Braves,
We had some great performances over the past week at our
meet at home and in Ogden. Thank you to all of you who helped out at the meet
on Thursday, it made our lives much easier. Over the past week I was reminded
many times what this sport is all about, and why we do what we do.
As with any sport, it isn’t about winning or proving
something to ourselves, but rather the journey that each of us goes on together.
Of course we do the best we can to be our best, and we compete to win, because
those things are enjoyable and enhance the experience, but winning in and of
itself does not make the experience valuable. What makes the experience
valuable is what we do each day to become better athletes, better teammates,
better friends, better people, etc. It’s the journey that is valuable, not the
results. The journey includes hard work, daily striving to improve, and
determination to reach our goals, but ultimately it isn’t the time or mark that
you hit that determines your experience, but rather what you did to get there.
Without goals to work towards we would miss out on opportunities for growth and
improvement, so we must set goals and work deliberately to achieve them, but
always remember to enjoy the journey and appreciate the relationships and
experiences that you build along the way. This week, as we host the Junior High
meet and travel to other meets, I encourage you to pause and enjoy this journey
that we are on together.
We have officially reached the heart of the season, where we
have JV meets during the week and varsity meets on the weekends. Those varsity
races vary in terms of how many individuals can be entered. Some allow 4 per
event, while others are capped at a certain number per team, while others still
allow a certain number per event.
This weekend at the Davis Invitational, only those who make
the cutoff will be able to race. The cutoff is determined by the entries of
each school. They take something like the fastest 50 entries. Meaning, if the
time you are entered with happens to be in the top 50 of all other athletes
entered, then you will be able to compete. I entered everyone with a mark into
the meet, and we will find out tomorrow who of those will make it.
This week is jam packed. On Wednesday we will be hosting
Mueller Park, Millcreek, Bountiful, and Centerville Junior Highs for a meet on
our track. We will need everyone’s help to make this meet happen!!! There are going to be over 400 kids competing;
we simply cannot get this done effectively or efficiently without all of your
help. Those who elect not to help will be pulled from the meets Thursday and/or
Saturday – that’s how seriously we need your help. This is the most challenging
day of the year for us coaches trying to organize a mass of Junior High kids
new to the sport, so we need your help to make sure they have a positive
experience and we can get the meet done efficiently and accurately. I will
email out assignments for the meet tomorrow, so you will all know exactly what
you need to do. We will be taking our team picture for the yearbook at the
conclusion of the meet on Wednesday.
On Thursday, there is a JV meet at Box Elder. Only those not
competing at Davis will be allowed to go. We will be entering you in your
events for this meet. Talk to your event coaches if you are unable to attend.
Let’s get better as a team this week, by making sure we have
quality practices in spite of the rain. Come to practice determined to help
your teammates have a positive experience and to improve.
Side note, my preferred mode of communication for track
related items is via email. It helps me stay organized and I can easily see if I
have replied and addressed what I need to, so if you need to ask a question or
let me know something, just send me an email.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Coach Jacobson
