Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Davis Track & Field Update
April 14, 2008
The TEAM finished one of our busiest weeks of the season as far as competition goes. We saw a lot of improvement and some really gutsy performances. It would be difficult to highlight everything with how well the TEAM is competing – but we are definitely moving in the right direction as we approach the biggest meets of the season.
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Boys and Girls both brought home the trophies. Boys TEAM score = 1. Davis 256, 2. Viewmont 111, 3. Woods Cross 93
Girls TEAM score = 1. Davis 211.5, 2. Viewmont 111, 3. Woods Cross 91
Ryan Avery was the boys athlete of the meet with four 1st place finishes (100, 200, HJ, 4 x 100). Bryce Hall had the performance of the meet with his throw of 165’08 in the discus. We scored points in every single event both boys and girls.
UHSTCA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Although we were extremely short-handed, some of the Davis athletes represented us well at the Coaches Meet at Syracuse: Talya Kussee had a big day finishing 3rd in the 1600 (5:24.50), and 4th in the 800 (2:28.8). Dan Willoughby ran 51.28 in the 400. Brittany Sumsion ran 63.27 in the 400, showing she is coming right along in her recovery. Kyler Sprague ran tough in the 110 Hurdles (16.56) and the 300 Hurdles (41.90). Kyle Burk finished 2nd in the shot put (45’02.50). Tandin Chapman continued to tear it up in the Javelin throwing 160’07 (2nd). Matt Daley qualified for state in the high jump (6’02). The girls TEAM finished 2nd and the boys finished 5th.
ARCADIA INVITATIONAL
A smaller group of Davis athletes traveled to Arcadia, CA for some national level competition. It was a highly successful trip: Bryce Hall finished 1st in the Invitational Shot Put (61’01), he was just the 3rd Davis athlete to ever win an event at Arcadia. Natalie Haws finished 7th in the 3200 with the 4th fastest time in Utah history (10:32.98). Candace Eddy finished 2nd in the mile (4:55.98). The girls Distance Medley Relay team finished 2nd (12:08.79) with great individual splits as well. Spencer Anderson ran a huge PR in the mile (4:26) to finish 2nd in his heat. Seth Gutzwiller made it on to the all-time board with his #5 ever 9:37. Loren Storey ran a great PR in the mile (5:14) and Katie Swanson also ran her all-time best (5:17) both times made the Davis top 10. Julianne Wirthlin (11:28) and Emily Hansen (11:44) both ran PRs in the 3200. Shaun Webb came home with two 4th place finishes in his hurdle races (15.25/40.10). Jordan Stuart just missed at his PR in the pole vault, but still cleared 13’01. And the boys Distance Medley team had some great splits, lead by 2:01.7 by Ryan Thomas in the 800, and 4:36 by Seth in the 1600.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as Athletes of the Week were Seth Gutzwiller, Tandin Chapman, Talya Kussee, and Loren Storey.
JR HIGH CLINIC AND MEETS
Tuesday we will be holding a Clinic for the Kaysville Jr. High track team. Our experienced athletes should be able to teach them a thing or two. We will also be hosting a Jr. High track meet on Thursday after school.
DAVIS INVITATIONAL
All Sponsors are due by Wednesday, April 16. We are looking forward to a great meet this year. The t-shirts are amazing, and the luncheon is going to be among the best ever. We will be a lot of work into preparing the track and the field over the next 10 days.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Apr 16 Syracuse/Clearfield @ Davis (3:00)
Apr 23 Davis/Northridge @ Clearfield
Apr 26 Davis Invitational
Apr 30 Davis @ Fremont
May 3 BYU Invitational
May 7-8 Region I Championships
May 16-17 State Championships
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April 14, 2008
The TEAM finished one of our busiest weeks of the season as far as competition goes. We saw a lot of improvement and some really gutsy performances. It would be difficult to highlight everything with how well the TEAM is competing – but we are definitely moving in the right direction as we approach the biggest meets of the season.
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Boys and Girls both brought home the trophies. Boys TEAM score = 1. Davis 256, 2. Viewmont 111, 3. Woods Cross 93
Girls TEAM score = 1. Davis 211.5, 2. Viewmont 111, 3. Woods Cross 91
Ryan Avery was the boys athlete of the meet with four 1st place finishes (100, 200, HJ, 4 x 100). Bryce Hall had the performance of the meet with his throw of 165’08 in the discus. We scored points in every single event both boys and girls.
UHSTCA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Although we were extremely short-handed, some of the Davis athletes represented us well at the Coaches Meet at Syracuse: Talya Kussee had a big day finishing 3rd in the 1600 (5:24.50), and 4th in the 800 (2:28.8). Dan Willoughby ran 51.28 in the 400. Brittany Sumsion ran 63.27 in the 400, showing she is coming right along in her recovery. Kyler Sprague ran tough in the 110 Hurdles (16.56) and the 300 Hurdles (41.90). Kyle Burk finished 2nd in the shot put (45’02.50). Tandin Chapman continued to tear it up in the Javelin throwing 160’07 (2nd). Matt Daley qualified for state in the high jump (6’02). The girls TEAM finished 2nd and the boys finished 5th.
ARCADIA INVITATIONAL
A smaller group of Davis athletes traveled to Arcadia, CA for some national level competition. It was a highly successful trip: Bryce Hall finished 1st in the Invitational Shot Put (61’01), he was just the 3rd Davis athlete to ever win an event at Arcadia. Natalie Haws finished 7th in the 3200 with the 4th fastest time in Utah history (10:32.98). Candace Eddy finished 2nd in the mile (4:55.98). The girls Distance Medley Relay team finished 2nd (12:08.79) with great individual splits as well. Spencer Anderson ran a huge PR in the mile (4:26) to finish 2nd in his heat. Seth Gutzwiller made it on to the all-time board with his #5 ever 9:37. Loren Storey ran a great PR in the mile (5:14) and Katie Swanson also ran her all-time best (5:17) both times made the Davis top 10. Julianne Wirthlin (11:28) and Emily Hansen (11:44) both ran PRs in the 3200. Shaun Webb came home with two 4th place finishes in his hurdle races (15.25/40.10). Jordan Stuart just missed at his PR in the pole vault, but still cleared 13’01. And the boys Distance Medley team had some great splits, lead by 2:01.7 by Ryan Thomas in the 800, and 4:36 by Seth in the 1600.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as Athletes of the Week were Seth Gutzwiller, Tandin Chapman, Talya Kussee, and Loren Storey.
JR HIGH CLINIC AND MEETS
Tuesday we will be holding a Clinic for the Kaysville Jr. High track team. Our experienced athletes should be able to teach them a thing or two. We will also be hosting a Jr. High track meet on Thursday after school.
DAVIS INVITATIONAL
All Sponsors are due by Wednesday, April 16. We are looking forward to a great meet this year. The t-shirts are amazing, and the luncheon is going to be among the best ever. We will be a lot of work into preparing the track and the field over the next 10 days.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Apr 16 Syracuse/Clearfield @ Davis (3:00)
Apr 23 Davis/Northridge @ Clearfield
Apr 26 Davis Invitational
Apr 30 Davis @ Fremont
May 3 BYU Invitational
May 7-8 Region I Championships
May 16-17 State Championships
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Davis Track Update - April 7
ALTA INVITATIONAL
Both TEAMS came home from the Alta Invitational with a lot of Personal Bests, Season Bests, and two 1st place trophies. Although it was a cold and windy day, the TEAMS stayed positive and had a lot of enthusiasm and many strong performances. We are progressing through the season with some early success, and we hope to continue to work hard, stay excited, and come together as a TEAM as we work toward the region and state championships.
The girls were missing a few key scorers on Saturday, but were able to come away with 121 points (41 points more than 2nd place). We were led by 1st place finishes in all 4 relay races. We also scored 26 points in the 800.
On the boys side we brought a full team and continued our well-balanced attack, scoring in all but 1 event. The boys scored 181 points, ahead of 2nd place Bingham (87 points). We scored 28 points in the shot put alone.
There are almost too many highlights to point out, but here are the scorers: 100 - Kristen Billings 5th (12.88), Dani Figgins 6th (13.00). 400 - Jenni Welling 8th (1:04.37). 800 - Candace Eddy 1st (2:19.60), Natalie Haws 3rd (2:23.03), Talya Kussee 5th (2:29.31), Jessica Wilding 6th (2:30.60), Ally Adams 7th (2:30.62), Hollie King 8th (2:32.69). 1600 - Candace Eddy 1st (5:16.09), Natalie Haws 2nd (5:18.38), Katie Swanson 6th (5:26.96), Loren Storey 8th (5:33.79). 3200 - Ashley Ballard-Sume 5th (12:58.77). 300 Hurdles - Rachel Jackson 4th (49.02), Chelsea Jackson 8th (50.20). High Jump - Amy Rees 3rd (4'10), Britin Storey 5th (4'08), Katie Swanson 5th (4'08), Tessie Atwater 8th (4'04). Javelin - Amy Rees 5th (98'03).
Boys 100 - Taylor Carling 4th (11.12), Ryan Avery 6th (11.16), Maik Wehmeyer 8th (11.25). 200 - Taylor Carling 2nd (22.39), Ryan Avery 3rd (22.73), Maik Wehmeyer 7th (23.21). 400 - Dan Willoughby 5th (52.24). 1600 - Seth Gutzwiller 5th (4:41.40). 3200 - Spencer Anderson 2nd (9:56.99), Bryce Larsen 7th (10:09.06). 110 Hurdles - Shaun Webb 3rd (15.57), Dan Houston 6th (16.51). 300 Hurdles - Shaun Webb 1st (40.49), Chase Lewis 6th (43.59), Dan Houston 8th (44.26). 4 x 100 - 1st (43.35). 4 x 400 - 2nd (3:29.47). 4 x 800 - 1st (8:38.97). Medley - 2nd (3:48.84). High Jump - Ryan Avery 2nd (6'02), Alec Pectol, Brock Rasmussen, Luke Pettet, Dan Hayward, Danny Hansen all tied for 5th (4'08). Pole Vault - Jordan Stuart 2nd (13'06), Rob White 5th (12'06), Alan Dixon 7th (12'00). Long Jump - Jon Ferguson 5th (19'11.75). Shot Put - Bryce Hall 1st (58'09), Tony Hill 2nd (51'08),
If we continue to have this many scorers, I am going to have to quit my day job just to type the updates.
IMPORTANT ITEMS
-Davis Invite Sponsors are due by Monday, April 14 if they want to be included on the t-shirts.
-Excused on Tuesday and Wednesday at 1:20 pm
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Katie Burkholz for stepping in and starting the winning 4 x 100 and for her huge pr in the open 100. Jenni Welling for her continued hard work and improvement in the 400, working her way onto the 4 x 400 a-team.
Ryan Avery for getting 3 state qualifying marks and Spencer Anderson for his gutsy finish in the 3200 and then anchoring the winning 4 x 800 right after.
ALUMNI NEWS
Morgan Haws (
UPCOMING ACTION
Tues/Weds - Davis District @ Woods Cross
meet starts at 3pm both days.
Sat - UHSTCA Inv @ Syracuse
Fri/Sat -
April 16 (Wed) - Tri meet @ Davis 3:00pm
April 19 (Sat) - morning practice - No Meet
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
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