No, this picture wasn't this week. It was taken at the State Track Meet last May, but I didn't take a photo on Saturday, just video. The new and last (sad) track season started with a meet at Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln. It's an inside track, so we don't have to worry about the weather, but it's LOUD! Everything is going on in one gym--long jump, high jump, pole jump, races, and the shot put. That's Andrew's event. He threw 48' 1 1/2" and got first place. He sets personal goals for each meet; this one was 48. He was pretty happy about it. He's only 5'8" and 175 so the big throwers tower over him. When he first started throwing people were so surprised. Now they've seen him for a couple of years, so they expect it. But it does look funny to see him standing in a crowd of six foot, 250 pounders!Since our school is so small, the students do a lot of different events. Andrew also runs the 100 meters. At this meet, it was 55 (since the track is so small). However, that event took place while the shot put event was going on. Shot finished before he did, so they had to wait for Andrew to finish running before the girl's shot put could start warming up. He had the full attention of all for his final three throws, which happened to be his best. I wonder if it was because of the audience.....?
2 comments:
Congrats to Andrew! Arielle misses the practices and the camaraderie of being on the team, but said she doesn't miss the tension of the meets!(I never understood why track meets were so stressful for her but not public speaking.)
yes, we Minichs are such performers!
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