DXC Summer Update #12 -- Grass Relays

Darts,

Now that we're back in school we've reached our last week of reporting mileage. Send in your miles as soon as you can.

I don't know about you guys, but the first few days of school are always exhausting. I'm sure most of you were way out of your sleep routine during the summer. It's hard on me to sit so much, but I can imagine it's worse for you that have to sit in a hard chair all day and then we run in the hottest time of day. Loosen up as much as you can throughout the day. Stay hydrated. Bring snacks.

Westlake Grass Relays

We had our first official race of the season. It was kind of a long, hot day and I didn't apply any sunscreen even though I brought the big jug. Times weren't as fast as previous years for a couple reasons: (1) they had the sprinklers on the previous night, and (2) the course was a little over 2 miles (2.06-2.08). Times don't matter as much as place in cross country and we were in the top 6 in each race.

I thought our cheering was pathetic. We invented being the loudest team with the most energy, and we were showed up by most teams there. Riverton took it to another level. They had a blast. We had small groups scattered around (which weren't very loud) and groups of kids just sitting at the canopy while their TEAMmates raced. I was embarrassed by our cheering section during the girls varsity race. Cheering during the boys was a little better...

There were awards for the top 10 in each JV race and the Fr/So Girls kicked things off and had a good showing placing 2 in the top 10 (Maliah and Whitney) and 1 more in the top 15 (Hope). Jane showed a huge improvement from the Dart Challenge. The Fr Boys put another 2 in the top 10 with Tyler and Kevin and 3 more to round out the top 15 (Chase, Jacob, and Carter). There aren't many races where you get 5 guys in the top 15 and still take 2nd place, but American Fork got us by 7 points having 4 guys in the top 10. We only had 5 boys in the Soph Boys race, but Daniel took care of business from the beginning. The last half mile was back and forth between another kid, but Daniel had a strong finish to hold him off. Michael also had one of our biggest improvements from the Dart Challenge. The Jr/Sr Girls race is full of varsity runners and Rosie looked great finishing 3rd. She was patient that first half mile and then moved up very well the rest of the race. The Jr/Sr boys race is also loaded with varsity runners and Connor led the charge with a 6th place finish. The varsity races are hard because often times the race spreads out and you're running by yourself. The Girls didn't look terribly sharp, but that doesn't mean anything. It was still a good start. Fortunately, we will see most of those teams again. We'll get back to work and get ready for the next one. The Boys were led by Jake which put us in good position at 8th. Jared took over and made his way up to 3rd place where Trey did a great job battling with AF. Carson held position against one of AF's best and then Nivo caught Riverton with less than a half-mile to go to put us in a very solid 2nd place to a top 10 nationally ranked team.

Results for our TEAM are at the bottom of this email. I put the full results in an excel file and attached them to this email if you're interested. Click on the correct tab at the bottom to find your race. Note: the team scores aren't correct because I didn't remove non-scorers -- it wouldn't change the order much, if at all.

Results also can be found here:   JV   Varsity

Athletes of the week: Rosie Schraedel, Sydney Hedquist, Jake Halverson, Daniel Larsen

We have Athlete of the Week water bottles.

Morning Runs

We meet at 6:00 am every morning except Tuesday (7:00 am) at the south end of the school. They are not required.

Races this week

We have two races this week which are both on B-days. That means you will be checked out of 8th period for two of the three days this week. If you feel like that is too much school missed, you are welcome to find your own way to the races. Wednesday is only 3 miles from the school, so it shouldn't be too hard to get there.

Pre-Region (2 miles) - Wed, Aug 29

Layton Park

437 N Wasatch Dr

Layton, UT 84041

1:30 - Excused from school

1:45 - Buses Leave

3:30 - Girls JV (all non-varsity, including freshman and sophomores)

3:55 - Boys JV (all non-varsity, including freshman and sophomores)

4:15 - Girls Varsity

4:35 - Boys Varsity

5:15 - Back at school

Weber Invitational (3 miles) - Fri, Aug 31

El Monte Golf Course

1300 Valley Dr

Ogden, UT

12:45 - Excused from School

1:00 - Buses Leave

3:00 - Rookie Girls

3:30 - Rookie Boys

4:30 - JV Girls

5:00 - JV Boys

5:30 - Varsity Girls

6:00 - Varsity Boys

The goal this week is to be brave. Don't be afraid of failure. Failure is a great teacher. Our friend Colleen (steeple_squigs) posted a picture recently that stated, "What would you do if you were not afraid?" What a great question! Let's not be afraid of training and hard workouts. Let's not be scared of a race or anyone in it. Make friends in your classes. Be nice and include those that need a friend. Go ask your crush out on a date 😱!

Let's show up this week with a ton of positive energy.

-T

Westlake Grass Relays Results

GIRLS Freshmen/Sophomore (4th place)
9	Maliah	Jolley	13:36
10	Whitney	Walpole	13:38
15	Hope	Stanley	13:51
28	Elizabeth	Stanley	14:24
44	Lauryn	Hall	14:45
45	Danielle	Brower	14:45
50	Lily	Prisbrey	15:01
71	Jane	Willden	15:23
79	Eve	Christensen	15:32
97	Taya	Kilgore	16:02
105	Janelle	Burke	16:12
113	Katie	Cox	16:24
117	Maren	Smith	16:30
129	Kara	Haddon	16:46
142	Alex	Matthews	16:58
151	Tara	Jones	17:14
GIRLS Junior/Senior (3rd place)
3	Roselind	Schraedel	13:17
17	Abi	Waddoups	13:52
24	Bailey	Kealamakia	14:13
29	Megan	Allart	14:21
49	Isabella	Van Brocklin	14:51
55	Hannah	McGurk	15:02
59	Grace	Christensen	15:08
68	Addy	Rich	15:25
73	Maddie	Johnson	15:31
77	Jacque	Smith	15:36
105	Lindsey	Bouwhuis	16:11
145	DesiJo	Haworth	17:25
151	Klarissa	Hugh	17:32
GIRLS Varsity (6th place)
13:15	Ellie Lundgreen
13:29	Alicia Halverson
13:23	Hope Preston
14:16	Jennica Robinson
13:15	Sydney Hedquist
BOYS Freshmen (2nd place)
3	Tyler	Spencer	11:33
9	Kevin	Barnes	12:10
11	Chase	Anderson	12:22
13	Jacob	Jones	12:25
15	Carter	Green	12:26
27	Ian	Edgar	12:48
29	Tanner	Stuart	12:51
50	James	Batt	13:23
51	Quinton	Anderson	13:25
56	Henry	Scheuller	13:30
58	Anderson	Perry	13:36
100	Jacob	Nielson	14:29
114	Liam	Major	14:45
BOYS Sophomore (6th place -- 3rd had I put Josh Eldredge in the correct race)
1	Daniel	Larsen	10:59
13	Caleb	Chase	11:43
26	Hunter	Kitchen	12:13
52	Michael	Bown	13:01
109	Andrew	Slade	14:08
BOYS Junior/Senior (2nd place)
6	Connor	Finlinson	11:00
12	Lincoln	Nielsen	11:12
15	Nyle	Ferguson	11:15
17	Caden	Wheeler	11:18
20	Noah	Stuart	11:26
36	Mitchell	Clove	11:52
39	Colin	Major	11:54
57	Josh	Hall	12:10
76	Braden	Wilding	12:24
101	Griffin	Karras	12:36
111	Nathan	Thornton	12:43
140	Josh	Eldredge	12:58
158	Sam	Willden	13:13
164	Thomas	Hogan	13:17
192	Kobe	Melton	13:37
239	Oliver	Zens	14:08
264	Quinn	Corry	14:41
275	Walker	Green	15:00
BOYS Varsity (2nd place)
10:42	Jacob Halverson
10:47	Jared Hogan
10:47	Trey Ferrin
11:00	Carson Knight
10:52	Nate Iverson