Summer training

I now post this as an alumni that hasn't been able to come to many practices, but don't think that I haven't been paying attention to what's been going on! I'll soon pass this blog on to Josh and Taylor, and I'm sure that they'll keep it more updated than I have. You guys have had, from what I've heard, quite an amazing summer! The teams are very young, but seem to be showing a lot of potential! You just finished HARC, one of our hardest weeks of training, and have pretty much officially made it through three months of intense training. Be proud of your accomplishments and decision to stick it through to the end. Remember what Coach says, Finish what you begin. There's still another couple of months of intense training, and even better, intense racing! Now is when all the real fun begins! It may get harder to stay dedicated during the school year. Activities and homework may tempt you to slacken your running. Don't do it! It's entirely possible to run and do well in your classes, you just have to be willing to work a little harder. For the next two months, keep training, keep up your confidence, never back down, and remember all the runs you've done as you've trained through the summer. These will inspire confidence when you come to those all important Region and State runs. Good luck out there guys, I'll be out on those courses cheering you on!

State News Articles

Congratulations again for a great showing at State and for a great season! The Deseret News has a photo gallery of the race-with a lot pictures of Hillcrest runners, you can see it here. Also, there is a short article in the Salt Lake Tribune, mainly about American Fork, but it does mention Daniel Reich's time at the very end. You can read the article here.

Also, the team banquet is coming up. If you have taken any pictures of the team this year (including summer training), please submit them to Coach Olsen. Thanks again for a great season!

Midvale Journal Article

The latest article on the Hillcrest Cross Country team just came out. You can read it here.

Region 2009

The region meet was an intense one for both the Boys and Girls teams. We all showed up with high hopes, and rested bodies ready to run our best races. It was an emotional day, and I feel that our teams became much closer as we prepared mentally and physically for the race. The JV boys made a statement and came out and placed second in the JV race to American Fork, showing promise for the years to come. The JV girls also performed extremely well and placed in fifth. The Varsity boys came in second to American Fork beating Pleasant Grove for the second place spot by only one point. The Varsity girls had an amazing showing and are hands down one of the best teams to come out of Hillcrest in a long time, they placed fifth, missing fourth place by only 9 points to Pleasant Grove. One of the girls, Jordan Kennedy, will be racing at the State Meet as she finished All-Region, or in the top ten at the meet. We as captains are extremely proud of our season and of our teams, it has been an incredible season, and we look forward to the State meet with high hopes and expectations.

The Season

This Cross Country Season has so far been amazing! We have had incredible performances on both our girls and guys sides! It's been a tough season with all of us giving it our all, and tomorrow, the Region Meet, we hope to show to the world all our hard work, and the fruits of our labors. We have accomplished much, and we hope to accomplish much more at the region and state meets. Go Hillcrest XC! Region runs from 3:30 - 5:30 tomorrow at Cottonwood Complex, 1300 E. 4500 S. Come Support!

Grass Relays

This blog has actually been turned over in part to the captains, so this is Derek posting, I hope the other admins don't mind. Congrats to everyone on your races on Saturday! It was a really good first race of the season, and again I'd like to give an especial congratulations to the rookies, this was your first race and it was a tough one, so good job, this race was a good intro on what it's like to run on grass rather than a track, as well as a good intro into competitive running. As for the results we had a good showing with the boys taking fifth place overall in the Varsity relay and the girls making a very good showing, and I might add they beat those Brighton Bengals!!! It was a good start to the season and we need to continue to work hard and keep our eyes and minds on our ultimate goal of region and state, remember these races don't mean anything, good or bad, they're just experience and will serve to train us and make us better racers so we can be ready to reach our ultimate goal. Again good job and be prepared to continue to work hard for the next two months, it's going to be a very fun and enjoyable season!

Also don't forget the meeting in coach's room at 2:30 tomorrow.

HARC WEEK SCHEDULE

Hillcrest Cross Country

High Altitude Running Camp – 2009

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR HARC WEEK:

*We will meet at 6:00 A.M. EVERY MORNING. We have registration conflicts and we don’t want any of you missing a run because you have to be at registration. We promise we will have you back in time for registration.

*Talk to your teammates and figure out how you will be getting to these runs. Don’t wait until the morning of to see who you will be riding with. Be considerate and offer a little gas money to those that drive.

*Monday and Tuesday we will meet back at Hillcrest after the run and meet in Coach Olsen’s room for about 30 minutes. We will discuss team goals and other important information regarding our upcoming season.

*Friday is our team time trial with breakfast afterwards provided by the coaches. We will have a 30 minute team meeting after breakfast. Uniforms will be issued at this meeting.

*If your parents have any questions please contact Coach Olsen

Schedule:

Monday – August 10th: “Lambs Canyon”


Tuesday – August 11th: Mill Creek Canyon – “Dog Lake Run”
(There is a charge of 2.25 per vehicle as you leave the canyon so be prepared if you will be driving.)


Wednesday – August 12th : “Albion Basin Run”


We will travel to the very top of little cottonwood canyon to start this run.

Thursday – August 13th: Brighton Ski Resort

Friday – August 14th : Team Time Trial/ City Creek Canyon
Breakfast Provided after the run

Midvale Journal

Forgot to post this link. It is for the last article that the Midvale Journal did on our team. They had also previously published another article, which you can find here. I'm sure most of you have seen the articles or read them, but know we can keep them linked to the blog for a while.

Foot Locker Pictures

Here are the pictures from Foot Locker that we have received. If any of you would like to add to this slide show, please get Coach Olsen the pictures. Thanks to the Lynch Family and Dyestat for supplying the pictures. Enjoy!

Pictures

We're on Dyestat! Click here and here to see the pictures Dyestat took of our team during the Foot Locker Invitational.

Footlocker

The racers are officially over! The team has had a fun time in California, which included a trip to Santa Monica were everybody ended up playing on the beach and in the Ocean. Our team and school was well represented-both in conduct and in our performance on the course. Thanks to everybody that made this possible and thanks to our team for all of their hard work! Also, to the parents that made the trek to California-thanks for your support! Click here to see the overall results. Pictures will be posted later on. If any of you have any pictures you want included on the blog's slide show (of this trip), email them to Coach Olsen. Thanks!

(Pictures Courtesy of Footlockerwest.com)

Here are the official, individual times and place for those who ran:

Freshman/Sophomore Girls:
113. Taylor Reich (23:50)
156. Brooke McAffee (25:03)
165. Courtney Rice (25:58)
211. Ada Lower (28:45)
212. Megan Dolle (28:50)
227. Whitney Lott (30:54)

Freshman/Sophmore Boys:
2. Josh Kennedy (17:15)
52. Matt Lynch (18:31)
54. Kevin Lynch (18:33)
224. Scott Egbert (21:17)

Junior Girls:
57. Annicka Carter (23:00)
104. Madeline Huff (26:49)

Junior Boys:
36. Daniel Reich (17:40)
68. Derek Croft (18:14)
127. Tyler Draper (18:59)
165. Brad Marshall (19:42)
221. Andrew Forrest (22:01)

Senior Girls:
88. Cheyenne Thompson (24:05)

Senior Boys:
1. Jason Lynch (16:26)
130. Ryan Greggerson (19:15)

Update #2

Another Footlocker update:

Jason Lynch just won the Senior Boy's Open Division! Congratulations Jason!

Footlocker Update

Just a quick Footlocker update as the meet is currently in progress:

Congratulations to Josh Kennedy who took 2nd place in the Freshman/Sophomore division!

More updates to come!

Hi everybody! This is Coach Olsen's wife. Just wanted to apologize for the not having the video at the Banquet. We were having some serious technical issues. Good news though-the video is now ready! Coach will have it at school with him tomorrow, and I think he is planning on showing it tomorrow. Please spread the word around to your teammates-but first check with Coach to confirm that he will show it tomorrow. Also, thanks for the input on the songs-it was really helpful. Sorry again and I hope you enjoy the video!!

New Song

Sorry this is late, but Elizabeth requested a song to be added on to our poll. The song called Check Yes Juliet and it has been added to the playlist below. It can't be added to the poll without losing all the votes so if you would like to hear it on the video leave a comment on this post!

Year end video

We are in the process of making the year end video for the banquet. We need your help in a couple of areas: 1-Pictures/video. I know we've already posted about this, but if you have them and would like to see them in the video, please submit them to Coach Olsen. If you have printed any pictures, we can use those as display as well. You'll get them back after the banquet and there is no rush on those. 2-Music. We can't decide on what music to use. We want the music to remind you of this great season and should reflect how you felt through out the season. So, on our playlist at the bottom of the blog, we've added some music that we are considering using. Two songs were not included because they weren't in the database, but if you want to listen to them, you can find them on iTunes. These two songs are dedicated to Brad that likes to listen to the Olympic Theme. Listen to the songs, and vote on the songs you like on our little poll. If you have any additional suggestions, please add them as comments and they will get added to the poll. Remember, the songs have to be clean-as we give a copy of the video to Ms. Malone and to Coach Tingey as well. Thanks for your help!

Shock the World!

It's safe to say you "Shocked the World!" Congratulations on a FANTASTIC finish in the State Championship! Here are some individual Highlights: *Jason Lynch was the 6th place overall runner in State. * Daniel Reich was the 46th place overall runner in State. *Both Jason and Daniel were 2nd place and 19th place respectively in 5A. *Josh Kennedy placed in the top 30 in 5A as well! Let's not forget those of you that got PR's in this race. However, the WHOLE team should be credited for this success-you worked together as a team to accomplish being the 4th best team in 5A, 10th best in State. None of the newspaper articles mentions the school (except in the results section), however this article does mention that Jason took second place. Congratulations again!

Pictures

Here are a couple slides from region. Special thanks to the Egbert and Croft families that submitted these photos. Just a quick reminder, if you have photos you would like to submitt, please get them on a CD for Coach Olsen. Thanks!

Attention Celebrity Servers!

Hey Team! Please start spreading the word to your family and friends about our new fundraiser, the Hillcrest Cross Country Golden Corral Night.

Date: Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Location: Golden Corral (665 EAST 7200 SOUTH)

Time: 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.

Fliers will be handed out to you-if your guests bring them that night, they will receive $1 off their meal. Please see Coach Olsen for the fliers. Thanks for all of your hard work and patience with our fundraising-you have done amazing thus far!

Region overview

Found this on Dyestat, check it out if you are interested in seeing what a coach thought were the highlights of the region championship.