Track and Field

Krista decided to join the Track and Field team last month. There is a family from our school that has their 2 daughters on the team and Krista was so happy to learn about this opportunity! She is so thrilled to learn all of the events and just loves this sport so much--definately her cup of tea! Luckily it is in a nearby town (about 10 minutes away) and our friends have been MORE than helpful in carpooling Krista. I'm happy to see Krista learn about Track and Field. Such a fun sport for this time of year indeed!

This is Krista in her team jersey on her first Track and Field competition! She was competing in the 1000m walk. Sounds easy? No way! Those kids walked FAST! There is certain a distinct technique for speed walking. She did a wonderful job considering she learned it in a matter of minutes before the competition (placed 7th out of maybe 20 kids).

Since then she has competed in one other competition--and also did great for first attempts. The 50 m with 8.44 seconds (winner was 7.54 seconds.. an unbeatable girl from Camaroon in Africa who is MY height!) Almost all of the other times were in the 8 and 9 second range. It was Krista's first time starting on the running block so she did wonderfully. I think she placed somewhere around 8th out of 25. She also did the shotput and 1000m run. All in all she did very well for literally just jumping right in to this sport!

So far her times are as follows:

50 m sprint- 8"44 with -1.4 wind
Shotput- 5m10
1000m run- 4'23"97
1000m walk- 6'59"90