Big Day in the High Jump

At today's state meet our two, that's right 2, girls represented very well with a 5th place finish for Paige Follett and an 8th place finish for Katrina Bacovcin. They jumped 5'3" and 5'1" respectively. In a field so stacked with great competitors (the winner jumped 5'8"--insane!) these ladies should be very proud of themselves, and how they finished a very good season.

The high jumpers were not the only ones seeing great successes to this point in the weekend. Here is a short list of those who have placed so far:

• Julia C., 2nd place, discus
• Brendon A., 4th place, discus (PR of 163'+)
• Keegan V., 8th place, 3200m (PR and new school record)
• Caroline H, 3200m (did not make the podium, but a very impressive race that was both a PR and new school record)
• Boys 4x800m, 8th place (to my understanding a new PR for the foursome)
• Girls 4x200m, 8th place (New PR for this foursome as well, and an awesome, awesome, awesome race by all 4 runners)

And there is still one more day to come! Look out for:

• Julia C. in the ladies shot put at 9:30am. Julia is ranked 2nd and is still peaking off of some awesome performances in the last two weeks.
• Paige F. in the ladies triple jump at 12:00pm. Paige is ranked 4th in this event and is primed to move up.
• Keegan V. in the boys 1600m. Keegan has run some awesome races so far, and is set-up for another great one.

So everyone, come on out and watch Chap T&F compete for the last time this season, along with many of the other top competitors from around the state. The weather will be beautiful, and the competition strong.

Well it is almost over, and it is that time of year where I have to decide on whether I'm sad it's over, or if I should be happy that it happened. Whatever the case, it has been a great year. Thank you to everyone that has been a part of it.

Nack

A Great Showing today at Cherry Creek-Grandview Invitational

Congratulations to the girls track team for winning first place at today's meet at the Stutler Bowl! The girls had some great performances by many athletes. I know that at least one school record was set, we had a good number of first placers in individual events, and improved times/heights/distances on the way to victory. Considering the teams we were up against--Cherry Creek, ThunderRidge, Arapahoe, Heritage, Smoky Hill,etc...--this is huge.

Not to be overlooked is the boys team. We have no idea at this point where the boys finished, but the coaching staff is optimistic about having a 4th place finish. Who knows?!? Caught some bad breaks in some areas, but overall there were some great performances! I know that there were 2 school records pushed nearly to the limit today (Discus, 3200m), and that there were improvements seen in the 4x100m; a great race for this boys team.

Fellas: hold it together! There has been a bit of stress lately, but you are a strong bunch of athletes. In my years here at the school the boys are always at their strongest at the end of the year, and are able to surprise a lot of people.

Well, all of this after a week full of activity. Many of the athletes competed 2 daysin a row in multiple events. Huge showings from some hard working kids.

Rest becomes so important at this time of the year. You guys involved in so much should be getting 9+hours of sleep this weekend (each night, not combined!). If you can continue that into the week you will be all the better off. If you're sleeping too long, and your parents yell at you to get up, tell them it's okay...your coach told you to stay in bed :)

Nack

9th and 10th Championships

Congratulations are in order for the 9th and 10th grade girls. For the first time in school histor they pulled down a first place.

Awesome performances were seen by Anna N. in the 800m, Tessa M. in shot and Discus, Olivia E and Rudy S. in the 100m dash and 100m hurdles, Janey H. in the 3200, and a slew of other good female performances. And though she didn't want to do, Katrina B ran an AWESOME 200m open to pull another first place, to go along with her first place finish in the high jump. Atta girl Katrina!

The boys should not also go without mention, because some athletes had some great performances despite all the wind. Shane C. destroyed the competition in the shot and disc, our boys 800m runners had strong runs, along with the 1600m kids. Some of the sprints crew posted new best times I believe, and most importantly (to me) our boys HJers got back on track with some good jumps in pretty crappy conditions.

Coach Nack

Vertical Video

As promised, here is the video of KayBee going 5'0" at the Runner's Roost Invitational hosted by Fort Collins HS at Rocky Mountain HS.

Will be following shortly with a video of AG, who is doing some awesome jumping for us. And then...well, I may even venture into some video of the boys--I've got a few worthy artifacts.

Nack

Runner's Roost invite @ RMHS summary

A great showing today at the make up meet in Ft Collins.

As a team, it seemed like everyone got off to a sluggish start, but I guess judgment should be in how the meet is finished.

Girls finished in first with a team score of 84 points, with the next closest team at 55.

Boys had an awesome day finishing in sixth, but were only out of first by 9 points. This was with trying some new things, while also missing some key pieces of the team--the future I think looks awesome for the boys.

Great job to both squads. For full results click here. (Results not posted at the time of this post being generated, but hopefully Ft Collins HS will be on that in the next 24)

On the high jump front, the highlight has to be with our new Freshman jumper--we'll call her "KayBee". KayBee went 5'0" in her first varsity competition, a new personal best, and which also got her a second place finish. Nice job KayBee. Look for video in the next few days.