Hershey Track Meet

This was a fun, new thing that McKenna was able to do here in St. George. They have what's called The Hershey Track Meet and it's for ages 9-14. They have to place in the top two from their school to move on to Districts. McKenna ran the 800M about three weeks ago at Sandstone and placed first in her age group so she got to run this weekend in the Districts.

She discovered that she got a lot more nervous before her race than she does before soccer games. Ahhh - that's the difference between an individual sport and a team sport. In a team sport, the whole team has to shoulder a win or a loss but those who have competed in running, wrestling or any other individual sport know that it's a lot different being out there on your own! However, this aside, she decided she really likes running track and can see herself as a distance runner.

It turned out that there were twenty 11-12 year olds racing in the 800M race (And really, McKenna is still 10!) which was too many! And most of them were a whole foot taller than Boo! I thought for sure they were going to trample my baby when they started. Luckily, she got off to a great start and ahead of most of the pack.

She would need to finish first or second in order to move on to Regionals but after seeing what she was up against, her dad and I were just praying that she would survive and possibly make the podium! We were amazed at how well she did. She ran in third place up until the last 200 meters and then the fourth place girl caught her but she managed to finish 4th and beat her best time by 5 seconds! She set a personal record of 3:00 minutes flat! Definitely nothing to hang her head about and look out for her next year! Way to go McKenna! We're proud of you!

Running a strong 3rd on first lap

4th place girl catches her on last turn of last lap

Getting her 4th place ribbon