10/22 update

Braves,

An extremely successful cross country season was capped off by some awesome races at the state championships on Wednesday. Our girls continued to make history by finishing 8^th, tied for second highest in school history, second to only the 1981 team who finished fifth in the second year of women’s cross country as an official school sport. The girls really re-wrote the all-time performance list which can be found on the website. They now own 5 of the top 10 fastest times in Bountiful High History.

Our boys ran a tough race to finish outside of the top ten, but showed a lot of heart throughout and really battled in such a way that they could walk away from the course knowing they gave their best. At the end of the day, the season, or a high school career, that is what really matters: giving everything you had day in and day out. As we move into track season, don’t leave room for regret by not doing what it takes for you to be your best.

Congratulations on a great season. It has been a blast for us as coaches, and we appreciate the hard work that you have put in all summer and fall. We were lucky to have a group of kids who bought in to this great work ethic and it will take the team to new heights. We are very fortunate to have coached this team and recognize the role that each one of you played in making this experience a positive one for everyone involved.

A few announcements as our season officially ends. The footlocker trip is still pending. I know it is frustrating for you as you try to make plans for the next few months, and we will let you know as soon as we know, which will hopefully be this week. The trip will be around $500 and in addition to racing some of the best runners in the country, we will go to the beach and Disneyland. The dates would be 11/30 to 12/3. There will be further announcements regarding this trip as soon as we can. Thank you for your patience.

For those who are interested in going to footlocker, and those who may not be going but still would like to work out with the team before our indoor track season begins, we will be meeting in my classroom tomorrow at 3:15 to talk training schedules for the next month before indoor.  It will mostly likely include 3 days of official meetings and 2 days of running on your own or in groups without an official practice. We will discuss those details tomorrow for a few minutes before going on a team run. Those not going to footlocker will probably be taking it fairly easy for a week or two to get further recovered (those going to FL will do that after the trip). We encourage all of you to come out. You have improved so much over the past few months and taking the next 1-4 months off would undo a lot of the work that you have put in.

There have been a lot of questions about indoor track so I will try and answer of few of those here. Indoor track goes from the end of November until the end of February. Outdoor track begins at the conclusion of indoor track (with about a week off in between). During the indoor season we train inside when the weather is too severe to be outside. The meets are all indoors, at indoor tracks at BYU, Weber State, the Olympic Oval, and Idaho State (Simplot games). Successful track teams rely heavily on training hard during the indoor season so that you have a solid base once outdoor track begins.

Indoor track is one of my favorite seasons because of the tight-knit group. Training hard through the winter is a unique challenge that brings the best out of us as a team, and in my mind, is one of the reasons that the boys track teams have won region the last three years, and finished 3^rd at state in 2016, and one of the reasons that our girls team has legitimate shot to win it for the second time ever, and the first since 2000. Last year we took 20 kids to the Simplot games and we had an awesome time. This year we would like to double that amount, and get a lot of individuals and relays qualified for finals, which is a great accomplishment, but one that we can achieve in a lot of events. If you have any questions about indoor track please reach out.

Lastly, we will have a team dinner next week at Pizza Pie café. Date and time are TBD but I will let you know once I make a reservation.

Coach Jacobson