UVU Invite Champions & Weeks 6 & 7 notes

Golden Eagles-

Hope your spring break was a good one and that you have taken some time to recharge and renew yourself for the rest of the season. We need to keep working hard all the way to the end of the season to get the goals that we want. Let’s see it through all the way to the end of the state meet.

We want to say congrats to our TEAM on your victory at the UVU Invitational. There were several highlights from this meet they include but are not limited to: 8 state qualifying marks set at this meet. Isaac Faux qualified for the 800 & 400 meters, Skyler Porcaro qualified in the discus, Cameron Carson qualified in the 100 meters, our boys 4x100 relay of Dallen Nelson, Devin Barker, Kevin Muirbrook, & Cameron Carson, our boys 4x400 relay of Devin Barker, Paxton Patey, Isaac Faux, & Kevin Muirbrook, our boys medley relay of Dallen Nelson, Devin Barker, Kevin Muirbook, & Paxton Patey, our girls 4x400 relay of Lindsay Schuring, Sarah Hash, Rachel Bingham, and Megan Elmont. Paxton Patey won the 1600meters with a personal best time of 4:28, Isaac Faux won the 800 meters with a school record time of 1:58.96, all three of our boys relays won their events as well. School records were set; by Sarah Hash in the 800 meters with a time of 2:23.40, Regan Pond in the 3200 meters with a time of 11:52.85, Halie Mecheam in the Javelin with a throw of 94’0.75”, Megan Elmont in the Long Jump with a jump of 16’ 11”, Skyler Porcaro in the Discus with a throw of 139’ 10”, and our 2000 meter steeple chase record holders of Brette Bennett & Wyatt Peterson. 


There were several other highlights from this meet that have been mentioned in practice. Well done to the whole TEAM at this meet. Again let’s keep working and pushing all the way to the finish. This idea of working all the way to the end is not just something for track and field, but also for your school work, and for life. As you keep working and see it through to the end good things will happen.

Now this upcoming week of April 15 – 21 we have one meet scheduled and it is the Utah County Invitational on Friday 20^th & Saturday 21^st at Mountain View High School (650 West Center Street Orem Utah) This is a great meet for our TEAM for several reasons, first it gives us another opportunity to get those state qualifying marks, second it gives us an experience with a two day meet which is what State & Region are with trials and finals, and third this meet is at Mountain View High School which is were the Region Championships are held and it gives us a chance to compete at this facility so we are familiar with it when Region comes around in three and a half weeks. Now for this meet MMHS students will be checked out of class on Friday at 2:00pm junior high students at 1:45pm the buses will leave MMHS at 2:15pm. The busses will leave on Saturday at 7:45am. 


The schedule of events is as follows:

Friday April 20^th start time 3:30pm

Field Events:

Long Jump- Girls

High Jump- Boys

Shot Put- Girls

Discus- Boys

Javelin- Girls

Running Events:

Girls followed by boys all trials top 8 times advance to finals

1600m (Finals)

100/110m Hurdles Trials

100m Trials

400m Trials

300m Hurdles Trials

200m Trials

Saturday April 21^st start time 9:00am

Field Events:

Long Jump- Boys

High Jump- Girls

Shot Put- Boys

Discus- Girls

Javelin- Boys

Running Events:

Girls followed by boys all races are finals

3200m Finals

100/110m Hurdles Finals

100m Finals

400m Finals

4x100 Relay Finals

300m Hurdles Finals

800m Finals

Medley Relay Finals

200m Finals

4x400m Finals

Other items of note: Our next JV track meet is on Tuesday April 24^th this is the Timpview Relays and more information will follow as we get closer to that meet.

Please mark on your calendars Friday & Saturday May 4^th & 5^th and Friday & Saturday May 18^th & 19^th these are the dates for the BYU Invite & the State Track Meet. As a TEAM we help BYU run these track meets. BYU in turn gives our program fundraiser cash. This is a great chance to help our TEAM by getting to watch track and field. If you are not competing in these meets plan on helping work these meets.

Keep working hard in practice, keep supporting each other, keep doing the little things to take care of your body inside & out. Let’s see this season all the way through to the end and good things will happen.

Happy Running, Jumping, and Throwing!

--The Coaches 

Herriman Invite Champions, Records, and Week 5 Notes

Golden Eagles –

This past week was a very busy one for us with two meets in two days. The first one was a Region 8 Tri meet at Timpanogos. Full meet results can be found at www.runtwolf.com The second meet was the Herriman Invite at Herriman High School. This was a good meet for our TEAM and we thank all of you for being willing to go along with the last minute change in the schedule. Congrats to the boys TEAM on winning this meet and the girls TEAM was so, so close again. Don’t worry ladies it will come. This was a very balanced meet for our TEAM with every event area scoring on both the boys and girls side. That is an amazing TEAM effort, well done. We as coaches have asked a lot of all of you over this past week & you have risen to the occasion. Thank you. Now it is not over, there is so much more to do. Let us stay the course & keep moving in the right direction toward the goals we want. Let us support each other more in all of our event areas. Remember it takes everyone to get the goals we want.

Records & Qualifiers: Now full meet results can be found at www.runnercard.com. Some of the highlights were: Skyler Porcaro setting an unofficial state record in the boys javelin with a monster throw of 189’ 3”.  Sarah Hash set our school record in the 800meters with a perfect run of 2:25. Megan Elmont extended her own long jump school record with a jump of 16’ 10”. Tarin Strosser kept up her double hurdle winning streak by winning the 100’s & 300’s while setting our school record in the 300 hurdles by .02. Our girls’ medley relay team of Christine Heyn, Rachel Bingham, Megan Elmont, and Brenda Quintana also set our school record with a run of 4:23.62. Great job to all our new school record holders. We also had qualifying for state from this meet: Tarin Strosser in the 100 hurdles, Spencer Asay in the Long Jump, Skyler Porcaro in the Javelin, and our girls medley relay. There were many other highlights that we shared in practice. There were several additions to our top 10 all time list & to our grade record lists set at this meet. Great job to all of you, keep working hard and good things will happen.

Region 8 Meet: Now this week we also have two meets. The first one is on Tuesday and it is a Region 8 quad meet at Maple Mountain High School. The meet start time is 3:30pm. You are allowed to compete in up to 4 events and may do any event of your own choosing unless told otherwise by your event coaches. Students will not get out of class for this meet, but will meet at 3:00pm for TEAM warm up. We are hosting this meet, which means we need all of you to help with this meet. We need you all to help set up and take down this meet. You all are the hurdle crew & we will need your help in all the events. We would also love to have any parents who would be willing to help at this meet. We will find a job for you. Just contact Coach Wyatt if you can help with this meet. The schedule of events 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 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’

UVU Invite: Now the second meet this week is the UVU Invite on this Saturday. Once again we are limited to the number of athletes we can take to this state qualifying meet. (Looking around 40 or so boys and 40 or so girls) If you are one of these invited athletes and you know you will not be able to attend the meet this weekend (4/7) email Coach Wyatt before Wednesday morning. The buses for this meet will leave at 6:45am.

The schedule of events is below. (Hal Wing Track & Field 1200 W 800 S Orem Utah)

Spectator Entry fee:$2.00 for all 12 years of age and up. 11 and under free.

Girls then boys

**We will roll the schedule if possible

Field Events:

8:00am                               Girls Discus

                                             Boys Shot

(Runway 1)          Girls Long Jump

(Runway 2)          Boys Long Jump

8:00am                               Girls High Jump

10:00am                             Boys High Jump

10:00am                             Girls Shot

                                             Boys Discus

11:00                                   Boys Pole Vault

12:00                                   Girls Javelin

2:00                                     Boys Javelin       

Girls then boys

**  All events will go fastest to slowest

Track Events:

8:00am                1600 Meter

100 M Hurdles   

110 M Hurdles

100 Meters

2K meter Steeple

4X100 Meter Relay

400 Meters

300 Meter Hurdles

800 Meters

Sprint Medley

200 Meters

3200 Meters

                              4X400 Meter Relay

Spring-break practice: Optional practices will take place for those athletes who are in town on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of spring break at 10:00am at the track. These are optional practices.

Extra Spirit Packs & Spirit clothing: We do have extras and the following are the sizes left. These can be purchased in the school bookstore. Prices are next to the item. These are on a first come first serve basis

T-Shirts ($8)

Large 13

XLarge 8

XXLarge 4

XXXL 4

Hoddies ($15)

Small 5

Medium 7

Large 7

XLarge 14

XXLarge 6

XXXLarge 2

Sweatpants ($12)

Medium 2

Large 10

XLarge 2

XXLarge 6

Grizzly Invite: This is an optional invite for those athletes who are close to state qualifying & might have missed one of the previous qualifying meets for injury or for school trip. If you are interested in going to this invite please contact Coach Wyatt before end of this week. (4/2--4-7)

Thanks & Happy Running, Jumping, & Throwing,

--The Coaches 

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