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Boys and Girls Teams Both Finish Runner-Up at Gilbert City Meet
Wednesday, Oct 23rd, the six teams of the Gilbert Public Schools district met for the annual City Meet at Freestone Park. The meet is run by class and each team's top runner from that class adds their place to the team score. The Campo boys and girls teams each took runner-up behind the very tough Highland teams. Boys' scorers were Mitchell Jones (1st Freshman), Ryan McGrath (5th Sophomore), Mason Lundin (8th Junior), and Kenny Edwards (3rd Senior) for a team score of 17. Girls' team scorers were Evie Tanella (4th Freshman), Haley McKern (6th Sophomore), Kaitlyn Bowe (4th Junior), and Olivia Callaghan (6th Senior) for a team score of 20. Great meet to cap off a great the 2019 regular season! From here, the team will compete at the D2 Section 4 Championships on Friday Nov 8th at Crossroads Park, then the D2 State Championships on Saturday, Nov 16th at Cave Creek Golf Course.
Click here for complete official results
Click here for photos from the meet taken by Jamie Tanella
Season Opener Friday, Sept 6th!
Friday evening the boys and girls cross country teams will travel to Tucson to run the Desert Solstice Invitational at Crooked Tree Golf Course. The meet is run in the cool of the evening under a lighted golf course. The boys team has enjoyed success at this meet the past few years, and are looking to showcase some new talent on the course this year. Senior Kenny Edwards finished 10th at this meet last year, and will be looking to improve upon that placement in this, his final race at Crooked Tree. The varsity boys team will also be running seniors Mac Jones and Zac Whaley along with juniors Anthony Cox, Nate McMullen. The varsity boys team will see debut performances from sophomore Ryan McGrath and freshmen Mitchell Jones and Wil Hanson. Seventeen boys, of whom eleven are freshmen, will run their first HS race on Friday.
The Campo girls team is poised to have their best finish ever at Solstice this year. Last year's squad was led by now-junior Kaitlyn Bowe who has recently overcome a strained soleus, and looks ready to race well. She will be joined in the varsity meet by underclassmen teammates Sara Eltiste, Evie Tanella, and Mia Foley, all of whom raced in the Canyon Athletics Association in junior high. Juniors Bradyn Riggs, Ellie Brooks, and Tori Mask will race alongside sophomore Haley McKern. Three of these four were on the state-qualifying 3200m relay team last spring. The girls team finished 11th last year, and will most certainly break into the top-10 this season with this group toeing the line Friday night.
Good luck to all of our Coyotes racing their season opener on Friday night!
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Individual Athlete Webpages!
Visit our Team page to find links to each team member's webpage! There, you will find a photo, a bio, a link to the athlete's athletic.net page, and their email address. Check it out!
Team BBQ Saturday, August 24th at 6:00pm
Thank you booster club & everyone who pitched-in to make the team BBQ a fun evening together!
Stubbs 4th at adidas Boost Boston Games DREAM MILE
A loaded field of some the top HS milers in the US took to the streets of Boston, in the first ever off-track road mile for the adidas Dream Mile. The race ran through downtown Boston and finished on the famed Boylston Street, where an elevated 200m track had been constructed at the Boston Marathon finish line. Rylan held great position throughout the race, and gave his all to the line after coming up the ramp to the finish. An incredible race to cap-off an incredible HS career. Congratulations, Rylan Stubbs!
Two new State trophies will be added to the growing collection in the gym!
Last week, the girls Track & Field team finished their run at the State Championships with Runner-Up honors! The following girls' team athletes earned medals: Lia Hendricks, Kiana Kai, Ellie Brooks, Sara Eltiste, Gracie Norburg, Naomi Greene, Eliza Littlewood, and Lauren Rosen. The following athletes broke school records: Kiana Kai, 300m Hurdles 42.39 and 200m Dash 25.55, Hendricks, Brooks, Eltiste, & Kai, 4 x 400 relay 3:58.80, and Naomi Greene Triple Jump 37' 2".
The boys team Repeated as State Champions! The following boys' team athletes earned medals: Jacob Samford, Wil Peralta, Rylan Stubbs, Luke Nicolds, Kenny Edwards, Garrett Anderson, and Isaac Burnett. The following athletes broke school records: Jacob Samford, 200m dash 21.72, Rylan Stubbs, 800m run 1:53.81, Wil Peralta, 110m Hurdles 14.76, Cash, Samford, Langford, & Peralta 4 x 100 Relay 43.43, Stubbs, Nicolds, Anderson, & Edwards 4 x 800 Relay 7:52.41. Isaac Burnett Shot Put 54' 7.25" and Discus 158' 3" Incredible Week for the Campo Track & Field Program! Congratulations CV Track Athletes!
State Championships Day 1
It was a huge first day of competition at the State Championship for the Campo Track and Field programs. Triple jumpers Naomi Greene and Eliza Littlewood started off the day with 3rd & 4th place finishes, Naomi breaking the school record in the process. Isaac Burnett broke his school record in the shot put throwing 54‘7“ earning him state Runner-Up honors. Nearly every CV athlete competing in a prelim, whether individually or on a relay, qualified for Saturday’s final. Rylan Stubbs won his fifth state championship in the 2 mile with teammate Kenny Edwards also finishing on the podium. The boys 4 x 800 meter relay won the state title and broke the school record by five seconds. The team of Garrett Anderson, Kenny Edwards, Luke Nicolds, and Rylan Stubbs ran what is now the 13th fastest time in the nation.
Congratulations Campo Track, and Good luck at the Finals on Saturday!
Sun Angel Classic Recap
Thursday and Saturday, April 4th & 6th, CV track made its first appearance at ASU's 40th Annual Sun Angel Classic at Sun Angel Stadium. Of the 53 teams represented at the meet, the CV boys and girls teams each finished 3rd behind power house D1 programs Chandler & Desert Vista.
It was a very strong showing, with four individual champions. Junior Kiana Kai won the 300m hurdles in school record time: 43.55. Teammate Lia Hendricks took silver for the 1-2 punch. Freshman Sara Eltiste won the 800m run in 2:18.18, narrowly breaking Alaina Kautz's school record. On the boys side, the 200m dash final was won by Jax Samford, who topped a talented field of sprinters with a school record time of 22.00 seconds. Newcomer Luke Nicolds won the 800m final in a lean at the finish line to finish with a monster personal best of 1:56.01.
Three other school records were broken. Lia Hendricks improved upon her school record in the 100m hurdles, running 14.68 seconds. Senior Isaac Burnett took 2nd in the shot put, throwing a record-breaking 53 feet, 7.5 inches. Eliza Littlewood, also a senior, triple-jumped 36 feet 7 inches to set the school record, and place 2nd.
Other noteworthy performances include those by junior Kenny Edwards who finished 2nd in the 3200m run with a time of 9:41.11, the CV girls 4x100m Relay team took 2nd with a sub-49 second performance, and Wil Peralta took 3rd in the 110m hurdles with his first sub-15 second race.
Senior Rylan Stubbs ran at the Arcadia Invitational in Los Angeles on Saturday night, and took 2nd in the Invitational Mile with a school record time of 4:11.72 for the 1609m distance.
The team competes next at Red Mountain HS on Tuesday April 9th and at the Pioneer Invitational at Pinnacle HS on Saturday, April 13th. Good Luck to all CV athletes!
Sun Angel Classic in Review by AZCentral
CV track athletes and teams highlighted in article on AZCentral.com!
A Big Weekend for Campo Track & Field
It was a big weekend for Campo Track & Field! Lots of big performances and personal records set at the Red Mountain Rampage Friday, and Chandler Rotary on Saturday! Seven school records were broken! Isaac Burnett broke the school records for both the shot put and discus throw, 52 ft 4 in, and 158 ft 1 in. Freshman Sara Eltiste broke the 400m record by running the one-lap race in 59.06 seconds. Jax Samford became the first Campo athlete to break 11 seconds in the 100m dash, running 10.94. Later Jax ran the 200m dash in record time: 22.31. Rylan Stubbs ran the mile, and set two school records in one race: the 1600m in 4:10.62, and the full mile (1609m) in 4:12.18.
Congratulations to all our amazing Track & Field athletes!
Both Boys and Girls Teams Victorious at Desert Tune-Up!
For the second consecutive year, both the boys and girls teams return from the Desert Tune-Up Invitational victorious. The girls' team won the meet with 146 points, ahead of the second-place team by 30 points. The boys' team won by an even greater margin, 56 points ahead of the runner-up team. CV athletes brought home a total of 32 medals. Outstanding! Click here for full meet results. The team competes next at the Red Mountain Rampage on Friday, March 22nd, and Chandler Rotary on Saturday, March 23rd!
First Week of Racing "In the Books!"
It was a great first week of competition for Campo Track and Field. Wednesday afternoon the boys and girls teams hosted Seton and Higley and demonstrated excellent character commitment and courage. Incredible effort and a lot of fun!
Friday the teams traveled to Queen Creek in one of the state's largest invitationals and made a big statement. Senior Jax Samford broke two school records, proving to be the fastest athlete in school history with an 11.04 100m dash, and a 22.37 200m dash. Freshman Sara Eltiste broke the school record in the 400m in her first HS track race ever, running 59.86. Isaac Burnett, Kaetlyn Blackburn, and Rylan Stubbs set state-qualifying marks in their events Friday night.
This week our athletes compete alongside Gilbert HS on Wednesday, and a select group will compete on Saturday morning at the Desert Tune-Up Invitational at Marana Mt View!
Milesplit's "Salute to Seniors" Gives Nod to Rylan Stubbs
Arizona Milesplit recently interviewed CV Distance Phenom Rylan Stubbs. Rylan discusses his most memorable racing experiences, his goals for the future, and pearls of wisdom he has picked up along the way. https://az.milesplit.com/articles/256610-no-shortcuts-to-success-for-stubbs
Boys Place 3rd, Girls 8th at Cross Country State Championships!
In a hard-fought battle with Arizona D2's top teams, the CV Boys finished third at the 2018 State Championships. A few injuries made this season a challenging one, but every athlete's efforts made this journey special. Kenny Edwards finished 8th, and Wyatt Hanson 15th, earning each of them a spot on the podium and a State medal.
The girls team improved upon their 2017 placement at the State Championships by finishing 8th despite losing a teammate to illness. Sophomore Kaitlyn Bowe finished second-team all-state with a tremendous final race of the official season. Predicted to finish 25th, Kaitlyn took home the 14th medal. Kaitlyn later ran a 50-second personal best of 19:24 at NXR. All of the athletes strived to put their best foot forward this season, and enjoy the journey at each workout and race. The season was loaded with personal victories as athletes overcame many new challenges. It was definitely a season of growth for the CV Cross Country program!
Boys Earn 4th Consecutive Sectional Championship, Girls Runner-Up
The CV Boys Cross Country team won their 4th consecutive Sectional Championship on Wednesday morning and the CV Girls team were Sectional Runner-Up! Junior Kenny Edwards ran to a swift individual victory and earned the title of Sectional Champion! The CV Boys placed 4 athletes in the top 6 and was carried to victory by senior Lucas Padilla who rounded out the scoring 5 with a personal best time of 17:39 on the hilly 3.2-mile course! The girls team put 2 runners in the top-10. Kaitlyn Bowe 8th and freshman Sara Eltiste 10th. Pictures are posted here. The boys and girls teams move on to the State Championships next Saturday where they aim to earn the lowest combined team placements in school history.
Boys & Girls Teams Earn Runner-Up Honors at Gilbert District Meet
Wed, Oct 17th was the 20th running of the Gilbert "City Meet" at Freestone Park. The boys took second with 25 points earned by Xavier Fellin, Wyatt Hanson, Kenny Edwards, and Christian Tamura. The girls team also finished second with 31 points earned by individual champ Sara Eltiste, Kaitlyn Bowe, Olivia Callaghan, and Layne Farrow. Congrats CV athletes!
Boys 5th, Girls 10th at Titan Invitational
Sophomores Wyatt Hanson and Kaitlyn Bowe led the way for the Coyotes on Friday morning, finishing 12th and 16th in their respective races. The team concludes the regular season on Wednesday Oct 17th at Freestone Park. Click here for more info!
CV Cross Country Shines with Stellar Races at Twilight Invitational
Twenty-Three athletes set new personal bests for 5k at Friday night's Twilight Invitational in Casa Grande. Thousands of athletes from all over the Western US competed in one of the biggest meets in the country. The girls varsity team ran in the Championship race and finished 14th, the boys varsity team ran in the Sweepstakes race and finished 11th. Junior Kenny Edwards earned a medal for his 15th place finish, his first race under 16 minutes, in 15:35.
Girls 2nd, Boys 3rd at Doug Conley Invitational
Saturday, Sept 22nd, Arizona's top talent toed the line at Shalimar Golf Course in Tempe.
In the Invitational Girls Race, the team of Sara Eltiste, Madison Dominguez, Ellie Brooks, Layne Farrow, Brady Riggs, Olivia Callaghan, and Kathryn Fowler finished with 2-5 separated by a slim spread of just 34 seconds, which played a big part in their runner-up team finish, even without Kaitlyn Bowe who ran a personal best of 20:14 in the Non-Varsity race earlier that morning.
The CV Girls are currently "ranked" 3rd in Division 2.
The Boys squad of Kenny Edwards, Wyatt Hanson, Christian Tamura, Zac Whaley, Mac Jones, Anthony Cox, and Wes Blair took 3rd in the Elite Boys Race at the end of the morning. Junior Kenny Edwards led the way for the Boys' team finishing 4th overall in a personal best time of 16:01.
The CV Boys maintain their position at the top of the Division 2 "rankings" this week.
Time Trial Successes!
Tuesday morning August 14th, the team met for our annual time trial. The 1.5 mile loop was used to evaluate each athlete's starting point, set training paces for the next few weeks, and set individual goals for growth and race performances. 82% of athletes matched or improved their times from last year, with some athletes improving by more than one minute! (McMullen, Bowe, Riggs, Coons, & Tingey) Eight young men completed the course under 8:10 (5:25 pace) with returning state champ Rylan Stubbs matching his entry from last year. On the girls' side, nine young ladies ran under 11, with newcomer Sara Eltiste recording the second-fastest time in program history. Training will continue to ramp-up in intensity as we head into our first invitational meet on Saturday, Sept 1st at Tumbleweed Park in Chandler.
The Official Cross Country Season is Now Underway!
Athletes wishing to participate with the team this season must have their athletic clearance completed through RegisterMyAthlete.com. For the next few weeks, we are meeting Mondays & Thursdays from 2:45-4:30pm in room 203, Tuesdays & Fridays from 5:00-6:15am at the Gym Lobby, Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30pm at Freestone Park, and an optional Saturday morning run with team captains from 7:00-8:15-ish at Tumbleweed Park. For full calendar information, click here.
Stubbs Named AZ Cross Country Athlete of the Year
AZCentral Sports has selected CV runner Rylan Stubbs to receive this year's cross country athlete of the year award! Congratulations, Rylan!
AZCentral's praise for Rylan Stubbs:
"Stubbs was a model of consistency, winning five of his six 5,000-meter races with Campo Verde this season including the Div. II Championship and the AIA Sectional Crossroads. In the Desert Twilight, the only race he didn't win this year, the junior set a personal record with a time of 15:25. It was one of his three races better than 16 minutes."
Summer Cross Country Training
As we have done for the past couple of summers, Coach Applebach will be hosting his summer training at Freestone Park. The group meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 6:00am sharp with a raffle giveaways and concludes around 7:30am with chocolate milk! The cost of the summer training program is $150, and registered participants also receive a team t-shirt. The first day of summer training is Monday, June 11th! Check the calendar for additional team meet-ups and summer race opportunities.
High-Altitude Training Camp
We will be heading into the mountains again this summer for our High Altitude Training Camp Tuesday, July 24th through Thursday, July 26th. Athletes will train and learn together in the cool pines of Prescott, AZ on this three day excursion! The cost of the camp is just $225, and athletes who sign-up and pay for both the summer training and the summer camp by June 11th, receive a $50 discount and pay just $325 for the full summer experience!
Click here to see photos from High Altitude Training Camp 2016!
2018 STATE CHAMPIONS!
The Campo Verde Boys Track & Field Team are the 2018 Div 2 State Champions! The coyotes won the title with a 24.5 point advantage over runner-up Queen Creek HS, more than doubling their point total from the 2017 state championship meet.
Junior Rylan Stubbs raked in 28 points on his own by winning the 1600m (4:15) and 3200m (9:28) races, and finishing runner-up in the 800m in a new school-record time of 1:54.87. He also anchored the 4x800m relay with the fastest 800m time by an Arizonan in recent years (1:53.1). The team of freshman Kenny Edwards, Blake Chambal, Zack Prusse, and Rylan Stubbs took home the silver medal and a school record of 7:57.55. Upon completing his race, Chambal went from the track immediately to the field to score points for Campo in the javelin.
Campo scored big points in the hurdle races this year as well, with a 6th place finish in the 110m hurdles from Shane Leeper who broke his own school record in 14.95 seconds. Both Leeper and hurdling newcomer Ryan Clegg scored points for the team in the 300m hurdles, where Clegg set the CV school record (39.21) and finished state runner-up.
Clegg also helped the 4x400m relay team to a state runner-up finish and school record. He and teammates Riley Connolly, Isaac Sanchez, and Riley Langton ran a blisteringly fast 3:19.01 to add points to the team total. In addition to scoring points in the relay, Connolly finished 4th in the 400m, running a near-school record of 49.26 seconds.
Other young men contributed to the team championship: junior Jake Treptow finished 5th in the triple jump (43' 9.0"), junior Isaac Burnett finished 8th in the discus (148' 8"), and senior Zack Prusse who finished 7th in the 800m (1:58.50).
The team title is the first for the CV Track & Field program, as the team finished runner-up in 2014. The team trophy and photo will soon be on display in the gym lobby, and a banner will be hung in the gym.
The girls team had its highest finish at the state championships by far. In 2017, the team finished 12th, and this year, the ladies finished in 4th place. Senior Alaina Kautz made the podium in all three of her individual events as she has for the past two consecutive years. This year she broke her school record in the 3200m by running the nearly two-mile race in 11:13.13. She will compete for the University of Arizona next fall. CV hurdlers Kiana Kai and Lia Hendricks earned 6 points in the 100m hurdles, finishing 5th and 7th, and 10 points in the 300m hurdles, finishing 3rd and 5th. Hendricks' 100m hurdles performance was a school record; 14.80 seconds.
The CV 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams both reached the podium and set school records. The 4x100m relay team of Keegan Wallace, Ebani Acedo, Haylee McLeod, and Navie Jobe finished 4th with a time of 48.12 seconds. The girls 4x400m relay team of Shelby Walsh, Kiana Kai, Rylee Rottweiler, and Ellie Brooks finished third in a CV record time of 4:00.66.
Additionally, freshman Gracie Norburg finished 6th in the discus, and Eliza Littlewood and Naomi Greene took 5th and 8th in the triple jump, respectively.
The lady coyotes will be returning the majority of their state scoring athletes for the 2019 season.
2018 - 2019 Sports Physicals at Campo
Saturday, April 28th, CVHS will be hosting a sports physicals event. Doctors will be on site clearing athletes for participation for next school year. The cost is only $25 (cash only), and serves as a fundraiser for the CVHS Sports Medicine Program.
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION & ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
New State Qualifiers & School Records
Both the boys and girls 4x800m Relay teams secured their places at the state championships today at the DVHS Last Chance Invitational. The girls ran 10:17 and the boys team, a state-leading 8:02.19. The girls relay will compete at the state championships on Wednesday May 2nd, and the boys on Saturday, May 5th. Sophomore Zac Whaley ran a big PR in the 1600m: 4:33.03. This time will likely get him a spot on the starting line Wednesday at the state championships. Blake Chambal improved his ranking in D2 in the javelin just prior to running on the state-leading 4x800m relay team. His throw of 154 feet, 6 inches, ranks him among the top 10 in D2 and is beyond the automatic qualifying mark.
In addition to these state-qualifying performances, a couple of school records were broken. Senior quarter-miler Shelby Walsh broke her own 400m school record, covering the distance in 1:00.89. She later joined Kiana Kai, Rylee Rottweiler, and Ellie Brooks (the new 400m freshman record-holder; 1:02.75) to run the 4x400m relay. The girls broke their former record by nearly three seconds, in 4:07. This gives them one of the fastest times in D2 heading into the state championships on Wednesday.
Record-Setting Weekend
April 9th, 2018
NINE school records were set this weekend at the Distance Classic and Greenway Invitationals. At the Distance Classic, the girls Distance Medley Relay team eeked out a new record by less than two seconds over the 4000m race, running 13:37.76. The 1200m leg was run by Kaitlyn Bowe, 400m by Rylee Rottweiler, 800m by Ellie Brooks, and the 1600m anchor leg run by Alaina Kautz. Saturday's Greenway Invitational saw seven CVHS school records fall. All four hurdles records were broken, with two of these records having stood for six years or more. Shane Leeper bettered his own 110m Hurdles record, running sub-15 for the first time, then later broke one of the oldest records in the CV books, the 300m hurdles. Leeper and teammate Ryan Clegg both broke the existing record, but Leeper's time of 40.29 seconds has him atop the record board. On the girls' side, freshman Lia Hendricks continued her steady march onward in the 100m hurdles, running 15.25 with newcomer Kiana Kai close behind. Kai broke the girls 300m hurdles record in 46.53, with Hendricks finishing less than two tenths of a second behind. The girls 4x100 relay team of Ebani Acedo, Keegan Wallace, Haylee McLeod, and Natteya Jamison bettered their school record to 49.76 seconds. A new 200m dash record was set by senior Riley Langton who blitzed a 22.41 second half-lap sprint. Pole vault record-holder Lauren Rosen bettered her school record to 9-feet, 3-inches! Finally, the girls 4x400m record was lowered by nearly four seconds as Rylee Rottweiler, Alaina Kautz, Shelby Walsh, and Kiana Kai covered the 1600m distance in 4:12.18. Congratulations to all of our record holders!
More School Records Topple
Mar 30th, 2018
In the past few weeks, a handful more school records have been broken by CV Track & Field athletes! Jacob Samford ran 11.06 in the 100m dash to break a long-standing sprint record. Isaac Sanchez bettered his own long jump record by more than 6 inches, clearing 22 feet. The girls triple jump record was broken by CV new-comer Eliza Littlewood who jumped 34'-9". Shane Leeper and Lia Hendricks each bettered their hurdles records as well. So far, this track season has been one of the most impressive seasons in the history of the program. This weekend, the team competes at Vista Grande, the Scottsdale Distance Classic and the Greenway Invitational. Go Coyotes!
Riley Langton and Lia Hendricks Break Records at Desert Classic
March 5th, 2018
Meg McDowell's 2012 100m Hurdles school record was broken on Friday morning by freshman Lia Hendricks. In her very first race as a HS track student-athlete, she bested McDowell's time of 16.19 seconds by running the event in just 15.72 seconds in her preliminary heat. Later, in the finals, she ran 15.86 to finish 5th overall.
Riley Langton broke his own school record in the 400m by one full second. His time of 49.08 also won him the 400m gold medal, and currently ranks him second state-wide for the event. Riley also took 3rd in the 100m final with a near-school record time of 11.27 run during his preliminary heat. The team takes on Mesquite at MHS on Wednesday afternoon.
Freshman Kaitlyn Bowe finishes First in Phx Half-Marathon Age-Group
Feb 24th, 2018
Running an average pace of 7:34 per mile, 15-year-old freshman Kaitlyn Bowe finished the Phoenix Half-Marathon in one-hour, thirty-nine minutes, seventeen seconds (1:39:17). This finishing time brought her across the finish line first among all athletes under the age of 16 (her age grouping). Congratulations Kaitlyn!
The 2018 Racing Schedule Kicks-Off March 2nd
Feb 22nd, 2018
The Saunders Montague Desert Classic Invitational will mark the beginning of the 2018 competitive season for the CV Track & Field Team. The Coyotes will send three individuals to the meet per track event, and four per field event. The meet is hosted by Queen Creek HS and should provide a great competitive arena to test initial fitness and talent. Good luck track and field athletes!
Coyotes Complete the 197.1 Mile Ragnar Relay!
A group of CV athletes ran from Wickenburg, AZ to Mesa, AZ in a continuous relay race of nearly 200 miles: this year's Ragnar Del Sol. Click here to see a couple of their photos!
AZ Central XC Athlete of the Year Nomination
Dec 9th, 2017
AZCentral Sports has nominated CV junior Rylan Stubbs to receive this year's cross country athlete of the year award.
"Stubbs was a model of consistency, winning five of his six 5,000-meter races with Campo Verde this season including the Div. II Championship and the AIA Sectional Crossroads. In the Desert Twilight, the only race he didn't win this year, the junior set a personal record with a time of 15:25. It was one of his three races better than 16 minutes."
Click here to read about the other nominees.
2017 CV Cross Country Banquet
Nov 20th, 2017
The CV Cross Country team met together for dessert and appetizers on Monday night, Nov 20th at the CV Cafeteria. Athletes were awarded for their contributions to what has been one of CV Cross Country's most successful season to date. MVPs Rylan Stubbs & Alaina Kautz, Most Improved: Mac Jones & Taytum Coons, Outstanding Freshman: Wyatt Hanson & Kaitlyn Bowe, Coyote Pride Award: Jason Tolzman & Farrah Ashcraft.
CV Athletes compete at Nike Cross Regional Southwest
Nov 19th, 2017
Avree Anderson, Christian Tamura, and Kenny Edwards toed the line with some of the best athletes in the Southwestern US on Saturday November 18th in Casa Grande, AZ for the Nike Cross Regional meet. The athletes performed well and stamped a positive mark on the end of their cross country season. There was also great support at the meet from teammates, past and present. Rylan Stubbs ran 15:44 in the Championship race, and Alaina Kautz 19:01. The race marked the end of Kautz's high school cross country career. All five athletes are prepared to take some time to rest and reflect before gearing up for the spring track season.
CV Cross Country Teams Cap Season with Outstanding Performances at State Championships
Nov 4th, 2017
Many weeks of hard work paid off for the boys and girls on the CV XC teams at the State Championships. The girls' team was aiming for a top-10 state finish this year, and with well-run races from each young lady on the team, they accomplished just that; finishing 9th place. Alaina Kautz put up one heck of a fight, running in second place for the majority of the 3.1 mile course. In the final uphill stretch, she maintained a top-3 finish to claim the bronze medal; improving upon her 8th place finish in 2016. Freshman Kaitlyn Bowe finished second for the coyotes in 21:30, followed by sophomore Olivia Callaghan (21:46), and freshmen Ellie Brooks (22:22) and Brady Riggs (23:00). Sophomore Taytum Coons and freshman Tori Mask finished in 23:23 and 24:41, respectively.
The boys' team sought after another trophy after finishing runner-up in 2016, and in a tight battle, took the runner-up award this year as well. The boys' team was led by school record-holder junior Rylan Stubbs who hammered the final mile to win in 15:53. He is Campo Verde's first cross country state champion. Behind Rylan, senior Zack Prusse finished 25th in 16:54, followed by Zac Whaley (17:05), fellow sophomore Kenny Edwards (17:15), and junior co-captain with Stubbs, Christian Tamura (17:40). In his final season, senior Avree Anderson finished in 17:55, and sophomore Mac Jones was close behind running 18:25 on the 5k course.
The boys' team will compete together one final time at the Nike Cross Regional at Grande Sports Complex in Casa Grande on Saturday, Nov 18th, where they and Alaina Kautz will attempt to earn a place at the national championships in Oregon in December.
Click here to see photos taken by Heather Wellington and a video produced by Jason Tamura.
Titan Invitational Meet in Review
Article and Photos from the 4th Annual Titan Invitational
Desert Twilight Invitational
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