Pub: 3-6-18
Howdy all,
I hope you are stoked for Spring break and have some nice refreshments for the week in the Chili bin.
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. Silver is purified in fire, and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed.” Helen Keller
Each paragraph will be about one group so look for the group you are interested and read about them.
This last weekend the Junior High and High school were tested with the fire of tough competition. The Junior High threw Friday at Navarro. We learned some important lessons in this benchmark meet. I threw 6 seventh grade lads and they are still amazed at the distance some of the other teams are throwing. Clarence Patlan is my smallest in weight thrower yet he throws his shot almost 30 feet. None of the lads (Alex Medina, Khye Stewart, Joseph Araujo, Justin Evans and Preston Edge) threw good enough to receive a mark or score points for the team.
The seventh grade girls also are learning about the competition of throwing. In the discus Natalie Pacheco threw a new personal best of 61’2” to tie for 2nd place. Bree Criswell also kept marked and threw 56’5”. Dakota also threw but did not stay marked. In the Shot Putt Bree threw 26’7” to keep marked in 7th. This throw was almost two feet further than her first meet. Miranda Santos and Natalie also threw shot.
The 8th grade lads were led by Cort Haltom. Cort spun a shot 41’3” to place second behind a thrower from Wimberly who just powered it out with no form. Jacob Flores and Elias Hernandez also threw shot. Cort threw a huge 150’ disc in practice on Wednesday but he was trying to hard and only threw 117’6” to place third. Jacob threw over 100’ to just miss a mark and Joshua Del Toro also threw discus.
The 8th grade girls had April Bodie finish first in the shot Putt competition with a throw of 35’.5” but she threw at least 38’ but scratched on her last throw. Sydney and Savannah also threw shot but the competition was stiff and they did not mark. April told me before the discus competition that she had this won. I am old school and you don’t say this no matter how good you are. Well she ended up placing second with a throw of 75’10”. Not bad but she threw farther after the meet just getting extra throws.
The High school threw Saturday. The JV boys had our Kiwi, Ronin Galpin, (picture attached) improve from his first meet with a throw of 11.09 M (36’5”) to place 2nd. A Chili Bin is what New Zealanders call an ice chest. Jon Cantu and Robey Harold also threw shot. Robey Harold pressed a beautiful disc to a distance of 92’3” to place 5th. James Black also kept marked with a throw of 88’ but did not make the top six.
Noelia Medina placed first in both shot and discus with throws of 91’ and 29’.5”. Emili Oliver stayed marked in discus placing seventh at 67’ and staying pinned at 8th in shot with a throw of 23’7”. Jocelyn Sekula was our third contestant.
In the varsity meet we only had two throwers but both remained pinned and made the finals. The High School meet was run in a preliminary and final competition. Victor Garcia threw a new personal best of 119’11” to place 6th in discus. He threw a new personal best of 41’3” to make the finals but placed 8th. After the competition he was throwing 44 feet. When I asked him what was different he said “There is no pressure now.” Lesson learned to throw relaxed.
Emily Garcia was our only lady varsity thrower as Katelyn Van dong was winning the regional powerlifting competition. Well done Katelyn. Emily place 6th in shot with a new personal record of 28’9.25” and she kept marked with a new PR in Discus at 91’6”. She was a bit disappointed but as a sophomore she should be quite proud.
We throw again Thursday. The Junior High in Bandera and the varsity in Somerset.
In memory of Roger Bannister, the first miler to break 4 minutes who died this weekend, I have a quote.
“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful Is the man who will win” – Roger Bannister
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