Aztec Invitational in San Diego

San Diego, California is definately my favorite place to go watch Stephanie run. It is one if she runs you can guarantee I will be there. Of course Nana and Grandpa didn't want to miss it either. They are so great to come support.

The swarm of runners head out for the race.

Stephanie, Ashley Thomas, Katie Palmer, Sarah Edwards, Kenndy Christen and other BYU runners ran in a pack. It is so fun to have such a great team.

Grampa interviewed her after the race with his new toy (phone).

She loves her coach. He takes time after the race to talk with each of the girls individually and as a team. He finds out how they felt and what they thing then he lets them know what they did well and what he feels they could do to improve. He is like a 2nd father to a most of the girls.

The girls aren't just teammates, but also great FRIENDS.

Relaxing after the race waiting for awards. They have this tarp and at each race the girls all right a quote or inspirational thought on it. At the end of the year one girl will ge the tarp to keep.

BYU took 1st again!!

Here is the article from BYU:
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Sept. 18, 2010) – Competing for the first time in two weeks, the BYU men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to California for meets in Riverside (men) and San Diego (women), and both teams came away with first place overall finishes. “The course today was really tough,” women’s head coach Patrick Shane said. “There were some gnarly hills and a lot of areas that made for difficult footing. Our team did not get a chance to go through the whole course the night before, and we actually had a few runners take a wrong turn today.” BYU won the meet with 55 points with the help of the two athletes that took the wrong turn. Sophomore Michaelanne Laurent and junior Millie Rapp were leading the race early when the two took the wrong turn around the one-mile mark. The two recovered from the error well, as Laurent finished as the top BYU runner, placing fifth in 18:23 and Rapp finished third for BYU and 13th overall in 18:46. Coming through in second place for the Cougars and in eighth overall was redshirt freshman Candace Eddy, who crossed the line 18:36. Rounding out the top-five for BYU was Stacy Slight, who grabbed 14th place in 18:49, and Lisa Drury, who finished 15th in 18:50. A group of BYU runners came in just after Slight and Drury, as the Cougars took places 16-19. Kendy Christensen (18:52), Stephanie Jensen (18:52), Sarah Edwards (18:54) and Nicole Clark (18:54) made up the group of four. “This was really a team race and a big group effort,” Shane said. “Cross country is really about how well you do as a team, and we won this race today as a team. I am really proud of everyone, and especially Michaelanne (Laurent) for finishing first among BYU runners for the first time in her career.” The victory marks the second first place finish for the BYU women this season. BYU also won its first meet as a team at the Utah State Open. Next for the Cougars is the Bob Firman Invitational in Eagle, Idaho on September 25. The race will begin at 9:30 a.m. MST.