Tomorrow is finally my last day of school for the year!! I am ready to be done and call myself a junior in college. It is so crazy to think that I am half ways done. I have two huge finals tomorrow, one at 8am and the other at 10am. I am pretty stressed out right now and can't wait till its all over. Sleep will be very minimal tonight as I am having problems focusing on what I need to finish and study. I thought I would write one last post and hope everyone has a great summer! Take care!
Carly
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Tests, Tests, and More Tests!!
The week we look forward to yet hope never comes. The week of finals is finally here and I am ready to be done but at the same time I do not want to study. It is so hard being inside studying when the weather is so nice and I could be out there doing something constructive. This week has already started off stressful and it is just beginning. I had my first test today and I feel pretty good about it. I have two tests tomorrow in which I will be studying a lot tonight. The part that is very hard is when the teacher assigns a take home test along with a final. Studying time for the actual final is then limited. My lasts tests are on Thursday morning and I will be out of here! It is very scary to think about almost being half done with my undergraduate degree. Time has flown by so fast! Before I know it I will be off at graduate school and off into the real world! Yikes....Let's not think about that! Just think...17 more weeks till the next semester starts.....Happy Summer!
Carly
Carly
Track Winding Down
Hey guys!
Track season is coming to an end as we just had our conference meet this past Saturday. The girls side ended up placing 8th overall so that was a huge accomplishment. We had a good showing with a lot of athletes coming to perform. We currently only have one girl qualified for nationals but I am working to qualify as well. I was .13 off of qualifying on Saturday so am running a last chance meet this Thursday to see if I can still qualify. Nationals will be held in Saint Louis Missouri at the end of May. Our guys side is in the rebuilding stages and hopefully we will have more numbers next year. There is currently also have one guy qualified so we will have to wait and see how that turns out.
It is finally nice outside so hopefully we can get another good track day on Thursday to run.
That's all for now!!
Carly
Track season is coming to an end as we just had our conference meet this past Saturday. The girls side ended up placing 8th overall so that was a huge accomplishment. We had a good showing with a lot of athletes coming to perform. We currently only have one girl qualified for nationals but I am working to qualify as well. I was .13 off of qualifying on Saturday so am running a last chance meet this Thursday to see if I can still qualify. Nationals will be held in Saint Louis Missouri at the end of May. Our guys side is in the rebuilding stages and hopefully we will have more numbers next year. There is currently also have one guy qualified so we will have to wait and see how that turns out.
It is finally nice outside so hopefully we can get another good track day on Thursday to run.
That's all for now!!
Carly
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
It't Been Awhile
Sorry I have not written in awhile. I have been super busy these past two weeks. With track meets getting rescheduled and school coming to an end, my days are very limited and I need to get the most out of each day here. An hour break means I need to work on a project or presentation for sometime during the week.
The time has finally come and the Siouxland Conference is tomorrow. My presentation is done but I need to practice and touch up a few minor details. It will be interesting to see what all of the other students did their research on and how different everyone presents their findings. The conference runs from 8am till 4pm so it will be a very long day for me.
After the conference gets over I'll be heading over to our new track at the high school to help out with a track meet there. The Mount Marty Track team helps with a couple of their meets and then when we have our meet they will help us out. It isn't to bad because you get to see high school athletes perform again and sometimes those are the girls you used to run against.
On Friday is our last meet before our conference meet. We will be traveling to Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. We already have one person qualified to go to the national outdoor meet and are hoping to get a couple more at this meet. Lets hope for some sunshine and no wind:)
On Saturday night is our Spring Formal which is held at the Kelly Inn. It should be a fun event and I am excited that I don't have any conflicts with it. In the past I have had a track meet on that day so it will be nice to just enjoy the day and get ready with the girls. Kind of like prom all over again!
Well that is all for now. I will try to get a couple more posts in after this weekend with how everything turned out. Take care!
Carly
The time has finally come and the Siouxland Conference is tomorrow. My presentation is done but I need to practice and touch up a few minor details. It will be interesting to see what all of the other students did their research on and how different everyone presents their findings. The conference runs from 8am till 4pm so it will be a very long day for me.
After the conference gets over I'll be heading over to our new track at the high school to help out with a track meet there. The Mount Marty Track team helps with a couple of their meets and then when we have our meet they will help us out. It isn't to bad because you get to see high school athletes perform again and sometimes those are the girls you used to run against.
On Friday is our last meet before our conference meet. We will be traveling to Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. We already have one person qualified to go to the national outdoor meet and are hoping to get a couple more at this meet. Lets hope for some sunshine and no wind:)
On Saturday night is our Spring Formal which is held at the Kelly Inn. It should be a fun event and I am excited that I don't have any conflicts with it. In the past I have had a track meet on that day so it will be nice to just enjoy the day and get ready with the girls. Kind of like prom all over again!
Well that is all for now. I will try to get a couple more posts in after this weekend with how everything turned out. Take care!
Carly
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
First Track Meet
Last Saturday was Mount Marty's first track meet where weather allowed us to run. The bus left at 7:45 to travel to Wayne State University. With six teams there altogether, it was a small meet where everyone placed very well.
My first event was the 4x1 relay. We usually do not run this event but thought it would be fun to put a team together. Even though we did not place it was a fun race and got our legs warmed up and ready to run our other events.
A couple of hours later, with the wind still blowing hard, 400 hurdles was my next event. I knew the last 100 of the race was going to be hard so I made sure to push it my first 300. I ran very well posting a time of 68.1 close to my personal best. I ended up 4th overall in the event. I has very happy with this time for the very first meet.
My last event, the 4x4, was only an hour after my hurdles but I recovered and was ready to run. Our team did alright not running our best time but it was good to get outside and run in a meet so we knew what we had to improve on.
Overall, the meet was very successful and everyone came out ready to run. I hope we can get some decent weather to run in within the next couple of weeks. Chance of snow at the end of this week! I can't believe we are expected to get snow in April!
Until next time,
Carly
My first event was the 4x1 relay. We usually do not run this event but thought it would be fun to put a team together. Even though we did not place it was a fun race and got our legs warmed up and ready to run our other events.
A couple of hours later, with the wind still blowing hard, 400 hurdles was my next event. I knew the last 100 of the race was going to be hard so I made sure to push it my first 300. I ran very well posting a time of 68.1 close to my personal best. I ended up 4th overall in the event. I has very happy with this time for the very first meet.
My last event, the 4x4, was only an hour after my hurdles but I recovered and was ready to run. Our team did alright not running our best time but it was good to get outside and run in a meet so we knew what we had to improve on.
Overall, the meet was very successful and everyone came out ready to run. I hope we can get some decent weather to run in within the next couple of weeks. Chance of snow at the end of this week! I can't believe we are expected to get snow in April!
Until next time,
Carly
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
SNOW DAY:)
Hello again! Waking up Monday morning brought me a lot of joy. Not because another week was starting but because it was our first snow day. I really could have done without the snow at the end of March but it made for a nice day of sitting around and enjoying one more day off. Even though it was a snow day sports still go on. After playing some volleyball, and running my track workout around the gym, I accomplished some homework as well. The day went by so fast but I'll take one of those any day. Just a good day to relax and get some stuff done.
That's all for now. I'll be writing again sometime this week.
Carly
That's all for now. I'll be writing again sometime this week.
Carly
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Research Project
As I have mentioned in an earlier post I am taking Experimental Methods II a class required for my Psychology major. In this class we are required to do a research project that we present at the Siouxland Undergraduate Social Sciences Research Conference. This is a very large part of our grade and is also a lot of work.
When I was spending a week with my brother in Arizona I thought it would be a good time to get my project started by doing a survey on why people travel South for the winter. When I arrived back in South Dakota I then surveyed people on why they stay North for the winter. This is only the beginning to my project but is something I have been working on a lot this past week.
I will keep you updated with how my project is going and the work I am putting into it in the next couple weeks before the conference. I better get back to studying for my test tomorrow! Until next time,
Carly
When I was spending a week with my brother in Arizona I thought it would be a good time to get my project started by doing a survey on why people travel South for the winter. When I arrived back in South Dakota I then surveyed people on why they stay North for the winter. This is only the beginning to my project but is something I have been working on a lot this past week.
I will keep you updated with how my project is going and the work I am putting into it in the next couple weeks before the conference. I better get back to studying for my test tomorrow! Until next time,
Carly
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