First Indoor Meet

Hey guys! Hopefully you all had a great weekend and are ready to keep getting after it. This is the last week we will have the schedule we do because starting next week we will have practice at 1:00 PM on B days and then A days we will meet after school at 2:40 PM. We will continue with our current schedule of getting some strength training in and here in a few weeks we will start doing some event specific training. Also, if you haven't already, can you please pay your $50 to the main office into the "track" account for the indoor season that would be great. Thanks!

We do have our first meet this week in Kearns at the Olympic Oval. This is a "Distance Challenge" so there are mainly just distance races, sprinters if you want to run a 400 M there will be that at the meet but all the other events are distance oriented. As for transportation to the meet, you will need to find your own ride there. You do not have to go but if you can make it this is a great start to the track season. Look below for more information regarding the meet.

Here is the schedule for everyone this week:

Monday January 7th - No Organized practice - get a run in on your own

Tuesday January 8th - 2:40 @ Farmington High Weight Room

Wednesday January 9th - 2:40 @ Farmington High Weight Room

Thursday January 10th - 2:40 @ Farmington High Weight Room

Friday January 11th - Utah Distance Challenge @ the Olympic Oval (5662 Cougar Lane, Kearns)

Schedule:

3:30 PM                    Track open for warm-up
4:30 PM                    Girls 1600 M
5:45 PM                    Boys 1600 M
7:00 PM                   Girls 400 M
7:30 PM                    Boys 400 M
8:00 PM                    Girls 800 M
8:20 PM                    Boys 800 M
8:40 PM                    Girls 3200 M
9:00 PM                    Boys 3200 M

Cost:

$5 per athlete—covers all events (CASH OR CHECK ONLY) Registration and seeding will take place at the Oval on the day of the meet. No pre-registration is required. There is no cost to coaches or spectators. Checks should be made out to ‘Utah Distance Challenge’.

Information:

1. We will run the fast heat first in each event. Races will not begin before the scheduled time, but may start late based on the number of participants.

2. 3/16 inch pyramid spikes. The same spikes are required in two weeks at the UHSTCA Meet. Spikes may only be worn on the track surface. Remove your spikes when leaving the track.

3. Athletes need to be at the starting line for check-in 15 minutes prior to their event. The seeding for each event will take place at the starting line.

4. We have permission from the Olympic Oval to bring in our own food, but need to be sure to clean up after ourselves.

5. Runners from states other than Utah and 8^th Graders are invited to participate.

6. The top 6-8 heats of the 400m Dash will be run in lanes with 4 runners per heat. The remaining heats will be waterfall starts with 6-8 runners per heat.