Connell Invite

Hanford JV girls traveled to Connell for the Connell Invite! The top 12 had headed to Portland for the Nike Invite. 

Elizabeth had a great race and ran all the way up that hill without stopping. She said she thought about stopping and walking but she ran with a teammate and they didn't let each other stop on the hill. She ran a 27:55 which was 4 seconds slower than her PR even with a huge hill! She got 12th place and they gave ribbons for the top 15 so she got a ribbon. She was thrilled with that. The girls JV team got 1st place at the invite! Elizabeth was the #5 Hanford girl so she helped the get the points for that 1st place finish. She felt really confident after today.  She said she didn't notice her shins hurting during this race. The ibuprofen seems to help a lot. She's not sure if the shin guards are helping but she wears them anyway. 

Purple Swarm warming up! 

Running through the dusty sagebrush. 

Heading up the hill. She didn't stop or really slow down. She just pushed through the pain. 

Sprint down the hill to the finish line. 

Her 12th place ribbon! 

 

Nike Portland

 The top 12 fastest runners from our team go run the Nike Portland Invite. We went to watch Nathan run last year. This year, Nathan made it to Portland but Elizabeth was running Connell. We decided Nathan would go by himself to Portland to run. He did just fine on his first overnight trip not with family! He ran 18:43. 

Another Mom grabbed a  few pictures of him running. 

Finish line sprint

Walla Walla MCC Meet #1

 The kids had their league meet in Walla Walla. Elizabeth had another PR at 27:51! Nathan had run such a fast time at Wenatchee that he got to run his first varsity race today! He ended up running the course in 18:57. 

Warm up time for the girls. I call them the Purple Swarm. There are so many of them and the purple stands out so brightly! I love it! 

Good luck from Gram! 

Pre race pep talk huddle. 

Finish line! 

Cross Country besties! 

Auntie Laura, Papa and Gram came to watch! 

Nathan warming up with the varsity. 

Pre race pep talk. 

The sun was setting and made him glow. 

Elizabeth and I drove home. Nathan rode the bus. The sunset was beautiful! 

Sunset over the water near Burbank.  The water was such a pretty color.