MEN are Conference Champs!

Congrats to the guys team for their victory this weekend!! They worked really hard and totally deserve it!! The girls had a much harder time and finished up second to Methodist, who is just too deep in the sprinting events.  Congrats to the boy vaulters for taking 2,4,5 and 6!!  Also Amanda cleared her first height and managed to get over 7'3"!!!  I had a bad day, lets just leave it at that.  guess they have to happen every once in a while, but hate that it had to be at conference.

Was so excited my fam could be there to visit though!  It was great to see everyone!!  I am really looking forward to heading home for the summer in  few weeks!!  Also so glad Andrew was able to stop by!!  And Michael was able to stay long enough for the meet too, even though he had a really bad day of his own!

Crazy to think the semester is over, but looking forward to a change of pace.  Have to refocus and get ready for two more last chance meets!

More Rain!

So today in anticipation of rain we had practice inside!  It was fun to move the other pit around!  Practice went really well felt great, only did shorter approach stuff though because the pit is new and hard so coach did not want anyone falling to it from any great height and hurting themselves.  Then headed to a quick dinner and spent the next 4 plus hours studying for the two exams I have tomorrow.  At least they will be over around noon!  Excited to see my parents and grandparents tomorrow!  Also, Conference gets rolling tomorrow at 5 !  Lets go CNU TF!!!!

Finals Week

Had a nice weekend off leading into finals week.  Enjoyed the time to relax, Marissa and i got in some good shopping.  Michael and i had a good run, though I did nearly die because I could not breath after about 2.5 miles.  The results of dehydration and excess heat.  Then had a nice dinner with Michael's teammate friends.  Easter sunday was very nice, went to 8 am mass with Michael, then he came with me to Northside at 10:45, lots of church!  managed to successfully make cheesy potatoes for dinner with Kels.  According to grandma i am now successfully domesticated! not sure how I feel about that!  After a fun dinner, enjoying the successful completion of lent, came back and got to work studying.

This morning i had my toughest exam of the week, radiochem.  Went much better than expected, took a long time but overall I feel pretty well.  Had a good practice this afternoon.  Working on building my confidence for this weekend! should be big!  triple at 10 then pole vault at about 2:30.  I am currently seeded about 7th for triple so I am looking forward to the chance to compete and hopefully pick up a few points.  In the pole vault, I am seeded second behind the jumper from Penn State Behrend who hit 3.50 back in march.  She has not done took much since so it will be interesting to see!  Hopefully she does well so she can push me to some new heights!!!

Preping for my leadership exam now, then have essentially three days to get ready for physics and o chem in friday.  Everything is falling into place!

Ups and Downs at Conference

So today was our Mason-Dixon Conference Championship.  I was very unsure how my day was going to go when I woke up with the hamstring still very sore.  Heated and warmed up on the bike.  On the run way things did not get much better.  Took everything that I had to do each and every run, but was determined to compete, especially since the jumper from York who was seeded above me did not show up.  As I got going things began to loosen up.  I cleared 8'2" on my first attempt and then was ready to go.  Also had first attempt clearances at 8'8", 9'2",  and 9'8".  Then missed all three attempts at 10'2".  Today was a season PR by about 2 " but I am still about 6" short of my indoor PR.  Was certainly excited that that jump still got me a conference championship.  third in a row, can't complain

So that was the up, now for the down.  Going in we knew the girls were favored by 6 points and the boys were down by nearly 30.   Methodist was our competition and they are stacked with sprinters, an area we lack a little.  There were definitely some amazing performances today.  Freshman, Jenna, won the high jump, PRd and provoed for nationals.  There were also about 6 other conference champs across the team, and I am happy to share the pole vault champ title with Joey, and Taryn was awesome taking second today.  As the day continued whispers began that the girls were loosing.  Then as the scores were announced, we came up about 15 points short, we had 123 to Methodists 138.  Incredibly disappointed for the team, its hard to enjoy my victory when the team lost.  Then the boys came up just 3 points short, what a come back.  Coach was still happy because both teams scored more points then we were supposed to and we had over 30 PRs on the team.

I guess I should not be too upset, but it is disappointing for the team to loose.  It was great to have Jez, Nicki and Libby from small group and to spend some time with my parents.  Now to look toward a few post season meets.  But for conference all I have to say is outdoor here we come.

one last prep

Nice early morning practice today.  Just a pre-meet day.  regular warm up then on to pole vault.  Short approaches felt good.  Then full runs were on.  Got off the ground early today which was nice.  last run though felt something stretch a little in my hamstring.  Got shut down for the day, but should not interfere with tomorrow.  Looking forward to seeing my parents this afternoon and stepping up for conference in the morning.  Also excited to sport the new team gear that came in today!

Ready To Roll

Not too much to report in my first post.  Today was an easy active  rest day.  Went on a 20 min run with Michael, out to President Trible's house and back, about 2 miles.  To an active walking rest break about half way back. Def a great chance to get outside and enjoy the absolutely beautiful weather we had today! Then led Michael and Caleb through some quick abs. Legs feel good,  ready to roll in to conference this sunday.  Should be a good day for the team.