University of Rochester Meet Recap

It was a good day to have a good day.  We had plenty of sunshine throughout the whole day’s worth of competition and our throwers left with some nice performances in the men’s and women’s hammer throw, respectively.

We ended on a high note with a personal best performance by Nicole in the hammer.  She threw 10’ over her previous best, finishing the day in 10th place with a throw of 42.47m.  She hit that mark in the first flight, round 3.  The suspense of waiting until the second flight finished was difficult.  Unfortunately another thrower in flight 2 hit a mark 12cm (4”) farther than Nicole.  She was bumped out of the finals by the slimmest of margins.  Nicole also continued to build a solid technical foundation in the discus.  She had another meet over 30m, lining herself up for a great throwing weekend as we host the conference championships this weekend.

James and Nicole got our days started with the women’s shot put and men’s discus competitions.  James didn’t quite hit the mark we were looking for.  He still had 3 fair throws.  We worked on some technical cues to get ready for our conference championships this upcoming weekend.  We knew there was going to be a chance that he might hit a bigger mark, but that was the risk of the week.  Nicole had another great shot day, finishing just under 10m.  Nicole built upon her series and ended with a mark of 9.72m, putting herself in great position for our conference championships.

Dylan had another great discus performance.  He finished with a throw of 48.40m and won the competition.  He had two big fouls in round 5 and 6.  We know those throws will be there in the next coming weeks.  While looking at the nationals landscape, it’s better to hold one of those throws for Spire on May 26th.

James and Dylan both had personal best performances in the men’s hammer.  James threw 35.77m and Dylan threw 52.84m.  James improved his personal best by .4m, while Dylan improved by over 3’.  

When preparing for meets of this nature a week before the conference, our focus was on 1-2 cues per event for each athlete.  The marks were good in the hammer and discus.  We tried some new things we have been working on in practice over the past couple of weeks.  We knew this meet would be the appropriate time to incorporate some of those new physical and mental strategies before moving forward in practice this week.  
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Our athletes’ last day of classes are Friday, May 6th.  They then begin finals the following Monday.  We have managed to stay focused on the task at hand and we have been emphasizing strong technical models in practice.  The weight room gains are beginning to show, as well as all the hard work everyone has been putting in this semester.  Now it’s time to reward yourself by putting all the throwing puzzle pieces together and having a day at our conference championships. #nextoxup