Indoor Update - Simplot Games

Darts, Parents, and Supporters -
It was a satisfying drive home from the Simplot Games yesterday as we wrapped up another indoor season. I can't express how happy and impressed we were as coaches of the way our athletes acted and the way they performed. This will go down as one of my favorite Simplot trips of all time. I know I say stuff like that every year, but I really was pleased with our TEAM the past 3 days. We had some very impressive prs, some great TEAMwork and support, and a lot of fun experiences. I hope that each of you came home pleased with how we did together and hungry for success this outdoor season. The time will go by quickly--before long I will be typing the email about the state track meet in the middle of May. We will get right to work on our outdoor season after an "active rest" week coming up.
Some of the highlights for our TEAM at the Simplot Games included: A school and state record in the girls 4 x 200m by Sylvia Harrison, Kayla Sagers, Missy Lott, and Dani Figgins. Dani brought us home in an incredible 24.6 200m split. Kayla, Dani, and Missy then finished 6th in the 4 x 400 less than an hour later with the help of Tara Anderson. The boys 4 x 800 team of Joe White, Ben Poulson, Logan Petty, and Brad Nye ran 8:08 setting a school record and finishing 1st in the event, earning backpacks and medals. The boys 4 x 800 'B' Team joined them on the podium with a 5th place finish. Jessie Wilding's had an outstanding performance to win the girls 1600m with a 10 second pr of 5:09 which makes her the #2 all-time at Davis in that event. It is also the 5th straight year where a Davis girl has been 1st or 2nd. Watching Gabe's pole vault indoor pr of 13'03 was huge for our TEAM - it was the first time we have had a vaulter qualify for the Simplot finals in 8 or 9 years (according to Coach Agnello). Qualifying 5 boys for the 1600m finals was also a big highlight of the meet Joe White, Brad Nye, Brian Alfaro, Mike King, and Austin Neuner all finished with times in the 4:30s. Having 11 total relay teams run on Saturday was also huge. That was a TEAM record number of relays and possibly the most any TEAM has ever had on the finals day at Simplot. 5 of the 11 relay teams ended up finishing top 6 and earned a spot on the podium. Watching the relays is always one of my favorite parts of the Simplot Games. There were some of you who we really worked hard for three days. Dani Figgins ran 6 races, Missy Lott and Kayla Sagers each ran 5, Kyler Sprague ran 5 races, Austin Neuner ran 2 miles and 3 800s within the three days. Brad Nye, Ben Poulson, Joe White, and Logan Petty were work horses for us, and a whole number of you ran 3 or 4 hard races. It was all done without complaining. In fact, many of you wanted to run even more. I am sure I am missing some people there, but I just wanted to point out how great it was to have so many of you willing to run your very hardest over and over again. It was also awesome watching the Coach West and Coach Agnello showdown in the coaches 200m race. Jamie just about ran Jeff down in the final meters, but Jeff got the win by .05 seconds. Both ran impressive times, and this may be the beginning of a yearly rivalry. Our full team results are listed down below. The entire meet results can be found at www.simplotgames.com and video of most of the races can be found at http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/236501/304566 (that link takes you directly to Jessie's championship mile). The relay splits will be emailed out later.
Most of all my favorite part of the trip was watching the TEAM work together and grow closer together. We still have our challenges and we still have our places to improve, but this was a great way to end our indoor season and prepare ourselves for the outdoor season. Each of you need to continue to make goals and to work together to reach our TEAM goals.
There are some people I definitely need to thank: Thanks to Coach West for all that she sacrifices for both the girls and the boys and thanks to Wyatt and Collin for allowing her to make those sacrifices. Thanks to Steve Petty for his time and sacrifice as well. It looks like some of the pictures he took are going to really capture the feel of the games. Plus he ran an impressive 5:32 in the mile. Thanks to Brad Anderson for his racing expertise, his love for each of you and for the sport, and for his entertainment (another highlight was catching his dancing on film). Thanks to Coach Agnello for leaving right after school to get up to Pocatello for the TEAM and for continuing to help us focus on TEAMwork and TEAM unity. He brings a great excitement to our coaching staff. Thanks to Dan for coming up to support each of you, for helping wherever I've needed him, and for bringing me a Mountain Dew. Thanks to Coach Parrish as well, although he wasn't able to come up, he still did a lot this past 2 months to help get us prepared. Thanks to each of the parents who safely drove kids up and back--if I owe any of you gas money, please let me know through email or just have your kids tell me this week. Thanks to the moms who stayed with the TEAM--Jill Hedquist, Lisa Sagers, and Carolyn Facer. Jill, sorry that you and Alex had to go home sick and miss Saturday. Thanks to Sharolyn Arnold for her help with the lunch food each day. Thanks to Mr. Oram for coming up on Friday to get some great pictures. Thanks to Abby Frodsham for filming nearly every race for 3 straight days. And finally, thanks to each of you for your individual sacrifices and hard work which makes our TEAM stronger. You earned your trip up to the Games, and you earned the success we had while there. Without each of you working together and the help of some very important parents and coaches, we would not have the special program which we have. Continue to make those sacrifices for one another, and the program will continue to be the very BEST in the entire world.

Important Items:
Uniforms: If any of you have uniforms that you used for Simplot, bring them back to me ASAP.
Monday-Wednesday-Friday: Track Class - dress in your workout clothes, even though running this week will be minimal.
Thursday, Feb 25th: Outdoor Track Meeting in the Auxiliary Gym at 2:30pm. All are required to come.
T-Shirts/Sweats: If you ordered any of the apparel, it is now available in my classroom. Pay the money in the office and pick up your shirts/sweat pants from me. Shirts are $12 and Sweats are $25. Please, if you signed up for the order, fulfill your commitment so that the program does not lose any money.
Alumni Track Meet: Friday, March 12th at 3:00pm. This will be our first track meet. We hope to see many of our alumni there competing.

Simplot
Boys Results

Weight Throw
Mark Lindstrom - 44'09 - 19th place

Shot Put
Alex Swapp - 45'03 - 16th place

High Jump
Alec Pectol - 6'03 - 7th place
Dalton Facer - 6'01 - 9th place

Pole Vault
Gabe Betancourt - 13'03 (Davis #15 All-Time) - only Utahn to qualify for finals

60m Hurdles
Dalton Facer - 9.04
Kyler Sprague - 9.11
Alec Pectol - 9.31
Gavin Fowler - 9.83

60m Dash
Tanner Hinds - 7.50
Tysoin Bullock - 7.54 (Davis #18 All-Time)
Brandon Farnsworth - 7.74
Connor Badger - 7.74 - #3 Freshman in the race
Gabe Betancourt - 7.96
Mitch Spjut - 8.39

200m Dash
Jacob Cluff - 25.32
Andrew Duncan - 25.51

400m Dash
Jordan Kattelman - 56.46
Drew Rees - 56.93

800m Run
Ben Poulson - 2:04.02 in trials; 2:02.91 in finals - 10th place - top Utahn in the 800m
Mike Arnold - 2:10.40
Austin Allred - 2:14.14

1600m Run
Joe White - 4:30.17 in trials; 4:37.66 in finals - 22nd place
Brad Nye - 4:37.94 in trials; 4:30.91 in finals - 10th place
Brian Alfaro - 4:39.84 in trials; 4:37.28 in finals - 21st place (Davis #19 All-Time)
Mike King - 4:40.02 in trials; 4:36.53 in finals - 19th place (Davis #17 All-Time)
Austin Neuner - 4:40.84 in trials; 4:36.72 in finals - 20th place
Braden Cromar - 4:45.39 - #1 Freshman in the 1600m
Matt Swanson - 4:51.36
Adam Mathias - 4:52.49
James Stenquist - 4:56.44
Jason Thomas - 4:58.42
Adam Seelos - 4:59.75 (Record setting 16 boys under 5:00 this indoor season)
Nate Lee - 5:02.63
Jackson Sagers - 5:05.03
Alex Hedquist - 5:07.17
Logan Wood - 5:09.94
Curtis Knight - 5:12.58
Devin Vance - 5:12.78
Brad Fry - 5:14.63
Cade Cloward - 5:15.51
Joe Albrechtsen - 5:15.86
Hayden Hansen - 5:15.93


3200m Run
Logan Petty - 9:44.09 in trials (Davis #5 All-Time); 9:49 in Finals - 9th place
Jeff Taylor - 10:24.93 (Davis #24 All-Time)
Preston Johnson - 10:32.94 (Davis #34 All-Time) - #1 Freshman in the race
Cody Robbins - 10:46.51

4 x 200m
A - Sprague, Bullock, Farnsworth, Hinds - 1:37.34 - #2 Utah Team
B - Fowler, Badger, Duncan, Cluff - 1:43.38 (Great effort by Gavin after his fall)

4 x 400m
A - Badger, White, Sprague, Nye - 3:37.59 in trials, 3:34.83 in finals with Poulson - 9th place.
B - Sagers, Seelos, Robbins, Steunquist - 4:02.39
C - Wood, Albrechtsen, Cloward, Knight - 4:04.98


Medley Relay
A - Poulson, Bullock, Farnsworth, Neuner - 3:44.34 in trials, 3:44.91 in finals - 7th place
B - Facer, Betancourt, Pectol, Swanson - 4:02.22
C - Arnold, Kattelman, Spjut, Allred - 4:02.14
D - Johnson, Hansen, Cromar, Hedquist - 4:15.27

4 x 800m
A - White, Poulson, Petty, Nye - 8:08.41 - SCHOOL RECORD - 1st Place - UTAH #7 All-Time
B - King, Alfaro, Taylor, Neuner - 8:26.05 - 5th place
C - Arnold, Lee, Mathias, Thomas - 8:49.81 - 10th place

Girls Results

60m Hurdles
Addie Jones - 10.02 - #2 Utahn in the race
McKenna Hill - 10.31 (Davis #16 All-Time)
Meagan Storey - 11.06
Tessie Atwater - 11.27

60m Dash
Sylvia Harrison - 7.95 in trials; 8.00 in finals
Sarah Oldham - 8.58
Katelyn McCleod - 8.68

200m Dash
Dani Figgins - 26.17 in trials; 26.06 in finals - 13th place - top Utahn in the race
Kayla Sagers - 27.62
Tara Anderson - 28.22
Kenzie Harrison - 28.41
Katie Taylor - 28.77

400m Dash
Missy Lott - 1:02.09 (Davis #10 All-Time) #2 Utahn in the race
Ericka Griffin - 1:08.27
Katie Petersen - 1:11.53

800m Run
Anna Ward - 2:31.60 in trials; 2:32.68 in finals - 24th place - #3 Utahn in the race
Anni Andersen - 2:32.56 in trials; 2:32.39 in finals - 23rd place - #2 Utahn in the race
Emily Hansen - 2:35.93
Madi Holt - 2:38.68
Erika Wilson - 2:51.74

1600m Run
Jessie Wilding - 5:19.57 in trials; 5:09.97 in finals - 1st place (Davis #2 All-Time) #17 fastest Utah All-Time
Becca Albrechtsen - 5:49.41
Hannah Haws - 5:58.31
Janice Hartvigsen - 6:04.50
Danna Stuart - 6:10.39
Sarah Parker - 6:12.31
Tracey Munson - 6:19.28
Madie McCleary - 6:19.57
Julia Anderson - 6:38.46
Karaline Vandemerwe - 6:40.04

3200m Run
Meghan Hedquist - 12:01.61 in trials; 11:53.16 in finals - 13th place
Emily Hansen - 12:10.93
Tessa Brown - 12:11.80 (30 second pr)
Brooke Stromberg - 12:51.31
Caitlin Miller - 12:51.96
Brooke Gutzwiller - 12:58.56
Megan Parker - 12:59.18

4 x 200m
A - S. Harrison, Sagers, Lott, Figgins - 1:46.16 in trials; 1:44.35 in finals - 6th place - STATE RECORD! SCHOOL RECORD! We now have the top 3 Utah times ever in this event.
B - Jones, Taylor, McCleod, K. Harrison - 1:52.70 - Utah #32 All-Time (fastest B-Team on the list) - 3rd fastest Utah Team.

4 x 400m
A - Sagers, Lott, T. Anderson, Figgins - 4:08.91 in trials; 4:06.45 in finals - 6th place - Davis #4 All-Time, Utah #10 All-Time; Top time in Utah this year.
B - Gutzwiller, Munson, Parker, Parker - 4:46.46 - owe me a chocolate cake
C - Petersen, Wilson, Hartvigsen, Anderson - 4:45.81

Medley Relay
A - K. Harrison, Taylor, McCleod, Wilding - 4:22.82 in trials; 4:32.73 with Albrechtsen in finals - 10th place (top Utah Team)
B - Albrechtsen, S. Harrison, T. Anderson, Hedquist - 4:34.97 in trials; 4:38.07 with Haws in finals - 12th place
C - Griffin, Hill, Jones, Haws - 4:48.35
D - Stuart, Berg, Oldham, McCleary - 4:57.61

4 x 800m
Albrechtsen, Ward, Andersen, Hansen - 10:26.46 - 4th place - 2nd Utah Team
Holt, Miller, Stuart, Gutzwiller - 10:43.74 - 8th place.

Coaches Races

200m
Jeff Agnello - 27.79 - 9th
Coach West - 27.84 - 2nd

1600m
Coach Talley - 4:32.07 - 1st - Felt very inspired by his TEAM's racing and his TEAM's cheering
Stefanie Talley - 5:15.14 - 2nd - post college pr
Steve Petty - 5:31.91 - post college pr
Coach West - 6:14.70 - 4th - All Time pr

Indoor Update - State Championships

Darts -
After what seemed like a year and a half at the Olympic Oval, we came home from the Utah State Indoor Championships with 2 trophies. The girls finished the meet with their 3rd straight indoor state championship. The boys finished a close 2nd to a very strong Syracuse team (congrats to Coach Buhrley and his athletes). It was an extremely long meet on both Friday and Saturday, but our persistence and our depth paid off as the girls came from behind to catch both Syracuse and Riverton in the final 5 events. Going into the 4 x 800m relay (the final event), we were 2 points behind Syracuse and 2 points behind Riverton - our 2nd place finish gave us 8 points to Syracuse's their 5th place finish - 2 points, giving us the 4 point victory. It would have been much more dramatic had we known what the score was at that point. The boys moved from 3rd to 2nd in the final events as well. Great job to all of our athletes and a special thanks to our coaches for their time and expertise - Coach West, Coach Agnello, Dan Hayward, Steve Petty, Brad Anderson, and Coach Parrish.
We were most impressed with the amount of prs we saw at the meet. It was a good opportunity to run fast, and we took advantage of that. As coaches, we feel like we have a young TEAM with a lot of potential and a lot of work still to be done. This TEAM has the potential to be another one of our great TEAMs, and we have learned a lot and improved a lot through the indoor season. We have to continue to make an identity for this year's TEAM based on hard work, commitment, unity, leadership, and having fun. I was happy to see quite a few runners still at the meet at 8:00pm when we picked up the trophies. Of course we would have liked to see more of you, but we also understand the other commitments which you may have had. The girls didn't really capture the lead until the final 2 relays. It would have been nice to have more TEAM support and cheering and enthusiasm at the end of the meet--I think it would have helped our athletes in the final events. We can continue to work on this as the season progresses, and we had better be especially excited and noisy at the Simplot Games as we are bringing the biggest group of athletes.
I want the new athletes to know that this was not a typical meet, and I hope it doesn't discourage you from continuing track - by not typical, I mean it usually doesn't take that long to get through events. I will always feel like Davis High Track & Field puts on the very best when it comes to track meets, and I hope that you will take pride in that for the 2 important meets we will be hosting this spring.

The full results are found at runnercard.com - here are the Davis TEAM results:

Team Scores -
Boys -
1st - Syracuse - 81
2nd - Davis - 69
3rd - Riverton - 43

Girls -
1st - Davis - 64
2nd - Syracuse - 60
3rd - Riverton - 58

Boys -
Long Jump
Landon Hart - 20'10.50 - 4th place - #5 All-Time
Tyson Bullock - 19'05.50
Bryce Masterson - 16'07.00

High Jump
Alec Pectol - 6'00 - 3rd
Dalton Facer - 5'10 - 5th

Pole Vault
Gabe Betancourt - 12'00 - 7th
Ethan Hunsaker - 10'06
Houston Merrill - 9'06
Nate Lym - NH

Shot Put
Alex Swapp - 46'03.50 - 5th
Mark Lindstrom - 41'09.50
Mitch Spjut - 33'10.25
Zack Cottrell - 31'05.00
Conner Hawkes - 30'09.00
Spencer Betker - 27'09.00

Weight Throw
Mark Lindstrom - 45'00.50 - 5th - #9 All-Time
Alex Swapp - 37'03.25
Zach Cottrell - 32'04.25

60m hurdles
Dalton Facer - 8.91/8.78 - 2nd - #4 All-Time
Alec Pectol - 9.03/8.82 - 3rd - #6 All-Time
Gavin Fowler - 10.09
Conner Badger - 11.12 (sweet fall on hurdle #1 - got back up to finish)

60m dash
Brandon Farnsworth - 7.49 -= #13 All-Time
Conner Badger - 7.52 - #16 All Time
Joe Gibson - 7.76
Gavin Fowler - 8.03
Brennan Castillo - 8.05
Mark Lindstrom - 8.22

200m dash
Kyler Sprague - 23.85 - #9 All-Time
Dallin Hart - 23.98 - #13 All-Time
Landon Hart - 24.11 - #16 All-Time
Brandon Farnsworth - 24.36 - #19 All-Time
Joe Gibson - 24.64
Chris Bodkin - 24.86
Steve McGrath - 24.90
Alec Pectol - 25.13
Kyle Bodkin - 26.00
Jacob Cluff - 25.87
Mitch Spjut - 26.84

800m run (790m run - need to add approx. 1.5 sec)
Brad Nye - 1:58.28 - 3rd - #4 All-Time
Ben Poulson - 1:58.92 - 4th - #6 All-Time
Joe White - 1:59.45 - 6th - #7 All-Time
Austin Neuner - 2:03.62
Mike King - 2:04.17
Mike Arnold - 2:07.98

Adam Mathias - 2:08.74
Nate Lee - 2:09.17
Austin Allred - 2:11.17
Kaden Gilchrist - 2:16.96
Hayden Hansen - 2:18.38
Alex Hedquist - 2:17.98
Curtis Knight - 2:24.51
Nick Mason - 2:29.38
Jackson Sagers - 2:23.95
Matt Swanson - 2:15.56
Joe Valentine - 2:29.39
Devin Vance - 2:25.87


1600m run (25/27 prs)
Brad Nye - 4:24.77 - 3rd place - #3 all-time
Joe White - 4:30.08 - 7th place - #7 all-time
Logan Petty - 4:34.52
Austin Neuner - 4:34.55 - #15 all-time
Michael King - 4:45.05
Jeff Taylor - 4:47.33
Brian Alfaro - 4:48.96
Braden Cromar - 4:50.76
Adam Mathias - 4:51.85
Matt Swanson - 4:55.32
James Stenquist - 4:55.69
Preston Johnson - 4:56.58
Alex Hedquist - 4:59.66
Hayden Hansen - 4:59.98
Logan Wood - 5:01.52
Austin Allred - 5:02.47
Kaden Gilchrist - 5:03.41
Jackson Sagers - 5:09.88
Joe Albrechtsen - 5:19.18
Curtis Knight - 5:20.72
Devin Vance - 5:20.78
Cade Cloward - 5:23.40
Mitch Owen - 5:23.90
Joe Valentine - 5:32.31
Nick Mason - 5:33.60
Austin Kelly - 5:39.05
Kenneth Murdock - 5:47.06

3200m run
Logan Petty - 9:54.51 - 5th
Jeff Taylor - 10:30.43
Braden Cromar - 10:35.40
Preston Johnson - 10:35.43
Cody Robbins - 10:57.14
James Stenquist - 11:03.34
Nate Lee - 11:23.33

4 x 200m relay
A - Hart, Hart, Gibson, McGrath - 1:35.38 - 5th
B - Farnsworth, Bullock, Badger, Fowler - 1:38.00 - 6th
C - Bodkin, Bodkin, Cluff, Spjut - 1:40.66

4 x 400m relay
Facer, Bodkin, Arnold, Mathias - 4:01.73 - 6th

4 x 800m relay
Alfaro, King, Poulson, Nye - 8:27.68 - 1st

Girls
Long Jump
Sarah Oldham - 15'04.50 - 7th
Meagan Storey - 14'09.00
Kayla Sagers - 14'05.00

High Jump
Tessie Atwater - 4'06
Kylie Schiess - 4'04

Shot Put
Amelia Jones - 25'09.50
Amelia Bagley - 25'05.50
Bianca Guas - 23'02.50

60m hurdles
Sylvia Harrison - 9.49 - 2nd place - #3 All-Time
Addie Jones - 9.64 - 8th place - #5 All-time
Libby Fowler - 10.09 - 10th place
Meagan Storey - 11.09
Tessie Atwater - 11.38

Sammi Burnett - 11.95

60m dash
Sylvia Harrison - 7.88 - 2nd place - SCHOOL RECORD
Dani Figgins - 7.90 - 3rd place - #2 All-Time (under previous record)
Missy Lott - 8.47
Katelyn McCleod - 8.64
Libby Fowler - 8.71
Sammi Burnett - 9.35
Tessie Atwater - 9.44

200m dash
Dani Figgins - 25.76 - 1st place - SCHOOL RECORD
Sylvia Harrison - 26.30 - 3rd place - #5 All-Time
Missy Lott - 27.24 - #12 All-Time

Kayla Sagers - 27.37 - #14 All-Time

Tara Anderson - 27.66
Kenzie Harrison - 28.25
Katie Taylor - 28.16
Addie Jones - 28.32

Melissa Welling - 30.99

400m dash
Dani Figgins - 59.99 - 6th - #2 All-Time
Shea Martinez* - 1:00.16 - 7th - #3 All-Time
Kathryn Peterson - 1:11.13

800m run
Jessie Wilding - 2:21.83 - 4th - #5 All-Time
Danna Stuart - 2:40.64
Hannah Haws - 2:44.96
Erika Wilson - 2:45.66

Janice Hartvigsen - 2:51.03
Sarah Parker - 2:48.45
Madie McCleary - 2:48.46
Whitney Williams - 3:07.30
Katie Seljaas - 3:07.95

1600m run (13/17 prs)
Meghan Hedquist - 5:24.24 - 8th All-Time
Jessie Wilding - 5:24.28 - 9th All-Time
Anna Ward - 5:40.98
Anni Anderson - 5:41.13
Emily Hansen - 5:45.57
Tessa Brown - 5:53.01
Hannah Haws - 6:01.93
Danna Stuart - 6:03.72
Janice Hartvigsen - 6:05.21
Tracey Munson - 6:08.25
Erika Wilson - 6:14.78
Sarah Parker - 6:19.29
Maddie McCleary - 6:25.90
Julia Anderson - 6:26.22
Karaline Vandemerwe - 6:41.19
Whitney Williams - 7:01.18
Katie Seljaas - 7:08.49

3200m run
Meghan Hedquist - 11:50.63 - 6th place
Emily Hansen - 12:28.52
Tessa Brown - 12:32.53
Caitlin Miller - 12:46.10
Megan Parker - 13:12.03
Tracey Munson - 13:53.75
Julia Anderson - 13:57.73

4 x 200m relay
A - Lott, Harrison, Taylor, Sagers - 1:49.8 - 1st
B - McCleod, Anderson, Jones, Fowler - 1:51.79 - 3rd

4 x 400m relay
Lott, Welling, Sagers, Figgins - ??? - 4th

4 x 800m relay
Wilding, Ward, Anderson, Miller - 10:22.90 - 2nd

Coming Up:
Simplot Games - February 18-20: We will have an important meeting discussing Simplot on Monday, February 8th. We will have a mandatory meeting on Tuesday, February 16th. The waiver and money are due on Friday, February 12th. Let me know what questions and concerns you may have. We will be going over events, rides, rooms, etc. at different points this week.
T-shirts/Sweats order - We should be getting our shirts later this week or early the following week. In order to pick up your order, you will need to turn in your receipt to Coach Talley or Coach West. You can pay in the office and bring us the receipt at any time. $12 for shirts, $25 for sweats.

Thanks again for all your commitment. Thanks for making the sacrifices you needed to make to be there on Friday and Saturday. Two more weeks and then we shift our focus to outdoor track. . .
Keep working hard -
Coach Talley