Titan XC Update - Sept 22, 2008
DAVIS CLIPPER INVITATIONAL
Both Boys and Girls teams turned in great performances to place 2nd at the 21st Davis Clipper Invitational. This meet is for all of the Davis County schools. Davis High captured both titles for the 12th straight year. Finishing 2nd is a great accomplishment. Last year the girls finished 4th and the boys 8th. The Titans are definitely on the rise this year.
Leading the way for the girls were the Williams sisters. Hannah finished 7th running 17:42 over the 2.75 mile course. McKayla was right behind in 8th running 18:28. Abby Rich (11th, 19:00), Mikelann Wilcox (12th, 19:19), Kiana Tebbs (18th, 19:56) and Taylee Hamblin (19th, 20:03) ran very tough races to pace the Lady Titans.
Austin Costley and Jake Rossmango took the race out fast, leading for the first 1 ½ miles. Austin held on to finish 6th running 15:19. Preston Williams (10th, 15:40), Jake (12th, 15:41), Phillip Helms (20th, 15:58), Tyrell Pearce (22nd, 16:00), Dallin Riggs (29th, 16:25) and Kyle Kelly (39th, 16:35) rounded out the scoring for Syracuse.
WAHSATCH RENDEZVOUS
More evidence of great improvement was shown at the Wahsatch Rendezvous held at the Cottonwood Complex Saturday. With over 20 schools running, the girls finished 6th and the boys 8th. Last year they were 9th and 18th. In 2007 the total time for the seven scoring girls was 2:40:19. This year it was 2:29:57. The boys improved from 2:02:53 to 1:43:07, an average improvement of over 2 ½ minutes per runner.
The unique format consists of a series of seven races pitting all #7 runners against each other, #6 runners, etc. The points from the individual races are then added up to determine the team places. The course was 2.9 miles long. The girls seven scoring athletes were Hannah Williams (5th, 19:34), McKayla Williams (5th, 20:13), Abby Rich (6th, 20:47), Mikelann Wilcox (6th, 21:05), Kiana Tebbs (8th, 22:11), Taylee Hamblin (6th, 21:32), and Aubrey Eddy (9th, 24:32).
The boys 52 points, just six points out of sixth place. The scoring athletes for the Titans were Austin Costley (9th, 16:38), Jake Rossmango (6th, 16:53), Preston Williams (7th, 17:00), Tyrell Pearce (9th, 17:33), Phillip Helms (2nd, 17:20), Dallin Riggs (8th, 17:46), and Kyle Kelly (11th, 18:33). Brandon Yardley ran a great race to place 7th in the J.V. race running 17:37.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as Athletes of the Week were Taylee Hamblin, who had a great, breakout races at both meets this week, Phillip Helms, who continues to improve every week, and Kyle Kelly. Kyle’s combined times in the two races were more than nine minutes faster than last year. It shows what a year of hard work and dedication can do.
OPEN REGION MEET AT WEBER
Our only race this week will be Wednesday at Weber High. We will use the race to work on hills and mental toughness. It will be good preparation for State. The girls will run at 3:45 and the boys at 4:15. There will only be the two races.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Sept 24- Open Region meet @ Weber High
Oct 1- Open Region meet @ Clearfield High
Oct 4- Orem Invitational @ UVU
Oct 8- Open Region meet @ Fremont High
Oct 15- REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Layton City Park
Oct 22- STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Sugarhouse Park
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