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
Monday, February 24, 2020
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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:
If you have questions about any of this please let me know
(after reading the meet information, of course 😊)
Coach Jacobson
Sunday, January 19, 2020
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 3/16th 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
Friday: 1600m @ 4PM
400m
4x800
Saturday: 60H @ 9AM
4x200
800m
200m
3200m
4x400m
Coach Jacobson
Monday, January 13, 2020
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
Thursday, January 9, 2020
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
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.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Indoor Track 2020
Braves,
The first meeting for indoor track will be 12/10 in the BHS
commons, next to the cafeteria, at 2:40 - junior high kids will meet at 3:15.
Indoor track is a club sport (meaning not part of the UHSAA), which means we
can have kids from grades 7-12 join us. If you are interested in joining us
please sign up through the following link: Sign Up Here
Indoor track has been a huge part of our team success over the
past 4 seasons, and we look forward to improving even more as a team and
reaching new heights. The goal of indoor track is to create a unified team that is a positive and enjoyable
experience for all involved, and improve your speed, endurance, strength,
and technique.
There will be practices for Sprints, Hurdles, Throws, Jumps, and Distance.
There will be practices for Sprints, Hurdles, Throws, Jumps, and Distance.
We will meet Monday-Friday each week (2:40 for HS kids, 3:15 for
JH, except Friday due to early out). For those coming from the junior high, we
use the "remind" app to let them know where to go when they get to
the school.
They call it "Indoor Track" because the races are
indoors. Whenever possible we will be outside for training. Depending on
weather and days of the week we will be in the school, on the track, in the
field house, or on the roads near the school.
In January and February we will compete at BYU, Weber State, the
Olympic Oval (2-3 times), and Idaho State. The official schedule will be on
this website when it is available.
The fee for the indoor season is $75, which covers participation
in practices (30+ practices) and a singlet with our logo to wear at meets ($20 value). There are meet entry
fees (usually between $5 and $15) that each athlete will pay on their own - due
to the sport being club each venue charges a different amount, and charges
athletes individually.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at
bjacobson@dsdmail.net, or come find me in room 502, or Coach Munk in the counseling office.
Coach Jacobson
Coach Jacobson
Monday, April 15, 2019
4/14 update
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
Monday, April 8, 2019
4/7 update
Braves,
I hope you enjoyed your spring break and are ready to roll. The
heart of the season is upon us and is going to start going very rapidly.
We have meets this week on Thursday, here at Bountiful, and
Saturday at Ogden High School. All are welcome to participate Thursday, but
talk to your event coach about what events you will be in. Saturday, we are
limited to 4 people per event. Please let me know TODAY if you are unable to go
to the meet on Saturday.
The meet Thursday begins at 3:30, and Saturday begins at 10
AM. There will not be a bus to the meet on Saturday. You will need to
find your own way to and from the meet.
As always, you need to be at practice, be academically eligible,
have your citizenship cleared, and have completed register my athlete to be
able to compete this week.
Looking forward to a great day of practice.
Here is the order of events on Saturday. Field events will
have 1 attempt marked, and then every attempt thereafter will only be marked if
it clears the marks listed below.
10:00- Girls Shot Put (25’), followed by boys (33’)
Girls Javelin (70’), followed by boys (90’)
Girls Long Jump (12’), followed by boys (17’)
Boys High Jump (5’0), followed by girls (4’0)
Boys Discus (90’), followed by girls (70’)
10:00- Running Events, girls first followed by boys. Timed finals, fastest heat first. We will use
a rolling schedule, have your athletes listen for calls.
Medley Relay
100m/110m Hurdles
100m Dash
1600m Run
4x100m Relay
400m Dash
300m Hurdles
800m Run
200m Dash
3200m Run
4x400m Relay
Thanks,
Coach Jacobson
Sunday, March 24, 2019
3/24 update
Braves,
We finally got our first official meet in and we were very
pleased with the support you offered your teammates. Track is fun when you
compete as hard as you can and you support your teammates when they are
competing. It is a pretty simple formula. Of course, that doesn’t only apply to
the meets, but it applies to practices as well.
We have a strong team this season, both boys and girls, but
it is so early in the season it is hard to tell just how good we are going to
be. Frankly, it is up to us. We have the talent and we have the people, but
there is one obvious thing that is going to hold us back if we don’t improve in
that area. The only thing that will make our team good, rather than great, is
individuals missing practices.
There are a lot of you who have missed practice for a week
straight, or several weeks, and you may now be on the fence about wanting to
come back or quit all together. If you are on the fence, I encourage you to
return. Everyone deserves a fresh start, and as far as I’m concerned, if you
haven’t been coming but you start coming regularly it will be as if you’ve been
here all along. As always, we simply want to get better every day. If we
haven’t been doing that, let’s start now.
This week we will be competing at the Davis District Championships
at Syracuse High. The meet schedule is outlined at the end of this email. We
are limited on the number of entries allowed per event so unfortunately not
everyone will be able to compete in all of their events. We are, however,
allowed to enter unlimited numbers of 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams. If you are
someone is who isn’t entered, or is only in one or two events, we will enter
you in one of those relays so you get a chance to race at this highly
competitive meet. Entries will be finalized Monday after practice, so if you
know you cannot go, please let your event coach know asap so we don’t use one
of the limited entries on someone who won’t be able to make it.
I will email out the excuse time and bus departure time on
Tuesday, along with the entries so you know what events you are entered in.
This is our final week before spring break, so let’s make it
a great one. This is one of my favorite meets of the year. Looking forward, we
will practice on a few late mornings (like 10 AM) over spring break for those
of you who are in town.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Wednesday, March 27
3:00 Boys DISCUS
Boys HIGH JUMP (5'06")
Boys POLE VAULT (8'10")
Girls SHOT PUT
Girls LONG JUMP
Girls JAVELIN
3:15 Girls 100m HURDLES trials
3:20 Boys110m HURDLES trials
3:25 Girls 100m DASH trials
3:30 Boys 100m DASH trials
3:35 Boys 1600m RUN final
3:50 Girls 400m DASH trials
4:00 Boys 400m DASH trials
4:10 Girls 300m HURDLES trials
4:20 Boys 300m HURDLES trials
4:30 Girls 3200m RUN finals
4:55 Girls 200m DASH trials
5:10 Boys 200m DASH trials
5:20 Girls 4x800m RELAY final
5:35 Boys 4x800m RELAY final
Thursday, March 28
3:00 Boys JAVELIN
Boys LONG JUMP
Boys SHOT PUT
Girls DISCUS
Girls HIGH JUMP (4'05")
Girls POLE VAULT (6'06")
3:15 Girls 100m HURDLES final
3:20 Boys 110m HURDLES final
3:25 Girls 100m DASH final
3:30 Boys 100m DASH final
3:35 Girls 1600m RUN final
3:50 Girls 4x100m RELAY final
3:50 Boys 4x100m RELAY final
4:00 Girls 400m DASH final
4:05 Boys 400m DASH final
4:10 Girls 300m HURDLES final
4:15 Boys 300m HURDLES final
4:20 Girls 800m RUN final
4:30 Boys 800m RUN final
4:40 Girls MEDLEY RELAY final
4:50 Boys MEDLEY RELAY final
5:00 Girls 200m DASH final
5:05 Boys 200m DASH final
5:10 Boys 3200m RUN final
5:30 Girls 4x400m RELAY final
5:40 Boys 4x400m RELAY final
5:50 Girls 4x400m Exhibition RELAY
6:00 Boys 4x400m Exhibition RELAY
6:10 Presentation of Team and MVP Awards
Sunday, March 17, 2019
3/17 update
Braves,
Our first official meet is going to be this coming Thursday
at Box Elder. All who are eligible through grades and have completed register
my athlete are welcome to go. Registration is done by the coaches, online, so I
need to know who is and isn’t able to go. We will talk about that at practice
this week.
We will be practicing tomorrow, although this is no school,
at 2:30 PM. We need to continue to improve and get better every day.
There are a few on this email list who have stopped coming
to practices, and in many cases you missed a few practices and then didn’t come
back because you were embarrassed or something. I urge you to come back and be
a part of the team. None of us are going to be perfect, and we all have our own
flaws, we simply need to strive to be better each day. Even if you’ve missed
most of the practices, but a part of you still wants to do track, we want you
with us.
There are two months left in the season. It is going to go
by fast. We start having at least 1 meet per week and it really makes for a
quick season, so please enjoy each day with your teammates, make the most of
each practice by getting better and making it a positive experience for those
around you.
Next week, not this week, we will be going to Syracuse for
the District Championship meet. We are only allowed a few entries per event so
we need to get times and marks for as many of you as possible at Box Elder this
week so we can make decisions for relays, and individual entries, so I hope you
all can make it – although I know there is a choir conflict.
Looking forward to a great week with improved weather. Let
me know if you have any questions.
Coach Jacobson
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