Darts,
The season's
end is closing quickly! For the majority of you we only have two more races,
and one of those is more casual. We're hosting an open region meet on Wednesday
at Nicholls Park. It's one of the harder courses we run and we treat it like a
workout. The region championship races will be held on Fri, Oct 5 at Layton
Park. A small group of kids will still have one more race at the state
championships, but everyone is welcome and encouraged to keep training with us
through November. After state we continue training for a race down in Arizona
in November. That race is by invitation only. I'll be able to take 50 athletes
and I'll base invitations off of race results, dedication to the TEAM,
contributions to TEAM chemistry, and in some cases seniority.
Antelope Island
This week we
went out to Antelope Island for an interesting race. The course was... boring.
But I really enjoyed being out on the island. It's pretty and feels like a
different place and time period. A bunch of our athletes didn't race and I'm
happy about the way the rest of you stepped up to represent our TEAM. We had a
good group of young boys run varsity and do really well to take 3rd place led
by Hunter Kitchen. Our girls team placed a solid 4th place led by Bailey
Kealamakia. For some reason I wasn't sent the team scores for the JV boys, but
they did well and the race was won by Griffin Karras who has been working hard
and putting in extra miles with the morning crew. Results from our TEAM are
below.
Bob Firman
A handful of
athletes went up to Boise over the weekend for a big race with teams from eight
different states. There were several nationally ranked teams and individuals on
a course that is used as a Nike Nationals qualifying course in November. It's a
great opportunity to get experience against high-quality competition.
Our 2nd
group of varsity boys kicked off racing against a lot of teams racing their top
7 and came out 2nd overall between two varsity races. Carson Coleman had, by
far, his best race of the season and took 4th place in his race which was our
3rd fastest time of the day.
The Elite
girls raced against some of the best teams in the nation. The start of the race
is always smokin' fast because there are so many great runners. Ellie got out
in a decent position (probably between 30-40th place) and didn't panic. Half
way through the race she was in 25th place, and by mile 2 she was with the lead
pack which was still a group of 15 girls. Ellie finished the 3.1 mile course in
7th place with a time of 18:07 (5:50/mile) which ranks #3 all-time from a Davis
athlete (behind Aubrey Argyle and Courtney Wayment). Hope and Rosie also had
their fastest races of the season to put our girls in 10th place.
The Elite
boys race was also crowded with region and nationally ranked teams and
individuals. The start was blazin' and turned out to be a little violent. The
race is timed by a chip you have to attach to your shoe and within the first
150 meters Trey got spiked and his shoe came off. I didn't notice until 2 miles
in that Trey was carrying his shoe. I thought he was just worried about losing
his shoe so I yelled at him to throw it to me, but he pointed at the shoe and
it was the one with the timing chip attached. Our boys finished with a 14
second 1-5 spread and only a 23 second 1-7 spread led by Nate Iverson. We had
by far the closest group of runners in the field. The boys finished in 3rd
place behind Great Oak, CA (the #3 team in the nation) and Skyridge which
looked like the best team in the state of Utah this week.
I couldn't
stay to watch the rest of the races because of commitments I made back at home,
but I posted the results at the bottom. I also put last year's Bob Firman
results next to their names. Huge improvements from Carson Coleman, Ellie
Lundgreen, Whitney Walpole, all the elite boys, and Colin Major.
Kays Creek 5k
Kays Creek
Elementary is hosting a 1k and a 5k Monday evening. We helped out at their race
in the spring and apparently we were the highlight of the race. The kids are
excited we're helping again. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to help out.
They'll mainly need pacers and aid station help. I just realized I have
parent/teacher conference. Maybe I can get out of it and come to the race
instead 😊.
Pictures
If anyone
has taken some really good pictures from any of the races this year will you
send them to me? Just pick a few of your favorites. I'm not always the best at
taking/uploading pictures. Sorry.
This Week
Mon: AM 3-4
miles EASY PM 3 miles of :30 hard/easy + WU and CD
Tues: AM 3-4
miles EASY PM 4-7 miles, 6 x 100m strides
Wed: AM 3-4
miles EASY PM Open Region - Nicholls Park
Thur: AM 3-4
miles EASY PM 4-7 miles
Fri: AM 3-4
miles EASY PM Dice Workout on track (2 miles or more)
Sat: 6-12 miles aerobic range long run on
your own or in groups
Sun: Stretch/Roll-out
I don't know
why the excitement doesn't wear off, but I can't wait for another week of
workouts! Let's make 'em count!
-T
ps Morning
Crew, I might not make it tomorrow because I have a cold. I'll see how I feel
in the morning.
ANTELOPE ISLAND RESULTS
JV GIRLS
13 23:30 Maren
Smith
15 23:45 Jane
Anderson
23 24:57 Eve
Christensen
37 25:51 Kara
Haddon
38 25:52 Tara
Jones
39 25:52 Alex
Matthews
43 26:14 Sofia
Bobo
48 26:43 Elizabeth
Brown
JV BOYS
17:50 Griffin Karras
17:51 Josh Rawlings
18:22 Tanner Stuart
18:29 Josh Eldredge
18:51 James Batt
19:00 Braden Wilding
19:01 Anderson Perry
19:24 Quinton Anderson
19:42 Kobe Melton
19:47 Nathan Thornton
19:53 Michael Bown
20:22 Henry Scheuller
20:28 Sam Willden
20:33 Oliver Zens
20:47 Jacob Nielson
20:48 Ryker Facer
21:04 Quinn Corry
21:10 Walker Green
21:13 Andrew Slade
26:19 Ammon Brower
VARSITY GIRLS
7 20:14 Bailey Kealamakia
18 20:56 Hope
Stanley
20 21:07 Elizabeth
Stanley
30 22:18 Jane
Willden
32 22:27 Lauryn
Hall
34 22:42 Lily
Prisbrey
38 23:02 Katie
Cox
VARSITY BOYS
5 16:45 Hunter Kitchen
10 17:05 Caleb
Chase
12 17:07 Kevin
Barnes
23 17:28 Carter
Green
26 17:35 Mitchell
Clove
27 17:37 Noah
Stuart
34 17:46 Jacob
Jones
VARSITY BOYS
4 16:10 Carson Coleman(17:29)
16 16:44 Caden
Wheeler (16:55)
24 16:56 Lincoln
Nielson
30 17:06 Ben
Murdock (16:54)
31 17:07 Nyle
Ferguson (17:30)
94 18:14 Josh
Hall (17:41)
135 19:16 Thomas
Hogan (20:16)
ELITE GIRLS
7 18:07 Ellie Lundgreen (18:56)
42 19:07 Hope
Preston
63 19:41 Rosie
Schraedel (19:36)
67 19:45 Sydney
Hedquist(19:55)
95 20:16 Alicia
Halverson
96 20:17 Whitney
Walpole(21:59)
109 20:42 Abi
Waddoups (20:15)
ELITE BOYS
30 16:05 Nate
Iverson (17:08)
35 16:07 Jared
Hogan (16:35)
36 16:11 Daniel
Larsen (17:28)
39 16:14 Connor
Finlinson(17:21)
52 16:19 Jacob
Halverson(16:51)
59 16:27 Carson
Knight (17:03)
62 16:28 Trey
Ferrin (16:40)
VARSITY GIRLS
14 20:17 Maliah
Jolley
30 20:58 Megan
Allart (20:06)
62 21:58 Bella
Van Brocklin(21:54)
87 23:03 Grace
Christensen
97 23:17 Addy
Rich (21:46)
JV BOYS
10 18:11 Colin
Major (19:15)