Titan XC 08: Update - September 15, 2008

Titan XC Update - Sept 15, 2008

MURRAY INVITATIONAL

The Titans turned in another very good performance at the Murray Invitational Friday. This is the largest meet held in Utah and had over 40 of the top teams in the state competing. With so many athletes, the meet was separated into six races. The course was 5000 meters long and was run at Murray City Park.

Sasha Russell (76th, 25:49) and Haley Busby (79th, 25:56) were the top finishers in the Girls Rookie J.V. race. 175 ran that race. The Girls Varsity finished 14th out of 30 teams. Hannah Williams (31st, 20:26), McKayla Williams (49th, 20:57), Abby Rich (71st, 21:40), Mikelann Wilcox (104th, 22:41) and Kiana Tebbs (109th, 22:50) were the scoring runners. Taylee Hamblin (123rd, 23:19) and Aubrey Eddy (159th, 24:34) completed the varsity runners. 225 girls were entered in the race.

Dallin Riggs led the Rookie Boys race as he finished 12th in 19:10. CJ Scothern (42nd, 20:18), Christian Smith (68th, 21:05), Alex Garrett (70th, 21:06) and Cody Trease (83rd, 21:22) led the Titan Rookies to a 7th place team finish. 23 teams and 235 athletes competed in the Rookie race. In the J.V. race, Weston Atkins was the first Titan finisher running 20:04 to place 109th. Willis Ellsworth (136th, 20:25), and Steve Wilcox (158th, 20:42) were the next top finishers. Over 325 competed in the race.

In the Boys Varsity race, Syracuse placed 14th out of the 37-team field. Once again, Austin Costley led the Titans as his 17:15 was good enough to place 37th. Jake Rossmango (57th, 17:38), Preston Williams (76th, 17:51), Tyrell Pearce (114th, 18:18) and Phillip Helms (123rd, 18:23) rounded out the scoring athletes. Brandon Yardley (157th, 18:51) and Kyle Kelly (180th, 19:12) completed the varsity squad. Over 265 athletes competed in the varsity race.

Complete results can be found at: www.runnercard.com.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Chosen as Athletes of the Week were McKayla Williams, Jake Rossmango and Preston Williams. All three had very solid races and have also been very solid in workouts dating back to the start of the summer.

DAVIS CLIPPER INVITATIONAL

The 21st Davis Clipper Invitational will be held Wednesday at Layton Commons Park. The 2.75 mile race will follow the Pre-Region course for the first 1.75 miles before repeating the loop around the section east of the Bubble. There is also an Open Race for anyone who wants to run- siblings, parents, etc. The race schedule is as follows:

1:30- Bus Leaves

3:30- JV Boys

4:00- JV and Varsity Girls

4:30- Varsity Boys

5:00- Open Race

5:30- Awards

WAHSATCH RENDEZVOUS

The Wahsatch Rendezvous will be held Saturday at the Cottonwood Complex (about 13th East, 4300 South, SLC). The course is about 2.9 miles and the format for the varsity races is much different than others- too complicated to explain. Meet t-shirts will be for sale- I think for $15. The schedule is as follows:

6:45 am - Bus Leaves

9:00 - Girls JV

9:30 - Boys JV

10:10 - #7 Runners (Boys first, Girls 2 min later)

10:25 - #6 Runners

10:40 - #5 Runners

10:55 - #4 Runners

11:10 - #3 Runners

11:25 - #2 Runners

11:40 - #1 Runners

12:15 - Awards Ceremony

UPCOMING SCHEDULE