9/29 update

Braves,

We are less than two weeks out from region, and about 3 weeks out of state. For many of you, region will be the final race of the year (excluding footlocker of course). All will be able to race at region. The schedule is as follows:

3 PM: JV Girls

3:30: JV Boys

4:00: Varsity Girls

4:30: Varsity Boys

The course is the same as pre-region, which is at the Weber County Fairgrounds.

For this week, we won’t be having a meet. Our schedule said we would be going to Box Elder on 10/2, but instead we decided our team would be best served by having one more practice at Sugarhouse park, so we will go on Wednesday. Wednesday’s practice will be optional, in that we won’t require anyone to travel to Sugarhouse park. For those of you who can make it, we will begin practice at 3:30. If you have any questions please let me know.

If you didn’t send me an email expressing interest in footlocker, please do so ASAP.

Our season is coming to a rapid conclusion. Enjoy your time with all of your teammates.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Thanks,

Coach Jacobson

9/8 update

Braves,

Friday was yet another strong day for our team. Our boys finished 3^rd in 5A (9^th overall) and our girls were 6^th in 5A (12^th overall). There were some great performances and huge improvements. Our JV teams ran especially well on the day. On the girls side, Addie, on her birthday, went out strong and ran very well. Hannah followed up her breakthrough race from last week with another strong race, really pouring it on over the last mile. Lily seemingly got stronger as the race went along, and Rylee and Olivia both had what looked to me to be their best race of the year. There were a number of boys who also had what I believe was their best race of the year. Bennet and Cy, two freshman, ran so strong on the back half that they looked impervious to fatigue and finished with great times. Sam passed 6 people over the final 800 and Crispin ran his best race, by far, of the year. Each of these kids, and more, like many of you, have put in a great deal of work. I hope that on race day you are excited to showcase your improvements and see what you can do. Our JV teams on the day did outstanding. Looking forward to what they do next.

Here is the link to the results and photos from the races on Friday: https://www.murrayinvite.com/results/

Team dinner will be hosted by the Schmitts on Tuesday at 5:30. It will be at a church park and I’ve heard rumor of a slip n slide – you can get there by going on 400 N and turning north on 650 E. You can also use this link for directions from the school: Directions

The race this week will be at Layton City Park on WEDNESDAY. We will be competing against the teams from the school district – half of whom are in our region, the other half are 6A schools, so we will see some quality opponents. I will send an email out in the coming days with the time schedule, but it typically begins at 3:30 with the JV girls followed by the boys. In the past the course has been 2.75 miles, and there is a parent/supporters/family fun run before the awards if any of you are interested in racing (it is a free race, just a fun run).

We are officially in the heart of our season, with a large part of our meets in the past. We will not be attending the Roy invitational on 9/21, so you may remove that from your calendars if you were planning for that. At that point in the season we figure we could use the break from intense racing. That day is also homecoming, if I’m not mistaken, and in the past there are some kids who elect to do their day activities the day before (so why not call them day-before activities, then?). Plan with your groups and your dates so that you do not need to miss practice on Friday 9/20. We will be prompt that day, but we need to get the work in.

Looking forward to a great week.

Coach Jacobson

9/1 update

Braves,

We had some strong races on Friday, with our girls team finishing 4^th in 5A and our guys were 3^rd in 5A. In general I thought we performed very well. We left it all out there and got better. I was very impressed with our kids who were evacuated, or nearly evacuated, and the fact that they chose to come and race when they would have been more than justified staying with their families. We are all a part of something larger than ourselves. I hope that you know as teammates that you play an important role in the lives of your teammates.

Labor Day – we will not be holding an official practice tomorrow. However, I recommend everyone getting out and running. If you are in need of ideas, I would suggest a 50 minute run with a 15 tempo in the middle.

We do not have a race on Wednesday this week. Our only race is Friday at the Murray invitational. Please go to our website https://bravesxc.blogspot.com/p/2019-schedule.html to see the schedule and to find a link with more information and Murray.

Results for the Weber meet can be found at http://www.runnercard.com/results3/meet?meetId=ddeb8db3-950a-41a5-a78c-8164a3052af3

There were many great performances. I was particularly impressed with Hannah’s race. She had a breakout race and it looked to me like the payoff of a lot of tough workouts over the past 3 months. I thought she was due for a breakout performance, and she made a huge jump. She wasn’t the only one, or course, but she was a good example of how improvement comes from hard work.

If you have questions about this week please let me know. If you are interested in hosting a team dinner please email Caitlin at cpjacobson19@gmail.com

Thanks,

Coach Jacobson