Golden Eagles –
This past week gave us the chance to have our TEAM get those first meet jitters out of the way. Sure enough no matter how jittery you were you all stepped up to the line and gave it your best shot. That is one of the things that really stood out to us as coaches. You all gave it your best. It was great to see ALL of you compete in multiple events. We were very pleased with the marks that we posted at this first meet. We as a TEAM are heading in the right direction. Now let us keep in mind that there are always things to improve on. Let us keep working on those things. You all now have a mark that you can use for the future. For those who have taken on the challenge of Track & Field for the first time this season, you take the time, distance, or height from this meet and trying to improve on that becomes your goal. You work toward that PR (Personal Record) always trying to improve yourself every day. As we all do this it will lift our TEAM. Thank you all for your performances at this meet & for your hard work in practice. Keep it up and great things will follow.
This week (March 14th – March 19th) is a busy one for us. There are two meets this week in addition to it being the end of 3rd term. The first track meet is on Tuesday March 15th at Payson High School. This is a region tri-meet against Payson High and Uintah High. The meet will start at 3:30pm. The order of events is below. Students at Maple Mtn. will be excused from class at 1:55pm with the buses leaving at 2:15pm sharp! Freshmen will be excused from their respective junior highs at 1:45pm to be able to make it up to the buses by 2:15pm. With this meet you are allowed again to choose what events you wish to compete in unless you have been asked to participate in certain events by the coaches. You can compete in up to four events. This will again be another opportunity for you all to improve on your personal marks and to see some of the other teams in our region.
Tri-Meet order of events
Field Events
Girls Shot followed by Boys
Boys Discus, followed by Girls
Girls Javelin, followed by Boys
Girls High Jump, followed by Boys
Boys Long Jump, followed by Girls
Running Events
(Girls, followed by Boys)
100/110 Hurdles
100 Meters
1600 Meters
4x100 Relay
400 Meters
300 Hurdles
800 Meters
Medley Relay
200 Meters
3200 Meters
4x400 Relay
The second meet this week is a “Relay Challenge Meet” This meet is a fun meet and a great chance for us to compete in some fun events that are not normally held (i.e. the throwers relay, sprint medley, shuttle hurdle relay). The Cougar Relays are on Friday March 18th and Saturday March 19th at Kearns High School. (5525 Cougar Lane, Kearns Utah. By the Olympic Ice Oval) This meet is set up in a Frosh/Varsity style. On Friday will be all of the Varsity field events and all of the Frosh running events. On Saturday will be all of the Varsity running events and the Frosh field events. The buses will be leaving Maple Mtn. on Friday at 1:30pm and on Saturday at 7:00am. This will be a very fun meet. The order of events is as follows:
Field Events (Varsity Friday Frosh Saturday)
First rotation:
Girls high jump, boys long jump, girls & boys shot put, boys discus, girls javelin.
Second rotation:
Boys high jump, girls long jump, boys javelin, girls discus.
Running Events (Frosh Friday Varsity Saturday)
4x3200 (all athlete run this together and then take collective time for relay time)
Shuttle Hurdle Relay
4x200 Relay
4x800 Relay
Throwers 4x100 Relay (Friday is Varsity throwers, Saturday is Frosh throwers)
4x100 Relay
4x1600 Relay
Co-ed Sprint Medley (Girl 100, Boy 100 Girl 200, Boy 400)
Medley Relay (200, 200, 400, 800)
Distance Medley Relay (1200, 400, 800, 1600)
4x400 Relay
Co-ed 4x400 Relay
Other notes for this week for everyone to be aware of, with the end of the term make sure that you are meeting the requirements to be academically eligible. We are hoping to have our spirit packs ready to hand out to everyone who ordered them before the end of this month. TEAM let’s make sure that you are all stretching after your workouts as well as hydrating yourselves. Final challenge that we have for you is that at the meets you take the time to cheer on your fellow TEAM mates as they compete. Thank you to all of you for a wonderful first two weeks of the season. Keep up the hard work and it will pay off.
Final note for everyone our Track & Field Family suffered a tragic loss this week with the passing of Coach Harris’s father. Our thoughts and prayers are with Coach Harris and her family at this time. May you find Peace and be lifted up by the memories of your father. We all love you Coach!
We all need to take the time to hug those who we love and tell them how much we love them and thank them for all they mean to us.
Thanks and Happy running, throwing, and jumping!
-The Coaches
