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Saturday
was incredible. We challenged you to put on the best track meet of the year, and
that is what you did. I was so impressed with all of your hard work and your
attitudes throughout the day. It was truly one of the greatest Davis Invites of
all-time. I especially want to thank those of you who were there all day,
working and competing. I know it was a long day, but the end result was
something special.
We
had some monster PRs and some very outstanding performances. It would be
difficult to name them all, but I thought I would point out a few highlights -
The boys medley team (Jake Moffet, Ty Hinds, Jordan Goldsberry, and Logan
MacKay) set a new STATE RECORD with 3:29.85 - breaking the state record set by
Bingham way back in 1996. Josey Hedquist won the invited 800 on total
determination to race through the finish line - she got the victory by .02 with
a lean. Matt Calvin stayed strong through the rain to become the Invited
Champion in the pole vault. Hunter Simonsen had a phenomenal jump to clear 6'08
and pick up an invited victory. Jaron Erickson had a major PR and just missed
1st place in the hurdles with 14.55. Palmer Flood also had a big PR in the 300s
(48.60) to grab 2nd place. Dallin Baires picked up two 2nd place invited medals
and had a 2 foot PR in the shot put (52'00). Paige Erickson cleared 10'03 to
finish 3rd in the pole vault. Jordan Barnett had a very solid 45.4 in the 300
Hurdles to finish 2nd. Sophomore, Jonny Thornton finished 2nd place in the long
jump with a PR (after winning the open high jump). Our girls 4 x 400 relay teams
finished 1st and 2nd (first time that has ever been done in the Davis Invite).
The A-Team ran 4:01 and the B-Team was not far behind in 4:06. And both our
girls and our boys 4 x 800 teams picked up the victories in the rain to end the
meet. Our newest additions to the state qualified club include: Whitney Cox
(High Jump), Jonny Thornton (High Jump), Logan Baird (High Jump), Kelton Johnson
(300 Hurdles), BriAnna Gipson (400m), Josh Ward (1600m), Nikki Hemsley (Pole
Vault), Madi Lee (Pole Vault), Johanna Nilsson (Pole Vault), Jaxon Potter (Pole
Vault), and Justin Godfrey (Pole Vault) - we now have a record 12 girls and 7
boys qualified in just the pole vault.
There is a HUGE list of people to
thank: John Lingard and his wife for the help
with the luncheon, Abby Frodsham and Jessica Paget for rocking the results,
Chelsea and Brooks Running for bringing the prizes and making it a better meet,
Caitlin Miller for her help at the Brooks tent, Michelle Wilson for always
handling the bull-pen to perfection, Amber Anderson for stepping in as clerk of
course at the last minute and nailing it, Preston Parrish for being our vigilant
meet referee (we miss you, Preston!), Jay "vanilla voice" Welk for coming back
to announce, our professional starters (Gary and Zach), Alan Hansen for always
letting us use his weighmaster, Dan Hayward for stepping in at high jump, Jen
Beard for being so amazing once again at the long jump, Carrie for being the
best track trainer in the state, all of our incredible sponsors (record $6300),
Coach Roger Buhrley for all the advice and help, Coaches from other teams who
helped in many ways, so many parents who brought canopies and food and helped
wherever we needed, all of you incredible athletes for stepping up in the way
you performed and especially in working the meet - I can't say enough about how
impressed I was (and tons of other coaches were) with your heart and teamwork
yesterday, and last but not least - our outstanding coaches who have done so
much for all of us this season and have sacrificed so much time and energy to
make the Davis Invite what it is: Jeff Agnello, Brad Anderson, Shawna Cox, Paul
Timothy, Ben Jacobsen, Ashlee Cannon, Matt Williams, Tony Hill, Spencer Betker,
Justin Beard, Natalie McKinley, and Tyson Bullock - we are seriously lucky to
have these great people in our lives!!
Coming Up:
Wednesday (4/29) - Northridge @ Davis - This is the last chance for
region qualifying. Some of you are very close to qualifying in your events, but
need to go after a PR on Wednesday to make it happen. For current region
rankings, go to http://regiononetrack.blogspot.com/ The top 18 marks are
automatically qualified, and then each school gets to pick 3 entries per event
in addition to the top 18. The other schools will also have athletes trying to
improve their marks on Wednesday.
Friday-Saturday (5/1-5/2): BYU Invitational - We will have a list of
those competing at the BYU Invitational at practice today. We are only allowed
25 total entries for boys and 25 for girls. More information will be sent out on
Thursday. Only those competing on Friday will be checked out of school.
Wednesday-Thursday (5/6-5/7): REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS - We would like
the entire team to attend on both Wednesday and Thursday (even if you are not
competing). We will not be able to finalize the entries until next Monday night,
but we should have a good idea of who will get in after this week's dual meets.
More information to come.
Our best performances are still to come. I can't stress how important your
mental and physical preparation is over the final 19 days of this season. Get
your rest, proper nutrition (fuel) and hydration, put in a few more hard
workouts, and be excited and confident about every practice and every meet we
have to come.
Thanks!
Coach Talley
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