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End of the Season Announcements

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on November 8, 2010 9:31 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

1.  Congratulations to Will Firth, the State Championship's first runner up.

2.  Click here for photos of the State Meet.

3.  Thank you to Coaches Keahon, Schmidbauer, Skowron and Mason for a terrific season.  You have provided a home for 75 runners.

4.  Thank you Al & Jan Ghelfi, Craig & Mary Williams, Larry & Becky Wolf, and Brent & Lisa Ghelfi for hosting XC gatherings.  Thank you to Kelli Butler for serving as our treasurer, and to Peers Henes for taking tons of pictures of all runners and the hours spent putting together our end of the year slide show.

Good luck to our seniors, and we look forward to seeing the rest of you next year.

GO BRONCOS!

 

 

 

 

State Championship-November 6, 2010

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on November 2, 2010 5:48 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

Arizona High School Cross Country Championship

2010 AIA State Cross Country Tournament Guide

Arizona Interscholastic Association: Established 1925

7007 N. 18th St; Phoenix, AZ 85020-5552; www.aiaonline.org; 602-385-3810

 

Site: Cave Creek Golf Course; 15202 N. 19th Avenue; Phoenix, AZ 85023; 602-866-8076

Course Distance: 3.1 miles

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Race Schedule

7:30 a.m. Walk Through

7:45 a.m. Packet pick-up

8:55 a.m. National Anthem

9:00 a.m. Division IV Boys

9:30 a.m. Division IV Girls

10:00 a.m. Division III Boys

10:30 a.m. Division III Girls

11:00 a.m. Division II Boys

11:30 a.m. Division II Girls

12:00 p.m. Division I Boys

12:30 p.m. Division I Girls

* All times are approximate and subject to change please be ready for your race!

Sectionals, Friday October 29, 2010

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on October 22, 2010 12:21 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

Congratulations to our sectional runners:  Will Firth, Tommy Williams, Brock Ghelfi, Patrick Wolf, Tyler McGehee, Marco Ruiz and Jack Welty.

 

 

 AIA Sectional

Cross Country Championships

Friday, October 29, 2010

Location:

Western Regional/ Grand Canal Liner Park. Park is located just West of 81st Avenue on Bethany Home Road

From the South 101: Take Camelback Road exit and go East approximately 2 miles turn North on 83rd Avenue Go north approximately 1 mile, turn West on Bethany Home Rd.

 

From the North 101:  Take the Glendale exit and go east approximately 2 miles, turn South on 83rd Avenue Go South approximately 1 mile, turn West on Bethany Home Rd.

 

Time Schedule:

8:00 am Course open for warm up

10:00am Division III Boys

10:30 am Division III Girls

11:00am Division II Boys

11:30 am Division II Girls

12:00pm Division I Boys (Brophy/Xavier)

12:30 pm Division I Girls 

October 16, 2010 Ken Denson Invitational

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on October 12, 2010 3:10 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

Last meet of the season for all non-varsity runner

The Varsity runners for Ken Denson- (The runoff - top 3 finishers will run in the Sectional and State Meet)

Jack Welty

Marco Ruiz

Tyler McGehee

Jack Rubenzer

Henry Miller

Nolan Ripple

Jake Ghelfi

 

 

 O'CONNOR HIGH SCHOOL / KEN DENSON INV

SATURDAY OCTOBER 16 TH

Location: Between 29th Ave and 35th Ave south of Happy Valley Rd.   The entrance is just past 29th Ave. on the south side before you go up and over the bridge.

Time: 7:00 AM course walk

7:30 AM coaches meeting

8:00 AM AZ Dirt Hog XC Series Citizen race

8:40 AM F Girls

9:20 AM F Boys  (Freshman boys- be at meet 8:00am)

10:00 AM JV/Open Girls

10:40 AM JV/Open Boys (Non-Varsity boys- be at meet 9:15am)

11:20 AM VAR Girls

12:00 PM VAR Boys  (Varsity boys- be at meet 10:30am)

 

Directions: I-17 to Happy Valley Rd. exit west past 29th ave and turn left into the complex. This turn is before you go up and over the bridge. East of the bridge.

We will have jugs of water for the athletes and a concession stand.

 

 

All uniforms should be washed, bagged (with runner's name written outside) and brought to Coach Schmidbauer's room. A list will be given to Mr. Bopp of those team members who have not returned Brophy property.

 

Congratulations to Will Firth!!!!

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on October 10, 2010 8:53 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

'No guts, no glory' for Brophy's Firth at Conley Invitational

By Nick Ruland, For the Tribune

Like Will Ferrell blacking out on his brilliant debate answer in "Old School", Brophy cross country runner Will Firth doesn't remember the home stretch of Saturday's Doug Conley Invitational. He just knows it earned him a first place trophy.
Firth beat Valencia by less than five seconds (15:49.24 to 15:53.80), helped give the 5A Division I Brophy boys a third-place team finish behind winner Phoenix Alhambra and second-place Desert Vista at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Tempe.
"Just after the 2-mile mark I made my move," Firth said. "It wasn't good enough at that point and (Alejandro Valencia from Rio Rico) passed me again. Then with about 400 (meters) to go, maybe, I just went all out and I don't even know what happened from there."
Firth and many of his Broncos teammates were plagued by the flu at the end of last season, putting to bed their high expectations at the state meet. Firth, a senior, made a strong comeback this year, with four invitational wins in five tries. Saturday's win was a little more special than the others, if only as a testament to his will power.
"It's really painful at the end," Firth said as he tried to recall his thoughts going into the final 400 meters. "I'm not even thinking about the race or anything. I had to decide, 'Do I really want to win'? (Firth and Valencia) were far enough ahead that I could have just dropped back and taken second and it still would have been a nice race. The last half-mile was 'Do I want it?' 'Do I want it?' I had to decide right then if I wanted it or not."
It wasn't all guts though.
"I think he is more focused as a senior," Brophy coach Mike Keahon said. "And I think we had a good plan here which was to stay behind the leader and then the last mile to go. This is great for him, because of all the years he has put in it has finally come to a positive."
Firth's teammate Tommy Williams, a track star at the school, finished eighth (16:33.12).

 

Click here for Will's blog on MileSplit.

October 1, 2010 Desert Twilight

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on September 28, 2010 10:08 PM | | TrackBacks (0)

 Race under the lights at the

Desert Twilight

Cross Country Festival

Oct. 1st, 2010

The looped course is lined with lights, creating a unique racing opportunity that allows coaches and spectators to view at numerous points.

Date: Friday, October 1,2010

Where: Toka Sticks Golf Course in Mesa, AZ

Plan on 1 hour traveling time from central Phoenix

1 minibus will leave Brophy at 2:45 p.m. on Friday

 

Schedule:

11:00am - course closes for setup

3:30pm - course open for warm-ups

5:00pm - Boys Freshman Large School  (Be at meet 4:00 p.m.)

5:15pm - Girls Freshman Large School

6:00pm - Boys Large School JV/Open  (Be at meet 4:30 p.m.)

6:15pm - Girls Large School JV  

8:45pm* - Girls HS Sweepstakes

9:05 pm* - Boys HS Sweepstakes (Be at meet 7:00 p.m.) Will, Tommy, Brock, Patrick, Tyler M., Marco and Jack Welty

All teams will need to report to the starting area 10 minutes prior to their race time.

*Awards to follow for the Sweepstakes teams/ individuals and Small and Large School team Awards.

 

 

4701 N Central Ave

Phoenix, AZ 85012

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1.

Head north on N Central Ave toward W Highland Ave

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203 ft

2.

Make a U-turn at W Highland Ave

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0.8 mi

3.

Turn left at E Indian School Rd

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1.7 mi

4.

Take the ramp onto AZ-51 S

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2.1 mi

5.

Take the exit onto I-10 E toward Tucson

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13.9 mi

6.

Take exit 161 for Pecos Rd

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0.3 mi

7.

Keep left at the fork, follow signs for AZ-202 Loop E and merge onto AZ-202 Loop E

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14.4 mi

8.

Take exit 40 for Williams Field Rd

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0.4 mi

9.

Turn right at E Williams Field Rd

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2.9 mi

 

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6910 E Williams Field Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212

 

Power and Williams Field Rd

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Home Meet

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on September 28, 2010 7:39 AM | | TrackBacks (0)

HOME MEET:  Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:00 PM vs. Gilbert, Mesa and Mountain Point

At Granada Park (20th Street & Maryland Avenue)

2 minibuses will leave Brophy at 3:05 PM in front

Parents may pick up runners after the meet

Drivers may drive to the meet after school

Team pictures will be taken at Granada Park at 3:30 PM

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 


 

Announcements September 21, 2010

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on September 21, 2010 9:18 AM | | TrackBacks (0)

1.  Link to photos from the George Young, click here.

Thank you again to Peers Henes for the photos.

2.  Thank you to the Cindy Bullington, Anne and Mike Fredricks, Cindi Ghelfi, Cindy Maloney, Jan Ghelfi, Ann Medici, Dee Dee Sturr, and Joan Welty for helping with the Spaghetti Dinner. 

3. Link to an article about the George Young, click here.

4.  Congratulations to Will Firth on his third straight Invitational win!

September 13, 2010 Announcements

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on September 13, 2010 7:55 AM | | TrackBacks (0)

Congratulations to Will Firth for his outstanding race defeating the two- time 5A state champion Alhambra's Jorge Martinez at the Ray Wherley Invitational in Prescott. The Brophy varsity including Tommy Williams, Patrick Wolf, Brock Ghelfi, Marco Ruiz, Henry Miller and Jack Rubenzer earned a second place finish behind  the 2009 state champion team Alhambra High School.

Look for an email with the location of the Spaghetti Dinner which will be at 5:30 PM on Friday, September 17.

Information about the next meet in which Brophy/Xavier hosts on Saturday, September 18 will be posted in the next day. 


Posted to Milesplit Arizona-Sept. 2010

By
Lisa Ghelfi
on September 5, 2010 11:38 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
2010-Runners to watch from milesplit arizona:
 
   Will Firth (Sr., Brophy) finished 6th at the Doug Conley Invitational, 13th at the George Young Inviational,  2nd at the 5A I Fiesta Regionals      Track PR's

            1600 - 4:22.98

            3200 - 9:41.52

 

 

   

Brock Ghelfi (Jr., Brophy College Prep) finished 10th at the Scottsdale Running Festival, 19th at the Ray Wherley Invitational, 20th at the Ojo Rojo Invite, 6th at the O'Connor/Ken Denson Invitational, 8th at the 5A I Fiesta Regionals, 10th at the 5A I AZ CC State Meet

  

Tommy Williams (Sr., Brophy Prep) placed 10th at the O'Connor/Ken Denson Invitational and 4th at the 5A I Fiesta Regionals.  Williams improved considerably during the track season and will most likely carry his new speed into the cross country season!

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