4pm- Region 9 - 1600m
this was my first meet ever at cedar and i gotta say i really like their track. and their field the grass is really nice. I had two races the first was the 16 and later the 800 in the medly. I drained my legs a little bit then warmed up with mitch and carson and julien and xander. Coach told us to do some pickups at race pace so we wouldnt go slow idk. We got good and warm it was windy but not terrible.
they had alley starts and I was in the 3rd one on the outside I think, i wasnt seeded very good. the race started I got out fast with the leaders. The first lap was blazin like a 63. I was comfortable still. 2nd lap 67. Nobody was really moving yet. I pushed to the front on the 3rd lap in good rythm and then Jensen and Caleb got moving and passed me with like 550 left but that lap was still 66 or so. I fell back pretty hard after those 2 passed me. my last lap was weak. I needed some more guys around there to push with and get me moving but I just was holding on as best I could for the last bit. Jaiden mustve been sitting behind me he passed me pretty easily in the last 20, im sure the other guys were closing on me too I didnt really kick that last 100. that split was like a 72 I think no bueno. even with that though my 1st and 3rd laps got me a 6 second pr and another state qualifier.
I got a lot of congrats from people after since I finally did a decent race. Ha at first i heard some people saying 427 for my time but turned out 4:30.12 that was a bummer I thought I broke 430. next week at state- sub 430
Later our SMR team beasted, state q by time and place. Jacob Michael and Samson all did great on their legs and I finished us strong with a 201 around there to take 2nd. 3rd fastest in 3A rn I believe. Listened to some kendrick lamar on the way home.
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