shut down until further notice...

So after finishing out the season, Coach told me that he wanted me to stop for quite sometime.  The hope is that with enough rest my knee will heal itself without any sort of surgery or anything!!  I like this plan a lot I really dont want to have to do surgery again, but it is really hard to stop working out...I will start some abs and upper body again soon.

Started my internship at J lab on tuesday!! So far I am loving it!  My roommate is awesome!!  I have learned a lot already!!  It is very strange to be in a work enviroment rather than a school one...once I am done for the day I am done, no homework or aweful lab reports like last summer!!  I am really looking forward to getting to know the people here and makin some new friends.  I think it will be a good summer!

pain in the neck finish...

Season did not end the way I would have liked it too.  I had a really great pre-meet practice in Wednesday and was ready to go thursday afternoon.  Warm-up wasn't stellar, but things were starting to come together.  First jumped at 3.01 m I went right over it but landed funny and got up with a sore neck...made it over 3.16 easily, but by the time I was attempting 3.21 my neck was so tight I could not straighten my arm above my head.  Tried, but was not able to pull of the 10'9" clearance...really disappointed with how the season ended.  Coach messed with my neck after my last jump and could feel it was tight, Maggie saw it as I walked over to her...Boys did pretty well,  Joey finally got his PR by jumping 4.61 m.  Its a good thing he and I are juniors cause we have lots of work still to do!!!!  Now the team is gearing up for nationals.  Rich, Dira, and Jenna are pretty solidly in.  Asare and the women's 4x4 are right on the bubble.  The last day to qualify was today, the final lists come out on Sunday.  We are all hoping for the best!!!

I was able to drive home after the meet on Thursday, despite the fact that my neck refused to turn to the right...good thing it was mostly all highway!!!  Felt very sorry for the rest of the team on the bus, they didn't get to CNU until 4:30...Now I am enjoying a few days at home before heading back to school for some research work.  I am not happy with how the season ended, but I am glad to be able to start summer and give my body a chance to recover after a very long year!  Can't believe I am now a senior!!!  College went way to fast!!

One shot left!

We are up in NJ for the week for two final qualifier meets.  I was less than pleased with the how I jumped at Swarthmore on Monday!  I felt really good and had a jump at 3.15 that was about the best I've done in competition all season!  But could not manage to repeat it at 3.25...frustrating.

Now we are hanging out at the hotel.  Had a nice shake out in the rain yesterday.  Played laser tag all afternoon!  It was so much fun!  Today we are about to have a pre-meet practice, then go explore Philadelphia for the afternoon, including dinner at Pat's!  How sad is it that I had to go all the way to a school in Virginia before I would ever have my first real Philly Cheesesteak!! 

Tomorrow we compete at our last meet before nationals.  I need to jump 3.70ish to qualify.  I know its possible I just need to get it done!

Pro Athlete week

Having a blast getting to act like a pro athlete this week, nothing to do but practice!  Monday and Tuesday were just simple shake out days, getting conference out of our systems.  This morning we did some short approach jumps then 4 laps of in and outs, first full workout I've done in like a month!!!  Legs felt good though.  I enjoyed it even though it was pouring down rain!  Little upset with Joey for dumping the water from the roof of the tent on me...but oh well!  Looking forward to seeing the avengers and making family dinner with the team tonight! 

Ups and Downs...

Conference this weekend certainly had its ups and downs.  The team worked really hard.  It was so exciting to see everyone out cheering on their teammates.  There were great performances across the board.  Pole vaulting went well.  Managed my 5th conference victory with a jump of 3.37, a 1 cm pr.  As a team we were seeded to lose by 65 points to Methodist...In the end we closed the gap to only lose by 8...Still not nearly as good as winning, but not a bad accomplishment!  The men's team came out with a huge win!  It was a really long weekend, with an incredibly long bus ride home...made it to bed at 2.  Had a great weekend with the team.  This has been an amazing year with an amazing team!! I am so proud of all that we accomplished!  I am looking forward to competing with them for a few more weeks and hopefully traveling to California for nationals with them!  I know we will come back stronger next year!

Conference Time!!!

Good practice today.  Yesterday took more out of me than I thought it did, but I was still able to get some good pre-meet work in.  Jumps felt great looking forward to going over stuff on Sunday!! 

This is a weird time as we started to say goodbye to those not competing at conference.  We have such a great team!!  Gonna miss everyone!!!

Grades were posted today!! I was nervous, definitely thought that the 4 was out of reach this semester, but finals must have gone better than I thought they did cause despite being sick during finals week, I pulled off a 4.0!  5th semester in a row!!

Great practice

Had a really nice first full practice today.  It was a jump day.  Did not get to tired...It was some of the best jumping I have done in a long time.  Looking forward to jumping at conference on sunday!!

back from sick and start of summer!

Today was my first day doing more than the warm up since I got sick at the beginning of last week!  According to the doctor there was nothing wrong with me...but whatever it was it is finally going away.  Coach only let me know 3 of the 5 120s.  They felt fine.  I was beyond slow...hopefully that goes away after a day or two.

I can't believe the year is over!!   It was most certainly a crazy one!  By far the toughest one yet.  But overall it was a good year!  Lots of great memories!  But so glad its over and its summer time!

Now its time to enjoy being  a "pro" athlete for a few weeks!!!  Looking forward to enjoying time with my teammates.  Conference in PA this weekend!!  Hopefully it'll go as well if not better than indoor!