Today was J's first ever track meet. She was suppose to have one last week, but there ended up being a huge storm that rolled in, so it was cancelled. It was nice to have this one at the high school next to our house....love those meets.
Since J has never done track before, she decided to try a lot of the events to see what she was good at. We thought for sure running would be part of it....however, when they started trying out each event, she found that she liked the field events instead. We were shocked as she is so good at running. She said she really liked shot put, discus and high jump. I did high jump in junior high, so I was thrilled when she said that was one event the coach wanted her to compete in.
She did well clearing 3 feet 10 inches.......
Her other field event that she competed in today was the shot put.....taking after her mother again! OK, so M too. She did well by throwing 15 feet 10 3/4 inches. She was very nervous and sad that she did not do as well as she did in practice, but we kept telling her she did awesome. M was there to offer her some tips which helped.
Now, I said she wasn't going to do running.....wrong! Her coach had her in 2 running events so we headed over to the bleachers to wait for her races. We have never done this part of track before....always watched field and then went home. We ended up having to stay for the whole thing as she ran the last race.
She ran the 400m and placed FIRST among the 7th grade girls......YOU ROCK J!
Then she ran the 4X400 relay, running the first leg. They did not do as well since all the girls had run races earlier and they were all so tired. AND J had spent the day at Palmer High School competing in a band competition.....so she was pretty tired from the whole day.
We are so thrilled with her efforts today and think that she has so much potential.....can't wait to see her compete next week!
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