So yesterday was the follow up race to the Greenville Mile that Corey ran last week. It was at Sky View High School. They had all the 1st place winner from grades 3-5, both boys and girls run the mile again. There were 6 different races, 3rd grade girls, 3rd grade boys, 4th grade girls, 4th grade boys, 5th grade girls and 5th grade boys. So my little niece Ryley ran the mile against 6-7 other girls her age, 3rd grade, from different schools. She got 2nd place and was kind of sad because she wanted to be first. She still got an awesome time of 6:57 or so. Great runner. In fact, the 1st place winner is on their soccer team. Kaitlin is her name and she goes to North Park. Then 3rd place went to Morgan, who is also on their soccer team and she goes to the Smithfield School. So the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place runners in 3rd grade were all on Corey's soccer team. So proud!
Then the 2nd place and 3rd place runners for grades 3-5 were going to run relay races against the other schools.They had to run a mile total, each kid got to run 1 lap (4 kids in each group). So first of all, let me tell you what happened earlier. I got a message from Corey's teacher, while I was watching Cade's school program that Corey was not feeling well...she had a stomach ache. I know my daughter and I knew that she was nervous for her race. She had time all day to think about it and STEW over it. She is just like Matt. She lets her NERVES get to her. So I took her home with us, an hour early from school, and went and got her a slurpee and let her rest in the car, while I ran a few errands, before the race. So by the time the race was about to start, she found all her friends, stretched a little and she was FINE! I think she gets nervous about the UNKNOWN. She did not know what this relay was all about. I kept telling her it was only a lap and that they would give her all the instructions.
So it was time for the 3rd graders. So it was her and Tyler and then the 2 boys in 3rd grade who finished 2nd and 3rd also, Calvin and Carter. So they had Carter, the 3rd place finisher run the first lap, then Corey was the 2nd leg, her girl friend Tyler was the 3rd leg and then Calvin the 2nd place boy was the last leg. They got 1st in their race, against 6-7 other schools. They did so good. Carter, the little boy that started out first was so fast and gave Corey a great start. So when Corey got the baton and had to run her lap, she was running great! I thought this boy behind her was going to catch her, but she kept her pace and did not let him pass her! And towards the end of her lap, a little 2 year old kid runs onto the track, into Corey's lane and Corey had to dodge him. She did pretty good. At least it didn't effect the race. We were all laughing after about putting OBSTACLES on the course. And we told Corey she should have just HURDLED the little boy. But they did great and finished first.They were so excited!
We stayed for a few more races to see some of our neighbors run. And they all did great! The kids all got little medals to wear and they were all excited. Theses kids sure put a lot of pressure on themselves. A lot of kids were sad or crying after the race! We need to stress to our kids, like I was trying to do to Corey, that this is JUST FOR FUN! Who cares who wins? But we all know that KIDS LOVE TO WIN!
Hannah, Kaisley, Corey & Ryley.... They Competed against each other in Relay!
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