Junior Olympics, Regional Meet!

These boys had just finished running the 1500m & found a fun way to cool off. 
Gracie, running in the steeplechase.
Millie pulled double sports duty this weekend. When she wasn't kicking the ball around the field, she was... jumping hurdles at the track!
This time Gracie earned a gold in the 1500m, silver in the 2000m steeplechase & another silver in the high jump!

Junior Olympics, Regional Meet- a video summary

Gracie placed 2nd in the steeplechase, 1st in the 1500m & 2nd in high jump. She competed against athletes from the states of Washington, Oregon and parts of Idaho and Alaska. On to Nationals!

Junior Olympics, Association Meet

Track Meets and Other Pictures

  In a rare appearance, yes, that's me and my sweet lil' Lorelei.   The beautiful Emilia.   Gracie, warming up before steeplechase.   1st Place in 2000m steeplechase!
  3rd place in 200m hurdles!   A gold, a silver and a bronze... for the 2000m steeplechase, 1500m run & high jump!   Silly girls! What a thing to happen on your drive home and a way to spend you TWENTY-THIRD anniversary!

All-Comers Track Meet

My children participated in an all-comers track meet the other night. Pretty fun!

Here's a little video of some of their races (our battery was getting low so we didn't get everything & some of it was cut short). Also:

1. We were on the ferry on the clip in the van so don't worry if you see unbuckled children. 

2. Yes, we need to work on Tessa's running form. She's only 2, people!

3. Yes, Tessa needs to learn to stay in her lane. 

4. Lucy needs to not run next to girls who want to socialize during the 200m dash. (that girl's super cute!)

5. When watching footage of Josiah running the 200m, Gabe says to him, “You got CREAMED, Josiah!” and Josiah replies, “Hey! Those boys had deeper voices than YOU!”

6. It was super fun to have a little relay team made up of my own children. We weren't sure if they'd let them run it- it was co-ed but we weren't sure about the ages. Josiah, Millie, Gabe & Gracie all ran it and we were pleasantly surprised that not only did they NOT get last place, they almost caught the 2nd place finishers! The first place team was a team of high school boys. They did great & finished with a time of 4:49 or so. Battery was dead so didn't get to record the race. Bummer.

Here are the events they did:

Tessa (2)- 50m & 200m dash

Lucy (newly 5)- 50m, 200m dash & long jump

Julianna (7)- 50m, 200m dash & long jump

Josiah (11)- high jump, shot put (practicing for pentathlon!), 200m dash, kids mile & 4x400m relay.

Emilia- (13)- high jump, shot put, 200m dash, kids mile & 4x400m relay.

Gabe- twisted his arm to join the Team Long 4x400m relay

Gracie- high jump, 1500m (5:07) & 4x400m relay

On to STATE!

(photo credit: Dave Shreffler)
Gracie made it to the WA State track meet in all 3 of her events: 1600m, 3200m and high jump. 
She got a PR & 6th place in the 1600m, with a time of 5:14!!  She placed 8th in high jump & 9th in the 3200m. She did amazing!
Great comeback after healing from a fractured foot!







Tightly packed 3200m.
Sprint to the finish in the 3200m.

Track Awards Banquet

Gracie & Jacob were PAHS track team's MVPs.

 They got this award for scoring the most points during the season. They earned points by how they placed at the track meets.

Jacob & Gracie are both homeschooled. :)

Newspaper Clippings

So Gracie's foot healed up during basketball season & she slowly eased back into sports after having to be off of her foot for 8 weeks. She's in track season now & doing well!

Here are some various newspaper clippings from this month.

Gracie and her Medals

Gracie & the four 1st place medals she earned for the 1500m & 2000m steeplechase at the association and regional meets in Junior Olympics. Yeah, she's pretty much a stud. (studette?)

Junior Olympics: Steeplechase!

Gracie placed 1st in the 2000m Steeplechase at the association meet in Seattle, which qualified her to run at the regional meet in Portland. She ran it today and placed FIRST again with a time of 7:37.2! She qualified for the National meet! (we won't be able to go though :(  -it's in Florida) She wanted a picture in the water pit to show how deep it is.

She also went on to win the 1500m at the Regional meet with a time of 4:57.43!! She amazes me! Awesome job, Gracie!

Junior Olympics: PNW Association Meet Highlights

Josiah, Millie & Gracie participated.

Track Athletes

GO GRACIE!
GO ALEK!

USATF Junior Olympic Regional Results are in and she's On To Nationals!

Gracie placed 2nd in the 3000 with a time of 11:16 & 5th in the 1500m with a time of 5:08 at the regional USATF Junior Olympic meet. Nationals are next!

USATF Junior Olympics

High Jump
3rd in the 3000m: 10:57 5th in the 1500m: 5:05

Gracie's Championship Track Meet

She's baaaaaaaaaaaack! 

Here's Gracie, obviously recovered from pneumonia (finally)! 

FIRST PLACE in the 1600m: 5:47- I believe she was the only junior high girl to break 6 minutes all season (and she did it every time she ran it!).

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjc_otHI1q0)

FIRST PLACE in the 400m: 1:08!

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beHYth-Ws64)

FIRST PLACE in the 800m: 2:39! She beat her own personal record by 5 seconds!

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAHmocswXkM)

We are thankful that after all of her hard work and then getting pneumonia in the middle of the season, she was able to finish strong today. She did awesome & we're very proud of her!

Watch all 3 races squished into 1 video here.

Track

Gracie was waiting for her track team to show up!

Gracie: Last Leg in the 4x400

Gracie running the last leg in the 4x400.

Gracie's First Track Meet - The Video