April Fools!

 April did not come in well for this family. 

Nathan started feeling weird on Monday the 30th. He had a fever and didn't go to school Tuesday. 

Wednesday, Kennewick tennis  cancelled their tennis match against us as they were on spring break and didn't plan ahead to check on that. 

The track team traveled all the way to Hermiston for a meet that looked to be rainy. Unfortunately, Nathan was home sick still with a fever. I had him go to urgent care on Wednesday as the fever had been hanging on for 2 days. They tested him and he has Influenza B. It was slightly too late to give him Tamiflu. The doctor said after a horrible Influenza A season, the Influenza B is now kicking in really strong around here. 

The track team began their meet in Hermiston on the 1st without Nathan. I knew the weather was supposed to be rainy but apparently things got SO bad they cancelled the meet after the 100's. Nathan would have been warming up and then the meet was have been cancelled and that would have been frustrating. He was almost glad he was sick! 

Then, Richland tennis decided they wanted to cancel the tennis match on Thursday the 2nd as they just didn't feel like playing. 

Very strange week with not a lot of sports! 

As I type this on Saturday the 4th, Nathan is STILL sick and has a fever. The doctor told him the fever would be at least 4 days with this strain of influenza B. He's never been this sick for so long and it's really frustrating. He missed 4 days of school this week which is serious as a senior as he has a lot of work he needs to make sure is done. Hopefully, he'll be starting to turn around in the next few days. 

Clay Lewis invite 3/28

Nathan ran the 3200 at the Clay Lewis Invite at Hanford. He ran it in 11:20. I spent the race taking pictures while walking a whole lap around. 

Just before the start. 

These pictures loaded backwards so you get to see the race backwards! 

Finish line. 

Start! 

Here are the videos of the race. 

 

Tolo Dance 3/28

Nathan and Sarah went to the Tolo Dance at Delta! 

 

Tennis @ Kennewick 3/27

Elizabeth played #1 singles at Kennewick today. She lost 3-8. The other girl had amazing shot placement! 

Pippa and Auntie Laura came to watch!

Track at Hanford 3/26

Another beautiful day to watch a track meet! Nathan ran the 1600 in 5:15 and threw the discus 82' 8".  

Tennis @ Hermiston 3/26

 Elizabeth played #1 singles in Hermiston. She won 8-3 even with her opponent making some "questionable" calls.  Jeremy went to the tennis match  in Oregon while I went to Nathan's track meet in Washington! 

Track-Richland Jamboree 3/21

The first track meet of the season was the Richland Jamboree. They were offering a 1500 steeplechase so Nathan opted for that for his race. He also threw the discus. 

Firstly, the steeplechase had a lot of excitement. During the first water jump, a Richland runner accidentally jumped right on top of our Hanford runner who was in first place! It looked like our guy was giving him a piggy back ride since he jumped right on top of him. The Hanford guy looked like he had the wind knocked out of him but slowed down after that. Nathan had been right behind them so wasn't involved but he ended up passing our other guy to get second place in the race overall. There were 4 runners. He ran it in 5:27. 

There is no proof of this time. Since they finished at a different place that wasn't the official finish line, they hand timed it. They wrote down the times on a sticky note and apparently lost it as they never managed to post the results online. 

On the final lap, Nathan banged his knee good on the final barrier as he was tiring and getting over the barriers was getting harder. 

After the race, he bragged he had earned "first blood of the season" for the Hanford track team. It is most likely true as this race was the first race of the entire season since it was the first race of the meet.

 

After the steeplechase, Jeremy and I drove up to Hanford to watch Elizabeth play a varsity match. Our number 3 varsity singles player had a band thing so they put Elizabeth in that spot against another 4A school Lewis and Clark. It was basically just for her to see what kind of level she'd have to be at to play singles varsity as she lost quickly 6-0, 6-0. They were playing a 2 out of 3. 

Then, Jeremy and I drove back down to Richland and got there just in time to see Nathan throw the discus. 

He got a HUGE PR. He threw 82'11" for an 8 foot PR. He'd been lifting a lot of weights over the winter hoping to get stronger and throw further. It worked! 

Mead was also at this meet. They have the #1 ranked high school discus thrower in the country. They have to close down the track while he throws since he throws so far. His PR is 218 feet. He threw 210 feet at this meet and the next closest competitor threw 144 feet. 

The weather was absolutely perfect today so we loved being outside all day!