The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Savannah Gaffney (Savannah's Milesplit profile)
High School:
Xavier College Prep
Year of Graduation: 2014
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
3 Mile: 19:02
5k: 19:01
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
My goal for the upcoming season is to improve my previous 5K and 3 mile times as much as possible. Also, I hope that I can contribute in any way to help my team succeed.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
I feel that the summer training is going well. Everyone on the team is working hard towards making their season great. My favorite workout is anything that involves hills. As for our mileage we usually run on minutes, but if I calculate it correctly, we probably run around fifty miles a week.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I have been running for eight years. I began when I joined club track.
Which meets will you be running this year?
I think that the team will be running almost all of the meets offered in Arizona.
What are your favorite and toughest courses to run in State and out of State?
My favorite meet to run in State would have to be Doug Conley, because it has a lot of variety with hills. The toughest course for me is Twilight. Many of my teammates have mastered this race, but I cannot seem to get the hang of it. My favorite race out of State, which is both tough and enjoyable, is Mt. Sac. It is an all around great race with the challenge of hills, and a really competitive atmosphere.
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Jordan Hellebuyck (Jordan's Milesplit profile)
High School:
Ironwood Ridge
Year of Graduation: 2014
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
5k: 15:46
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
I want to focus on being a good leader for my team.
We really want to win state.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
Summer training went well, 60 mile weeks, favorite workout 400's towards the end of the season
This summer I was 6th at USATF Junior Olympic Nationals for the 2000m Steeplechase
I did this off of summer mileage, and no steeple training.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I love running, I ran my first 5k at age 6. My first cross country nationals at age 8.
Which meets will you be running this year?
Big meets, Chandler, Mount Carmel, twilight and of course State
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Julianne Vice (Julianne's Milesplit profile)
High School:
Xavier College Prep
Year of Graduation: 2014
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
3 Mile: 18:06
5k: 18:33
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
My main goal is to finish the season strong. I am aiming to PR at the end of the season, rather than the beginning/middle. Aside from that, I want to run for my teammates and continue to honor the process of training correctly.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
Training this summer went very well! Despite the heat and humidity, the team and I were able to toughen up and run strong when we needed to, and also relax on certain days as well. My favorite workout is anything with long tempo running. Oddly enough, I enjoy mile repeats! This summer, we ran a lot of volume, but kept the runs controlled and didn’t push ourselves too hard.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I started running with my dad when I was in the sixth grade. After that, I joined the cross-country team at my middle school where I made many great friends and really started to enjoy running!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Shelby Brown (Shelby's Milesplit Profile)
High School:
Xavier College Prep
Year of Graduation: 2014
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
3 Mile: 17:57
5k: 18:13
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
This upcoming season I want to be the best I can possibly be and I want to be a leader for my team. My 5K goal is to break 17:30.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
Summer training has actually been going really well, not only for me but for my team. I’m excited to see how the season goes because we have all worked really hard. We have gotten very serious about all the supplementary workouts. My favorite workout would have to either be the easy days were the team is relaxed and we talk the entire time or the Saturday long runs because you just feel so accomplished after.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I’ve been running for 5½ years. I got started in 7th grade when I went out for the track team and my coach then told me about her club team. So I quit gymnastics and joined the club team.
Which meets will you be running this year?
Yeah I should probably look at the meet schedule. We plan on running Scottsdale, Twilight, Mt. Sac, State and then NXR.
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Lauren Kinzle (Lauren's Milesplit Profile)
High School:
Xavier College Prep
Year of Graduation: 2014
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
3 Mile: 17:54
5k: 18:26
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
My goals are to race well and stay confident.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
My summer training is going really well. We are trying to stay under control while still getting in a good workout. My favorite workout would be intervals. I don’t know how many miles we do weekly, mainly because we go by time. I would say on average we do 60 minutes a day.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I have been running since 4th grade. I started out as a soccer player, and joined track to become a better sprinter. However, I soon learned that distance running is for me. So I ditched soccer and decided to run.
Which meets will you be running this year?
The main meets we will be running are Sole Sports, Twilight, Mt. Sac and state.
What are your favorite and toughest courses to run in State and out of State?
My favorite course is twilight, I love the atmosphere. The hardest course for me is Mt. Sac mainly because of the hills. However I still love it.
So far in your high school career, what is your favorite cross country race or cross country memory?
My favorite cross country memory would have to be cross country camp. It has been fun bonding with my teammates these past three years.
What do you look forward to the most this season?
I look forward to being able to compete with my teammates and see us grow as a team.
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Emilio Vasquez (Emilio's Milesplit Profile)
High School:
Catalina Foothills
Year of Graduation: 2015
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
5k: 16:06.50
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
Be a state champ, and qualify for Nike nationals.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
It’s been going well, I have kept my mileage low when training this summer. My favorite workouts are hill sprints, and 400’s.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I have been running since freshman year, and I joined XC because I needed to find my sport, and ended up becoming a runner.
Which meets will you be running this year?
Twilight, Mt. sac, Ray wherley
What are your favorite and toughest courses to run in State and out of State?
My favorite course is twilight, and the toughest course is Mt. SAC in California the course consists of many large hills.
So far in your high school career, what is your favorite cross country race or cross country memory?
My best memory was winning the boys championship race last year as a team at Mt.Sac.
What do you look forward to the most this season?
The 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series continues. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Jessie Williams (Jessie's Milesplit Profile)
High School:
Skyline
Year of Graduation: 2015
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
5k: 19:05
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
I really want to break 18:30 and place in state
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
We did a lot of hills. My favorite workout was probably when we went up to Payson for the day and did a bunch of trail runs and swam in the creek up there. I ran around 300 miles which is the most I’ve ever ran in a summer.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I’ve been running since I was about 8 because my older siblings ran. I guess you could say it “runs” in the family
Which meets will you be running this year?
Peaks, Ray Wherley, Conley, Rattler, and Twilight
We are beginning our 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series and will continue with it for the next few weeks. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Joshua Hoskinson
High School:
Arizona Lutheran Academy
Year of Graduation: 2014
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
3 Mile: 15:52
5k: 15:53
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
I hope to win state and also p.r. this season, but I also want to have fun. There’s a lot of pressure during senior year and it’s easy to get caught up in it. My main goals this year are to remember why I run and to keep the focus on God.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
My summer training is going great! I worked up to about 65 miles a week this summer, much more than I have done in the past. I feel great and totally prepared for this season! My favorite workouts are my Saturday long runs because after I run for two hours in the morning I can just focus on eating for the rest of the day.
We are beginning our 2013 Cross Country Arizona Watch List series and will continue with it for the next few weeks. As the season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Sarah Ziemba
High School:
Skyline
Year of Graduation: 2014
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
3 Mile: 18:59
5k: 19:02
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
My two main goals for this year are to run 17:30 and get top 5 at state in Division 1.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
Summer training has been going great! I have become a lot stronger this summer and expect great things through out the season. We have a couple new coaches under our belt now, so they have been trying many different new strategies of training. Thus far my favorite work outs have been when we went up to Payson and ran altitude and hills. Summer running began at the beginning of June and I have ran about 40 to 50 miles a week as well as lifted twice a week.