Sprint all the Way!

The kids have had three track meets so far this season (one for K-4, which may be the only, and two for 5-8th).

Cal Poly's Redwood Bowl was a great place to enjoy the spring sunshine and sprinters.

Niall rocked his sprints-- winning his 50m heat and almost decided he didn't want to enter any other races....

    

... but he's glad he did! 

Although there was a little baton hiccup between the second and third legs, his ~2nd grade team came in second in the 4 x 100m relay, with Niall as anchor!

With buds Razmik and Finn (check out the unplanned matching shoes!)

He tried out the long jump.

with bud, Ivan

His race day concluded with the 100m sprint, where he took another first!

Check out his bounty!

Iver raced in the Thursday meet at Cal Poly, featuring fifth graders through middle schoolers. He entered the 4x100 m relay, the 400m, the 100m, and the 200m.

Relay teammates Joah, Jeteo, Maya.

Iver ran the anchor leg but one dropped baton on leg 1--> 2 cost them the race. So is track life!

He crushed the 100m sprint, finishing in a personal best 14.94 but in second place to a super fast kid, Reece, from Ferndale (14.26!)! 

He was third in his grade for both the 400m race (1:21.4) and in the 200m (33.34) for a strong first meet of the season! We enjoyed seeing cheering on many other friends and families we know from the community, including Olivia, who ran a 6:06 1500m! 

The second 5-8th meet of the season was this Tuesday at Fortuna High School.  It was very "race official," with live timing by Athletic.net.  He did "race up" last year, as a fourth grader.  so we were familiar with the flow of the meet (which, again, was LONG with many hours of sitting and a few minutes of racing). We weren't prepared for rain, but it sure rained (not that heavily, though). 

Iver & Silas, shorts-lovers, trying not to freeze their butts off in the stands.

Iver entered the same events as in the previous meet. The relay was uncomplicated, and the FN boys finished in second place for 5th grade boys (1:07).

Iver finished the 400m race in 1:21.67, good for fourth. 

His 100m was fast (15:69) but not as fast as at Cal Poly, with another second place finish.

His last event was the 200m, which I think is his best distance. He got a "PB" (personal best) of 33.83,  faster than last year (34.30) and ended on a high note, with his time earning first place!

As I mentioned, there may not be a second K-4 meet this season, but Niall had fun. Iver's gearing up for the Championships on the twenty-first. We'll see how fast he can go!