BYU Indoor Meet info

Golden Eagles --
Thank you to all of you who have taken the time to invest in yourselves and your TEAM over the past two weeks by attending the BYU & USU track camps. The information gained their will only help you as athletes and us as a TEAM. There is another great opportunity to invest in yourself and your TEAM this weekend at the BYU indoor meet. I have attached an order of events below. The cost for this meet is $4 per event to be paid at BYU. It is a pre-registration meet, so you will need to contact Coach Wyatt by end of practice on Thursday so you can be signed up. For those needing a ride over to BYU we will be carpooling on Friday at 4:15pm and Saturday morning at 8:15am.

Remember that practices are Monday, Wednesday & Thursday at 3:00pm. You are more than welcome to come and join us and bring a friend. The work you put in during the indoor season is only going to help you for the outdoor season and the goals we have for then. Please remember to do the little things. The little things add up to make the difference. Lets keep up the hard work and Transcend.

Happy Running, Jumping, and Throwing,
-- The Coaches
Schedule of Events
Friday, January 13
5:00 pm – Girl’s Shot Put
5:00 pm – Boy's Shot Put, Boy's Weight to follow, Girl's Weight to follow.
5:00 pm – Coed Pole Vault
5:00 pm – Girl's High Jump, Boy's to follow
5:00 pm – Boys Long Jump, Girl's to follow
Saturday, January 14
9:00 am start (Girls first, then Boys)
1 Mile
60M Hurdle Trials
60M Trials
400 M Timed Finals
60M Hurdle Finals (top 9)
60M Finals (top 8)
800M Timed Finals
200M Timed Finals
2 Mile
Coach's Mile Run (coed)
4 x 1 lap Relay (up to 16 teams)

Indoor Track Info

Golden Eagles -
It is Time! Let the indoor track & field season begin. Practices will be held Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday at 3:00pm in the athletic commons (southwest corner of the school) Starting on Wednesday January 4th. Bring your outside running gear. With the mild weather we need to take advantage of the opportunity we have to use the track before the snow comes.

The BYU Track Camps are this Friday & Saturday for those who have signed up. Next week January 2-7 we have the USU track camps on Friday Jan 6 & Saturday Jan 7. If you are planning on attending these camps please let Coach Wyatt know by end of practice on Wednesday Jan 4th so he can register you. These camps are a great way to start your season & learn the most up to date info about your event and we highly recommend that you attend the camps.

Also meet date chage to note: The Utah Distance Challenge has been changed to Thursday January 26th at the Olympic Ice Oval. More info to follow.

More information about the season will be given at practices. We look forward to working with you this season. Thanks and Happy Running, Jumping, and Throwing!

--The Coaches

Footlocker Results & Indoor track info

Golden Eagles –

“Coach…Running IS fun!” was proven more so this past week than at any other time this season. Our TEAM finished our annual expedition to the Footlocker Western Regional’s in Walnut California. The weather was perfect, the beach amazing, and Disneyland was so much fun. Also the races gave us a final chance to see some of you race a cross country race & it gave others of you a chance to build for next season. The races gave all of us a chance to have fun and enjoy the fun of running. As you progress on in your running careers never lose sight of the fact that running IS fun and can be as fun as you make it.

Highlights of this meet included Freshmen Daniel Quintana and Maddie Ball earning one of those big footlocker medals. Both ran sound races. Sophomores Regan Pond, Brenda Quintana, and Brigett Harris all medaled in their races. Brenda reminded all of us that if you really want something and are willing to WORK for it and not be distracted you CAN get it. Junior Rachel Warnick ran an incredible race bouncing back from her earlier in the season disappointment to finish this season on a positive note. Seniors Hayley Knapp & Lindsay Schuring keep their tradition alive by medaling again in their races, showing all of us how consistency through the years is one of the keys to success. Great job ladies and good luck in the future, we will miss ya. Sophomore Steel Rasmussen showed his stuff again by earning a medal in the seeded All West Frosh/Soph race running against some of the most talented Frosh/Soph’s in the entire Western United States. Not bad for a first year runner. Another highlight was Sophomore Isaac Faux winning the seeded All West Frosh/Soph race earning not just a medal but First TEAM All West for the second year in a row. This was a great race for him and a reminder of how fun running can be.

Now there were several other runners that ran best times of the season and didn’t medal, and that is OK. It is not the medaling that matters; it is the journey and the progress you make in the journey. Let’s not lose sight of that. There were a few of you who had races that you were not pleased with, and that happens in running. However what you choose to do because of that is what seperates those who go on to greatness and those who do not. I know the people you are, and know you will bounce back (just as Rachel did) a wiser and better runner for the experience. Full race results can be found here: http://www.footlockercc.com/west/

We want to thank all of our chaperones who took the weekend off to come and join us on this amazing trip. Thank you for taking the time off of work and the time away from your family to help us. THANK YOU! Also a big time THANKS YOU to Coach Phil Olsen of Provo High School for organizing all of this for all of TEAM Utah, thank you.

Thank you for being so good and respectful for this trip. It really makes it a lot of fun for me when you all are so good. I really am very lucky to be along for the journey and I thank you for allowing me to do so.  

Now that this season is over, the next thing up for all of you is to take at least 1 to 2 full weeks off of running. No running. Go be a teenager. Enjoy the rest for your body and your mind. Let your body rest. Don’t feel guilty for doing it, you have been running for 6 months solid. 1-2 weeks off is not going to hurt, if anything it is only going to make you better. If a week from now you feel like you need to run for your own sanity, than go on a few long runs (2 or 3 days of the week). Enjoy the time off. For those of you who just feel like you need to do something, the weight room is open after school. I highly recommend that you get into the weight room. Now is a great time to develop more strength that will help you in the track season. Track & field will HELP you for your next cross country season. I encourage all of you to do track and field.

Indoor Track will have its first official practice Wednesday January 4^th at 3:00pm in the Athletic Commons at the Southwest corner of the school. We will be practicing for indoor every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 3:00pm. The weight room will be open every day after school, with outdoor track and field starting the last week of February.  As always if you have any questions please just ask. Thank you again for an amazing season and a great weekend. Remember that “running IS fun”

Thank you & happy running!

--The Coaches

Enjoy the photos

Pre-Footlocker Results & Banquet Highlights

Golden Eagles --
The results from the Pre-Footlocker race at AF can be found at the link below. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T0-Np_l3tM4lSH0cvAUfO6SG-z8RHI2YQ9D-rbJy408/edit The run in the snow is one you will never forget. Thanks for taking advantage of that opportunity to improve yourself. Also another race opportunity before footlocker are this Tuesday at 4:00pm at Layton Park there is a 3 mile race. If there is anyone interested let me know by lunch Tuesday so we can get transport up there.  We are also organizing a car pool to go to the 2011 NCAA Mountain Region Cross Country Championship at East Bay Golf Course in Provo to see one of our Alumni Spencer Hanson race for BYU. We are meeting at MMHS at 10:15am. The Men race at 11:00am and the Women race at Noon. This is a great chance to see some of the best runners in the country.


This past week we also had our Honor Banquet. Thanks to all of you for coming and for all of your help with the fundraising this whole season so that we can provide these amazing things for all of you. A big time Thank You to Amberley Bate for her season highlight video. Thanks for all the hard work on that. It was great. Thank you to our amazing parents for their support all season long. Thank you to our amazing Administration for all their support. Thank you also to our Athletic Director Coach Boyack for all the support. Highlights of the Banquet were our Senior Blankets given to our 30 amazing Seniors. Thanks again Seniors for being who you are and for helping put our program on the map. Remember that the "Best is yet to be!"
Awards:
Newcomers of the year: Brenda Quintana & Daniel Quintana
Most Improved Runners: Regan Pond & Steeel Rasmussen
Most Valuable Runners: Autumn Gibson & Isaac Faux
Golden Eagle Award: Sarah Hash & Nathan Vance

THANK YOU to all of you for this season. Let us keep making the most of the oppertunities that we have before us as we get closer to our Footlocker Races. Thanks & Happy Running!

--The Coaches