City Meet

The final track meet for kids not progressing onto the Regionals is called City Meet.  All the high schools in our area, gather together for one big and LONG track meet.  This year our High School hosted it, and I snuck out of the snack bar to watch Taylor run the mile.  I snuck inside the track fence so I could get some good photos of Taylor running since everything I've gotten so far includes lots of chain link obstructions.

Here is Taylor on lap 2... if it were me, I'd be dead already!

Crossing the finish line... the last 100 meters for these 3 were very exciting.  One thing that's funny about Taylor... he knows how to throw in a burst of speed at the end.  He actually crossed head of these two!

I've been very proud to see how my son's sense of sportsmanship has developed over the years.  When he was nine years old, he almost got thrown out of a soccer game because he was displaying such poor sportsmanship towards the other team.  Not my proudest moment as a mother, let me tell you.  But now, he is one of the only guys who fist bumps all the guys in line after the race, no matter what place he is in.  I love that about him!

And what did Brayden do while Taylor ran?  Turned into a Monkey of course!

Look at those eyelashes ladies... aren't you jealous? 

Track and Field

Taylor had his second Track Meet yesterday afternoon. He ran the 75 meter hurdles, the 1600 meters (also known as the mile run) and the 400 meters. I brought my camera and all the younger kids to cheer him on.... (it will be the last time I bring Brayden to a track meet... it was a nightmare keeping him away from the track!) I have a soft spot for Hurdles... when I was a junior in High School, I ran the hurdles. Ridiculous, I know... if you know me outside of cyberspace, you know I'm 5'3" and have shortest legs on earth.... why I ran the hurdles is still a mystery to me, but I loved it anyway!

After the hurdle race, I put my camera away... last week, I got some really good shots of Taylor running the mile, so I felt like I had enough pictures. Then, he was running the mile and on the 3rd lap I realize he's in first place. This is a good sign because he knows how to turn it on during the last 200 meters or so (and often passes other kids on the final 100 meter stretch.... ) so I dug the camera back out and got this shot of him crossing the finish line in 1st place in the Mile Run! Taylor is definately a distance runner... he didn't do as well in the 400 meters. He keeps trying to tell his coach to put him in the 800 instead, but it hasn't happened yet. Maybe after yesterday's performance, he'll see the light!