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
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.
