DXC Update - Antelope and Bob Firman

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

BOB FIRMAN RESULTS (Last Year's Time) Full Results

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)