Race Recap: Day 2 of SCAC (Conference)

After an eventful Day 1, we came out to day 2 with some very high expectations. Although we did not come up with the win on either side, we had some very impressive performances. Elana snagged two wins in the high jump and triple jump. George won the high jump, finishing the Trinity domination of that event. The men had 4 guys in the finals for the Triple Jump, that was very exciting to watch. Zach Brush, who never fails to amaze me, won the 800, 1500, and anchored the winning 4x4 who lead from the beginning and ran a season best! Nice job to GR, Fletch, George, and Brush! Anyway, Zach ran some gutsy races and even managed to break his meet record in the 800 in some pretty hot weather. Justin was third in the shotput with a foot PR, Fletch ran a 2 sec PR in the hurdles to get second, and Spencer was second in the 100! Also, the girls 5k was great! Caitlin, Rosemary, and Maddie finished 2nd, 4th, and 5th, respectively. Gaining 17 more points for the girls! In the end of a long weekend, the guys ended up third with 145 points and the girls were 4th with 112.5. I had a great time this weekend! It's pretty weird to think that after training for 6 months, most of us are done, another season finished. It goes by really fast.

The second to last event of the day, the 5k. The sophomore trio of Pancho, Mark, and myself battled the heat to rack up 7 points. Even though we wanted to gain a few more points than that, I can't complain. Everyone in the event ran extremely well. Every runner who was in the top 8 doubled either in the 1500, 10k, or steeple, so it was a fair race. In the end, Pancho was 4th and I was 7th. I'm not upset with the results because I felt like I raced fine, I just didn't fell 100 percent I guess. I'm not sure. I'm just hungrier for the next time. Anyway, Pancho and I have 3 more weeks of training until we go to Chicago to race and try and qualify for Nationals along with Rosemary and Caitlin. I'll be doing the 5k and Steeple.

After compiling just distance results, 800 through 10k. On the Mens side we finished third behind Centre and Colorado College and on the girls side we finished second behind Rhodes.

Men's Distance Results
1. Centre: 45 points
2. Colorado College: 44 points
3. Trinity: 36 points
4. Depauw: 27 points
5. Hendrix: 5 points
6. Southwestern: 4 points
7. Sewanee: 1 points

Women's Distance Results
1. Rhodes: 88 points
2. Trinity: 56 points
3. Depauw: 27 points
4. Centre: 16 points
5. Southwestern: 6 points
6. Millsaps: 2 points

Award Ceremony: 3000 Meter Steeplechase

Race Recap: Day 1 of SCAC (Conference)

We had the coolest camp ever! Under the huge tree at the 250 mark on the track!

So day 1 of 2 is complete at our conference meet here in Memphis, TN at Rhodes College. Today was mostly prelims, but we had a few throwing events and some distance races completed. On the distance side we had a pretty good day. The women's 10k was quite the race to watch, Caitlin finished 2nd, Maddie finished 4th, Rosemary finished 5th, and Joy snuck in there for that 8th spot by outkicking a girl from Sewanee. It was a close fight for third between Maddie and Rosemary and this girl from Rhodes named Maddie. They'll get her next time! On the men's side, Pancho finished 6th in a hard fought race.

The pole vault went well for both the men and women. Congrats to Emily for a huge PR and her second conference win! The women were 1st and 7th and the men were 3rd, 7th, and 8th. In the long jump, Salome and Adrian both scored and George was one spot out of placing. I gotta give a shoutout to the throwers too! I'm not sure about any specifics, but I know there were some good throws. In the Javelin specifically from what I remember, GR got 2nd with a 10 meter PR and Gill with a 5 meter PR also! I know Joe got a PR, but im not sure what it was. Sorry Joe! It was really fun to watch! Congrats to Kelsey also for her 3rd place finish in Javelin and PR! We got 3 men into the 400 finals, Spencer got in the 100 and 200 finals, Riley got in on the 110's and 400 hurdles, Fletcher got in on the 400 hurdles, and Salome got in on the 100 finals!

The steeplechase was exciting as well! On the girls side, Jessie was 2nd. She almost ran the whole race by herself. Jackie moved her way up to 3rd place! It was awesome to watch. Vanessa was 7th also! Closing out 16 points in that one event and 34 points total on the distance side including the 10k! On the guys side, James, Adam, and I competed. I got 3rd. I was really happy with the race. I went in with the intention to win, but realistically I was hoping for top 5. 3rd got me my first All-Conference mark. After a congested 2 laps I moved up to 4th place, then after another lap I moved up to 1st. It may have been a bad idea, but at the time it felt right. Mentally, I didn't feel like I could hold it. That is something I need to work on. I was happy with the performance though. I was only six seconds from first place and 1 second from second place. I ran a 20 second PR, which was a 9:46.

The girls team had 56 points after day one and the guys had 32 points. Tomorrow will be more field events, all finals, the 800, 1500, and the 5k! GO TUTF!

TUTF In The Community

Over the past few weeks Trinity University Track and Field has done a lot of service in the community. I figured I would share it on here.

1. Go! Kids Challenge Celebration

About 10 of us went over to the Alamodome last Sunday to help out at an event called Kids Rock. It was an expo promoting health for kids. There were alot of games, activities, sponsors, etc. I think Borden was there, Subway (we met Jared!), and some sports drink company. There were other booths set up that were having games and stuff that had some sort of aerobic benefit or team play involved in it. We were there to sit at a table and sign autographs for kids. I guess they thought we were famous or something. haha. We also were interviewed on stage. It was a lot of fun. There was a guy who has an olympic gold medal in the Bobsled. I guess San Antonio has an American Olympic Gold Medalist in there city limits somewhere. Also, Thanks to Bri for getting us set up with this event!

2. Paralympics

This Saturday, Pancho, Joy, Jessie, and I went with coach over to the new Heroes Stadium to help out with the Paralympics. This was an event for Paraplegic Athletes. It was a track meet and we helped out with the timing system. I really enjoyed working at this also. There was everything from Paralympic Gold Medalists to kids who could barely finish a 60 meter dash. I've never really experienced or seen anything like that before.

Working like a Dog

In track news, we have our conference meet this weekend. Were leaving for Memphis on Thursday. I have big goals personally, and we have big goals as a team. Its going to be a long but fun weekend.