DXC Update - State Championships

Darts,

We had an exciting day at the State Championships! Great job to all those that showed up ready to go crazy cheering on our TEAM. You guys help more than you probably realize. The girls finished 4th in 6A with an individual state champ (go Ellie!) and the boys finished 2nd. If you were to merge all classifications together, both our teams finish 4th in Utah.

The girls ran tough. Ellie didn't take the lead until about 1.75 miles and kept pulling away until the end. Hope and Syd had a monster 3rd mile and passed about 15 girls each to finish 14th and 15th, and the rest of the girls held on tough. At mile 2 the girls were in 5th place - 16 points behind 4th place - and by the end had gapped that team by 50 points and came within 4 points of 3rd place.

1	Ellie Lundgreen	18:06.0
14	Hope Preston	19:06.2
15	Sydney Hedquist	19:06.5
34	Roselind Schraedel	19:30.8
36	Alicia Halverson	19:34.7
37	Jennica Robinson	19:37.5
60	Abi Waddoups	20:37.0

Team Scores
73 AF
81 LP
96 WL
100 Davis
151 PG

The boys' strength all year has been the pack. They worked together and ran a consistent, tough race. There were a lot of teams gunning for them and third place came within 7 points. So proud of these boys! It looked like it was going to be a close race before the season started and these boys have worked hard to be their best.

12	Carson Coleman	15:57.0
13	Jacob Halverson	15:57.9
19	Daniel Larsen	16:09.5
21	Connor Finlinson	16:13.7
30	Jared Hogan	16:18.9
32	Carson Knight	16:19.4
59	Nate Iverson	16:59.7

Team Scores
72 AF
95 Davis
102 Riverton
120 Herriman
122 LP

TEAM Banquet
The banquet is this Thursday the 25th at DHS at 6:00. We'll order pizza and have people sign up to bring salads and desserts. I hope most of you can make it even if you're not running with us anymore.

Uniforms
We're turning in uniforms this week. Please bring them Monday or Tuesday after school so we can get it all done at once. Please get them in promptly so I don't have to create a long fine list.

12-hour Run
I have attached a pledge sheet for the 12-hour run. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the run - including those not going to NXR.

I hope you had a great Fall Break and feel rested and ready to get back to work. I hope everyone feels like they can come practice with us even if they aren't invited to NXR. It will make for a good track base if you keep running, and we have one more race everyone can run. I expect those that have been invited to NXR to bring commitment, energy, and focus the next few weeks. I'll have new training schedules at practice.

Important Upcoming Dates

Thurs	Oct 25	TEAM Banquet at DHS
Fri	Nov 2	12-hour run fundraiser
Wed	Nov 7	Pre NXR race
Sat	Nov 17	NXR Southwest
July	15-19	XC Camp

This is the best time of year! The weather is perfect for running. Let's make the next couple weeks count.

-T