Titan XC Update September 10, 2007

DAVIS CLIPPER INVITATIONAL
Titans continued to show improvement at the Davis Clipper Invitational held Wednesday at Layton Commons Park. The girls finished 3rd, just two points out of 2nd, while the boys were 7th. Hannah Williams continued her impressive improvement as she finished 11th running 18:57. Abby Rich was right behind in 12th in 19:01. McKayla Williams also finished in the top-20 placing 19th with a time of 19:37. Aubrey Eddy (24th, 20:11) and Kiana Tebbs (44th, 21:24) completed the scoring for the Lady Titans. The course was 2.75 miles long.

In the boys race, Austin Costly was the top finisher as his 16:40 time put him in 27th place. Preston Williams (36th, 17:22), Weston Atkins (43rd, 18:12), Steven Wilcox (52nd, 19:52) and Willis Ellsworth (53rd, 20:31) rounded out the scoring for the varsity.

BYU INVITATIONAL
The Titans got their first real taste of "big time" competition Saturday at the BYU Invitational. Over 35 schools from Utah, Idaho and Montana competed. The Lady Titans finished 25th in the TEAM race. With 215 individual competitors in the race, Hannah Williams again was our top finishier placing 84th in 21:19. McKayla Williams (101st, 21:33), Abby Rich (113th, 21:47), Aubrey Eddy (163rd, 22:58) and Kiana Tebbs (165th, 23:03) rounded out the scoring. Alexia Wilcox ran 24:37 to place 195th.

The boys ran in the age-group divisions for this meet. Austin Costley had a great race running 17:40 to finish 2nd in the Freshman/Sophomore race. Preston Williams (69th, 20:07), Jake Rossmango (103rd, 21:05), Steven Wilcox (115th, 21:28) and Bryce Wendt (130th, 22:13) were the next top finishers for the Titans. The course for both boys and girls was 5000 meters long.
Complete results can be found at:
www.runnercard.com.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as Athletes of the Week were Hannah Williams and Austin Costley. Both had great weeks and will be big factors in our success this year.

REPORT CARD
Early report card on the season: We cannot judge what is happening in Titan Cross Country by individual and TEAM places. There are several great things going on that don’t show up in the results. There is improvement each week in many areas. Most of you are learning more of what it takes to be successful. Without really seeing it, you are learning life skills that will help you become a success in all phases of your lives. And, you appear to be having some fun. Keep working hard, pulling together, and the winning will eventually take care of itself.

PARENT/ATHLETE NIGHT
Thanks to all athletes and parents who attended the meeting. It was great to hear someone the caliber of Coach Pilkington share his ideas on what it takes to be a success.

SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:
Plans have changed: Because of so many conflicts surrounding Homecoming, we will not go to the Murray Invitational Friday or Provo Invitational Saturday. We will work hard all week then have an Open/Intrasquad Meet Saturday morning at 9:00 am. Anyone can run this race- parents, siblings, friends, etc. I will let you know later where we will run- probably either at the school or Jensen Park.

"Good things come slow - especially in distance running." - Bill Dellinger, Oregon coach

"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."