Braves,
We had a short week but were able to get a few good days of work in, including on the no school day - Tuesday. The week culminated with some good performances at Weber State. Though many of you competed, Amelia, Elizabeth, Rachel, and McKade stood out for their determination and for the many events they continued to run in despite some fatigue. I was impressed with how they went out and competed event after event. I hope their example will be followed in our program, not just this year but every year.
Ultimately, that culture is what we are trying to create here at Bountiful High. Our school has a tradition of excellence in many sports and academics, and we want to add to that with track and field. We are doing something new with indoor and it's you guys who are making this season successful, and I appreciate your work. I hope that you can renew yourselves this week and determine to be better, and add to the new culture we are creating, rather than detract.
This week we have the indoor state championships at the Olympic Oval. This is the fastest indoor track in the state so I hope that we will all take advantage of it. We will get a good week of work in before events begin on FRIDAY. The throwing and field events, as well as the 1600 and the 400 are all competed on FRIDAY. The rest of the events are done on Saturday. You are welcome to sign up for as many events as you would like. We will be making a 4x400 team for both the guys and girls. We are going to be asking our top four runners to compete in those relays so we can get a mark for simplot.
We will pay for the registration of this meet, as it is done online. Remember at the beginning of the season we talked about the fees not covering the meets that require you to pay in cash - hence each athlete had to pay at USU and WSU, but we are covering the costs for online registration here and at BYU.
Lastly, we will be ordering the jackets on TUESDAY of this week. Each jacket is $30. You must pay in the office (have them put it to indoor track) and bring me the receipt in room 23. This must be done by Tuesday at practice otherwise I won't place an order for you. Bring me the receipt as well as the size you want ordered. Also by Tuesday you must tell me what events you want to run so I can register you. Don't forget those two things by Tuesday.
Let's make this week great.
