Braves,
I love this time of year because it is when the hard work from the winter and early spring begins to pay off. I updated the performance lists after the JV meet and most of the season's best marks came from that day. It will be similar when I complete the update after yesterday's meet. Shout out to Sarah for going under 8 in the mile; Andrew, Trevor, and Sam in the 800 for qualifying for BYU, and the first two turning around and running an awesome 4x400; Ethan for going under 2 minutes in the 800; Sebring for two PRs in the hurdles to qualify for BYU; Kali'i with the 4 ft pr in the shot; Draper for going under 11s in the 100m; Alyssa and Jaelyn for big PRs in the sprints on Thursday. And many more.
Again, PRs are fun, but they aren't the mark of success. The mark of success is doing the small things everyday to get better. If you consistently work hard and give your best effort physically and mentally then you will be successful no matter the outcomes. Are you doing the best you know how? If so, then you won't have any regrets.
The season is rapidly coming to a close, so please enjoy each practice and savor every opportunity to race.
This week we have a meet at Bonneville on Thursday, and then the BYU invitational on Friday/Saturday. Those going to BYU will not compete at Bonneville, and vice versa. The info for BYU can be found here. There are qualifying standards there so anyone who has qualified can go. For distance runners, in most cases, I don't recommend in competing in more than 1 event since we are turning around and racing at region the following week, so please talk to me about which event(s) you would like to run in. For sprinters and field events, I probably don't recommend 4 events, but 2-3 events is probably ok, depending on the event.
Registration is due on TUESDAY at 8 AM so I need to know by Monday if you would like to go. The ideal would be you reply to this email and let me know.
We have this week, region next week, and state/JV region the following week, and then the season is over. I can't believe how fast it has gone - thank you for making this an enjoyable year. Now let's make the most of the last 3 weeks.
Coach Jacobson
