Border Wars

 

BORDER WARS - UTAH QUALIFIER

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2020

ABOUT BORDER WARS:

LOCATION - SPANISH FORK SPORTS PARK

295 Volunteer Dr, Spanish Fork, UT 84660

Border Wars hopes to be the first major multi-state Cross Country competition in Utah.
In 2020, we are hosting a Utah Qualifier on Saturday, November 7th to determine the Top 15 Teams and Individuals who will advance to the Border Wars Championship (Utah vs Colorado) held on Saturday, November 21st at Staheli Farms in St. George. The Top 15 Teams from the Colorado State meet will also advance to the Border Wars Championship.

In future years, we hope to host an in-season invitational for Colorado and Utah schools on the Third Weekend in September held at Staheli Farms in St. George.

REGISTRATION:

Registration will be done by athletes rather than by teams.
Register at ​https://runsignup.com/Race/UT/SpanishFork/BorderWarsQualification

*REGISTRATION WILL BE OPEN FROM M​ ONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH​ UNTIL F​ RIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST COST:​ $​ 10 per athlete + processing fee

There may be limits placed on the size of races, so get in quickly and register.  

Race Schedule:

9:30 am Freshman Girls

10:00 am Freshman Boys

10:30 am Sophomore Girls

11:00 am Sophomore Boys

11:30 am Championship Girls

12:00 pm Championship Boys

12:30 pm Junior Girls

1:00 pm Junior Boys

1:30 pm Senior Girls

2:00 pm Senior Boys

2:30 pm Middle School Girls

3:00 pm Middle School Boys

2020 Championship Week 4

This will be a short week with state on Thursday.

We will only have 2 morning practices this week, Monday and Thursday.

Monday 6 am 30 minute recovery pace and weights.

3 pm Del Taco variants

Tuesday 3 pm tempo

Wednesday easy pre-race run

Thursday 6 am shakeout  run and visualization

11:30 bus leaves for Soldier Hollow

Friday 2:30 race debrief then mini-break until Monday morning

UHSAA 5A Championships

The state meet this year has been moved to Soldier Hollow due to COVID restrictions on Salt Lake City.  

Online tickets will be required to be purchased for all fans attending the State XC event at Soldier Hollow. The tickets will be available for free through the UHSAA GoFan ticketing portal. All spectators and administrators will be required to show entrance to the Soldier Hollow event. Masks are required at both the Cedar High and Soldier Hollow sites. The UHSAA has closed ticketing for our race because of the number of ticket requests.  There is one part of the course that is probably accessible from places that are not technically part of the venue if you don't already have tickets.

There will be a limit on spectators, but we should be fine with 2 to 3 per runner.  The meet will be streamed at ksl.com

Waivers must be filled out for the venue if that didn't happen for the earlier meet at Soldier Hollow.

Here is a link to the course map if you want to see where you want to go to view the race.

2020 Championship Season Week 3

This will be a good week of practice leading up to the state meet next week.   

Morning practice each school day @ 6 on the track 

Monday & Wednesday  weight room session

Tuesday   core near the track

Afternoon practices

Monday - 2:30 race debrief meeting then Greg Got Lost 

Tuesday - easy run 

Wednesday - long medium run

Fall Break practices We are going to get to higher elevations on softer surfaces

Thursday - Travel Run Dear Creek Dam trailhead

Friday - speed workout on the Hillcrest track

Saturday - Travel Run Star Pointe trailhead

Divisionals Results

 We had mixed results today which was unexpected.  Our girls team didn't qualify for state, we missed by less than 20 points,  but Megan was one of the six individuals that qualified.  

The boys did qualify and along with Megan will compete at state on Thursday October 22 at Soldier Hollow.  

Results are at athletic.net

5A Divisionals

 Friday's schedule:  8 am shakeout run and race visualization

11:15 meet at Hillcrest for bus ride

11:30 bus leaves for Lakeside Park

1:30 Girls race

2:00 Boys race

I will be doing an Instagram live feed during the races.  I'll do shorter bursts instead of a long run so I can post them on Instagram after as well.

2020 Championship Season Week 2

 This will be a big week for us as the race on Friday is where we will qualify for state. Unfortunately due to Orem being placed on Orange for COVID cases, there will be no spectators for the race.  

Morning practice each day @ 6 on the track 

Monday & Wednesday (very light) weight room session

Tuesday & Thursday  core near the track

Friday shakeout run and race visualization (time TBD)

Afternoon practices

Monday - Fartlek workout & equipment room party for JV crew

Tuesday - medium run

Wednesday - tempo run

Thursday - easy run

Friday - Divisionals (no spectators due to new COVID restrictions in Orem)

Saturday - long run before or after middle school meet TBD

Region Championships

 The Region Championship meet will be at Cottonwood Complex on Thursday Oct. 1.  Spectators are welcome at the meet as long as they are distanced and wearing masks.  

Schedule:

1:45 get out of class

2:15 bus leaves Hillcrest

3:30 Varsity Boys Race

4:00 Varsity Girls Race

4:30 JV Boys 1

5:00 JV Girls 1

5:30 JV Boys

6:00 JV Girls

The JV race schedule may be compressed with the girls heats starting immediately after the boys heats similar to the schedule of the Rendezvous.

2020 Championship Season Week 1

 Race debrief meeting at 2:30 in C230 on Monday

Morning practice each day @ 6 on the track 

Monday & Wednesday weight room session

Tuesday  core near the track

Thursday shakeout run and race visualization

Friday core near the track

Afternoon practices

Monday - 1000s at Crestwood (We will drive/carpool there after the meeting)

Tuesday - tempo run

Wednesday - easy run, motivational talk and strategy

Thursday - Region get out of class at 1:45 bus leaves at 2:15 (subject to change)

Friday - medium run 

Saturday - Jordan Rotary Park 70 - 75 minute run