Sabercat track update, 3.3.11

So, we have had a large flux of kids come out, which is awesome. However, the inevitable is that people quit. Sad, but true. Well, for anyone that reads this--DON'T QUIT. There are millions of stories about athletes that didn't quit when they wanted to, and went on to experience great success. I just saw a story about this today that amazed me.
In 2007 Ebony Gainney was a college freshman basketball player at Dayton University. A short time into her career at Dayton she was diagnosed with a rare but dangerous heart condition. It was recommended that she not play the game. She stuck with the team, not as a player, but as a manager. Gainney, now a senior, had not scored a point for the team, that is, until this happened:



This story even warmed the hearts of the cynics at deadspin.com, which is not easy to do.

On to some track stuff:

• Remember the Spike Night at the Boulder Running Company in Greenwood Village (map provided from post on Tuesday)
• Bus leaves for our scrimmage vs. Chaparral at 7:30am SHARP. Be there!
• Sleep, eat, and drink lots of water

For my high jumpers:
We put lots of good work into getting an accurate mark today. This is the smoothest this process has ever gone; great job on your part. Remember these important things about your spot...

• The precise measurement
• You are not married to this spot; it WILL change
• Give yourself a 1m radius circle around your spot for adjustments
• Little adjustments make a big difference
• Be consistent! Make necessary adjustments, but if things are tough are for other reasons do not blame your mark. Need everything to be right at the beginning for everything to be right in the end. Case in point: