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

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

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