4/11 update

 Braves,

We had a great couple of days at the meets this week, with many personal bests. There were, of course, many who didn't have a PR this week. It is natural to feel disappointed when you don't hit your goals, if only due to the amount of time and effort you have put in to achieving those goals. Disappointment is a natural byproduct, but we cannot let that disappointment linger and affect us moving forward. Once again, the question is did you try as hard as you could this in the race/at the meet/during the week? If the answer is yes then you should feel proud of your accomplishments, and trust that the PRs will be coming, because they will if you continue to give your best. If the answer is no, well then let us find ways to work a little harder/better. It is the working to improve and reach goals that is valuable and determines success, not necessarily the goals themselves. Changing the definition of success to your effort rather than the outcome doesn't cheapen the experience or lesson accomplishments, in fact it is the opposite. The thrill of accomplishing a goal is only had because of the hard work. A goal reached without much effort is a cheap experience that isn't rewarding. On the other hand, reaching a goal for which you have worked hard is very rewarding precisely because of the work you put in. Ultimately the success, however, isn't reaching the goal, it's the process you took to reach that goal. I would rather work hard to reach a goal and fall short than not try at all and manage to reach a goal. Let us recognize the things we are doing well and the areas where we can improve.

The last bit on that, is to also find joy in your teammates' success. It is always easier to do when you are also doing well, but even when you're struggling, finding joy for your teammates will help you get back into your groove as well. 

This week we have another meet here, on Thursday. We honestly need all the help we can get. Hosting is very stressful for me, and the more help we have the easier it is. Again, thank you to all who stayed and helped last week. 

There is a meet on Saturday at Davis High. We will know what entries were accepted into the meet by tomorrow or Wednesday. Because it is so selective, most of you will not be racing on Saturday, but we encourage you to come support your teammates, like the many of you who came last Saturday, which was awesome.

We will be COVID tested on Thursday at 1 PM. 

Meet results from last week can be found on our website (2021 meet results).

If you have any questions please let me know.

Coach Jacobson

4 Announcements

Braves,

1. For our home meet on Thursday, you will register for events at the meet. Talk to your event coach(es) about which events to sign up for.
2. We will NOT be getting tested on Thursday, but rather next week, 4/15.
3. The meet at Taylorsville High School on Saturday will not have a bus going to the meet or from the meet. Here are the entries as of now, but these could change slightly: Entries
4. Lastly, we will be taking the team picture on Friday during practice at 1 PM. Wear your uniform.

Thanks,

Coach

4/4 update

 Braves,

We have something of a complicated week ahead of us.

First, we will be hosting a meet on Thursday against Farmington, and it will only be us two schools, so it should be a quick meet. This is a class day, so we will be setting up for the meet during the class. All class members will be required to stay until the end of the meet and help clean up, as part of your grade for the class. Check canvas  in the coming days for the assignment details. (This will happen again on Thursday 4/15, so prepare yourselves accordingly).

Not everyone will be competing in our home meet, which will primarily be for our JV runners. The Taylorsville invitational on Saturday will be for our varsity runners, and is a pretty much all day thing, depending on the events you are in. (The following week is the Davis Invitational, which will be even more difficult to qualify for, so we will have an even smaller group). Talk to your event coach/es to get an idea of if you will be competing at Taylorsville. If you absolutely cannot be to the meet on Saturday, please let me know Monday at practice so I can make sure not to enter you (we are charged per entry and prefer not to have money go to waste, if you can believe it). Please see the following link for meet information, order of events, and spectator information (tickets need to be purchased online for spectators). Taylorsville Invite Info

It is my understanding that we will be tested again for Covid-19 on Thursday and the usual time and place. I will let you know if that is NOT the case, but plan on it for now.

If you were not tested on the Thursday before Spring Break, you cannot practice until you get tested. I will not be entering anyone into Taylorsville who hasn't been tested by practice on Tuesday - otherwise you will have missed too many practices to compete. Info on make up tests can be found at the end.

If you haven't joined the "remind" class, please do so at the following link: track 2021 remind

Thanks,

Coach Jacobson

COVID-19 Testing: Free rapid tests for COVID-19 also still exist in Davis County. The tests are open to anyone of any age whether they believe they have symptoms or not. Appointments are needed. The schedule for this week is as follows:

 

• Freeport Center, Building C-5, Clearfield (from Antelope Drive, enter at 300 West and continue to C Street), Monday, 3/15, Wednesday, 3/17, and Friday 3/19 – 7 a.m. to noon (each day) and Saturday, 3/20 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register here.

 

• Davis Technical College, 550 E. 300 South, Kaysville (a mobile van event held in P1 parking lot on the south side of campus on Davis Tech Drive), Tuesday, 3/16 – 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, 3/18 – 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (The same schedule will apply through March 30.) Register here.

 

• Woods Cross High School, 600 W. 2200 South, Woods Cross (inside in the theater – use the main entrance and follow the signs), Friday, 3/19 – 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 3/20 – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Register here.

3/21 update

 

Braves,

 

We had another great week at the races up at Box Elder, and by a few who went down to St. George. We had new school records and all-time list marks. If you would like to see the performance list, or the seasonal best of each person on the team, which I try to update each week, please visit www.bravestrack.blogspot.com, where you can also see the all-time lists.

 

With two meets under our belt, we have had a ton of PRs, which is exciting because we have the heart of the season waiting for us after spring break. This is our final week prior to spring break, so make sure that you are there each day to get yourself ready for a strong month of April, which will set us up for region and State. On the note of state, we have been informed, due to the complexity of using the BYU facility for the state meet, and BYU’s own uncertainty on what May will hold, the UHSAA has decided to move the state meet to Davis High School. The days have also changed and will be on 5/18 and 5/19. How this changes the rest of our schedule remains to be seen, and I will update you when I know. If you have an AP test on one of those days, you would benefit by looking in to taking it on a later date (every test has back up test dates for this very reason). The same goes for all meets in May.

 

This week we are headed to Syracuse for the Davis District Championships. The meet will be on both Wednesday and Thursday, and the order of events is attached here. Because this is a state qualifying meet, we are limited on the number of entries that we can make, so not everyone will be able to compete. However, even if you aren’t entered into the meet, as a member of the team I would like everyone to come support their teammates while they compete and help make it fun for everyone.

 

When it comes to limited entries, and relays in the future, we will make sure that we put our TEAM in the best possible position, and sometimes that means that people are left out of certain events that they were hoping for and working hard to be in. I understand that that can be difficult, and I know from personal experience as an athlete how tough that can be. I, and our coaching staff, will make these decisions in good faith to best help the team. Please remember that your value and worth to the team is not measured in how fast you run, how high you jump, how far you throw, how many events you’re in, or how many state titles you win, but rather in how great of a teammate you are and how committed you are to being the best you can. As the great Pat Summit said, “Winning isn’t the point... Never giving up is the point… The secret of the game is in doing your best, to persist and endure.” Winning, or reaching goals, is a byproduct of doing your best, persisting, and enduring. If you fall short of a goal that doesn’t mean you failed, and it isn’t even the point. If you did the best you know how, that is what is rewarding about this whole thing. I agree with Pat when she says that winning isn’t the goal, and I believe that the outcome rarely is the point, but rather the point is in the process you take to reach whatever goal you set. If you do your best to reach whatever that goal is, then you’ve succeeded, regardless of the outcome. Can you honestly say that you did the best you knew how? If so, then you were successful; if not, then learn from it and do the best you can in the next thing you do.

 

Lastly, a reminder that if you would like to order a shirt, hoodie, or mask, to please pay and submit your form in the office by tomorrow before practice. Parents/guardians are of course welcome to order things as well. I’ve attached a form here if you need one.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Coach Jacobson

2021 Outdoor Track Meeting

 

Outdoor Track Meeting

Braves (Student-Athletes and Parents/Guardians),

 

If you are receiving this email it is because you student has signed up to participate in outdoor track this season. I was excited to see so many at our first day of practice yesterday and look forward to a great season with some great kids. If you are receiving this in error, please let me know and I can remove you from the list. I will use this email list to send out updates and reminders.

 

Please view our website for information from the initial meeting, the meet schedule, and the link to register my athlete. www.bravestrack.blogspot.com

 

Here are a few things you need to know in the short term as we get started.

 

We will have a time trial on Friday at 1 PM to get our season started. Our first meet is on March 11^th at Box Elder, (bus departure time tbd). In order to compete in that meet (and all the others) there are several things you MUST do to be allowed on the bus.

• Be covid tested on Thursday at 1 PM in the fieldhouse.
• The state mandates that all participating in extracurricular activities must be tested once every two weeks. These tests will be offered at the school. Those who miss the tests cannot participate in afterschool activities, including practices and meets, until after they are tested again. There are options to do a “make-up” test, which I can send out as needed, but again, in the meantime you will not be able to participate in after school activities.
• If you have not been tested at the school before, then you need to fill out the parent permission form and bring it to testing. This only needs to be done once. I have attached that form here.
• Complete register my athlete https://www.registermyathlete.com/login/ for track and field. If you participated in a sport earlier this school year, then you should log in using the account you made previously and you just need to go click on track and field and complete the process. If you have an account but this is your first sport this year, just log in and complete the registration process. If this is your first time, create a new account and complete the registration process.
• In order to complete registration, you need a physical. You CANNOT compete until this is done. Other sports won’t even allow kids to try-out without first having a physical, but because we don’t have try-outs our date is extended to the first meet.
• If you are unable to get an appointment with your own physician to get the physical, there are a number of places that typically have allowed walk ins, so you can look those up if needed. They do however incur a cost greater than going through your own insurance.

 

On Fridays, when we do not have school, we will practice at 1 PM. Make sure you have all your work done with your teachers before coming to practice. Do not tell a teacher that you can’t meet with them or come in due to track practice. That isn’t true.

 

That is it for now, but I’m sure there will be something that I missed. Feel free to email me with any questions.

 

Coach Jacobson

1.             Coaches

a.       Coach Stevens – Jumps

b.       Coach Lake - Sprints

c.        Coach Berntson – Sprints/Hurdles

d.       Coach Munk – Throws

e.       Coach Jacobson – Distance/Hurdles 

3.       Team Philosophy

a.       TEAM

i.   Your value to the team will be measured by how good of a teammate you are, not how great of an athlete you are.

ii. A great teammate is reliable, dependable, supportive, encouraging, driven, positive, consistent etc.

A great teammate finds joy in others’ success, pushes their teammates to work harder by encouraging and challenging them, and constantly seeks to improve themselves as a teammate and athlete.

 

b.       Enjoy the journey

i.   The season looks like it won’t be over for a long time (it ends two weeks before school does), but it will end quicker than it seems.

4.       Expectations

a.       Be here ready to get better every day; missing practices = missing meets

b.       Multi-sport athletes

i.   If you participate in multiple sports and have organized team activities in those sports, come talk to me ASAP and we will see how we can work with your schedule so you can participate in both.

5.       Logistics 

a.       PRACTICE

i.   Monday/Wednesday at 2:40 in the South West Bleachers

ii. Tuesday/Thursday:

1.       Those with the class 1:10 in the South West Bleachers

2.       Those without the class: ASAP after school so you can hop in the workout (2:30s)

iii.  In case of a snow covered track then we will meet in the commons

iv.  Come dressed to work out – prepare for bad weather

1.       If you have injuries come to practice and we will have you talk to the trainer/cross train

b.       Meets

i.   If you miss practice, or leave early, don’t expect to compete at the meets; meets are the reward of hard work

ii.  Event changes

1.       Utah has decided to do away with the medley relay, and instead has opted for the 4x200m AND 4x800m relays.

c.       School Fees

i.   $90 in the office for track fees (These are fees the district mandates).

6.       Questions?

a.       bjacobson@dsdmail.net

1/4 update

 Braves,

 

If you are receiving this email it is because your student-athlete signed up for indoor track at Bountiful High. We are looking forward to a great couple of months, and rest of the school year. We have had two practices thus far and I am excited about the group of kids that we have, who seem eager to work hard and bring a positive attitude. Can’t wait to see what the season holds.

 

There is a lot of information here, so please read it through.

 

As could be predicted, all of the indoor track meets have been cancelled. What this means for us is that we will be practicing and training with an eye towards the outdoor season, which begins at the end of February. We will also try to schedule a few days for time-trials to gauge and measure progress. The cost for the off-season training is $50 and can be paid in the office for indoor track. We will do a clothing order in the coming days.

 

With the strange year we are having, we are adjusting our training schedule – which will only be on Mondays/Wednesdays until outdoor track begins. We will meet both of those days at 2:40 in the commons area. Please bring a mask, which you will be required to wear except while running.

 

Although we are only practicing 2 days after school, we will have a track class during 8^th period starting second semester, which is two weeks from now. That class begins at 1 PM, and will give you an opportunity to train another two days a week with the team. Once the outdoor season starts, it will give you two days to get home earlier to get to everything else you need to do. It will also allow you to miss less school once track meets begin, which will commonly be on Thursdays (B-Days). I highly encourage all who can to get into the track class. Email your counselor and they will help you arrange your schedule – do that ASAP.

 

Lastly, it was previously understood that because we are not in season that we would not have to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks. However, new guidance instructs all student-athletes who are training during the off season to get tested as well. This means that if you wish to participate during this off-season conditioning that you must get tested. At the end of this email you will see the testing dates. I’ve also attached a consent form to be tested. Those who do not consent cannot participate in practices. We will be taking roll each day, as directed. Bring the filled-out and signed form to the testing on either January 7^th. Testing is done in the balcony of the fieldhouse. Beginning at noon, but more directions will be given for that.

 

If you have any questions, please let me know.

 

Coach Jacobson

 

Bountiful High Test Dates
	Jan. 7
	Jan. 14
	Feb. 4
	Feb. 18
	Mar. 4
	Mar. 18
	Mar. 25
	April 15
	April 29
	May 13
	May 27

Covid testing consent form

Track & Field Meeting

We will be meeting for the first time on Monday 2/24.

First, please fill out the sign up form at the top of this page. Second,follow the register my athlete link to register for the sport.

If you missed the meeting you can find the meeting agenda here: agenda

If you need a copy of the clothing order form please follow this link: Clothing order Form     


“How do you flip the internal switch that changes us all back into the Natural Born Runners we once were? Not just in history, but in our own lifetimes. Remember? Back when you were a kid and you had to be yelled at to slow down? Every game you played, you played at top speed, sprinting like crazy as you kicked cans, freed all, and attacked jungle outposts in your neighbors’ backyards. Half the fun of doing anything was doing it at record pace, making it probably the last time in your life you’d ever be hassled for going too fast. That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they’d never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind’s first fine art, our original act of inspired creation. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain. And when our ancestors finally did make their first cave paintings, what were the first designs? A downward slash, lightning bolts through the bottom and middle—behold, the Running Man. Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You ran deals, to eat and to avoid being eaten; you ran to find a mate and impress her, and with her you ran off to start a new life together. You had to love running, or you wouldn’t live to love anything else. And like everything else we love—everything we sentimentally call our “passions” and “desires”—it’s really an encoded ancestral necessity. We were born to run; we were born because we run. We’re all Running People, as the Tarahumara have always known. But the American approach—ugh. Rotten at its core. It was too artificial and grabby, Vigil believed, too much about getting stuff and getting it now: medals, Nike deals, a cute butt. It wasn’t art; it was business, a hard-nosed quid pro quo. No wonder so many people hated running; if you thought it was only a means to an end—an investment in becoming faster, skinnier, richer—then why stick with it if you weren’t getting enough quo for your quid?”  - Christopher McDougall, Born to Run

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