SCS Track and Field Day

As spring rolled around, Brenna began to get excited about Track and Field.  Last year was our first experience with the sport.  Brenna loved it and proved to have some natural talent for some of the events.  This year, she eagerly signed up for the Track and Field team and we began practices twice a week after school in preparation for Track and Field Day.

When Sarnia Christian School Track and Field Day finally came, it did not come with perfect weather.  It rained through most of the morning, putting a real damper on the outdoor events.  Jacob took the day off this year so he could be there.  I volunteered in the kitchen, so I was able to see nearly all the events.  Lucky for Brenna's group, they began their morning with High Jump in the gym and managed to miss most of the heavy rain.  As the day progressed, they moved through high jump, 100 meter race, 200 meter race, standing long jump, running long jump, and shot put.

Turns out, Brenna did very well for her age group.  She made a clean sweep and came home with six 1st place ribbons!  This was much more than we had anticipated!  I had spent the week praying that she would just be able to place well enough in one event to progress to the district meet later that month.

Here's some video highlights from the day.

After she guaranteed herself a place in the district meet, this required an additional three more weeks of track and field practice.  This is when all her sports seemed to collide over a two week period.  Spring sports were ending, but summer sports were beginning.  We managed to close out basketball and swim, and balance the last few weeks of track and field with tennis and soccer.  I love that she loves sports, but those two weeks were nearly more than we could balance!  We would literally leave one sporting event only to rush to another.

I'll have the Chatham-Kent District Track and Field meet posted soon!