Middle School track is over…for this girl, anyway.

The last two track meets have been outrageously exciting! Last week when I showed up for the league qualifying meet, Sarah was a little nervous because every girl who had ever beat her in a XC or track meet was there! We had not seen a couple of them all year at the meets, but they showed up to run in the qualifying meet so that they could run in the championship meet for their school. The top four would qualifying for the championship meet and there were 4 girls there who had better times than her. There were two qualifying meets happening in the county, but all 4 of the girls who had better PR’s than her happened to be at her meet. What luck. We said, just run with everything you’ve got, girl! And boy, did she!

Getting ready to run the 800m

About to place THIRD in the 800m with a PR of 2:40!

She also placed third in the 1600m and PR’ed with a time of 5:58! It had been her goal to break a six minute mile this year, and she did it! What a thrilling day that was!

Yesterday was the championship meet and it was absolutely a super day. She again placed third in her races and PR’ed again in the 1600m with a time of 5:55!

I love that I caught this jumping warm up!

Standing on the podium to get the ribbons!

After we got home from the meet, Sarah told me that while she was running the 800m and was just barely ahead of the girl who ended up in 5th place, she heard that girl’s coach yell “This is your last meet as a middle schooler!” and she thought, “Wow! This is MY last race as a middle schooler!” and that’s when she pulled ahead of that girl! She took the other girl’s coach’s advice as her own and made a memory. I’m so proud of her!

And now we’re on to high school meets. And probably more middle school meets…Sarah’s made an impression on her sisters and they are all planning to follow in her running footsteps. And that makes this momma even more proud and excited.