Titan Track Update - May 12

Titan Track Update - May 12, 2008

REGION ONE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Titan Track TEAM did a great job at the Region One Championships last week. Not only in the quality of the performances, but also in the efforts of so many to host the meet. Both Boys and Girls finished 6th in the eight-school region which is by far the strongest in the state.
Scoring for the Girls were: Michele Arave, 8th in the high jump (4'10); Jessica Crawley, 4th in the shot put (33'06.50); Ashley Hunzeker, 6th in the discus (91'05); McKayla Williams, 5th in the 400m dash (1:00.08) and 7th in the 100m hurdles (16.48); Hannah Williams, 5th in the 800m run (2:22.26) and 8th in the 1600m run (5:31.27); Abby Rich, 8th in the 3200m run (12:34.08). In relays, the 4x100 ran 53.09 to finish 6th, just one spot out of going to State. The runners were Felicia Sortor, Sasha Russell, Hilary Peterson and Sydney Watson. The medley finished in the same place to just miss going to state. Sasha Russell, Felicia Sortor, Hilary Peterson and Abby Rich turned in a time of 4:33.33. The 4x400 team of Hilary, Hannah, McKayla and Sasha ran 4:16.37 to place 4th and qualify for State.
The Boys scoring came from: Tanner Burton, 5th in the high jump (5'10); Aaron Hill, 5th in the discus (147'02); Tyrell Yardley, 5th in the 100m dash (11.20) and 2nd in the 200m dash (22.06); Chris Jackson, 6th in the 110m hurdles (16.06) and 7th in the 300m hurdles (42.60). The 4x100m relay finished 6th in 45.13. Running on the team were Yardley, Jackson, Anthony Winegar and Trent Judd. The medley relay also finished 6th in 3:55.24 with Judd, Winegar, Ryan McNeill and Willis Ellsworth carrying the stick. The 4x400m relay was 7th with Jackson, Yardley, McNeill and Sotero Perigo running. Their time of 3:44.49 was less than one second out of 5th place.
The top five in each event qualify for State. We qualified three boys, three girls and one relay team. If we would have competed in any of the other three 5A regions, than number would have been between 12-18 (depending on the region). Region One is tough!!! The top-three boys teams at State and three of the top four girls spots will probably come from Region One.


ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as Athletes of the Week were Sasha Russell and Alex Garrett. Neither have missed a practice all year. Alex continues to work hard and will be a force next year. Sasha ran two great races at Region, just missing the finals in both.

SOPHOMORE REGION THIS WEEK
Sophomore Region will be held at Fremont on May 13th. The meet will start at 3:00 and will follow the normal region dual meet schedule. The goal will be to bring home a couple titles.

MONDAY WORKOUT- IMPORTANT THAT YOU ATTEND
It’s important that you attend Monday’s workout. Information about State and the end of the year schedule will be handed out. This will cover TEAM pictures, uniform check-in, TEAM barbeque, etc. We will also vote on TEAM MVP’s.

STATE FRIDAY and SATURDAY
We will be taking a bus to State both days if there are enough of you that want to go. We will decide Monday.

CROSS COUNTRY MEETING
A meeting for everyone interested in running Cross Country and their parents will be held Wednesday, May 28th at 6:00 pm in the Little Theater. Plan on attending and also helping to spread the word to anyone even remotely interested.

COMING UP
May 13 - Sophomore Region @ Fremont
May 16/17 - State Championships @ BYU
May 28 - Cross Country Meeting in the Little Theater at 6:00 pm.