Golden Eagles --
Wow what a great day for a race. We did a great job in hosting the Nebo Invite. There are many people who we owe big THANK YOU's to. First off Thank you to Coach Dave Boyack for his help, insight, and constant support. Thank you to our grounds crew (Ryan and your crew) for helping us to keep the course dry and getting rid of the major swamps. Thank you also to Coach Reggie and Coach Lake for helping with the set up and course prep. Thank you to all of you for helping with the clean up afterwards. It was a great meet and the course was awesome! (Flat and very Fast!)
Lady Eagles we ran well with the girls varsity team placing 3rd out of 16 teams. Girls Team Scores were: American Fork 18! Cedar 92 Maple Mountain 101 Salem Hills 108 Timpview 110. This was one of the fastest races in Utah this year with the overall top 7 all being under 19:00. Led by Alexis Laws of American Fork ran a time of 18:11!!! All 7 of our girls PR'd for a 3 mile course by more than a full minute! Now that is Kaizen! We were led by Kelsie Hadlock who finished 12th overall (19.22) Ashley Phelps 14th overall (19.23) Hayley Knapp 15th overall (19.24) Rachel Warnick 29th overall (20.21) Chaliece Jones 31st overall (20.28) Lindsay Schuring (20.35) and Brette Bennett 56th overall (21.44) Great Job Ladies.
The JV girls also had a great meet. With most of you running your PR of the season. The JV girls placed 2nd with 53 points behind American Fork (22pts). Shantel Johnson (20.48) led the way for us followed by Brynn Heckel (21.11), Kyrie Carpenter (21.14), and Carly Bastian (21.18) who all finished in the top 11. Great Job Ladies.
The Varsity boys ran great in the fastest race in Utah this year and one of the fastest races in Utah history. The top 10 overall boys were all under 15.48! With Austin West of American Fork running a blistering 14.56 for 3 miles!!! Our boys team placed 5th overall out of 19 teams. Way to go boys. Boys team scores are: American Fork 25! Cedar 103 Riverton 126 Lehi 164 Maple Mountain 167. All 7 of our varsity boys PR'd in this race. Led by Spencer Hanson 6th overall (15.24) Holden Adams 21st overall (16.21) Zach Johnson 30th (16.40) Lance Merrell 51st (17.07) Jonah Hadlcok 59th (17 .14) Nate Vance 72nd (17.25) and Nathan Foutz 95th (18.05) Kaizen boys, Kaizen.
The JV boys also took to the fast course with fast times. Everyone of them PR'd for a three mile course. We were led by Eddie Prothero 24th overall (17.56) Kevin Muirbrook 33rd (18.16) Tucker Austin 41st (18.31) Deson Haynie 43rd (18.33) Amazing Job boys.
Full results can be found here
2009 Nebo Invite Results.xls
We as coaches want to congratulate all of you on your races. We are so proud of you and what all of you accomplished. Our TEAM is running well. Let us stay focus on our goals and keep working toward them. We have just two weeks until region and three weeks until state! Stay focused and happy running. On Monday we have much to discuss, including footlocker information. Great job again and thanks again to everyone who came to the meet (21 total schools had athletes compete in one of the four races) and everyone who ran and helped with the meet.
Happy Running,
-- The Coaches
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