Indoor Update Jan 16

Titan Indoor Track Bulletin - Jan 16, 2011

“Anything worth doing, is worth doing poorly.” (Coach Hislop)
“Anything worth doing, is worth doing poorly- as long as you are doing your best and striving to improve.” Coach Buhrley
The point, you ask? You probably aren’t going to be very good at something new the first few times. If what you are attempting is a worthwhile endeavor, it’s worth doing poorly until you improve the skills and fitness necessary to do it well. If you feel like you are struggling, DON’T GET DISCOURAGED!! “Enter the arena. Make the attempt. Pursue excellence.”

USU MEET- A GOOD START
There were some very good marks and some great efforts at our first indoor meet. How about Spencer Griffin and Brandon Yardley running the 4x400 relay right after finishing the 3200m run? And they had also run the 1600 earlier. Tom Hill and Mike Russell also ran the 4x400 after running the 1600 and 800. And Cheyna Field seemed to be running about every event. Great efforts. These early meets have to be looked at as your best workouts of the week.
Ali Morris had a great start by winning the 60m hurdles (9.99), finishing 4th in the long jump in a school record leap of 15'06.50", and running a good leg on the 2nd place 4x400 relay. Mayra Franco also started strong in winning the 60m dash in a school record time of 8.11, finishing 6th in the long jump (14'09) and running on the 2nd place 4x400. Lindsey McFarland also picked up a victory in the 400m dash (1:02.86) and running on the 2nd place 4x400. Sharlie Dimick also ran on the 2nd place 4x400 and picked up another 2nd place finish in the 1600m run (5:48.2). Others placing in Girls competition were: Andrea Thomas (5th high jump, 4'04); Jordan Anderson (6th high jump, 4'02); Kenzie Long (6th 60m hurdles, 11.76); Lindsey Bailey (5th 400m dash, 1:09.1); and Cheyna Field (3rd 800m run, 2:44.5).
Hunter Naisbitt picked up a couple victories in the weight throw (45'04) and shot put (53'00, a school record). Preston Williams won the 800m run in 2:03.8 and also ran a leg on the winning 4x400 (3:42.9). Austin Warner won the 60m hurdles (8.78) and was also 5th in the 60m dash (7.34). Mike Russell picked up a 3rd place finish in the 800 (2:12.3) and a 4th in the 1600 (4:51.5). Not bad for his first meet. Jaxon Hansen ran 4:50.0 to place 4th in the 1600 and also ran a leg on the winning 4x400 relay. Shane Russell was 6th in the 60m hurdles (9.10) and ran on the winning relay team. Zach Watson cleared 10'06 to place 3rd in the pole vault- he cleared 12'00 after the competition was over. Myles Petersen was 4th in the high jump at 5'04 and his 38'11 in the triple jump had to place high- the results were omitted. Chris Brown was 4th in the 60m dash (7.34) and also ran on the winning 4x400 relay. Brandon Yardley picked up a 3rd place finish in the 3200m run (10:12.3). And Jamison Nielson was 5th in the 60m hurdles in 8.96. There are many results missing- USU is trying to find them.
There were many more outstanding performances in terms of great efforts. Maybe the marks weren’t good enough to place, but effort and improvement are the things we are looking for now. I love the attitude that so many of you have to strive to do your best. Let’s keep it going!!

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Chosen as the Athletes of the Week were Cheyna Field and Mike Russell. Cheyna made the finals of the 60, ran a tough 400, then followed that up a few minutes later with a 3rd place finish in the 800. Mike ran outstanding 1600 and 800 races and finished the day with a 55.1 split in the 4x400m relay.

WSU INDOOR MEET
All field events will compete on Friday, all running on Saturday. This is a good meet to try a field event- no conflicts with your normal running events. I’ll hand out the meet information Wednesday.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Jan 21/22 - WSU Indoor Meet
Jan 28 - Utah Distance Challenge @ Olympic Oval
Feb 4/5 - UHSTCA Indoor Championships @ Olympic Oval
Feb 17-19- Simplot Games