We are starting our Arizona Watch List series and will continue with it for the next few weeks. As the cross country season gets underway new athletes will be added to the list. Good luck to everyone! See you on the course!
Journal Questions:
Name: Jacob "Jake" Prickett
High School: Boulder Creek
Year of Graduation: 2013
Best time in a 5K and a 3 Mile Race:
5k: 16:35
3 Mile: 15:52
What are your goals for the upcoming season:
Perform to the best of my ability at all meet especially Sectionals and State.
How is your summer training going? Your favorite workout? What kind of summer mileage do you run?
This summer training was excellent, over the summer, for the most part; we are in our base phase like most teams so we get a lot of long runs in, which are great for talking with the guys about who knows what. My favorite work out would probably have to be… hill repeats or 800s, it’s a toss-up, I love them both.
How long have you been running and how did you get started:
I began running my freshman year. I originally was an Alpine Skier in Utah during the winters, I would commute up to Park City on weekends, so I thought it would be good cross training but then I ran the black race at, what was then the Scottsdale Running Company Invite and slowly but surely the fire starting burning and now I am 100% a runner and loving every mile of it.
Will you be competing out of State this season? If so, when and where?
I do not have any official plans to compete of state this cross season; however, my team and myself, or at least a few of us, may travel to Oregon for NXN or Mt. Sac for Footlocker West. These are really the last of worries right now, so I have no idea what is going to happen.
What are your favorite courses and the toughest courses to run in State and out of State.
My favorite courses are the ones most runners don’t like. I really enjoyed the old George Young Course for its hills and difficulty, but my absolute favorite course is the Skunk Creek Wash course used for Ken Denson Invite and what has been used for our old Region and Sectional meets. I have never raced out of state before so that one I do not have a say.
So far in your high school career, what is your favorite cross country race or cross country memory?
My favorite cross country race/memory from my career is probably, between my first race freshman year, black race at Scottsdale Running Company, and State freshman year.
When you are not running what do you like to do?
When I am not running I usually am talking to my girlfriend who runs cross at her school in Nevada, or doing homework, and often times a combination of the two.
Do you cross train (lift, swim, bike etc)?
We do cross train, we lift as a team during the season, and personally I swim and bike a lot, during the off-seasons in particular.
Do you think you would like to run competitively after high school?
I really do want to run competitively after high school and have found one school I am very interested in and several others I would enjoy running at as well.
What were your favorite Olympic sports and did they inspire you in any way?
My favorite sport to watch is track, I loved watching the 3000M Steeplechase because I really want to be a steepler in college and possibly compete at an Olympic trial. Outside of the stereotypical runner favorites, I really enjoyed watching Skeet shooting, I am very outdoorsy and shoot a lot, especially during the summers on my family farm back in Michigan and when Kim Rhode shot 99/100 targets to win the Olympics and tie the world record, I really saw all the time and hard work it takes to do any sport and that no matter where you go and what you do in life, you are going to have put in an incredible amount of time, effort, and focus into the being the best.
Quick Six:
Favorite Pre-race Meal?
Pasta with Marinara Sauce
Kind of shoes you train in?
I have 6 pairs of trainers that are Nike or Asics.
Favorite athlete (running or otherwise)?
Steve Yzerman (Former Detroit Red Wing)
Favorite TV show or movie?
Cars
Favorite song?
Daylight by Matt & Kim
Favorite quote?
“Faster you run, faster you’re done”