The meet records continue to fall

Weather is going to be good again today.

The track meet last night was good. The girl from North Polk that was a good runner, was on a senior trip and didn't come to the meet. Jess won 4 golds but it was a difficult meet anyway.

There were only 5 teams and not a lot of entries so the meet flew by. It was over by 7:00 so the events were really close together. Jess ran the 400 in a meet record of 58.11 which is the fastest time of the year for her (that time put her 2nd in the state all classes). About 15 minutes later she ran the 800 in a time of 2:31 which was slow for her but with little recovery time from the 800 it was ok.

About 15 minutes after that she ran the sprint med. They won and her 400 split was 60 seconds. She said the meet felt like a sucky practice. She also won the long jump but didn't have that great of a jump. The competition wasn't that good.

It is going to be a busy weekend for her. She leaves today to go to Minneapolis to play volleyball this afternoon. After the tournament, they are driving back to run in a track meet tomorrow. After the track meet, it is back to Minneapolis for volleyball Sunday morning. Then back for a track meet and school on Monday.

Drew has a track meet in Nevada today and a baseball game Monday here in Perry. He worked the track meet last night, moving hurdles and helping with the shot put.

The girls track sprint medley team qualified for the Drake relays so that is coming up next week. You have to be in the top 24 teams in the state regardless of class. I think the came in at 22. They don't have a 400 at the Drake relays so Jess couldn't individually qualify but she is on the sprint med so that will be fun for her.

Lots of stuff happening and it is good to get to the weekend.

ps: to check Jess stats and state rank go to this link: http://www.quikstatsiowa.com/girls_track/2008-09/access_stats.html

Click on the 400 and see her rank. The first screen shows all classes, you can select 3A to see where she is in our class. You can click on her name and it will show all her times and the meets.

Off to start.