Phoenix,
The races at the District Championships were a ton of fun. This season has been a blast, and the next few weeks are only going to get more fun. Enjoy it.
Region Championship
The region championships are on Tuesday of this week. The first race will be at 3 PM with the JV girls. As they have all year, they will be looking to set the tone of the meet and get us started off on the right foot. The JV boys will follow at 3:30 PM who will try to continue to the momentum.
The Varsity girls will race at 4 PM. The girls are underdogs going into the meet, having not beaten Weber yet. HOWEVER, based on the result from Wednesday, and the way they ran as a team, they are totally ready to perform and will give themselves a chance (no cap). Seriously, they ran so well as a team on Wednesday I found myself being more hyped than I have all year. At one point Layton had 7 people in front of our 3rd runner. Shortly after our runners 4-6 were beginning to overtake them. After another few minutes that group of girls (Alexis, Brooklyn, and Ayla, had passed Layton's 3rd runner! We even had runners 7-10 get in front of Layton's 5th (although only the 7th runner counted as "displacement"). It was a great team race, and we'll need another like it to be in the mix on Tuesday, and hopefully come away with a win.
The varsity boys look to continue their unbeaten region streak, but a strong Weber team will be working for the upset. They will have to be sharp to continue the streak, and if they run like they did at Bob Firman then they will take care of business.
We have generally been very good about following the mantra "don't be a hero" in the first mile, and that will need to continue. Get out fast and smooth, but don't be a hero. Allow the heroes to get ahead and then fade while you go on the hunt.
Tuesday is simply another opportunity to showcase your speed and improvement. You have run many miles and worked extremely hard over the last 4 months of the season. You've ran and raced in extreme heat. Fortunately, Tuesday's high shows only 73. Let's go out, run hard, and have fun.
The buses will leave at 1:30 PM. You will be excused from class at 1:15 PM.
Team Dinner
The team dinner will be Monday at 6:30 PM at the Farmington Regional Park. We will also be hearing from our seniors and captains, as they pass on the knowledge they've gained over their careers. Please come if you are able so you can be a part of it.
Uniforms
The girls uniforms are scheduled to be delivered on Monday! (I ordered them in May, with the boys uniforms, but they got held up somewhere along the way). We may take the first part of practice to hand those out, but stay tuned for that. We will definitely get them out to you on Monday if they are here!
Weekly schedule
Monday - Class day, at the school, pre-race run
Tuesday - Region Championships - excused at 1:15, buses leave at 1:30
Wednesday - Class day, at the school, recovery run
Thursday - 3:15 at the Farmington Regional Park
Friday - Class day, at the school.
Saturday - tbd
