Friday, November 6, 2009

Team Banquet and California Preparations

TEAM BANQUET
It is again time for us to celebrate the season and recognize each of you for your great efforts this year at our Team Banquet. You will be receiving a formal invitation in the mail at the first of the week, but we thought we might as well let you all know about it now as well.

What: Salem Hills Cross Country Banquet
When: Wednesday, November 18th

Time: 6:30 pm

Where: Salem Hills' Cafeteria
Who: All members of the 2009-10 Cross co
untry team and their parents
Cost: We will buy dinner for all the athletes. Cost is $8/parent. You can pay at the finance office, or online at www.myscho
olfees.com
RSVP: Please RSVP to Coach Thompson by Thursday, November 11th either via email at bart.thompson@nebo.edu, or h
ere on the blog by commenting below.

Dinner will be catered by Smokehouse Barbecue, BYU catering and Shirley's Bakery--pretty much the same as last year for those of you who attended last year. It should be a wonderful time for us all to recognize each of our great athletes for their efforts. We'll see you there!
CALIFORNIA
Also, we are fast approaching our annual pilgrimage to California for the Footlocker Western Regional Championships! We are excited to be taking 22 members of our team this year, and hope you are as excited as we are to go!

With California fast approaching, there are a few things we need to remind you of:
1- If, for whatever reason you have not turned in the remainder of your money, please do so NOW.
2- We are practicing together as a team THREE DAYS A WEEK. You are required to be present for these practices each day. We are meeting Monday, Wednesday and Thursday each week-- make arrangements to be present.
3- This Saturday, November 7th is the Pre-Footlocker Meet at American Fork High School. Girls race at 8:30, Boys race at 9:00. Please make arrangements to attend this meet. Entrance is only $3.00 per runner. We'll see you there!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

End of the Season

Well, as we reflect back on this season, we as coaches can't help but to be pleased with what we were able to be part of this year! Thank you to each and every member of the 2009 Skyhawk Cross Country team for a memorable, fun season! We have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to be part of your lives, and hope your experience was equally enjoyable. We had so many great performances throughout the season, we couldn't be more proud of this team! We are already excited for next year's adventures with those of you who will be back next year! Before we close out the season though, let's revisit the last couple weeks of the season:

Region VIII Championships
The Region Championships were held here at Salem Hills High School on October 12th. What a beautiful day for a race, too! We ran well in all four races (Boys and girls JV and Varsity races). In the girl's varsity race, Cosette Stone ran away with the individual Region Champion title, finishing 17 seconds ahead of second place. She was followed closely by teammates Kaetlin Bracken (5th), Becca Jones (7th), Karlee Loss (9th) and Cassidy Dascomb (12th). Our girls fought hard to knock off favorite Maple Mountain High, but came up a mere 3 points behind, finishing in 2nd. Great effort girls!
In the boys' race, our boys finished 3rd behind Maple Mountain and Springville High Schools. We were paced by junior Jordan Daniels, who finished 5th overall. Jordan was helped by his teammates Tyler Gebert (8th), Alex Minson (9th), Blake Adams (16th) and Kyle Adams (17th). We look forward to next year with only one graduating senior from our boys team (Gebert). We expect great things in the years to come from our boys team!
Complete Region Results can be found HERE.

State Championships
On October 21st we traveled to Sugarhouse Park in SLC to compete in the Utah State Championships. Again, it was a beautiful weather day for a cross country race. The lady Skyhawks once again raced first, and had a great race! The lady 'Hawks finished in 5th place overall with great performances out of several of our runners. Cosette Stone once again led the way for us, followed closely by Kaetlin Bracken, Karlee Loss, Becca Jones and Diana Moreva. Great Job Ladies!

In the guys' race, we had a solid showing, although we finished just outside our top 10 goal (11th overall). Tyler Gebert again led the way, followed by Alex Minson, James Wright, Blake Adams and Jordan Daniels. The boys ran hard and finished the season well for Salem Hills.

State Championships Results are found online HERE.

Congratulations again to all our runners--both Varsity and JV! We look forward to the coming years as we continue to work hard and grow as a program!