What a great week. We started with a ton of celebrations for PRs, Athletes of the Week, and State Qualifiers and then ended the week with our best meet of the season. In between, we had an excellent youth meet - thanks for all your help crew! - and some very productive practices. Let's all work to keep this momentum going as we head into our final month of the season. Remember our list of "things that will help the team" from last week and do your best to work on a few of those areas this week as we prepare for a JV meet at SC and splitting our squad between two invites this weekend - Tiger Trials in Orem on Fri/Sat and Cedar on Saturday. We will not be able to finalize who is traveling to Orem and Cedar until Wednesday (I know this is a pain, sorry) because both meets are limiting the number of athletes who attend by taking the top qualifiers - so our participants depend on who else is registering from other schools. Please know for sure on Monday (at the team meeting right after school) if there may be limits on your participations this week (if we sign you up for events and you get into them, you must participate).
Drink water, sleep, stay on top of school work... Keep the body healthy and the mind healthy.
Athletes of the Week: Let's keep nominating teammates from each discipline: Sprint, Field, and Distance. Nominate your teammates who best exemplify our philosophy of hard work, commitment, and those who did great things this week. This recognition will come solely from your nominations, so we need them. Athlete of the Week form. Or text coach on our Remind with your nominees.
PV Track & Field communications: If you aren't receiving our track text messages, text the code @trackprs2 to 81010 to be added to our list.
Schedule for the Week:
- Team Meeting Monday after school - get in there at 3:05 and let's get started on time!
- Distance Crew: afternoon: Mon-Thurs pm - regular practice schedule 3:00p (everyone); AM: Mon - 5:45a (everyone), Tues & Thurs am - 6:15a weights and short run (White, Black, Silver; Maroon optional), Wed am - 6:15a (White, Black; Silver optional, no Fresh/Sophs), Friday - 6:15a (most everyone), Saturday - Cedar Invite/Tiger Trials - this week's workouts
- Sprint Crews and Jumpers: Mon-Thurs at PVHS - 3:00p, Friday - after school
- Throwers: Mon-Thurs at PVHS - 3:00p, Friday - after school
Upcoming Events:
JV @ SC - Tues 4/20 3:00p. This really is at 3:00! HS out at 12:50 for the bus at 1:00 and MS out at 1:00. If you need to be in your afternoon classes and can get a ride (with a parent) or drive yourself, talk to coach and get permission to do so on Monday. We will also finish registration on Monday. You MUST be Covid tested and fully cleared on RegisterMyAthlete and have fees paid to participate (in any meet).
Tiger Trial (Orem) - Fri and Sat 4/23-24. Bus will be leaving PVHS at 8:00a on Friday. Meet Schedule. Itinerary will be sent home to those invited to this meet.
Cedar Invite - Sat 4/24 9:00. Bus schedule TBA. Meet Schedule.
JV @ Crimson - Tues 4/27 3:00p
Dixie Invite - Fri and Sat 4/30-5/1 3:00p & 9:00a. Meet Schedule.
Canyon View Championships (JV Region) - Tues 5/4 3:00p. Meet Schedule.
Sentinel Invite - Fri 5/7 2:30p Qualifying Marks and Meet Schedule
BYU Invite - Fri and Sat 5/7-8
For Sentinel and BYU, we will be leaving Friday 5/7 in the morning and those who have hit the qualifying marks (they will be announced at practice and posted soon) and compete and Mt. Ridge HS on Friday afternoon-evening. We will then stay overnight and then most of the team will leave back to home Saturday morning so you can get back for the dance hopefully around noon (so plan your dates around that please). A few (very few) athletes will stay up and run at BYU on Saturday.
Race Recaps:
DHells Invite - Hopefully a season develops just like our is... where we put a lot of hard work in early in the season and by now we start seeing the times drop and the marks grow. And in the next few weeks we are going to continue to see great progress. It really was an impressive meet for the Panthers, and even though we didn't go all-in with every event (pulling some people to qualify relays and getting some of our JV runners some Varsity experience) the team still placed very well. Both the 4x200s got us started off in spectacular fashion by setting STATE RECORDS! The girls team of Rachel, Brynlee, Arden and Alli ran a time of 1:49.13 and narrowly beat DH despite the officals not allowing our 3rd runner to cut in and forcing us to run an extra 200 in lane 5. The boys team of Maxx, Marcus, Kemp and Dom ran a state leading time and record time of 1:29.26. In the boys 3200 Scottie took 5th. It was great to get Heinrich back and have him have a great meet; his best performance was a big PR and 7th place finish in the 110h. In the 100, Brynlee took 5th and got her State Qualifier! We also saw big PRs from Arden and Madi. In the boys 100, Kemp continue to have a great season with his 4th place finish. Brianna had a big PR in her 400. On the boys side Turner had his best race of the season and took 4th. Boston also had a solid first 400 of the season. We also saw strong races from Eli, Dominic and Hardman. Our boys 4x800 team took 2nd with Hyrum, Allen, Gianno and Carson. Our boys 4x100 Freshman crew ran a strong race to place 6th. In the 800, Adri ran a great race and placed 3rd and leading the whole squad to PRs or SBs: Kyanne 6th (PR), Pyper 8th (SB), Jenna (SB), Macy (PR), Laney (PR). The boys 800 crew also ran very well with Jason PRing in 4th, Boston 6th, Ben (PR), Zack (SB), Elijah (PR), and Porter (PR). Arden had a strong 200 and MacKenzie ran a big PR. Maybe Heinrich's best performance was actually his 200 where he place 5th. The girls distance crew continued to be a strength with a solid showing in the 1600: Brooklyn 3rd, Kate 4th (one of the top Freshman times in the entire state), and Brinley 7th. Bryan, likewise, ran a very good Freshman time (breaking 4:50 for the first time) to take 8th. Our final track event was another big success as both 4x400 teams race very good State Qualifying times! The girls team of Alli, MacKenzie, Adri and Brynlee ran a 4:06 for the victory. And the boys team of Marcus, Dom, Turner and Jason ran a 3:26 also for the win. We also saw a lot of growth in the field events this week. Marcus and Dom hit the LJ for the first time and did very well. Dom just missed a SQ and placed 7th. Marcus not only got his State Qualifier, but he also won the event with a 21+ foot jump. Kemp continued to PR and took 8th while just missing a SQ mark. Heinrich and Lucca also had nice jumps. Madi, also, just missed a SQ but hit a new PR to take 2nd in the LJ. For the first time this season, we had a girl in the disc at an invite and Emma threw well. Our guys disc crew of Nalu, TJ and Nomee continue to move up the region rankings. Doug placed 7th in the jav, and Emma and Amber had solid 90+ foot throws. In the high jump, Carter hit a PR to place 6th. Overall, this helped the boys take 2nd and the girls to take a close 4th place finish in the final results.
Alumni Update: Jessica Hill competed at the ISU Invite in the 5000 and set a personal best this past weekend! Great job Jess.
Thought of the Week: "The mind is the athlete."
-Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
First off, this is a good show (watch it if you've never seen it). For us, though, this quote ties into something we are seeing over and over again. So many of you are really putting in great work (maybe we could do a little better at not missing practice here and there) and are physically ready to get great marks and times. Besides the physical, the other very important step to accomplishing great things is to figure out the mind. In fact, I might argue that the mind is even more important than the body in being our very best because if we are not able to unlock the mind, we can never unlock the body. But sometimes we are overthinking things or getting in our own ways as we try to do our best. The place to train the mind is at practice. Train yourself to push through the pain. Train yourself to now the correct movements and body positions. Train yourself to know that you can do more than you thought possible. Then in the meets, the time is to get out of our own way - don't overthink things and just let it all go and flow.
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