02.24.08
brrrr
on friday it rained and on saturday it was cold. the rain didnt bother the distance guys much but the sprinters dont like the cold.
click HERE for friday photos.
click HERE for saturday photos
more details and videos are HERE
we got there around 10am and everyone broke out their blankets and put on all clothes they could find.
at 11am, gabe and jimmy tried out the high jump. i think the 2 hour van ride and the cold hampered their performance. i tried to watch them jump and attempted to take pictures but i was stuck in a coach’s meeting drawing for lane assignments while they were jumping.
then the 4×100s came up and the theme of the day began. edison took first and we took second in the boy’s races.
we fielded two very competitive teams in the 4×100 and 4×400 and looked pretty good despite the fact it was the first time we were on a real track with exchange lines not scrapped into the dirt.
the 8×200 was a fun event to watch and show our depeth real well.
driller results HERE
lastly, i wanted to praise kelsey for her gutting performance in her first track meet in her life. she has never run over more than two hurdles in practice and in the 300 hurdles she didnt clear the second one and did a head first slide on to the track.
then she got right up and ran down the buchanan girl and ended up getting 5th out of ten girls entered. it was a gutsy performance.
click HERE for her race
she also ran the second leg of the 400 in 68 seconds. to be my dotw.
the day ended on a good note. our “A” 4 x 400 was saved by a great anchor leg by jerek johnson and we got third and the last medal. also our “B”
won there heat with a great anchor leg by walter hunt who chased down edision’s runner.
i believe all of our boy’s got at least one medal at the meet and the girl’s got some good experience under their belts.
next up for the drillers is the eb invite, where last year we won the frosh/soph boys and girls team competition. if we had scored 3 more points, we would of won the sweepstakes trophy too.
