Casey Clinger
No. 7 ranked Casey Clinger is undefeated this season, including a 'W' at the tough Utah Class 5A State Championship. He was the only sophomore to finish in the top 25 at NXN last year with an All-American eighth-place finish; his American Fork team took fifth place. Clinger is back in Portland, as is Fork; the Cavemen advanced by virtue of an at-large bid after placing fourth at NXN Southwest.
1. What was your hardest workout this season?
Ed Eyestone Fartlek Workout. 8 minutes easy, 8 hard, 6 easy, 6 hard, 4 easy, 4 hard, 2 easy, 2 hard, 1 easy, 1 hard, 2 mile cooldown.
2. What was your team's (or your own) biggest challenge this season?
Health. We only had 3 boys healthy at the State Meet.
3. How do you balance enjoying the nationals experience while still focusing on competing?
Take care of the race, then have fun.
4. How do you manage peaking for the state meet vs. peaking for regionals/nationals?
We didn't peak for state, it was just a light week in our cycle.
5. If you could be a Voodoo Donut, what kind would you be and why?
(If you don't know what Voodoo Doughnuts are, check out their website here. Essentially, they are a Portland institution that creates the most outrageous, tasty, hipster donuts we've ever seen. This isn't an ad, we swear....)
A bear claw because they are delicious.
6. Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred duck-sized horses?
One horse-sized duck.