Track

Another season, another sport.  Track season is upon us and Soren has taken off full throdle.

Thanks to Pops we have these awesome pictures to go along with 4 gold medals and 1 bronze from her meet this week.

Soren's day started at 6:00am.  Shower, dress, breakfast, chores and out the door at 7:15 for morning track practice.  The meet started at 4pm with the long jump as her first event.

With a jump of 13ft. 5in. Soren walked away with the gold.

Pole Vault, a completely new adventure for Soren, was next.  The 7th graders were introduced to this exercise for the first time only 3 days before the meet, so it was a learning experience for all.

Clearing 6ft. 6in., Soren secured the gold for this event.

Moving on to running.  Soren competed in 2 individual events and one relay.  Her first run was the 400 meter sprint and with a time of 1:05 she crossed the finish line in first place.

The Mile.  This is a fun one to watch Soren do.  It is 4 times around the track and Soren will hang with the crowd for the first three laps and then take off for the final round leaving a significant distance between herself and the 2nd place girl.  This week, they had the boys and girls run together so the track was quite crowded making it a little more difficult to be able to run your pace.  If you notice in the pictures, the wind was gusting fiercly and hit them like a wall heading down the east side of the track.  Soren finished in the lead (of the girls) with a 6:20 mile.

In the 4 X 400 relay, Soren ran the last leg and was able to move her team from 5th place to 3rd place allowing them to bring home the bronze medal.

When the last finish line was crossed, Soren walked in the house at 10:30pm; just in time to start homework...  :(

Not a bad start to the season.  Congratulations on a great meet, Soren!  Thanks to Pops and Nana for braving the long, cold meet and especially for the great pictures!

mom, dad and reese watch intently!

lined up for the start of the mile