Regionals we qualified 3 runners for the state meet. First we had a Freshman 100m runner Mackenzie Jones in 12.80 seconds. Then Soph. Claire Gilbert won the 1600 in a sprint finish 5:10 which is are school record. Claire sister, senior Chloe Gilbert won easily in a new school record 11:31.
The State meet myself and the Head coach got there early for the prelims where Mackenzie was in the 2nd heat 7th lane. She got out well and ran alittle faster then what she usually runs in prelims, however this time her time didn't qualify her for semi. She didn't get out of prelims but only being a freshman it's good experience to be around that kind of atmosphere and next year with alittle bit more strength training she should be back and go after it alittle more.
Next was the 1600, we found a shade place to get out of the heat/sun. It was over 80 degrees now and the track even hotter, you could see it was starting to take a toll on all the runners. Claire got out alittle fast 1:11 and she was still with the top 5 on the second lap, the third you could see the first lap plus some alergies where starting to bother her, the forth lap she came back alittle bit and finish 7th with 5:15. It wasn't what we wanted but it still All-State and her second best time ever. She came back alittle later and tryed to double in the 800 which probably wasn't the best idea, She was at 1:09 first lap but could tell she wasn't in it at all after the 1600. Finish way back in 2:28 but I was very proud of the way she ran the whole year.
- The 3200 was crazy hot, the track was over 105 the officals were saying, so they allowed the coaches to splash their runner if they wanted and the track also had a hose that was misting the runners. Chloe got out great and was with in the top 6 the whole race, her mile split was 5:33 which before the season would have been a P.R itself. Each lap was looking good and was in close to second place but with the heat she started to slow the last couple of laps and just didn't have anything on the final 2 laps and finish in 6th place. This is her first All -State honor in Track but 4th counting Cross Country which puts her as the best runner ever at Owosso High School. Only running 2 full years after switching from soccer and finishing with a school record is a great accomplishment and I am glad I got to coach her for 3 years!!! She is heading to U of M running for the Wolverines!!!
Monday, June 6, 2011
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