Every spring the Homewood elementary schools put on a track meet. It is only for 4th and 5th graders, and the three schools compete against each other. The one that gets the most points wins a banner and bragging rights for the next year. Bennett never wanted to run, so this was our first year participating.
The children were allowed to do three individual events, and if chosen, could do a relay event. Preston chose to do the 400, 800 and the long jump. He was also chosen to do the 4x400 relay with a few of his fast friends. He was so excited for the afternoon, and practiced in PE for a couple of weeks leading up to the event.
Preston told me his PE Coach had him running 1600s to prep for his shorter distance events. He had some tough competition for all events, but placed 1st in the 800 (3:02.27), 4th in the 400 (1:15.75) and 6th in the long jump (10 feet 9 inches) for 4th grade boys! His relay blew away the competition too, and got an easy 1st place (5:25.35). He was super pumped, and had so much fun competing!
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| Pres and Parks Murray |
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| Pres getting handoff from Ty during relay - he was the anchor! |
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| 1st Place Relay Team: Grant Hartman, Jackson Martin, Ty Mayo and Preston |
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| Pres in starting position next to Collier Hicks |
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| Determination! |
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| SCE swept the competition! |
Pres has already set his sights on breaking the record on the 800 meter (which was set by another SCE boy a few years ago). He wants to do iRun this summer, and has another sport that he now wants to compete in.
