sectional track meet. Had some nice performances, more kids than I thought made it into state. We were really close on a lot of races. Times of note were our 4x8 boys- 2:01,2:03,2:07, and 2:00. We actually slowed down at the end since we only needed to place 4th to qualify. Still those are good times except for our "worst" leg. He just isn't quite there yet. Qualified in the pole vault.
In the mile our girl qualified with a 5:20. I had talked to her mom earlier and said she would probably do better in the mile than the 2 mile. She disagreed, but we had her running both anyways. 7th in the 2 mile, 3rd in the mile. Not that I'm an expert, but I know my kids pretty well now. Our 800 girl ran a 2:20 which is good, but she had already run the 4x8 and something else before that. At this point she could qualify in any event- I would put her in the mile, but our other girl is equal in it and not as much in the 8. Our hurdler girl qualified with a PR and our 800 guy ran an easy 3rd place finish in 1:58- his PR is 1:57, but he had already run the 4x8. We have a young team, and the girls who are doing well are only sophs/juniors so next year is looking good. We had a lot of 5th place finishes too so there is plenty of talent, but we still lack sprinters who can compete. So that was my day from 5 a.m. to now with 4 hours of riding the bus. Unfortunately there was no time as I was the babysitter- taking the kids to the mall and out to eat after the meet, while the other coach drove themself and didn't have anything to do with the kids. Not that I'm complaining, today I felt closer to my team than ever before. I think they have a lot more respect for me because I am there for them. The only bad thing about track is that it takes away from my running, but it is fun and I enjoy just being in the atmosphere of track meets.
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