Track and Field States

The weekend after school ended, States for track and field took place.  Nina was attending for high jump and the 4x100m relay.  The event for 3A and 4A schools was happening at Liberty University (next year when Independence moves to 5A it will be a different location).  The members of the Independence team that made it to states travelled down to Lynchburg together on Thursday, had a pre-meet workout at Lynchburg University, dinner out together as a team, and they stayed in a team hotel with roomates.  It was a first for Mark and I to send her off on her own that way, but they had a good itinerary, their coach is very responsible, and it was an absolute blast for Nina!  

 

Because States was on a Friday, and we were leaving for our beach vacation on Sunday, Mark had to stay behind and close out work before being gone for a week, so I went down to watch.  Since I had time to myself once I arrived there on Thursday evening, I took a walk around the Liberty campus and was able to walk around their outdoor track facility as well.

  

Sadly, I didn’t get many pictures because my camera was still away at Nikon getting fixed, so I only had my phone with me.  I took some video of Nina high jumping so I could show Mark, and I videoed the 4x100m relay, but the videos don’t transfer well here.  Nina jumped her previous PR of 4’8” and her relay team took 3rd overall.  It was a fun event to be there as a spectator.  There were some fantastic events and exciting races, and Nina said she had an absolute blast.  

 

She has had such a great time with her track team this past year, and we anticipate even better things for all the kids next year when they can actually be in school in person and when Covid doesn’t influence so much of how they have to operate.  Regardless, we are just thankful that they were able to have sports at all this year, and we certainly enjoyed this outdoor season of being allowed to be an actual spectator instead of peering through a chain link fence to watch the meets like we had to do in winter track when specators weren’t allowed!  :)