State Track

Wednesday, May 20 the few select individuals who qualified for State headed out for Casper to show what they had worked so hard for this last year.  On the way we stopped in Riverton and had a small practice to get the bus junk out of our systems. Kirsten and I had fun running on their turf following the circles, letters, and numbers. Then we boarded the bus for the finishing time to beautiful Casper. Thursday we left the hotel and headed to Ihop where we ate up so we could be ready for the big races that day. The first event was the 3200 which I had the privilege to run. I ran it in 12:45, a new Personal Record!! Then I sat in the tent the rest of the day awaiting the last event, the 4x800. Our team, made of Kirsten, Randi, Abby, and myself, took sixth place and ALMOST broke the school record. I ran my fastest split of 2:36 and felt pretty good about the race!! The rest of the weekend I spent filming my peers and getting the best tan of my life!! OUCH! It was fun to finally go to state track; an experience I will remember for a long time!

I"M GOING TO STATE!!!!

So this is officially the first time in four years of running track that I will be going to State. This last weekend I ran the 3200m, 1600m, and was a member of our 4x800 team. I will be going to State in the 3200 and the 4x800. It was a great weekend! All of my races went well and I felt good about the results. I came in 6th in my 3200m  and our 4x800 team came in 4th. In the 1600 I came in 10th and only the top 8 go to State. So....on Wednesday I will board the bus and head to the beautiful metropolis of Casper where I will aim for a spot on the podium! Wish me luck!!

Track in Jackson

This past Wednesday the Star Valley track team boarded the bus for Jackson. The weather was yucky. There was rain and wind which made it very, very cold. None the less, we pretty much rocked the meet. I ran the mile in 5:51 a new p.r. and ran the third leg of our 4x800 with a time of 2:46; no 3200m this time. Ty feels like my I am getting to relaxed in the two mile so he put me in the 4x800 to wake my fast-twitch muscles up and get them going again. I felt pretty cool running the 800 a whole lot faster than I thought I could. In the end, despite the weather it was a great meet!