
69. 23:36 Drew Beard Davis 16
70. 23:42 Mark Andrus 53
71. 23:55 Grin Pearce 31
72. 24:11 Jacob Murdock 12
73. 24:20 Colton Yardley 12
74. 24:24 Austin Anderson 24
75. 24:27 Jon Stromberg 46
76. 24:27 Seth Stromberg 9
77. 24:34 Javier Alfaro 40
78. 24:39 Garrett Petersen 13
79. 24:40 Gregg Marchant 15
80. 24:48 Craig Fry 43
81. 25:00 Ethan Stuart 13
82. 25:02 Lance Thornton 11
83. 25:18 Kent Card 43
84. 26:27 Jim Hirst 30
85. 26:32 Braylon Williams 8
86. 26:41 Sean Olsen 29
87. 28:05 Blake Davis 35
88. 28:11 Jace Card 13
89. 28:12 Kevin Hadley
90. 28:28 Isaac Clouse Davis 14
91. 29:35 John Jacobs 51
92. 31:13 Kyle Steinicke 8
93. 31:39 Nate Stuart 42
94. 34:26 Clif Carol 65

Women’s Race Record: 17:55 by Jami Caldwell, 2004
Girls/Womens Results
1. 18:00 Stefanie Talley 33
2. 18:10 Janae Richardson 28
3. 19:00 Candace Eddy BYU 18
4. 19:05 Katie Swanson BYU 18
5. 19:05 Meghan Hedquist Davis 16
6. 19:19 Hannah Williams Syracuse 17
7. 19:24 Jami Caldwell 25
8. 19:25 Talya Kussee BYU 18
9. 19:35 Shea Martinez Davis 14
10. 19:41 Emily Hansen Davis 17
11. 19:54 Jessie Wilding Davis 17
12. 20:55 Abby Frodsham Davis 16
13. 20:56 Brooke Stromberg Davis 17
14. 21:09 Anna Ward Davis 16
15. 21:12 Anni Anderson Davis 16
16. 21:14 Tessa Brown Davis 16
17. 21:23 Becca Albrechtsen Davis 15
18. 21:58 Brooke Gutzwiller Davis 15
19. 22:18 Carlee Petersen 18
20. 23:10 Stephanie Huesser 31
21. 23:13 Erica McGinnis 20
22. 23:24 Mikelann Wilcox Syracuse 15
23. 23:25 Taylee Hamblin Syracuse 16
24. 23:27 Danna Stuart Davis 16
25. 23:36 Julia Anderson Davis 16
26. 23:40 Janice Hartvigsen Davis 15
27. 23:57 Shelby Caldwell Syracuse 15
28. 24:03 Kianna Tebbs Syracuse 17
29. 24:06 Heather Hawkins Davis 15
30. 24:09 Lindsay McFarland Syracuse 16
31. 24:21 Kelsey Valentine 19
32. 24:23 Emily Prince Davis 17
33. 24:49 Haley Busby Syracuse 17
34. 25:26 Sasha Russell Syracuse 17
35. 25:44 Deveri Thornton 34
36. 26:46 Olivia Tait 10
37. 27:35 Taylor Davis 11
38. 27:36 Sara Williams 10
39. 27:39 Kaylene Yardley 39
40. 27:41 Whitney Williams Davis 15
41. 27:42 Julie Madsen 45
42. 27:48 Elizabeth Cloward 26
43. 27:49 Shari Cloward 46
44. 28:14 Kayla Sagers Davis 16
45. 28:27 Sarah Oldham Davis 16
46. 28:28 Nicole Steinicke 12
47. 29:35 Boojah Gill 52
48. 30:17 Melinda Brophy 38
49. 31:05 Leslie Mason 42
50. 31:39 Kathryn Stuart 9
51. 32:31 Brenda Vernon 52
52. 32:31 Michelle Hyde 42
53. 34:25 Julie Wilding

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Dart Challenge 5k

The Dart Challenge 5k is Saturday, Aug 15th at 8:00am at the northeast corner of Barnes Park in West Kaysville. Register by Friday afternoon at www.runnercard.com, or register the day of the race starting at 7:15 am.
Email Coach Talley with questions - ctalley@dsdmail.net

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Deseret News 10k

We had our best performance yet at the Deseret News 10k High School Championships (this was about the 5th year of the competition). Both the boys and the girls finished 2nd to the Utah All-Star Teams. Here is how we did:

Boys
Curtis Carlisle - 32:24; 5th in the high school division
Seth Gutzwiller - 33:32; 8th
Jeff Taylor - 33:40; 9th
Logan Petty - 35:12; 16th
Jason Thomas -35:16; 17th
Joe White - 35:21; 20th
Brian Alfaro - 38:00
Alex Hedquist - 39:08; 2nd in his division

Girls
Candace Eddy - 37:45; 4th in high school division
Emily Hansen - 39:59; 5th
Talya Kussee - 40:11; 6th
Meghan Hedquist - 40:44
Julianne Wirthlin - 44:32
Tessa Brown - 45:58

Other Notables -
Lindsay Anderson - 32:22; 2nd female
Josh Adams - 32:24; 26th overall male
Jake Thompson - 34:22
Stefanie Talley - 35:41; 11th female
Macee Nielson (our friend from Monticello) - 36:32* see picture below
Janae Richardson - 36:57; 19th female
Steve Petty - 39:47
Alli Thompson - 41:57

Marathon - Great job to Anna McKay (4:39.13 - 2nd in her division) and Bree Arnold (5:21.40) for completing their first marathons in very respectable times on a brutal course (it was also my first marathon in 2003).

Also, The Bair Gutsman 11 miler was on August 2, and we had a few Darts represent us well on the race up the Mountain:
Logan Petty - 2:00.11 - 1st place overall (1 second faster than Talley from last year)
Keigunn Kunz - 2:17.18 - 4th place overall
Kye Kunz - 2:17.33 - 5th place overall
Steve Petty - 2:21.55 - 9th place overall
Rachel Hunsaker - 3:07.24 - 1st place in her age division; 13th overall female

Saturday, August 1, 2009

High Altitude Camp Pictures

Darts -
I really felt like cross country camp this year was a huge success. Taking 20 more people than we have ever had at camp really scared me, but it turned out to be a great experience for me as a coach, and I hope that you all enjoyed your time up at Marsh Lake. I appreciate you all following the rules and having such positive attitudes throughout a week of pretty intense altitude training. I will once again express my gratitude to Steve Petty for being so willing to let us use all of his gear and for his time and expertise. Thanks to Janae for being such a positive influence and for the sacrifices she had to make to come up with Ralee and with Kenneth (he needs a lot of babysitting too). Thanks to Kenneth for helping make camp fun and for the insights he gives into running and life. Thanks to Brad for the entertainment and for sharing his inspirational story. Thanks to the alumni - having 11 of you up there made it a special year for me - and you were helpful for the most part. Thanks to other parents who stayed with us and helped in many ways - Brett Wilding, Dave King, and Lisa Brown. And thanks to each of the parents who were willing to drive up there to drop off or pick up the athletes (sorry once again to Mrs. Poulson for all the effort it took in getting lost). And thanks to all of your parents for letting us spend the week together as a TEAM.

We'll start with some group shots from various times during the week.

The traditional shot on the boat ramp at the end of the week - with all the camp survivors

The Tuesday morning mile repeats were as tough as they are every year. It shows how much guts and determination we have on the TEAM. I love how hard it is, and I love watching as you each fight through the workout.

We were excited to have Macee from Monticello with us all week. She is definitely one of the hardest workers we have ever had a camp.

Kenneth did the majority of the runs pushing Raelee in their off-road stroller.

I guess Becca was pretty mad at me for making her do the 23 mile run/hike - then getting her up early to hike 20 minutes to go on another run.

I took a few shots of Seth, Curtis, and Logan running through the trees, this one was my favorite.

The following shots are from the 1-5 game which turned into a mud fight. I was just innocently trying to officiate the game when I was attacked by a mob of muddy, malicious conspirators.

One of the few times Jason wasn't cheating during the game.

It was fun to take some shots of siblings/family members at the top of Red Castle - didn't mean to miss Steve and Logan, and Sarah and Megan, Joe and Becca, Caleb and Anna, Hollie and Mike, and Julianne and Chris. (We have a lot of siblings on the TEAM).