Silver and Gold

We're going to the Regional Track Meet!



Landon got a gold medal for his 1st place finish (29 secs) in the 200m at the Lockhart USATF Qualifier track meet on Saturday (June 19, 2010).


He also got a silver medal for the 400m at this meet (time was 1:10).

Run Landon Run

Landon Track Meet at MFHS - February 18, 2010

What's in the Bag?

This is a suggested list of what we have found helpful to pack in your sports bag if you are going to a track meet.

track uniform, spikes & spike kit
sweatsuit and/or poncho or windbreaker
umbrella, sunglasses, and/or hat with brim
sunscreen and lip balm with sunscreen
trail mix, granola bars, fruit, or energy bars & sack lunch or concession stand money
bottled water, sports drinks
deodorant, extra shirt and socks & shoes (for when you finish your events)
blanket for the bus and to lay on when you are not competing
book to read (in case you are only doing a few events and get bored on the bus)
cd/mp3 player & headphones (for the bus only - many meets will not allow these devices)
meet t-shirt money (these range from $10 - $20 usually)
cell phone to call your mom & dad to come pick you up when you get back
tennis ball or tape to set your marks

Parents also want to remember:
cash for tickets/admission & parking
map to stadium destination
schedule of events w/ your child's events highlighted & a watch
stadium seat
stopwatch, clipboard or notepad, & a pen to record results
small first aid kit and a cell phone
camera or camcorder & film
umbrella/tent and a personal mini-fan
sunglasses, and/or hat with brim, sunscreen and lip balm with sunscreen
ice chest with bottle water & fruit (if allowed by stadium)
granola bars, trail mix, sack lunch or concession stand money

Second Best is not a bad thing

Randy got FOUR SILVER MEDALS in Austin today at the AAU District Track meet! (high jump, discus, shot put, and pole vault) That means he automatically qualifies for the regional meet in 3 weeks in San Antonio. Now he has to decide which event to scratch because he is pre-qualified for the javelin already and he can only enter 4 events at regionals. What a dilemma!

There is not a picture of pole vault, but he said that the officials' eyes got as big as dinner plates when he told them he needed a pole for a 200-pound pole-vaulter (guess it WAS a little hard to believe!).




















DISCUS














HIGH JUMP














SHOT PUT

TrainwreckTheTrackstar in Abilene

Corky called from McMurry yesterday after he FINALLY got to get in his first triple jump of the season. He got 2nd with a 45' 3" jump -- that is a foot more than what he jumped at State & Texas Relays in high school! Here is a link to the HyTek results. He also finished 7th in the long jump.

Tarleton State University Invitational Track Meet

Photos of Corky at the 2007 Tarleton State University Invitational Track Meet - his first meet as a freshman at UTPB!

Here he is in his warmups (so cute....awwwww)









Here are a couple of pictures of him warming up with his teammates.










Here he is with Coach Gray (in the white shirt) stretching before the long jump. She said that he did pretty well for his first meet as a freshman.

He got 8th place - jumping about a 20' jump!

The last event for him was the 400 meters. He was second in his heat. He ran about a 50-something and still placed 8th overall.

Expensive, Busy Summer

I've been dealing with Corky and his track stuff - almost made it to the Junior Olympics! but we were in San Antonio 5 times in a 3-week period for meets and qualifiers - and helping with the 7 on 7 football team. Here's the thing about 7 on 7 - I'm helping coach (believe it or not) because when the head coach resigned at the HS, the guy who was his old buddy that was coaching 7 on 7 just quit coaching the 7 on 7 kids. They were meeting only every so often, the guy had not called anyone back about tournaments or games, and we were stuck with no one to play and only a few kids practicing every other day. Jesse and I called the LAST tournament available in the state and tried to get into a canceled spot but the people NEVER CALLED US BACK! Then this week we thought we were going to play the Drip, but we NEVER GOT CALLED BACK! Here's a word to all you MEN who are coaching 7 on 7 - GET SOME TELEPHONE MANNERS! RETURN YOUR PHONE CALLS! Anyway, hopefully we will be playing somewhere next week. The boys are chomping at the bit. We have Tshirts ready to be printed, play sheets, and wristbands with the plays on them for a no-huddle offense. Well, we went down to my dad's for the 4th of July - I told him that I was pseudo-coaching the 7 on 7 football and he started offering all kinds of ideas for plays and offenses.

Went to Jesse's parents last weekend and left Landon down there.Jesse's brother is living there now, and since it has been so long since he's seen him, we went.

My cat is laying here exhausted from his night out - I swear I'm going to put one of those mini-cams on him to see where he goes and what he does all night -- he comes in SO TIRED every day, if he comes home at all! There are some stretches that we go 2 or 3 days without seeing him. Bad little boy. But he has that purr/meow thing that he does that sounds like the Magwai song off of Gremlins and I have to put up with him.

Ok, I'm outta here - just got a call from one of the tech people at school about webpage stuff.
Duty calls...

walk walk walk

I danced Fancy Shawl at the powwow on Thursday and Friday.
Corky did long jump and triple jump at the track meet in San Antonio Saturday, and the shot put and discus rings were across the stadium parking lot, across a footbridge that went over the highway, down some stairs that went down the hill from the footbridge and across a field to get to the ring area. Dadgum!

I might have some energy if there weren't so many people in this house! I spent last week getting the website stuff done for Jesse's college class. I have been driving him to work and driving the kids to track every morning. Picking up the kids at 10 then taking lunch to Jesse at 12. Then I pick up Jesse at 4:30 and take the boys to weight workout at 6pm on MWF - I take the boys to 7on7 football on TTh at 4pm, pick them up at 6pm and drop Jesse off at 6pm for class.
On top of this - this week I am sewing for TIHA....God bless Justin, I love him, but every time we have a powwow he wants a complete total new outfit. I STILL don't have a jingle dress, and I still don't have a set done forJesse . Today I am sewing a vest for his traditional set. Tomorrow I will be making cuffs for his grass dance (and I assume I will be finding a way to decorate his new sneakers that he bought to turn into grass dance moccasins.
On the up side - The house isn't too dirty because I made Corky clean it since he refuses to do any TIHA regalia! BUT I have Randy and Landon coming to me every hour or so trying to get rid of popups on their computers (DUH quit downloading CRAP and you won't have this problem!!!!)
OK, rant over.
Going to get started on that vest! I guess if I get the chance to do any workout at all I can come back and edit later. I am eating better...we'll see what that does for me!

Update: 5pm and still don't have all the TIHA stuff loaded and packed.

update

Justin and Corky both went to a friend's house for a birthday party tonight (even though Corky is technically grounded and I'm frustrated that Justin's room is not clean). But I will enjoy the house having some peace & quiet - Jesse has class tonight - Randy and Landon have pretty much been just playing video games so far this summer.
Saturday the boys' had a track meet...busy busy still!