Thank you
I knew that I would lose sleep the night before we ran our meet. There are just so many scenarios that could happen during the meet which keeps my mind racing through the night and creates a very uneasy night of sleep. I've done this enough now I just know to expect these fits of insomnia. However, I did not count on having such a disturbed night of sleep after the event. Typically I'm so worn out after the event that I go to snoozeville easily and for a long time, but last night I kept waking up so happy with how the day turned out. I know it's just a track meet, and I know that there are literally thousands of them held every year, but they are not easy to coordinate; the amount of people it takes to have one work smoothly is incredibly high. The majority of schools do not host track meets because they know the amount of work that goes into them, and the kind of community it takes to run one well. Our community took on the task and did a very nice job. Compliments to the work we did were everywhere on the track, and they continued in my emails and texts throughout the evening. There was also a very nice piece found on
CO MileSplit and we even mades the
9News prep round up(~2:20 mark). So, a huge thank you to everyone involved.
I don't know if you heard...
We did a pretty nice job on the track as well. Our boys earned 5th place (of 18 teams) with some great performances all over the place. Gentlemen, we have some pieces that are coming together, and when they do you guys will be dangerous!
The ladies must not have liked the taste of second place from last week. Out of the 19 girls teams in attendance yesterday our girls finished in 1st place! There were some really talented girls teams there yesterday, and our ladies should be very proud. Getting the best of year-in-year-out state-contending teams like Cherry Creek, Grandview, Fountain-Fort Carson, and Arapahoe is no easy feat. This is just one meet, and there are plenty more we have to keep training for, but this is something from which to find pride, build, and carry forward as inspiration for what this team can achieve.
We even hacked down some school records...
Mackenzie Pettit: 3 new school records in one day! That might be a record in itself. A 15.48 sec 100 hurdles (1st place), jumped 35ft 8in in the Triple Jump (1st place), and broke her own school record in the high jump at 5ft 6in (2nd place).
Pettit at the TR Invite
Kelly Albers: In her first competition of the season inked her first individual school record with a 36ft 0.5in shot put (2nd place). This was the second time that record was broken in as many weeks. In case you didn't know CV has some of the best throwers in the south metro area!
Sierra Suazo: She has now broken three school records in the last two weeks! She beat the school record last week in the discus by approximately two feet. Yesterday she broke it again, but this time by 8 feet! She slung one 127ft 9in (1st place). HUGE!
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| Suazo at the TR Invite |
More from the Thank You Department
We could not have had the successes we did yesterday without these groups.
Athletes: You might have competed, helped, or both yesterday. Just know that you made your coaches very happy yesterday, especially the one writing this post. Every where I looked you guys were kicking butt on the track, at field events, or helping us run them. It might have seemed like we had too many people at times, but having "too many" is a necessity because when you have too few things tend to fall apart. Thank you!
Coaches: When we first started running this thing 4 years ago, this process was a real struggle. You guys made it easy yesterday. Thanks for fulfilling your roles as awesomely as you did yesterday while also coaching our kids to some outstanding performances. Thank you!
Parents: The response we got from you guys out-shined any of our previous efforts (and those efforts weren't too shabby either). There were no holes left unfilled. So many of you were raking, checking, yelling, instructing, shooting (photos), pointing, cooking, retrieving, measuring, selling, and encouraging that it would be impossible to account for all of your efforts. The 8 hours we were there might have felt like a long day, but your efforts led to 784 athletes competing in 1339 events. Impressive. Thank you!
Officials, CV staff, and timing crew: This is the group least likely to see this post, but I do not want their efforts to go unnoticed should they stumble upon it. Like all the other groups mentioned above you carried out duties vital to the success of the day, and we wouldn't have had the day we did without you.
I purposely tried to not mention specific names in this post as I'm sure I'd leave out very important people. Just know I value all efforts given to all of the athletes and teams yesterday. I want to recognize one specific person and that is Yvonne Hajde. Actually, I should recognize the whole Hajde family. Yvonne, had her daughter, Chalynne (sophomore, who had to run two 400s yesterday) at the stadium at 6:20am to set up for the day. All of the Hajde kids were there eventually. Her husband, Matt, was everywhere--I thought at one point there was a tear in the space-time continuum and there were multiple Matts. Not to be out-done by anyone else in the bloodline, Yvonne's parents came to the meet...from their house...in Buena Vista...at 4:30 in the morning. Bravo, Hajdes! I'm glad we've signed Yvonne to a multi-year deal! :)
Moving on
Next year: every year I threaten to not run the Sabercat Invite again. That threat remains, but with yesterday's efforts I am more encouraged to do it again. If only we could guarantee the weather we had yesterday every year.
Next two months: on the track and in the field we've had a lot of good performances at the varsity and JV levels the last two weeks. Remember everything we do up until the league and state meet is training to be at our peak to achieve team and individual goals.
Next week: back to work. Event coaches have communicated to athletes when their practices are being held, but most Spring break practices will be at 9am for most athletes on most days.
Thanks for reading,
Coach Nack
