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Simplot Recap
This past weekend a group went up to the Simplot games. There A lot of great moments from the Simplot Games this year. It is a challenge to qualify for finals in any event at Simplot, and obviously more rare to make the podium, or come away with a win. It's such a challenge that I am going to make an all-time FHS list of who has qualified for finals and where they have finished.
This year our finalists included:
Sahara Yates: 60H - 17th, Medley Relay (200m) - 5th
Skye Siddoway: 1600m - 20th, Medley Relay (800m) - 5th
Emma Albrechtsen: 800m - 17th
Katie Reaveley: Medley Relay (400m) - 5th
Katrina Hirst: Medley Relay (200m) - 5th
Spencer Bradshaw: 1600m - 1st
Tanner Crosland: 400m - 13th, Medley Relay (400m) - 3rd
Izaac Crosland: Medley Relay (800m) - 3rd
Bode Jensen: Medley Relay (200m) - 3rd
Lewis Prusse: Medley Relay (200m) - 3rd
Both our medley teams came away with podium finishes, with great team efforts.
Both teams ran significantly faster in the finals and moved up several places
from their original rank from trials.
Skye had an amazing final lap to close a huge gap - and run a big personal best
- to pass another team right at the line, moving the team to 5th from what
would have been 6th.
Izaac decided early he wasn't having it, when he took the baton in 6th (our
sprinters ran very well, but the other teams had outstanding races) and
proceeded to move up the field fairly early and secure a 3rd place team finish.
Your Simplot Games Champion in the 1600m is Spencer Bradshaw with a fine
time (iykyk) of 4:16.64, which is a 5s personal best. He executed his race plan
flawlessly, coming through 1200m in 3:15, on pace for a 4:20, when he unleashed
a lethal final 400m in 61s to put the race away and secure the first ever
Farmington High Simplot Champion title, and running the fastest mile at this
meet since 2017.
We also had many distance runners join on Thursday and Dayton in the 60m and Long Jump. Here is a list of those who had seasonal bests this past weekend:
1600m
Ryan Ward
Casey Ward
Henry Findlay
Joseph Miller (sub-5!)
Jacob Scott
Spencer Bradshaw
3200m
Alexis Bradshaw
800m
Emma Albrechtsen
Mallory Wheeler
Up Next
Now we shift our focus to the outdoor season. We will officially kick off the season next week, with our first outdoor practice on Monday 2/27, and our first after school practice on Tuesday 2/28. This week we will only be practicing during the class periods, but you should talk to your event coaches about what you should be doing for the week.
If you are a sprinter/hurdler/jumper, you should join this groupme.
If you are a distance runner, this groupme.
And for vaulters, this one.
Parent Meeting
We will be holding a parent meeting (athletes welcome, and encouraged to attend) on Monday 2/27 @ 6 PM in the FHS little theater. The little theater is located across from the elevator, east of the auditorium, north of the band and choir rooms.
In this meeting we will go over the following items, among others:
- Introduction to coaches
- Team expectations
- Health and Fitness
- Team parent/duties
- Parent volunteers
- Fundraising
- Hosting Track meets
- Register My Athlete
- Season Schedule
