Mt. Timp Invite Champions & Week 4 notes

Golden Eagles--

This past week gave us our first state qualifying meet at the Mount Timpanogos Invite. This was a good meet for our TEAM. Not only did our boys TEAM come out on top as champions, but our girls TEAM took 2^nd place. We as coaches are so very pleased with the progress our TEAM is making and we feel that we are headed the right direction. Now we need to make sure that we do not settle in our practices or workouts, but we need to keep pushing & challenging ourselves and our goals will come.

Now we had several state qualifying marks set at the Mount Timpanogos Invite they are: Zach Decker in the Shot Put, Cat McQueen in the High Jump, Isaac Faux in the 1600m, Jensen Williams in the 400m, Megan Elmont in the 200m & the Long Jump, Our girls 4x100 relay TEAM of Christine Heyn, Megan Elmont, Tessa Weight, and Jensen Williams. This meet also had several amazing performances some of which were: Terrin Strossers winning the 100 & 300 Hurdles, Isaac Faux & Paxton Patey placing 2^nd & 4^th in the 1600m, our boys 4x100 placing 6^th, Isaac Faux & Kevin Muribrook placing 2^nd & 3^rd in the 400m, Jensen Williams placing 2^nd in the 400, Ryan Denison placing 8^th in the 300 Hurdles, Sarah Hash placing 6^th in the 800, Isaac Faux placing 4^th in the 800, Our girls Medley team placing 5^th, our boys medley team placing 3^rd, Paxton Patey placing 7^th in the 3200, Our boys and girls 4x400 teams placing 6^th, Chase Klungle & Cat McQueen placing 7^th in the High Jump, Spencer Asay placing 5^th in the long jump, Megan Elmont winning the long jump, Zach Decker winning the shot put, Sondra Novak placing 8^th in the shot put, and Jake Varney placing 5^th in the Javelin. There were also several other PR’s set at this meet that we will share at practice. Full results can be found at runnercard.com Great job to all of you, now some of you were not pleased with your performances and that is ok as long as you took lessons from them to help you become better the next time. Remember to keep learning from every meet, there are always lessons to learn.

Now just a few reminders for all of you, please remember that you need to make sure you are doing a proper cool down (“warm down”) after every practice and every race. This really helps with injury prevention and allows you to perform at your best. Please make sure you are stretching, drinking your fluids, getting the rest your body needs, eating the foods your body needs, and taking care of yourself. The little fundamental things really do help our TEAM as a whole and you as an athlete. The little things may take a little more time on your part, but they will help.

There are several extra player packs (T-shirts, Hoodies, & Sweatpants) that still can be purchased for $45 payable to the finance office. We will give these out on a first come first serve basis just show your recite to Coach Wyatt. 

Now this upcoming week (3/26--3/31) there are two track meets. The first meet this week is on Tuesday (March 27th) is at Timpanogos High School (1450 North 200 East, Orem Utah) This is a region 8 meet (Provo, Timpanogos, and Salem Hills) our whole TEAM can compete in this meet. You are allowed to compete in up to four events and you can choose your own events, unless told otherwise by your event coaches. The buses for this meet will leave MMHS at 1:30pm. MMHS students will be excused from their A4 class at 1:15pm. Students at the junior highs will be excused at 1:00pm. The meet will start at 3:30pm. The order of events for this meet is as follows: 

Running Events

(Girls, followed by Boys)

100/110 Hurdles

100 Meters

1600 Meters

4x100 M Relay

400 Meters

300 Hurdles

800 Meters

Medley Relay

200 Meters

3200 Meter

4x400 Meters

Field Events

Shot—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00

Discus—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00

Javelin—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00

Long Jump—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00

Girls’ High Jump, followed by Boys’

The second meet this week is on Saturday (March 31) the Utah High School Track Coaches Association Invite at Taylorsville High School (5225 S. Redwood Rd Taylorsville) We are limited to the number of athletes we can invite to this state qualifying track meet. Please let Coach Wyatt know by Wednesday end of practice if you cannot attend this meet. The busses will leave MMHS at 7:00am. There is a spectator cost for this meet of $2. The order of events for this meet is as follows:

Running Event start 9:00am girls will compete first in all running events

1600m

100/110 hurdles

100m

Medley Relay

4x100 Relay

400m

300 hurdles

800m

200m

3200m

4x400 Relay

Field Event start 9:00am

Girls Javelin

Boys High Jump

Girls Long Jump

Girls Shot Put

Boys Discus

Field Events start Noon

Boys Javelin

Girls High Jump

Boys Long Jump

Boys Shot Put

Girls Discus

Good luck this upcoming week. We also wanted to add a thank you to all of our wonderful parents. Thank you for your support of our Track & Field TEAM. We could not be what we are and what we hope to be without all of your support and help. Thank you.

Happy Running, Jumping, and Throwing!!!

--The Coaches  

Cougar Relay Champions & week 3 notes

Golden Eagles –

This past week gave us our first meets. It is always great to have that first meet to shake off the rust or to get the nervousness out of the way. The full results for the Region 8 quad meet can be found here. Tri Meet @ salem Thanks for everyone who participated in this meet. This past weekend gave us a chance to compete in the Cougar Relays. Congratulations to the whole TEAM for being the TEAM Champions of this meet of 16 schools! There were so many highlights that we don’t have time to mention in this post, but will do so at practice. For the time being congrats to everyone on our whole TEAM, well done, we as coaches are very pleased with where our TEAM is at right now. Thank you to all of you who competed at this meet and who were willing to jump into whatever event we needed. As many of you saw there are several ways you can help contribute to our TEAM. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. When we get full results we will post them here.

Also we want to thank Jeff Porcaro for thousands of photos he has taken for our TEAM. They can be accessed here: http://maplemountainfootball.smugmug.com/TrackandField/Spring-2012  Thank you Jeff for offering this service for our TEAM.

Now this upcoming weekend March 24^th we have our first state qualifying meet at Timpview High School. (3570 North 650 East Provo, Utah) We are limited in the number of athletes we can take to this meet. If you know you cannot attend this meet (Choir tour) let Coach Wyatt know by end of practice Tuesday. Thanks. The start time for this meet is 9:00am. The busses will leave MMHS at 7:45am. The order of events are: 

9:00am Start Field Events
Shotput (girls will start)
Discus (Boys will start)
Javelin (Boys will start)
High Jump (girls will start)
Long Jump (boys will start)

9:00am Start Track Events
100/110m Hurdle
100m
1600m
4x100m Relay
400m
300 Hurdles
800m
Medley
200m
3200m
4x400m 

Reminder that all of the fundraiser cards and player pack money and paperwork is past due. Get them in. Let us keep working hard at practice and keep supporting each other as a TEAM and good things will happen for our TEAM. Remember to take time for proper cool down after workouts and take care of your bodies. Do the little things that really help a lot. (Stretch, sleep, eat right, hydrate, cool down) Good luck to all of you this week.

Thanks & happy running, jumping, and throwing!

The Coaches  

Week 2 Notes & Meet Info for 3/13 & Cougar Relays

Golden Eagles—
With all the work of the first two weeks of practice it is time to have a “pay day” in a track meet. This week you get to have two opportunities to see some of your hard work pay off. We have been pleased with the work you all have put into practice. Keep it up and keep pushing yourself and your TEAM-mates and good things will come. Thanks for being a part of this TEAM. Below are items of note for all of you. As always if you have any questions just ask.

Fundraising cards: Please give back ALL of the unsold cards to Coach Wyatt ASAP & turn in all fundraising money to the finance office ASAP. Thank you to all of you who have participated in this fundraiser for your TEAM. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Paperwork: We need to have all of your paperwork and fees paid before you can compete. First meet is this Tuesday. So get that taken care of. Thank you to all of you who already have done this.

Uniforms: Will be checked out to athletes on Monday during practice. These uniforms are to be checked back in at the end of the season. These uniforms are to only be worn at track meets. Remember you represent more than just yourself when you put on that Maple Mountain uniform. You represent your family, your TEAM, your school, and those TEAM-mates who have worn that uniform before you. Wear it with pride!

Track Meet 3/13:
Meet information about the Tuesday Region 8 Quad Track & Field meet at Salem Hills High School (150 North Skyhawk Blvd. Salem, UT) verses Salem Hills High, Springville High, and Provo High schools. The buses will depart Maple Mountain High School at 2:10pm. MMHS students will be excused from B4 at 1:55pm students from Diamond Fork & Mapleton Junior Highs will be excused at 1:40pm. The order of events for this track meet is listed below. All athletes can participate in up to 4 events. These events are of their own choosing unless told otherwise by one of the coaches. We use this meet as a time trial for most event areas. Field events will be open pit with the exception of the High Jump.
Start Time: 3:30
Running Events
(Girls, followed by Boys)
100/110 Hurdles
100 Meters
1600 Meters
4x100 M Relay
400 Meters
300 Hurdles
800 Meters
Medley Relay
200 Meters
3200 Meters
4x400 Meters
Field Events
Shot—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00
Discus—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00
Javelin—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00
Long Jump—Open Pit from 3:30-5:00
Girls’ High Jump, followed by Boys’

Track Meet 3/16 & 3/17:
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). For many of our athletes who competed last year in this meet they have commented on how it was one of the highlights of the year. We are the defending TEAM champions in this meet and hope to repeat this year. The Cougar Relays are on Friday March 16th and Saturday March 17th at Kearns High School. (5525 Cougar Lane, Kearns Utah. By the Olympic Ice Oval) This meet is set up in a Frosh/Soph & Varsity style. On Friday will be all of the Varsity field events and all of the Frosh/Soph running events. On Saturday will be all of the Varsity running events and the Frosh/Soph field events. In this meet, athletes will compete in events chosen by the coaches. We will do our best to try to get every athlete into an event; however this is not always possible. Thanks for your understanding on this. IF you know you, for some reason, will not be attending this meet please let Coach Wyatt know by end of practice Monday. Thanks. The buses will be leaving Maple Mtn. on Friday at 1:30pm and on Saturday at 7:00am. Start time on Friday is 3:30pm & 9:00am on Saturday. This will be a very fun meet. The order of events is as follows:
Field Events (Varsity Friday Frosh/Soph 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. Triple Jump
Running Events (Frosh/Soph Friday Varsity Saturday)
4x3200 (all athletes 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/Soph 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:
Other notes for this week for everyone to be aware of, with the end of the term (Thursday) make sure that you are meeting the requirements to be academically eligible & taking care of all NC’s. Simple solution here is to just GO TO CLASS!!! TEAM let’s make sure that you are all stretching and cooling down 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 good first two weeks of the season. Keep up the hard work and it will pay off. Thanks for being a part of this TEAM.
Thanks & Happy Running, Jumping, & Throwing!!!
--The Coaches