Fun in the Sun

Yesterday was the first varsity track meet of the year, the Gateway Invitational at Washington University. There were a lot of good teams and talent there so the boys were pushed to run to bring their "a" game. Starting out in the 4 by 800 we finished fourth. I ran a 2:04-2:05 and was followed by solid legs by Matt, Potter, and a sprinter named Tristen Morgan finishing 8th out of 16 teams. In the mile Glenn and Plassmeyer both ran great races with big prs. Glenn came in at 4:47 and Plaz ran a 4:51. I was quite impressed.  The big news of the day Austin throwing down a big pr in the two mile with a 10:01 two mile finishing second behind Billy Leighton. It was pretty fun to watch.

In other news the 4 by 100 relay of "Sick" Nick Anderson, Duron "finna be hawkin" Neal, Kevonn "KV" Mabon, and Creig "Reverend" Durham broke the school record with a sizzling fast 43:10 second race. It was awesome to watch and we are all extremely proud of them. De Smet finished second overall in the meet behind our friends from SLUH and C.B.C. took third. This Thursday is the conference relay meet at Chaminade so it will be fun to run against them again.

Fun tidbits of knowledge:
-Coach Tom has been downgraded to questionable in his fantasy running status after breaking his wrist playing indoor soccer.
-MCs friend Emily showed me a picture of him in a dress that the entire distance team found quite hilarious
-I'm not sure about you but I got a nasty sunburn yesterday at the meet
-The De Smet track alumni made a strong showing at the meet as we were joined by Johnnel Williams, Alex Potter, and Ethan Stack. Its always great fun to catch up with them