It was a beautiful day for Nathan's last meet of the year. It was about 76 degrees out with no wind and lots of sun!
Nathan had some fans come! Papa Ray and Peaches came along with Papa Norm and Gram. I failed at getting pictures with them but they were there.
Nathan had a rough race. There were 201 JV boy at the start line (they did not split them up like last week). He fell not long after the start of the race due to the huge amount of boys. They got tangled up. He had a spike cut on his leg and had to scramble back up and try to make up time despite his leg stinging and hurting. Then, he fell AGAIN down near the volleyball courts.
Despite these hardships, he still finished 16 out of the 201 JV boys. He finished 4 out of 38 JV Hanford boys. His time was 19:23 which wasn't his best BUT that was ok. This wasn't a PR course anyway as it's slow. If he hadn't fallen, he probably would have gotten somewhere between 10th and 15th place, but in the end it doesn't matter for him as he wasn't moving on to districts anyway.
He had a great season and had some huge PR's so that's all that mattered! He worked hard and made it to Portland. He made some new friends. He had some great bus trips and some races where he felt so proud of how much he had improved.
JV warmups!
Waiting for the start.
Trying to make up time after his falls.
Finish line sprint!
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JV team picture. Nathan is right in the middle with the sunglasses.
Another amazing parent took pictures so here is another start pictures. I guess their shoes were interesting.
Nathan yawning. He didn't have a great night's sleep. Also, that other boy is jumping. He's not really that tall. He is tall though!
I thought it was funny how Nathan looks to be smiling in the picture.
I like this picture right next to the river.
Spike injury.
Another beautiful day!
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