XC Update - October 8

Titan XC Update October 8, 2007

OPEN REGION MEET @ FREMONT
Seven of the eight schools from Region One competed at this meet held at Barnes Park in Kaysville. The girls finished 3rd while the boys were 7th. Abby Rich had a very good race finishing 7th in 20:02 over the 3-mile course. Hannah Williams (9th, 20:09) and McKayla Williams (12th, 20:33) were close behind. Aubrey Eddy ran very well on a sore quad to finish 24th in 22:01. Kiana Tebbs (27th, 22:10), Hilary Russell (31st, 22:44) and Alexia Wilcox (39th, 23:38) rounded out the varsity scoring.
Jake Rossmango ran 18:24 to finish as our top placer in the boys race. Preston Williams (18:50), Weston Atkins (18:51), Jantzen Deppe (19:20) and Tyler Siddoway (19:21) rounded out the scoring for the Titan boys. Complete results can be found at: www.syracusetrack.blogspot.com.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as Athletes of the Week were Alexia Wilcox and Kyle Kelly. Alexia is improving every week- and can become a very good distance runner with year-round training and a firm commitment to improvement. Kyle never misses a workout and keeps working hard every day. This will pay off in great results. Maybe not immediately, but in the near future.

REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Region Championships will be held at Layton Commons Park Wednesday. The race schedule is as follows:
4:00- Girls Junior Varsity
4:30- Boys Junior Varsity
5:00- Girls Varsity
5:30- Boys Varsity
To qualify for State, we need to finish in the top five TEAMS. If the girls run as well as they have been recently, they stand a great chance of making it to State. The boys will have to have their best effort of the year to qualify. Getting either or both of the TEAMS to State would be a great accomplishment for our first-year school.

CONGRATS
To Bob Williams (Preston’s father). He ran 4:04:05 at the St. George Marathon. Great performance!!! Just finishing a marathon is a great accomplishment.

EDITORIAL COMMENT
As we approach the last couple weeks of the formal Cross Country season, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the efforts to establish a quality program at Syracuse. It has been rewarding to see so many people with no Cross Country background get involved and realize the benefits of a great sport. I hope you will continue to support our efforts to make this one of the top programs in Utah.

REMAINING SCHEDULE
Oct 10- Region Championships @ Layton (4:00)
Oct 17- State Championships @ Sugarhouse Park (3:00)