Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Track Update #6 (April 13)
Darts -
Now that spring break is over and we are back in school, it is time to put one final push toward the championship part of our season. I think of our "championship" season as the Davis Invite, BYU Invite, the Region Championships, and the State Championships. This is by far the best part of the year, and I am excited to see what you can do. I think that so many of you have put in so much hard work over the indoor and outdoor seasons, and now is the time to enjoy the competition and see what you can do to end the season. Be excited for it. Bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm for these final meets. Be excited for your teammates, and expect yourself to do great things. Believe in yourself and have the confidence that you can hit your goals. Keep everything positive and intense. I will work on doing the same - I know I tend to get frustrated at certain things, and I am setting the goal to keep myself in my most positive mood over the last 5 weeks.
Arcadia Invite - we took a small group of Davis athletes to compete in the Arcadia Invitational in California (biggest high school track meet in the country). Our kids performed really well. It was a fun trip, and I hope that some of you sophomores and juniors will work hard so we can go back again next year. The performance of the meet for us was Candace Eddy's 2nd place run in the Invitational Mile. She put a great move in with about 300m to go, but was caught just before the finish. To finish top 3 at Arcadia for 3 years is a huge accomplishment. Her time was 4:55. Seth Gutzwiller also had a solid run in the 3200m race. He ran an 11 second pr to finish in 9:25 (our #3 all-time mark). Meghan Hedquist also had a #3 all-time mark with her 11:11 3200m run. It was a 16 second pr for Meghan. Devin Lang ran a 2 second pr in the 800 to finish with a strong 1:57.7. Tony Hill just missed finals in the shot put with a throw of 53'10 (but he would have made the finals in the sprints if he was running away from someone tickling him). Julianne ran a pr and an all-time mark in the 3200 with an 11:26 and she beat the girl who swore at her. The relays were really exciting for the TEAM. On Friday night we had a boys 4 x 1 mile and a girls 4 x 1 mile. For the boys, Curtis ran a 4:36 (pr), Jeff ran a solid 4:46, Leland ran a pr 4:43, and Logan finished it off with a 4:40. For the girls, we ran a school record averaging 5:21 per mile - Talya ran 5:21 (pr), Jessie followed that with a 5:21 (pr), Katie ran 5:26, and Meghan finished with a killer 5:16 (pr). On Saturday night we had some more fun with the distance medley relay (1200 - 400 - 800 - 1600). Curtis ran a 3:17 (4:24 pace), Devin cranked out a 53.0 400, Leland ran a pr 2:02, and Seth finished in 4:29. On the girls side, Talya ran a 3:51 (5:09 pace), Dani Figgins ran a stellar 58.3 (pr), Jessie ran a gutsy 2:23 (starting with an excited 64 - she had to dig really deep on the 2nd lap), and Candace finished it off with a 5:03 - just 2 hours after her other mile. A quick thanks to the parents who drove a bunch and came to help me out with the trip (Steve, Becky, Suzanne, Jill, and Kim).
Athletes of the Week:
Candace Eddy
Seth Gutzwiller
Coming up:
Davis @ Northridge - Wednesday, April 15th - we will be holding the meet at Northridge at 3:00pm - not at Davis in the evening as we planned. The weather may be rough, so prepare yourselves for that. Hopefully it is our last poor weather meet - but either way, we will continue to compete and have fun.
Taylorsville Invite - Saturday, April 18th - The bus will leave the school at 7:00am. Our entries will be posted on Wednesday before we leave for the Northridge meet.
Davis Invite - Saturday, April 25th - As if I haven't said it enough, this is the big one for us each year. It is important that we put on a good meet. If you are going to miss at any point during the day, I need to know beforehand in writing. A lot of our success for the year is based on how we pull off the Davis Invite.
*Davis Invite Sponsors - we are still looking for some event sponsors for the Davis Invite - it costs $100 to sponsor an event - which includes getting your name on the back of the t-shirt, getting your name published in the program, and getting it announced when the event is being contested. Events are usually sponsored by a family or a business. Thanks to those who have put some work into getting some sponsors and for those who have already sponsored an event. Let me know if you have any questions on this.
T-shirts/warmups - Will be in tomorrow morning (Tuesday). If you have paid in the office you can pick up your warmups ($65) and/or t-shirts ($5) from me or Coach West.
Never Back Down - Never Give Up.
Let's make it fun to the finish of the season.
Coach Talley
5 weeks.
Now that spring break is over and we are back in school, it is time to put one final push toward the championship part of our season. I think of our "championship" season as the Davis Invite, BYU Invite, the Region Championships, and the State Championships. This is by far the best part of the year, and I am excited to see what you can do. I think that so many of you have put in so much hard work over the indoor and outdoor seasons, and now is the time to enjoy the competition and see what you can do to end the season. Be excited for it. Bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm for these final meets. Be excited for your teammates, and expect yourself to do great things. Believe in yourself and have the confidence that you can hit your goals. Keep everything positive and intense. I will work on doing the same - I know I tend to get frustrated at certain things, and I am setting the goal to keep myself in my most positive mood over the last 5 weeks.
Arcadia Invite - we took a small group of Davis athletes to compete in the Arcadia Invitational in California (biggest high school track meet in the country). Our kids performed really well. It was a fun trip, and I hope that some of you sophomores and juniors will work hard so we can go back again next year. The performance of the meet for us was Candace Eddy's 2nd place run in the Invitational Mile. She put a great move in with about 300m to go, but was caught just before the finish. To finish top 3 at Arcadia for 3 years is a huge accomplishment. Her time was 4:55. Seth Gutzwiller also had a solid run in the 3200m race. He ran an 11 second pr to finish in 9:25 (our #3 all-time mark). Meghan Hedquist also had a #3 all-time mark with her 11:11 3200m run. It was a 16 second pr for Meghan. Devin Lang ran a 2 second pr in the 800 to finish with a strong 1:57.7. Tony Hill just missed finals in the shot put with a throw of 53'10 (but he would have made the finals in the sprints if he was running away from someone tickling him). Julianne ran a pr and an all-time mark in the 3200 with an 11:26 and she beat the girl who swore at her. The relays were really exciting for the TEAM. On Friday night we had a boys 4 x 1 mile and a girls 4 x 1 mile. For the boys, Curtis ran a 4:36 (pr), Jeff ran a solid 4:46, Leland ran a pr 4:43, and Logan finished it off with a 4:40. For the girls, we ran a school record averaging 5:21 per mile - Talya ran 5:21 (pr), Jessie followed that with a 5:21 (pr), Katie ran 5:26, and Meghan finished with a killer 5:16 (pr). On Saturday night we had some more fun with the distance medley relay (1200 - 400 - 800 - 1600). Curtis ran a 3:17 (4:24 pace), Devin cranked out a 53.0 400, Leland ran a pr 2:02, and Seth finished in 4:29. On the girls side, Talya ran a 3:51 (5:09 pace), Dani Figgins ran a stellar 58.3 (pr), Jessie ran a gutsy 2:23 (starting with an excited 64 - she had to dig really deep on the 2nd lap), and Candace finished it off with a 5:03 - just 2 hours after her other mile. A quick thanks to the parents who drove a bunch and came to help me out with the trip (Steve, Becky, Suzanne, Jill, and Kim).
Athletes of the Week:
Candace Eddy
Seth Gutzwiller
Coming up:
Davis @ Northridge - Wednesday, April 15th - we will be holding the meet at Northridge at 3:00pm - not at Davis in the evening as we planned. The weather may be rough, so prepare yourselves for that. Hopefully it is our last poor weather meet - but either way, we will continue to compete and have fun.
Taylorsville Invite - Saturday, April 18th - The bus will leave the school at 7:00am. Our entries will be posted on Wednesday before we leave for the Northridge meet.
Davis Invite - Saturday, April 25th - As if I haven't said it enough, this is the big one for us each year. It is important that we put on a good meet. If you are going to miss at any point during the day, I need to know beforehand in writing. A lot of our success for the year is based on how we pull off the Davis Invite.
*Davis Invite Sponsors - we are still looking for some event sponsors for the Davis Invite - it costs $100 to sponsor an event - which includes getting your name on the back of the t-shirt, getting your name published in the program, and getting it announced when the event is being contested. Events are usually sponsored by a family or a business. Thanks to those who have put some work into getting some sponsors and for those who have already sponsored an event. Let me know if you have any questions on this.
T-shirts/warmups - Will be in tomorrow morning (Tuesday). If you have paid in the office you can pick up your warmups ($65) and/or t-shirts ($5) from me or Coach West.
Never Back Down - Never Give Up.
Let's make it fun to the finish of the season.
Coach Talley
5 weeks.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Track Update #5
Darts –
The highlight of this week was definitely the District Championships at Syracuse High School. It was a lot of fun to see our hard work pay off. Both the boys and the girls won in dominating fashion. The boys scored 253 points to outdistance 2nd place Syracuse (120 points), and the girls scored 215 to win over 2nd place Viewmont (90 points). The boys high jump was definitely our strongest event as we scored 31 points. On the girls side, we scored 33 points in both the 1600 and the 3200m runs. Although the weather was still not ideal, the TEAM stayed positive and we had many prs. One championship down, 2 to go.
On the boys side we were led by 1st place finishes by Seth Gutzwiller in the 3200 (9:55) and the 1600 (4:36), Jon Ferguson in the long jump (21’07), Tony Hill in the shot put (52’08), Alec Pectol in the high jump (6’02), Dan Hayward in the pole vault (12’06), Kyler Sprague in the 300 hurdles (41.69) and the 100h (15.74), and our 4 x 800 team of Devin Lang, Ben Keaton, Ben Poulson, and Leland Stenquist. Some other strong performances included: Ryan Avery 2nd in the 100m (11.00), Taylor Carling 2nd in the 200 (22.74), Jon Ferguson 3rd in the 200 (22.84), Benson Richards 4th in the 200 (23.06), Benson Richards 2nd in the 400 (51.94), Ben Poulson 4th in the 400 (52.49), Devin Lang 2nd in the 800 (1:59.52), Curtis Carlisle 5th in the 800 (2:05), Logan Petty 3rd in the 1600 (4:44), Curtis Carlisle 4th in the 3200 (10:13), Carston Feigleson 5th in the 3200 (10:22), Dalton Facer 5th in the 110 hurdles (16.11), Gavin Fowler 5th in the 300 hurdles (44.45), Ryan Avery 2nd in the long jump (21’03) and 2nd in the high jump (6’02), Conrad Daley 3rd in the high jump (6’00), Dalton Facer and Dan Hayward tied for 5th in the high jump (6’00), Ryan Bramhall 4th in the pole vault (11’07), Tony Hill 3rd in the discus (140’03), and Spencer Betker 5th in the javelin (135’07).
On the girls side we were led by 1st place finishes by Brooke Jensen in the 100h (14.70) and the 300h (45.31 – a meet record), Candace Eddy in the 1600 (5:10 – a meet record) and the 3200 (11:13 – a meet record), Dani Figgins in the 200 (25.63 – a meet record), the 4 x 100 team of Kelsey Datwyler, Dani Figgins, Missy Lott, and Sylvia Harrison (50.19), the 4 x 400 team of Rachel Jackson, Dani Figgins, Brittany Sumsion, and Chelsea Jackson (4:04 – a new meet record), and the 4 x 800 team of Meghan Hedquist, Candace Eddy, Jessie Wilding, and Talya Kussee (10:02). Other strong performances came from Boston Workman 5th in the discus (89’06) and 2nd in the javelin (93’02), Dani Figgins 2nd in the 100 (12.64), Brooke Jensen 4th in the 100 (12.93), Tara Anderson 4th in the 200 (27.31), Kelsey Datwyler 5th in the 200 (27.64), Brittany Sumsion 2nd in the 400 (1:01.03), Michelle Clouse 5th in the 400 (62.34), Talya Kussee 2nd in the 800 (2:25) and 4th in the 1600 (5:25), Jessie Wilding 3rd in the 800 (2:26) and 5th in the 1600 (5:36), Meghan Hedquist 2nd in the 1600 (5:18) and 2nd in the 3200 (11:27), Julianne Wirthlin 3rd in the 3200 (11:48), and Emily Hansen 5th in the 3200 (11:57).
Just as important as our top 5 finishers were the many, many prs and season bests which show our improvement and commitment. Nice Job Darts!
Athletes of the Week: Dan Hayward, Spencer Betker, Dani Figgins, Brittany Sumsion
Spring Break: We are meeting on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 9:00am. If you are in town – it is important that you come to the workouts. If you are out of town, it is important that you get some working out in – do the best you can to follow the schedule we handed out or get creative and figure out what you can do on your own. We are at a crucial point in the season where we need to continue to improve and continue to work hard.
Davis Invite Sponsors: If you can find a family or a business to sponsor an event, the sponsorships will be due on Tuesday, April 14th in order to get the sponsorships on the t-shirt. We can still take sponsors after that, we will just be unable to get them on the t-shirt. We appreciate your help with this as it is our TEAM fundraiser for the year. Remember that you will receive a free t-shirt for each sponsor you get.
Next Meet: Wednesday, April 15th will be at Davis against Northridge and Weber. We will begin the meet at 5:00 in the evening and finish the meet under the stadium lights. Should be a fun one.
I hope that you come back from spring break refreshed and ready for 5 more big weeks of track. Let’s make the rest of the season fun and exciting. Thanks for your commitment and desire to be your best. Stay humble and stay hungry.
Coach Talley
(801) 580-8713
The highlight of this week was definitely the District Championships at Syracuse High School. It was a lot of fun to see our hard work pay off. Both the boys and the girls won in dominating fashion. The boys scored 253 points to outdistance 2nd place Syracuse (120 points), and the girls scored 215 to win over 2nd place Viewmont (90 points). The boys high jump was definitely our strongest event as we scored 31 points. On the girls side, we scored 33 points in both the 1600 and the 3200m runs. Although the weather was still not ideal, the TEAM stayed positive and we had many prs. One championship down, 2 to go.
On the boys side we were led by 1st place finishes by Seth Gutzwiller in the 3200 (9:55) and the 1600 (4:36), Jon Ferguson in the long jump (21’07), Tony Hill in the shot put (52’08), Alec Pectol in the high jump (6’02), Dan Hayward in the pole vault (12’06), Kyler Sprague in the 300 hurdles (41.69) and the 100h (15.74), and our 4 x 800 team of Devin Lang, Ben Keaton, Ben Poulson, and Leland Stenquist. Some other strong performances included: Ryan Avery 2nd in the 100m (11.00), Taylor Carling 2nd in the 200 (22.74), Jon Ferguson 3rd in the 200 (22.84), Benson Richards 4th in the 200 (23.06), Benson Richards 2nd in the 400 (51.94), Ben Poulson 4th in the 400 (52.49), Devin Lang 2nd in the 800 (1:59.52), Curtis Carlisle 5th in the 800 (2:05), Logan Petty 3rd in the 1600 (4:44), Curtis Carlisle 4th in the 3200 (10:13), Carston Feigleson 5th in the 3200 (10:22), Dalton Facer 5th in the 110 hurdles (16.11), Gavin Fowler 5th in the 300 hurdles (44.45), Ryan Avery 2nd in the long jump (21’03) and 2nd in the high jump (6’02), Conrad Daley 3rd in the high jump (6’00), Dalton Facer and Dan Hayward tied for 5th in the high jump (6’00), Ryan Bramhall 4th in the pole vault (11’07), Tony Hill 3rd in the discus (140’03), and Spencer Betker 5th in the javelin (135’07).
On the girls side we were led by 1st place finishes by Brooke Jensen in the 100h (14.70) and the 300h (45.31 – a meet record), Candace Eddy in the 1600 (5:10 – a meet record) and the 3200 (11:13 – a meet record), Dani Figgins in the 200 (25.63 – a meet record), the 4 x 100 team of Kelsey Datwyler, Dani Figgins, Missy Lott, and Sylvia Harrison (50.19), the 4 x 400 team of Rachel Jackson, Dani Figgins, Brittany Sumsion, and Chelsea Jackson (4:04 – a new meet record), and the 4 x 800 team of Meghan Hedquist, Candace Eddy, Jessie Wilding, and Talya Kussee (10:02). Other strong performances came from Boston Workman 5th in the discus (89’06) and 2nd in the javelin (93’02), Dani Figgins 2nd in the 100 (12.64), Brooke Jensen 4th in the 100 (12.93), Tara Anderson 4th in the 200 (27.31), Kelsey Datwyler 5th in the 200 (27.64), Brittany Sumsion 2nd in the 400 (1:01.03), Michelle Clouse 5th in the 400 (62.34), Talya Kussee 2nd in the 800 (2:25) and 4th in the 1600 (5:25), Jessie Wilding 3rd in the 800 (2:26) and 5th in the 1600 (5:36), Meghan Hedquist 2nd in the 1600 (5:18) and 2nd in the 3200 (11:27), Julianne Wirthlin 3rd in the 3200 (11:48), and Emily Hansen 5th in the 3200 (11:57).
Just as important as our top 5 finishers were the many, many prs and season bests which show our improvement and commitment. Nice Job Darts!
Athletes of the Week: Dan Hayward, Spencer Betker, Dani Figgins, Brittany Sumsion
Spring Break: We are meeting on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 9:00am. If you are in town – it is important that you come to the workouts. If you are out of town, it is important that you get some working out in – do the best you can to follow the schedule we handed out or get creative and figure out what you can do on your own. We are at a crucial point in the season where we need to continue to improve and continue to work hard.
Davis Invite Sponsors: If you can find a family or a business to sponsor an event, the sponsorships will be due on Tuesday, April 14th in order to get the sponsorships on the t-shirt. We can still take sponsors after that, we will just be unable to get them on the t-shirt. We appreciate your help with this as it is our TEAM fundraiser for the year. Remember that you will receive a free t-shirt for each sponsor you get.
Next Meet: Wednesday, April 15th will be at Davis against Northridge and Weber. We will begin the meet at 5:00 in the evening and finish the meet under the stadium lights. Should be a fun one.
I hope that you come back from spring break refreshed and ready for 5 more big weeks of track. Let’s make the rest of the season fun and exciting. Thanks for your commitment and desire to be your best. Stay humble and stay hungry.
Coach Talley
(801) 580-8713
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