1/26 update

Braves,

I didn’t get an update sent out this past weekend due to a variety of reasons; I apologize for it being so late.

This weekend the track meet is at Weber State. All events, except throws, will be in the Swenson gym. The throws will be held Friday night at the Weber County Sports complex (by the Dee events center). For directions, policies, and meet information please refer to this link https://www.runnercard.com/runner/data/227316/1002906/schedule/2020%20Weber%20State%20Indoor%20Invitational%20Information1.pdf

Please read through that link. Far too many have not been reading it and then get confused, and this meet has a lot of specific information needed for it.

This weekend is going to be a little bit different for the team, as we have elected not to sign up any relays. Talk to your event coach about what events to sign up for. We recommend signing up for as many as possible to get the fitness benefit. The link to sign up is https://www.runnercard.com/e/runner.Main?meet=1002906

Instructions to sign up:

              Click on “register” at the top of the page.

              Click on “individual sign up” on the left half of the page

                             Do not create a runnercard account. You are doing something wrong if you make one.

If you would like to go to Simplot please let me know. It is the highlight of our indoor season, and we would like to take as many of you as possible. Right now we have plenty of space so talk to me asap.

Lastly, I have updated our performance lists for the indoor season as well as the all-time lists. Check them out here:

Girls - http://bravestrack.blogspot.com/p/girls-indoor-performance-2020.html

Boys - http://bravestrack.blogspot.com/p/2020-indoor-performance-boys.html

If you have questions about any of this please let me know (after reading the meet information, of course 😊)

Coach Jacobson

1/19 update

Braves,

Thank you to those of you who made this meet so enjoyable. After the amount of time we put in training, it is rewarding to see the hard work pay off at meets like this. I love seeing the heart and effort that is on display from each of you, made all the better from knowing how much work has gone into it. Special shoutout to Grant, who was there to watch the 3200 on Friday, stayed late (and I mean late, Coach Munk and I left at 11 PM) to long jump, and then was there early Saturday and was there competing all day. Conner did virtually the same thing, and even subbed in for Ethan in the relay due to injury. Hannah, Rylee, Adam, Sam were four that ran the 3200 Friday, 1600m first thing Saturday, the 800 in the early afternoon, and then the relay at 6:30.

Of course they weren’t the only ones who sacrificed time and plans to be there, as all who came had to make arrangements and sacrifices to compete, so we appreciate your efforts to be there, including the parents who drove back and forth, stuck around all day, and generally made this all possible. Many athletes and parents were balancing other commitments/obligations (like work, other sports, family plans, etc.) but still found time to come compete, which is awesome. Your efforts make our team better, so thank you.

This coming week we will not be practicing on Monday due to the holiday. We will be practicing on Wednesday even though the high school will only have school for Juniors, and we will practice at 2:40 (3:15 for JH). The meet this week is at the Olympic Oval. The meet is on Friday afternoon/night and Saturday all day again. Please see the order of events that I have typed at the bottom. The links below show where to register (similar but not identical to BYU), estimated time schedules, and a google maps link.

Like last week we will sign up and pay for the relays. There is a 4x800 on Friday night following the 1600m and 400m. There is a 4x200m on Saturday morning, and a 4x400 on Saturday evening. We would like all to compete in a relay, namely the 4x400m. If you are available/interested in a relay, please email me which ones you’d like to be considered for. We would like to field our best possible team for each relay, and then have several other teams along with it.

Throws will be competed on Saturday at Herriman high beginning at 1:30. The information for that is in the attachment.

Talk to your event coach about what events you should sign up for, and if you have any questions please let me know.

Remember that spikes must be the 3/16^th pyramids, not the ¼ inch used at BYU. Some of those spikes can be purchased there, I believe, if needed.

Instructions for signing up for the Olympic oval:

Registration: https://www.runnercard.com/e/runner.Main?meet=1002905

              Click on “register” at the top of the page.

              Click on “individual Signup” on the left half of the page – MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON THE LEFT SIDE TO REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

Do not create a runnercard account. You are doing something wrong if you make one. This is only for coaches signing up relays and entire teams, not individuals.

              For team, enter “Bountiful” (without the quotes, of course)

Don’t sign up for relays, we will take care of that.

              Order of events/time estimates: https://www.runnercard.com/runner/data/184432/1002905/schedule/2020%20UHSTCA%20Indoor%20Updated1.pdf

              Map to the meet: Google Maps Link (Kearns, UT) (Park on south side of the building)

Friday: 1600m @ 4PM

              400m

              4x800

Saturday: 60H @ 9AM

              4x200

              800m

              200m

              3200m

              4x400m

Coach Jacobson

1/12 update

Braves,

This is the week of the BYU invite. Follow this link to register: https://www.runnercard.com/e/runner.Main?meet=1002887 You can also find the meet info at the “schedule” link at the top (it’s kind of small).

If you have any questions about signing up please let me know.

If you want to do a relay on Saturday please email me and let me know. As of now, only 7 people have said they want to do one. I need the names of everyone wanting to run so I can sign you up. I can’t just sign up a relay without the names. The sooner you can do this, the better. If we don’t get more signing up for relays we may have to cancel them this week, which would be unfortunate, but is a possibility.

If you haven’t yet, please look at the meet information at the link above. For you milers who are also doing a relay, you could reasonably be at the meet for 12+ hours. That makes for a fun day if you’ve planned for it, but it can get really long if you thought you were going to be done in the afternoon. Most likely the meet will end around 7 or 8. That’s just the way it has gone most years. I’m looking forward to it!

I have received a few questions about the junior high kids at this meet and future meets. I mentioned this at the parent meeting and at practices, but I should say it here for those who missed it. Some of the meets say they are only for grades 9-12, but then they still let you sign up while listing a lower grade (BYU is doing that this week). I honestly don’t know what the answer is there. You can sign up with your grade (there are a heap of kids registered with grades under 9, some even under 6). Listing a grade is not exactly necessary during indoor anyway, because it is just a club activity, and not a state sanctioned sport/activity. In other words, it’s recreational and not a state competition. That is, unless you are one of the top runners in the state/nation, then they use those rankings for things like Simplot, indoor nationals, etc.

I’ve attached information for the throwers for the meet next weekend (“next” meaning the weekend of next week, not this week). The throws will not be done at the Olympic oval, but rather at Herriman High School.

A few of you have nervously told me that you won’t be able to go to some meets. Don’t worry, we understand when you have legitimate conflicts. As coaches we want you all to come so you can see how you’re improving, and because the meets are a lot of fun, and more fun when we have a larger group, but when you have the ACT (for example), are nursing an injury, or have some other important event, we understand. (When you start missing for little league basketball we start to wonder why you practice so much just to miss the meet but that is a separate issue 😊 (inside/recurring joke)). In other words, when you miss a meet, not because of lack of commitment to the team, but for something unavoidable, we get it.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Coach Jacobson

BYU Registration

Braves,

We will be resuming practices as usual this week. Next week will have our first meet at BYU. I wanted to send out the info about it now so you can get a head start on it if you would like. The registration process can be challenging, and there is a lot of information in this email about it, so please take a moment to read it so you know what to expect.

The BYU invite has events on Friday and Saturday. Field events and the 3200m are on Friday, and everything else is on Saturday. I have included the links to go on and register, the meet information, and the map to the meet at the end of this email. In the past, this meet has lasted into the evening hours. At the meet info link you can see at what time each event was competed in years past.

Indoor track meets can be long affairs due to the huge popularity around the state, and the limited track space. We encourage you to make the meet fun between your races by supporting your teammates in their races, and bringing things to pass the time like homework or games. These meets are a lot of fun; I thought that as an athlete years ago, and now as a coach.

Because indoor track is a club sport (outdoor track is a school sport) each individual will have to sign themselves up. Before you sign up, talk to your event coach (either through email or at practice on Monday) about what events you should be doing. Coach Caitlin can be reached at cpjacobson19@gmail.com. Registration closes next Thursday (1/16) (actually Friday, 1/17, morning at 8 AM, but who wants to stress about it in the morning?), but don’t procrastinate or you may end up like a few kids last year who kept procrastinating then missed it all together.

Lastly, BYU’s indoor track is 321.5m around. At the end of the meet they do a 4x1 lap instead of a 4x400 for simplicity. We hope to have as many of you as possible run the 4x1 lap at the end of the meet. The last few years we’ve had the most relay teams from any school, and we would like to continue that. The relay at the end is one of the most fun parts of the meet, and it is a fun and great opportunity for sprinters and distance runners to get better and race together.

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THE RELAY ONLINE. We will sign up the relays and pay for them. EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A RELAY. I ask you to email me so I can get a count of how many teams I need to register and pay for. Again, we want to have an awesome group there this next weekend competing and getting better.

If you have any questions about the meet, don’t hesitate to ask.

Coach Jacobson

Registration: https://www.runnercard.com/e/runner.Main?meet=1002887

              Click on “register” at the top of the page.

              Click on “individual sign up” on the left half of the page

                             Do not create a runnercard account. You are doing something wrong if you make one.

              Don’t sign up for relays, we will take care of that.

Meet info: http://www.byutrack.com/various/Special/Meet_Info/2019-20/HSInd/Coug-HSIN20.htm

Map to the meet: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smith+Fieldhouse+(SFH)/@40.2473836,-111.6552114,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe988d551777d2390!8m2!3d40.2473836!4d-111.6552114