1/26 Update

Phoenix,

January has been going by super fast, and we've been pleased with the turnout that we've had for our A day practices. That said, we can always do better. 

As coaches who are getting up there in years, (especially Farrell, she's nearly THIRTY, after all), it's easy for us to see the value of hard work day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We've seen it pay off time and time again, so we know that if you simply show up, bring a positive attitude, and work hard, then you'll get better and have a positive experience. 

The tricky part for some youth (that means teenagers, in case you don't have your dictionary app handy) is that you may not have seen how something as simple as consistency is what brings you to the next level and simultaneously makes the experience positive and enjoyable. Of course, along with consistency, a positive attitude is a requirement to improve - negativity undermines the training by adding undo stress on your brain and body, which hinders the ability to adapt and get better (which can then make your attitude worse, perpetuating a negativity cycle). 

If the only skills you walked away from the season with were the ability to work hard consistently, and control your attitude, then it will have been a success. Ultimately I'm confident you will all have happy, successful lives beyond the track, and this experience is something we hope enhances that, and enables you to achieve it. 

We will work to that end by giving our best to reach our goals in track and field, like setting records, PRs, winning team and individual championships etc. However, records and PRs aren't the overall goal, they are a byproduct of the process of consistency, work ethic, and attitude. And neither your success in life nor your happiness depend on the outcomes, but rather the habits and traits you create through the process.

Ok that's the end of my speech, thanks for reading, now on to some matters of the season.

Practices this week

We will be practicing every day this week, with Tuesday and Thursday being after school. Always come prepared to be outside, even though some days you may be indoors. The weather this week looks favorable.

Meet this weekend

There is a meet this weekend at the olympic oval. If you'd like to compete you can register yourself on Sporttrax. I recommend downloading the app and creating a free account, parents and athletes, as most of our meets will have results on this app. I'll give a rundown on using the app in the future.

2025 UCCTCA Indoor Invitational - SportTrax

Parent Meeting

We will hold a parent meeting on 2/5 at 6 PM in the choir room. We will go over season details, registration information, and any other questions that might arise. I plan to be done before 7, and I encourage all parents to attend so you can meet our staff, get a feel for the vision, and ask any questions.

Home Meets

We will be hosting several invitationals this year, and couple small meets as well. We could use help working these meets in the form of helping in the press box with announcing or timing (both simple jobs that can be learned on the job in a matter of minutes) or on the track or field managing events. If you'd be interested in helping in some capacity at these meets, please send me an email at bjacobson@dsdmail.net

If you have any questions about the items above, please don't hesitate to ask.

Coach Jacobson

1/19 update

Phoenix,

Each week I hope to send out a little update on here so that parents can follow along with what is going on. 

So far we have really enjoyed the group that we have, and are excited about the season ahead. We had all the sprinters and jumpers try out hurdles for the first time on Thursday, and we were impressed with the fearlessness on display, in addition to some promising hurdlers.

This week's schedule

This week we will be practicing in class on Tuesday/Thursday and after school on Wednesday. We won't be holding after school practices on Fridays for the time being. 

There is a meet this weekend at Weber State. If you are interested in competing you will need to sign yourself up on Sporttrax. Here is the link to that meet: 2025 Weber State High School Indoor Invitational - SportTrax

Athlete Registration at FHS

Each student and their parent/guardian needs to complete registration in order to compete in high school activities. Registration information can be found here: Farmington Phoenix Track & Field and Cross Country: Register My Athlete

This needs to be completed by March 1, when the season begins. 

Snow Canyon

We are hoping to take a trip to St. George in early March to compete at the Snow Canyon invitational. I've sent out a survey regarding that trip to each athlete groupme, but we haven't gotten enough affirmative responses for the trip to go forward. 

We are at the end of the road here for getting the trip approved, and even then, we may not be able to secure transportation since we haven't gotten the replies quickly enough. 

Please fill out this survey, TODAY, letting us know if you are interested in going to Snow Canyon. https://forms.office.com/r/3KybGcTANc

If we're able to get enough saying they will attend, then we'll try to get transportation locked in and we'll see if we can make the trip happen. At this rate, I think the odds of the trip going forward is maybe 50-50. Your haste is appreciated. 

If you have any questions about the above items, please let me know.

Coach Jacobson

2025 Track & Field Info

 Welcome to Farmington High School Track & Field

This is a page with a lot of information, please reference this site if you have any questions, and then feel free to contact the coaches.

Logistics

Track Class 8th period

We have a Track class during 8th period, and everyone is encouraged to get in the class. This allows us to miss fewer classes when we leave early for races, to finish practices earlier and have more time for family, homework, work, or otherwise. Furthermore, with space being at a premium here, the track class is our one sacred time to have the stadium to ourselves without being bombarded with soccer or lacrosse balls. The class is not mandatory, but it is encouraged.

On non-class days we will begin practices at 2:35.

On class days, students who are not in the class will come to practice as quickly as they are able (arriving by approximately 2:35) and begin the warm up.

Hosting Meets

Please view the information on meet hosting here. 

Relays

Relays are a bit tricky, in that teams can change from week to week, or they can stay largely the same all year and never change, or they can stay the same most of the year and only change for state. Relay teams will be put together by deciding where each athlete will best help our team. In some cases the fastest runner may not be on a relay team, instead focusing on their individual events. In other cases, like often at state, those athletes will then be put onto the relay team. The only way to secure your spot in a relay is to make sure you are consistently hitting the best times on the team in your event, and that you have proven dependable and reliable. 

Eligibility

Before you can compete you need to make sure that you are eligible through academics, completing the registration

Athletic Eligibility

Meet information

You can find the meet schedule for the season here.

Please view the links below for more information on each of the track meets. Please be aware that in the case of most invitationals there is some kind of entry limitation, meaning in total numbers or by event standards that one must have hit before being entered. Each meet is a bit unique, so you'll want to look at each one as they come up.

Farmington Super Meet

Davis District Championships

Phoenix Invitational

Wildcat Invitational

Davis Invitational

BYU Invitational

Region Championships

State Championships

State Championship Info

Parents and Athletes,

The State Championships are on Wednesday! (Some classifications are on Tuesday, so don't be confused. We go on Wednesday.)

If you intend to come to the meet, and park at the park, you will need to purchase electronic tickets beforehand to enter the park. The link to those tickets is here( Note that they need to be purchased for WEDNESDAY and not Tuesday, so you may need to scroll down.):

UHSAA (Utah) Events and Tickets by GoFan

The location is Sugarhouse Park, 1330 2100 S, Salt Lake City, UT 

The times are

Boys - 12:00

Girls - 12:30

If you have any questions please let me know.

10/20 update

Phoenix,

I hope you all had an enjoyable fall break, and that you enjoyed your time away. This week is already a little weird based on Monday off and Tuesday basically off.

This week

Tuesday (today) - we're going to meet at 2 PM at the regional park for the workout. We'll be doing step down 600s with some 200m strides afterwards. 

Wednesday-Friday is the typical schedule. Note that Wednesday is a B day.

Saturday - On Saturday morning we'll be helping at the local "Howloween Half Marathon" which will be at the regional park. The race director offered to donate a good chunk of change to our team if we could come help at the aid stations. After sending out that poll we had enough responses that I agreed to cover those stations. So... if you said you can come, please follow through now that the race is counting on us. For everyone who helps they will have food for us afterwards (pancakes last year, not sure this  year). I will also throw in a two "vouchers" two pick up gatorade mix packs and protein bars for you to grab at your leisure - I'll have them at the school for you when you need a boost. Just come by my room and we'll hook you up when you need them. You could use all four at once if you're so inclined just so you have them.

Honestly, it's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to help with packet pick up and at the aid stations. He's asking us to come at 6:45 to help with packet pick up. I only need a handful of you there at that time, but then we'll need everyone who can to come at 7:30 to prep for the aid stations. 

The trickiest part is going to be when to get your run in. It will just be an easy mid-long run. I'll meet anyone who wants to go beforehand and go with them, or you can do an afternoon run later. Maybe I'll send out a poll about that so we can coordinate. 

I'm not going to send out a mileage per day prescription this week, just plan your mileage accordingly so you can get to 80-85%

State Championships

The bus for state will leave on Wednesday 10/30 at 10 AM. We only have one bus, but I want it completely full. Everyone who came to divisionals to support will get first dibs, then everyone else should load up. We have room for nearly the entire team.

JV State

JV state is on 11/2. If you'd like to participate, email me and let me know so I can register you. The cost is $8 per athlete. I'll send the link out to pay after I've registered you.

If you have any questions please let me know.

10/14 update

Phoenix,

We are headed to divisionals tomorrow. The location and times have been shared in the group me.

The bus will leave at 1 PM, and the return time is tbd. It depends on if the bus is waiting for us or returning to take kids home from school, then coming back for us. We won't know until we are headed down there. So, please plan accordingly with homework, food, games, etc. Someone please bring spikeball. 

Our objectives tomorrow are quite simple. For those not racing, our entire goal is to get the girls' team qualified for state. That means all your energy should be expended in support of those racing. The boys should qualify barring something crazy happening, so we aren't too worried about it, but they are still wanting to have a good strong race to set themselves up for state, so any energy restored after the conclusion of the girls race should then be spent in support of the boys.

This week

I'm not sending out a mileage chart for this week, due to fall break. I am going to send a workout out for Thursday or Friday, and Saturday should be a typically longer run. Those going to state will probably be at about 80% for the week. Non state goers will likely get to about 90%. Anyone not racing should do the morning run tomorrow in the class.

NXR

Athletes going to NXR need to join the groupme for that trip here: https://groupme.com/join_group/103983954/MLORHfL1

Parents are also encouraged to join that group so you don't miss any important announcements, and so you can follow along with us during the trip.

Looking forward to a great week.

Coach Jacobson

10/6 update

Phoenix,

The region championships are finally here. We've been anxiously waiting for this race, essentially since last year. We know what is at stake, and what it will take from each of us. 

For most of our team, this is the final race until NXR. For the varsity runners, they have divisionals next week and State two weeks after that. For everyone, this is a chance to show how our fitness has improved over the past two months, and it's going to be awesome. The time to press is past, and the time to let our fitness show off is upon us.

For our boys, they have a legitimate shot at winning this meet, but it will be tightly contested. It will take everyone, the racers and the supporters to be along the course cheering them on to make it happen. The closest competition at the moment is Davis, but Layton beat us when we weren't at full strength a few weeks ago, so no one can be overlooked. 

Region at Layton Commons

JV Girls - 4:30 PM

JV Boys - 5:00 PM

Varsity Girls - 5:30 PM

Varsity Boys - 6:00 PM

We also need a few volunteers to help at the finish line, so if any parents can lend themselves there just to help maintain order and get the kids moving out of the finishing area, that'd be great. 

There won't be a bus to region, and we'd like everyone there by 3:30 PM. Please note that region 5 will still be racing at that time, so be sure not to interfere with the runners.

Next Week

Next week on Tuesday is divisionals. That is the race where our teams will qualify for state. The girls will have their work cut out for them, but we know what we need to do.

That race is at Lakeside Park in Orem. Our bus leaves at 1 PM. We only have 1 bus, and we'd like to fill it up completely, so even though most of you are not competing, we still want you to come support. 

This week

Week 18 - 70%			0.7	60	55	50	45	40	35	30	25
Mon	October 7	FHS	tune up	7	5	5	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
Tues	October 8	FHS	pre-race	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Wed	October 9	Layton City park	Region Championships	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/6	0/6	0/5	0/5	0/5
Thurs	October 10	FHS	distance run	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
Fri	October 11	FHS	workout tbd	3/6	3/6	3/6	3/5	3/5	3/5	3/4	0/5
Sat	October 12	on own	mid long run	8.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	5.00
Sun	October 13		Off Day
Weekly Volume				42	40	40	37	34	32	28	25