Braves,
We finally got our first official meet in and we were very
pleased with the support you offered your teammates. Track is fun when you
compete as hard as you can and you support your teammates when they are
competing. It is a pretty simple formula. Of course, that doesn’t only apply to
the meets, but it applies to practices as well.
We have a strong team this season, both boys and girls, but
it is so early in the season it is hard to tell just how good we are going to
be. Frankly, it is up to us. We have the talent and we have the people, but
there is one obvious thing that is going to hold us back if we don’t improve in
that area. The only thing that will make our team good, rather than great, is
individuals missing practices.
There are a lot of you who have missed practice for a week
straight, or several weeks, and you may now be on the fence about wanting to
come back or quit all together. If you are on the fence, I encourage you to
return. Everyone deserves a fresh start, and as far as I’m concerned, if you
haven’t been coming but you start coming regularly it will be as if you’ve been
here all along. As always, we simply want to get better every day. If we
haven’t been doing that, let’s start now.
This week we will be competing at the Davis District Championships
at Syracuse High. The meet schedule is outlined at the end of this email. We
are limited on the number of entries allowed per event so unfortunately not
everyone will be able to compete in all of their events. We are, however,
allowed to enter unlimited numbers of 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams. If you are
someone is who isn’t entered, or is only in one or two events, we will enter
you in one of those relays so you get a chance to race at this highly
competitive meet. Entries will be finalized Monday after practice, so if you
know you cannot go, please let your event coach know asap so we don’t use one
of the limited entries on someone who won’t be able to make it.
I will email out the excuse time and bus departure time on
Tuesday, along with the entries so you know what events you are entered in.
This is our final week before spring break, so let’s make it
a great one. This is one of my favorite meets of the year. Looking forward, we
will practice on a few late mornings (like 10 AM) over spring break for those
of you who are in town.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Wednesday, March 27
3:00 Boys DISCUS
Boys HIGH JUMP (5'06")
Boys POLE VAULT (8'10")
Girls SHOT PUT
Girls LONG JUMP
Girls JAVELIN
3:15 Girls 100m HURDLES trials
3:20 Boys110m HURDLES trials
3:25 Girls 100m DASH trials
3:30 Boys 100m DASH trials
3:35 Boys 1600m RUN final
3:50 Girls 400m DASH trials
4:00 Boys 400m DASH trials
4:10 Girls 300m HURDLES trials
4:20 Boys 300m HURDLES trials
4:30 Girls 3200m RUN finals
4:55 Girls 200m DASH trials
5:10 Boys 200m DASH trials
5:20 Girls 4x800m RELAY final
5:35 Boys 4x800m RELAY final
Thursday, March 28
3:00 Boys JAVELIN
Boys LONG JUMP
Boys SHOT PUT
Girls DISCUS
Girls HIGH JUMP (4'05")
Girls POLE VAULT (6'06")
3:15 Girls 100m HURDLES final
3:20 Boys 110m HURDLES final
3:25 Girls 100m DASH final
3:30 Boys 100m DASH final
3:35 Girls 1600m RUN final
3:50 Girls 4x100m RELAY final
3:50 Boys 4x100m RELAY final
4:00 Girls 400m DASH final
4:05 Boys 400m DASH final
4:10 Girls 300m HURDLES final
4:15 Boys 300m HURDLES final
4:20 Girls 800m RUN final
4:30 Boys 800m RUN final
4:40 Girls MEDLEY RELAY final
4:50 Boys MEDLEY RELAY final
5:00 Girls 200m DASH final
5:05 Boys 200m DASH final
5:10 Boys 3200m RUN final
5:30 Girls 4x400m RELAY final
5:40 Boys 4x400m RELAY final
5:50 Girls 4x400m Exhibition RELAY
6:00 Boys 4x400m Exhibition RELAY
6:10 Presentation of Team and MVP Awards
