For the second week in a row we competed very well at several different meets.
At the Mickey Dunn Invitational our girls finished 4th and our boys 2nd out of 22 teams. 
For complete results and photos check out the following link on Milesplit. There is also a really nice write-up on the meet which mentions many of our athletes.
http://co.milesplit.com/meets/159227-mickey-dunn-invitational

The SaberCat Invite was short lived due to the weather, but a partial meet did take place. Here is where you can find the results from Saturday's meet in Parker.
http://co.milesplit.com/meets/157724-sabercat-invitational

Official results were not kept for this weeks JV meet, however, if you competed at Highlands Ranch you can get your marks from your event coach this week.

Fort Collins HS, Altitude Running Invitational Meet Info
Line-ups: Google Doc for Meet Line-ups
Meet Info: Altitude Running Meet Information and Time Schedule (pdf)
Where: French Field in Fort Collins
Bus: The Bus leaves MVHS at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday and will return to Vista after the meet.

Spring Break Practices
Mon-MVHS Track 10 a.m.
Tue-MVHS Track 10 a.m.
Wed-MVHS Track 10 a.m.
           -Distance Runners @ Rocky Heights MS
Thur-MVHS 10 a.m.
Fri-MVHS Track 10 a.m.
       -Distance Runners @ Red Stone Park
Sat-Fort Collins HS, Altitude Running 
       Invitational (French Field in FC)
Sun-Workout/Run on your own or REST

Distance Runners Workouts Over Break
If you will be out of town this week please follow the following schedule. 800 meter athletes should text coach Cooke about Tuesday's and Thursday's workouts. 
M0n-Long Run 60 mins, 70-75 mins, or 80-90 mins
Tue- 3-4 x 5 mins @ 2 mile/XC effort w/ 4 min recovery jogs in-between.
            Remember to warm-up and cool-down
Wed-40 min run, 50 min run, or 60 min run
           6x100 strides
Thur-Get to a track to do this workout. Warm-up and cool-down properly. 
           6-8 x 400 at mile pace w/ 2 mins rest. 
           If you can't find a track do 6-8 x 60 seconds at the same effort w/ 2 mins rest
Fri-35-45 mins
Sat-20 min tempo run if you are not racing in Fort Collins
          Warm-up and cool-down properly 
Sun-Optional 30-60 mins easy or Rest

We had a great week of performances last week. I was very encouraged by what I saw at both the JV meet on Friday and the Varsity meet on Saturday. It was great to see so many people out at Heritage staying until the end of the meet and cheering on their teammates during the 4x400. Likewise, at Arapahoe we had a lot of great support from each other as we competed in the wind in cold all afternoon. At the Arapahoe meet our girls were only 11 pts behind the Warriors on the day, and the boys only 2 pts behind. Very encouraging to be that close this early in the season to such a great track and field program like Arapahoe.

If you would like to see results from the meets please visit the schedule page. JV results should be posted by Monday night. Arapahoe results are already posted.
Results from last week.

Grand Junction Meet Information
Line-ups: Please check the home page to view meet line-ups
Meet Schedule: Grand Junction/Mickey Dunn Invitational at Stocker Stadium (Doc)
When: Leaving MVHS at 3 p.m. on Friday and returning Saturday evening after the meet.
Transportation: We are taking a bus to and from Grand Junction. We would like for all athletes traveling with the team to be present on the bus ride to Grand Junction. Athletes may travel home after the meet with their parents, but must check out with Coach Dalby from the meet first.
Cost: $50 to help with hotel and transportation to the meet. Please make checks out to MVHS Track and turn into Coach Dalby by Friday. Any family that will have trouble covering the cost of the trip should come talk to Coach Dalby privately. 
Meals: The bus will stop for dinner on Friday in Glenwood Springs. Please bring enough money for dinner at either Subway or Qdoba that night.
Breakfast on Saturday morning will be provided at the hotel. The coaching staff will have food at the meet for Saturday, but athletes are encouraged to bring additional food if needed. The bus will stop for dinner on the way home at Golden Corral before leaving Grand Junction. This meal will be paid for by the coaching staff. 
Hotel: We are staying at the Spring Hills Suits in Downtown Grand Junction
Athletes will be sharing 4 to a room at the meet in order to keep the cost of the trip down. Room assignments will be organized by the coaches.  

Sabercat Invitational Meet Information
When: Saturday
Where: Sports Authority Stadium, Parker
Line-ups: Please visit the home page
Transportation: Please provide your own ride to Sports Authority 90 mins before your first event. 
Time Schedule: Sabercat Invitational Schedule (doc)

Highlands Ranch JV Meet
When: Thursday
Where: Highlands Ranch HS
Line-ups: Please Visit the Home Page
Bus: Out of class at 2:05 and Leaving MVHS at 2:20. All Vista athletes participating should be on the bus to HRHS unless arrangements have been made ahead of time with Coach Dalby. Please arrange your own ride home from the meet with your parents or a teammate.
Meet Schedule and Information: Highlands Ranch JV Meet (Doc)

Spring Break Meets and Practices 
We will have practice each day during spring break from 10 a.m. to approximately noon. The coaching staffs expectations are that if you are in town you should be at practice. If you are out of town, you are expected to be following the workout plan that your event coach will provide for you. Workout plans will be posted here on the blog for next weekend.

Schedule for September 17th-23rd
Mon-MVHS Track 3:10
Tue-MVHS Track 3:10
Wed-MVHS Track 3:10 
Thur-MVHS 3:10
            -JV Meet 3:30 at Highlands Ranch HS
Fri-MVHS Track 10 a.m.
       -Departing for Grand Junction at 3 p.m. 
Sat-Mickey Dunn Invitational
      -Saber Cat Invitational
Sun-Workout/Run on your own or REST

I want to thank everyone one on the TEAM for the efforts that have been put in over the past 2 weeks. The sport of track & field in Colorado can be very trying at times, especially when the weather does not cooperate. However, the 120 athletes that have come out for the TEAM this spring have done a very nice job dealing with the inclement weather and making the best out of whatever situation we have been faced with. 

Results for the JV home meet can be found on our schedule/calendar page. The throws results have not been posted yet. As soon as I have them I will put them up. 

Our athletes did a nice job on Thrusday going out and competing in the first meet of the season. A few of the highlights were freshman Jacob Hansen's win in both the 110 and 300 hurdles, freshman Abby Walz winning the 200 meter dash and sophomore Brooke Smetanka winning the 1600. Freshman Tristen Dean also had a great day taking 2nd place in the long jump with a leap of 18 ft 2 inches. Not bad for his first high school competition ever! 

Competing in Varsity Meets
As the season goes on there will be continued opportunities for athletes to move up from the JV level to the varsity level. Just because you ran the JV meet this past week does not mean that you will be competing at the JV level for the entire season. Every Monday, the coaching staff sits down to discuss meet and practice performances from the week before. This is typically when we make our meet line-ups for the upcoming weeks meets. When we decide on our line-ups there are several things we take into consideration when figuring out who will compete at the varsity level.

• Work ethic and effort in practice
• Performance from previous meets
• Sportsmanship
• Desire and readiness to run at the varsity level

State and League Championships
The 2 biggest meets of the season each year for our varsity are the State Championships and the Continental League Championships. If you want to see what it takes to be competitive as a varsity athlete at the State and League meets here are a few things for you to check out. 

• 2013 Colorado 5A State Track and Field Championship Results
• 2013 Continental League Track and Field Results
• What did it take to qualify for state in 2013 (5A Boys)?
• What did it take to qualify for state in 2013 (5A Girls)?

Qualifying for state is a pretty simple process. Have one of the top 18 marks in the state  by the end of the season in an individual event or relay and you are in. These marks must be obtained at a state qualifying meet. All of the varsity meets we will be competing in the rest of the season are state qualifiers. 

School Records and All-time Best List
These list are all still being developed, but the coaching staff has been going through results all the way back to 2001 to try and create our all time best lists and school records. We are doing the best we can to start developing these by class in addition to the overall school records. If you ran XC in the fall all of the records by class have been updated.

• School Records and All-Time Best Page

LPS Spring Duals Meet
Our varsity will be competing on Saturday this week in the Littleton Public Schools Spring Duals meet at Arapahoe HS. Line-ups will be posted on our home page and here on the blog by Tuesday night. Here is the preliminary information for the meet.

• Meet Information and Time Schedule (PDF)
• Line-ups: Posted on the Homepage 
• Arrival: All Vista athletes competing should arrive at Arapahoe HS by 9:30 a.m. We will have the tent set up on Saturday for the TEAM. If you are not competing until much later in the meet arrangements will be made for a later arrival time with your event coach. 
• Departure: All Vista athletes should plan on staying for the entire meet. We will have a brief team meeting at the conclusion of the 4x400 meter relay. If an athlete does have to leave the meet early you should check out with your event coach first and then Coach Dalby. 

Heritage JV Meet 

• Where: Heritage HS
• When: Friday, March 14th 
• Schedule and Order of Events: JV vs Heritage and Rock Canyon (pdf)
• Line-ups Posted on the Home Page
• Out-of-class: 1:55
• Bus Departure: 2:10, all athletes competing must be on the bus to Heritage HS with the rest of the TEAM.
• All athletes competing should plan on staying for the entire length of the meet. We will have a brief team meeting at the conclusion of the 4x400.
• Ride Home: Please arrange a ride home from the meet with your parents or another member of the team. 

Spring Break Meets and Practices 
We will have practice each day during spring break from 10 a.m. to approximately noon. The coaching staffs expectations are that if you are in town you should be at practice. If you are out of town, you are expected to be following the workout plan that your event coach will provide for you. 

There are several meets on the schedule the week of spring break:

• Grand Junction Invitational: This meet will be for our top varsity athletes. The coaching staff will be renting vehicles in order to transport the team to Junction. However, we will be in need of a few parent drivers to help if anyone else is planning on making the trip. We are going to leave Friday morning at 10 a.m. and will stay in Grand Junction that night. We are returning after the meet on Saturday evening. 
• Sabercat Invitational: This is also on the first Saturday of break. The Castle View meet will be an opportunity for athletes not going to Grand Junction to be able to compete in a smaller varsity competition if you can meet the varsity standards mentioned above. 
• Fort Collins HS/Altitude Running Invitational: This is a competitive varsity meet being held on the last Saturday of spring break. If you would like to compete in the FC meet you will have to be in attendance for at least 3 practices during the week of break. 

Email and Text Communications
If you would like to stop receiving team emails or texts you will need to log back into the registration system and remove your contact info. In addition, if you are not receiving team communications through email or text you will need to log on to the system to either add or correct your contact info. 

Note to Middle and Long Distance Runners
If you have been "Going the Extra Mile" this season, I would like for you to continue to do so through the month of March. Just make sure that if you are running in the mornings that these are kept to 30 to 35 mins easy and not more than 2 to 3 times a week. If you are running on Sunday's please keep the pace at a recovery effort. Sunday runs are always optional and can be between 30 to 60 mins in length. If you need Sunday off to rest, take it!