1/28 update

Phoenix,

I'm sorry I'm getting this out a day late. We had another great week last week, and it's clear that our collective fitness is improving. I've had fun working with the hurdlers a few times in the past week or so, and we will continue to work hurdles on occasion during the winter. I also recommend doing any hurdle drills you can on your own, before or after practice. 

As with any task that requires improving technique, watching video of people doing it well is a great strategy to help you improve your own skills. Video, paired with visualization, makes a huge difference. If you're thinking, 'I don't even know what video to watch,' I'll give a few recommendations below of current US greats.

For hurdles: Keni Harrison. Discus: Valarie Allman. Shot put: Ryan Crouser. Sprints: Sha'carri Richardson and Noah Lyles. Distance: Courtney Wayment, Emily Sisson. Clayton Young, and Conner Mantz (the last 3 are hoping to book a spot on Saturday for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Marathon).

You vaulters and jumpers will need to ask Coach Halls and Farrell what video to watch, because those ones are unique enough at different levels of ability that you may benefit from watching amateurs in addition to professionals. 

Snow Canyon Invitational

We are getting very close, and I think the trip is going to happen. We still could use a few more affirmative votes on the survey, so if you got it and you haven't yet, please go select yes. We are now trying to jump through the final few hoops. I will likely have one room available for a chaperone, if a parent or two would like to join us. If you are interested in that, please let me know.

This week

This week we will be practicing after school on Monday/Wednesday, and in class on Tuesday/Thursday. The weather looks to be quite warm, so we plan to be outside after checking in. Please plan accordingly. I recommend bringing spikes to practice every day. 

(Side note, If you aren't sure what spikes are, they are racing and jumping shoes designed for the track. There are also specific spikes designed for different events, sprints, distance, jumps. Sometimes those who are new to the sport think they aren't important, but they make a huge difference, so I really recommend getting some. They can be found at the Nike store, Salt Lake Running Co., online, etc.)

There is a meet this weekend at he Olympic Ice Oval in Kearns: 5662 South 4800 West Cougar Lane
I've included the meet information with registration info and the approximate schedule below. Please note that you will be registering as individuals, not as a team. 

If any of you would like to run a relay, please let me know and I can register relay teams, and the team will cover the cost of those relays. I would LOVE to have a bunch of 4x400s at the end of the day on Saturday. 

We encourage all of you to go compete and get a starting point for where you are right now. Especially if you want to go to Simplot or to Snow Canyon, this will help you decide on which individual event you want to do (Simplot) and if you'll be able to go (Snow Canyon).

Talk to your event coach about a plan for competing.

Friday/Saturday Meet Information

Link to Register for the Meet on Friday/Saturday 2/2, 3

Simplot

If you would like to go to Simplot, but you haven't yet told me if you'd like a hotel, or which events, please fill out this form. I'm going to drop excess rooms on Wednesday morning. We still have plenty of space remaining.

Currently we have 23 kids who want to stay at the hotel, which is great, but my biggest problem at the moment is transportation. Kids will need transportation to get up there and home, and then to and from the hotel to the arena (we won't be going back and forth, just once each day). If we don't have enough transportation I'm going to have to drop all the rooms. 

If any of you parents want to bring your child up, or your family, and you want one of the rooms I'm holding, please let me know. Rooms are growing more and more scarce.

Also keep in mind with Simplot, each person is only allowed 1 individual event. 

If you have any questions please let me know.

Coach Jacobson

1/21 update

Phoenix,

I apologize for getting this update out a bit late. With the meet on Friday, in addition to all the hoops through which I am required to jump for the St. George trip, I never got around to it. 

I've said this a few times, but we have a really great group of kids this year. It's been a lot of fun working with you all. I have appreciated your energy and willingness to work. That will be invaluable moving forward. Let us find ways to be better in our approach and execution day in and day out.

Snow Canyon (St. George)

Speaking of St. George, those who said they are interested in going will have an email sent to their parents/guardians with a survey about whether the parents approve of the trip. Please check your email and respond to the survey. Without 80% approval we will not be able to go. Non-responses are counted as a no.

At this point the trip is still up in the air, it depends on if we can get the survey completed in time and if we have enough kids who want to go to keep the cost down. Once the survey is finalized we'll have more clarity on the matter. 

That said, if any of you said yes on the form that you want to go, but you actually can't, then I need to know asap. If a few people who said yes can no longer go, then we may have to scrap the trip. I need to know your final trip status by Wednesday 1/24.

Simplot

If you would like to go to Simplot, but you haven't yet told me if you'd like a hotel, or which events, please fill out this form.

We're going to need a few parents to drive kids up and/or stay up there for the weekend to help with transportation. If you would be interested in that please let me know. I may be biased, but I think it's a lot of fun.

This week

This week we will be practicing all 5 days, for the first time this year. We're off to a good start, but we have a long ways to go, so be sure to improve your consistency in training, and support your teammates.

We will try to be outside as often as possible, so dress accordingly. The first few days of the week in particular look like they will be very warm. 

Weber State Inv.

There is a meet at Weber this weekend, but it isn't one that we necessarily promote. Next week at the Olympic Oval is one we will encourage everyone to attend. If you'd like to go to Weber, here is the meet information. runnercard.com

I know there will likely be pole vaulters going on Friday night with Coach Halls.

Be sure to select "individual sign-up" when registering.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day - Utah Jazz Event

In celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day and in partnership with Toyota, the Utah Jazz is hosting a Her Time Watch Party on Thursday, February 8 at Delta Center. Come cheer with us as the Jazz take on the Phoenix Suns. There will be food, fun and a free gift for everyone who attends.  

The event is free but registration is required. This is NOT a school sponsored event. Parents and students will need to find their own way to the Delta Center. The game vs. the Phoenix Suns will be played in Phoenix, and broadcast in the  Delta Center.

Her Time to Play - Watch Party @ Delta Center (02/08/24) : Jazz Camps and Clinics (leagueapps.com)

If you have any questions please let me know.

Coach Jacobson

1/14 update

Phoenix,

We've had a great start to our second semester. I loved meeting many new faces, it will take some time for the coaches to memorize names, so stay patient with us when we ask you for the 5th time. I've been very impressed with our sprint/jump/vault team, with the consistency so far, with the throwers and how they want to improve, and of course our distance team and their love of running in the snow. If we keep up the consistency and continue to level up, we'll become a very strong team.

Below are a few things to be aware of as we move forward.

There are two forms I'm asking athletes to fill out so that we know who wants to go on a few possible trips that we are going on - one to Pocatello (not school sponsored), and one to St. George (school sponsored). If you cannot go on the trip, please still out the form for us so we know you've been ruled out.

BYU Indoor Meet

This weekend there is an indoor meet at BYU. We aren't promoting this meet as a huge team event, but it is an opportunity to go down and compete. If you are interested, talk to your event coach and see if you should go down, and then registration is done on your own at the following site: BYU Indoor Invitational [High School][2024] - meettrax

For this meet there may be coaches going down on Friday night, but likely not at all on Saturday.

Schedule for 1/15-19

This week there is no school on Monday, and therefore no practice, so talk to your event coaches about potential workouts that you can do on your own or with friends.

We will have class on Tuesday/Thursday and then after school practice on Wednesday only. As a reminder, practices will rarely end right at 2:20. If you have sensitive things you need to attend to after school, we're accommodating to that during the winter season, but do what you can to make sure that you can complete the workouts before leaving. They will rarely go much beyond 2:45.

The Simplot Games

Please view the information at the link herein, some of which is time sensitive - including a form to share your interest level, for the Simplot Games: https://farmingtontrack.blogspot.com/p/simplot-2024-overview.html 

Snow Canyon Invitational - St. George, 3/8-9

We are hoping to take some of the team to St. George in early March. 

We will leave early in the morning on Friday 3/8, and return late Saturday night. The official cost is still TBD, but will be around $300 per person. This would be a school approved trip so absences will be excused.

Please be aware that we will NOT be able to take the entire team on this trip. Due to limitations for entries in the meet, we wouldn't be able to reasonably fill two buses, so we are limited to 1 bus, a maximum of 51 athletes. For the trip to be worth the cost, we will try to get most people in multiple events, but that is not guaranteed either.

We will have to make decisions on who can go compete. We are only allowed 6 entries per event, which means some of our athletes won't make the cut. That will be decided based on times from last year, xc, and done during indoor this year. Attendance at practices will also be given equal weight. Those who attend with consistency and with marks respectively closer to state qualifying standards will be given priority.

Please note that this is time sensitive, so please fill this out by Monday night, 1/15.

Below, please let me know your interest level after considering the cost. 

Snow Canyon Inv. Interest level.

Event Groupme

If you haven't yet joined your event group me, please go join at the following link.

Farmington Phoenix Track & Field and Cross Country: Event Groupme Links (farmingtontrack.blogspot.com)

If you have any questions please let me know.

Coach Jacobson

2nd Semester Track & Field Conditioning Class MEETING

Parents and Athletes of 2^nd Semester Track & Field Conditioning Class:

I just want to say how excited I am to get started with track and field. This season is going to be so much fun. I want to share a bit of information here before the new semester begins.

We will be holding an athlete meeting on Wednesday 12/13 at 2:30 in the little theater (located diagonally from the main gym to the south, across from the elevator doors).

This will be an informational meeting regarding the class, what to expect, indoor track meets, and the possibility of going to St. George in March. If you have friends who are not in the class, but are considering it, please encourage them to attend. I expect the meeting to be 15-20 minutes.

We will hold another meeting for parents in a month or two, specifically for outdoor track.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Coach Jacobson

10/29 update

 Phoenix,

Well done to our state racers this week! And thank you to everyone who came down to support, when I told the people at the gate how many wristbands we were going to need they were shocked. They were like, “54?? In addition to the 20 you already had??” That tells me that we have strong support for each other, which I love. I’d love to increase that number by even more next year. I want to tell them 80! Again, thank you for your desire to be part of the team. We’re going to need that if we’re going to reach the next level and get back to state contention.

The girls put together their best team race of the year. Skye and Alexis got out fast and held on very well. Skye finished in 18^th and the top finisher from region 1. Katie put her best race of the year together, finishing 65s ahead of where she was at divisionals, which was also a 5k. That is a crazy amount of time, and she finished 3^rd for us. Not to be outdone, Aubrey finished 73s faster at state than divisionals. Unreal. Tai, Jaci, and Ayla also ran strong races, finishing off a great regular season after having strong summer and fall training blocks. Ayla joins Skye as one of 5 girls ever at Farmington High to run at state 3 or more times. To see the full list of state qualifiers over the years, please see https://farmingtontrack.blogspot.com/p/cross-country-state-qualifiers.html

Together, the girls finished in 7^th place, two places better than last year. They finished as the top team from Region 1, avenging the loss at region earlier this month. It took a very strong team race to make that happen, and it was awesome to see them accomplish that goal.

The boys were led by Landon, who ran his best race of the year. As a group the boys ran their fastest race of the year, with Ethan having the biggest overall pace jump, running 40s faster than divisionals. Tyler came through again in his final state race running an awesome 50s faster than divisionals. While overall they had great races, we didn’t quite have the jump they would have needed to move up in the region rankings.

Next Week

We have kind of an odd week ahead of us, with no school on Tuesday (practice ACT) or Wednesday (professional day). For the time being we are not going to be meeting on A days, which will mostly just be distance run days. In order to get a few quality days in next week we’ll need to meet on Halloween, even though we don’t have school that day. We’ll meet on the track for practice and remain there.

Monday – A Day – Distance run (no organized practice).

Tuesday – (no school) – Practice at 1 PM – Halloween theme (arrive on time and we’ll get you out of there by 2:30, if you warm up promptly).

Wednesday – (no school) - Distance run (no organized practice).

Thursday – A Day – Practice after school at 2:40

Friday – B day - Distance run during class

Saturday – Stamina Run (distance between 6-10 miles).

By the end of next week we’ll be two weeks from NXR. Can’t wait!

8^th period class

Although the regular season has concluded, you still need to attend class each day in order to pass. Arrive on time, ready to run. For those with injury, you should still arrive dressed to workout so that you can go cross train. This is NOT a time to do homework for other classes. Don’t even ask me. If you aren’t prepared to workout, you will be marked absent. The only exceptions are for those who communicate with me beforehand, and we know what your rehab plan is.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Coach Jacobson

10/22 Announcements

Phoenix,

State is upon us. You're ready. We've put in a lot of miles over the past few months/years, now let's go show it off. 

This one is short and sweet because it is late:

Monday

We will be practicing at 1 PM at the high school.

There will be a team dinner at 6 PM at the Torman home!

Tuesday - State!

The buses for state will be leaving at 1:40 PM, which is earlier than what a previous post stated. Those racing will be excused at 1:10, those not racing will be excused at 1:25.

Girls race at 3:30, boys at 4:30

For parents/spectators who aren't on the bus, you'll need to purchase a ticket here: https://gofan.co/app/school/UHSAA

We'll have a team dinner afterwards at Cafe Rio, bring money if you'd like to come. 

Wednesday - b day

We will be meeting in class as usual for a run. We will also be going over 2nd term expectations for the class. (spoiler alert: you still need to show up to run).

Thursday/Friday

Thursday is tbd, Friday is a class day as usual.

NXR

Please go check the groupme for NXR and complete the payment.

Looking forward to tomorrow!

10/15 update

Phoenix,

State

On Tuesday at divisionals we went down and took care of business, and punched our tickets to state. The state meet is on Tuesday 10/24 at the Regional Athletic Complex in Rose Park. The girls will race at 3:30, the boys at 4:30. 

I honestly cannot believe that we are here already. It's been a fun season, with a lot of learning experiences for all of us. With two weeks left before the "post season" let's make every moment count. This coming week we will only have 3 days together, with Thursday and Friday off of school. I'm planning the workouts for next week to be Monday/Wednesday/Saturday, so that the two days with no school you can use to recover, and just run when and where you want (vita anyone?). I will post the workout for Saturday at a later date.

Now that all the races are concluded, based on divisionals and other races, the girls are ranked 8th, and the boys are 7th. With our best day of racing we could definitely move up in placement. Let's make sure that we are all ready to run and support as best we can so we can have our best day. I'd love to go avenge the losses at region as well.

The buses will leave at 2 PM. 

We'll do an optional team dinner afterwards at Cafe Rio, so bring some money if you'd like to join.

NXR (11/16-18)

We are going to use a separate group chat via groupme for NXR details. Those attending need to be in that chat (unless they don't have a smart phone, we'll have a separate communication method for those few). Parents not attending are also welcome to be on that chat if you'd like to follow along during the trip. It's basically for coordinating times for departures, meals, etc. I'm also going to use it henceforth to share nxr information, so that I'm not spamming the general posts. 

Please join that chat as soon as possible - NXR 2023 Groupme

The numbers are very nearly finalized for the trip. We have 83 kids so far who are wanting to come, which is awesome! I'm really looking forward to it. The price has dropped significantly, so we're looking closer to that 400-415 range, instead of nearly 500.

As shared previously, this isn't a school sponsored trip, payment will not go through the school. Dave Austin (Trey's Dad), like last year, has graciously offered to collect the funds from each athlete, and use them to pay for the buses, hotels, race fee, and lunch on Saturday after the race (Jimmy John's boxed lunch - more info on that in the coming weeks). Once I have the final amount nailed down (hopefully early next week) I'll send out the way to get him paid. 

With 83 kids, we could use a few more chaperones. Currently we have 4; 2-4 more would be great. We are running low on rooms (which is good) but I think I can add a few more to accommodate either more kids or chaperones. 

If you have a status change and can no longer come, or you'd like to come. I need to know ASAP.

Looking forward to a great final few weeks. 

Week 18 - 70%			0.7	60	55	50	45	40	35	30	25
Mon	October 16	FHS B Day	Workout @ Regional park	8	8	7	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
Tues	October 17	FHS A Day	Distance run	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.50	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Wed	October 18	FHS B Day	workout	7	7	7	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
Thurs	October 19	no school	distance run	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Fri	October 20	no school	distance run	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Sat	October 21	on own	Workout	8.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Sun	October 22		Off Day	40.0	40.0	39.0	31.5	29.0	26.0	24.0	24.0