Sunday, September 8, 2013

Murray results & BYU Info & other notes for 9/9--9/14

Golden Eagles—
Wonderful job at the Murray Invite, with all the starts, all the people, the weather, and everything else almost everyone on our TEAM ran the fastest 5K times they have ever done before. Well done to all of you who participated in this meet. Congrats goes out to our girls TEAM as they placed fourth at this meet, but still finished the 1st TEAM in 4A! Congrats to Britney Lund & Megan Gutke on their top 20 finish in this race. Well done to all of you. Now there is still more that we can improve on and keep working towards. Remember to keep working hard, working together, working smart, and doing the basics and great things can & will come. Full race results for this meet can be found at www.runnercard.com 

Now this upcoming Saturday (14th) gives us our next racing opportunity at the BYU Autumn XC Classic. This is a good local meet for our TEAM with great competition as well. The course is very spectator friendly. The details of the meet are below: The bus will leave MMHS on Saturday September 14th at 7:30AM. 

2013 BYU Autumn Classic
Cross Country Invitational  
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Campus Cross Country Course, BYU, Provo, Utah

Time Schedule
Tentative
8:30 am Frosh/Soph Boys 5K
9:00 am Frosh/Soph Girls 5K
9:45 am College Men's 4 Mile
10:15 am Varsity Girl's 5K
10:50 am College Women's 5K
11:20 pm Varsity Boy's 5K
11:40 am JV Boys 5K
12:20 am JV Girls 5K
12:50 pm Team Awards

Spectator Admission - Entrance to the Autumn Classic is $5.  Children 5 and under are free.  Any youth athlete age 14 and under that wears their track or cross country uniform is admitted free!

Other items of info for you:
We remind you that the fruit fundraiser opportunity is still ongoing and that all the money for the peaches needs to be turned into the finance office on or before Tuesday the 17th of September. That fruit will be delivered to MMHS on the 20th so you can take it to the people who bought it from you. 

We also thank all of you that help us with the set up and clean up of the home varsity football games. This only takes a few moments when we have a lot of us helping. Thank you for helping with this. 

Thanks and Happy Running!
--The Coaches

Monday, September 2, 2013

Grass Relay Results & Murray Invite Info

Golden Eagles –

Congrats to our Lady Golden Eagles on their 3rd placed finish at the Grass Relays. They were the top 4A finishing TEAM at the meet, so congrats to Brittney Lund, Megan Gutke, Brigette Harris, Regan Pond, and Elli Eastmond on an incredible TEAM run. Congrats also goes out to Isaac Faux, Megan Gutke, Brittney Lund, & Elli Eastmond for all placing in the top 15 in their races. We are very pleased with how we preformed at this fun meet and remind everyone that as we work hard & work together that great things can come. Let’s keep it up and lets be smart and keep working together. Full race results can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/timomostert/americanforkgrassrelays

Now this week we are facing a full 5k challenge at the Murray Invite this Friday. The details of this meet are below. This is a very good meet for our TEAM with great competition and we look forward toward it. We will excuse junior high students from class at 1:45pm and high school students at 2:00pm. The bus will leave MMHS at 2:15pm

Date: FRIDAY, September 6, 2013
Schedule of Events: *Times are approximate.
2:00 Packet pick-up*
4:00 Rookie Girls*
4:10 Rookie Boys*
4:45 JV Girls*
4:55 JV Boys*
5:30 Varsity Girls*
5:40 Varsity Boys*
6:00 Awards Ceremony*
Location: Murray Park (5100 South State Street)
Course: 3.1 miles on grass, asphalt, and concrete. Spikes are not recommended.

Other news and notes for everyone to be aware of.

The Fruit fundraiser is ongoing and the peach money and order is due by Tuesday September 17th and the apple money and order is due by Tuesday October 1st. This is a great & easy fundraiser to help you pay your way to the Footlocker Western Regional’s in December. If you have any questions about the fundraiser please contact the coaches.

We are also hosting the Nebo Invite at MMHS on Friday the 27th of September and we could use some volunteer help with the finish line and other areas. Please contact any of the coaches if you are willing to help. Thank you.

Thanks & Happy Running!
--The Coaches

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Grass Relays Info

Golden Eagles --
Congrats on your performances at pre-region. The Ladies won the pre-region race in a strong TEAM showing and the Guys pulled out a tough 4th place finish. It was good to get this first meet under our belt and to see where we stand as a TEAM. Now remember that this is just a starting point, we only go forward from here. Keep working hard, do the little things, and work as a TEAM and success will come your way. Full meet results can be found here: http://shs.nebo.edu/sites/shs.nebo.edu/files/2013%20Pre-Region%40SHHS.pdf 

Our next meet is this Saturday the 31st. The grass relays is the one that many on our team comment on being the funnest race of the year. You really don't want to miss out on this meet. The buses will leave MMHS at 6:40am! The details are below: 

DATE: Saturday, August 31st ,2013
WHERE: American Fork High School, 510 N. 600 E. American Fork, Utah. 
WHEN:
7:00-8:00 A.M.: Registration
8:00 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Frosh/Soph
8:25 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Frosh/Soph
8:40 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Jr./Sr.
9:00 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Jr./Sr.
9:15 A.M.: Girls Varsity Relay ( Top 5 Girls, 2 Miles Each Leg)
10:35 A.M.: Boys Varsity Relay (Top 5 Boys, 2 Miles Each Leg)

AWARDS:
J.V.: Awards to top 10 finishers in each J.V.race. Please do not enter your varsity runners in the JV race
Varsity: Trophies to top 5 teams, boys and girls. Individual awards to 15 fastest relay legs in each race.
COURSE: 1 mile grass loop (spikes recommended) , lots of hay bales.

Happy running!
-- The Coaches

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Practice Schedule & Pre-Region Info

Golden Eagles --

Thank you for all your hard work and fun for our camp. There were some amazing memories made (Who can forget how cool it looks to run all night in the dark with over 2000 glow-sticks lighting the way and shooting stars above!) and great lessons learned. Keep putting in those miles and report your mileage to your captains. Thanks. Thanks for all the help & support over the camp weeks and during this summer time. Now If you haven't paid your camp fee ($30) yet, please do so ASAP. 

Now for the rest of the season we will be holding practices at 3:00pm at the MMHS track! We will start this 3:00 practice time starting Monday August 19th. We will be handing out uniforms that day as well.

We need all of your paper work and participation fees in before you can compete. If you have not gotten your paperwork you can download and print them off from this site. On the right side of the blog. Or you can get the paper work from Coach Wyatt. 

Our first meet is Pre-Region this Wednesday night at Salem Hills High School. The buses will leave MMHS at 5:30pm sharp. Be there at least 5:20pm. The race schedule is Girls will race at 6:30pm and the Boys will race at 7:00pm. This will be a preview of the region course and our new region will be competing at this meet.

We will see you at 3:00pm! 

Thanks & Happy Running!
--The Coaches