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
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