8/27 update

Braves,

I hope you are excited to be back in school and to be in season for XC. We had a couple good days of racing at the Weber fairgrounds and the Westlake relays. Photos of the races, as well as results can be found on our website. We learned some things about our team and can see that we are improving. We will race the course from Wednesday at our region meet in October, and our goal as coaches is that each one of you improves on your time. That goal is very attainable; the real question is by how much can we each improve. We hope you all over achieve and do better than you thought you could. For the remainder of the season overachieving really has to be our motto if we want to give ourselves a shot at region. If we can be overachieve in each practice and race for the rest of the season, our girls will have a chance to do something at region never before done in our school's history, and our boys can finish higher than they have since 2011. 

This week has a slight change to the schedule. We will not be going to Roy to race, but will instead have practice as usual. We will be going to Utah state on Friday. That course is where the NCAA west regional championships will be held in November, meaning it is a fast and competitive course. We are looking forward to a fun race there.

Also on Wednesday night, all Bountiful High athletes and their parents are encouraged to attend a meeting put on by an organization called Especially for Athletes. This organization aims to raise social responsibility in high schools by encouraging athletes to be aware of others. Honestly it is an admirable cause and something that I am excited about. It aims to increase inclusion and community and to decrease depression, bullying, and suicide, among other things. This meeting will be at 7:30 PM in the auditorium. Each of you are invited and encouraged to attend. This organization has done some amazing things in other local high schools so when our admin heard about it they were quick to join. To learn more please visit https://especiallyforathletes.org

Lastly, we were approached by another school and invited to join them (in order to reduce cost) in going to the footlocker cross country championships in California. This race takes place the first weekend in December. We would spend time at the beach and Disneyland before returning. Official dates and costs will be rolled out asap, but will most likely be Thursday through Sunday, the first week of December. If this is something you might be interested in doing, please respond so we can get an idea if this trip is worth planning. Space is limited but we will discuss that another time. 

Let us know if you have any questions. Let's have a great week.

Coach Jacobson