It is hard to believe my days as a high school "Track" Mom are over....
Krystin ran her last high school race.
Her very last Track Final!
I am actually sad those days are over. I love watching my kids run.
I am actually sad those days are over. I love watching my kids run.
It should be noted that she almost didn't even participate in Track (her favorite sport) this year,
due to over obligation as a Senior High School (in ASIA) student...
She was designed to run though that girl.
Even with minimal, and I mean minimal like maybe one to two days of training a week (and without a coach) she still decided she would participate for the sake of participating all 4 years...
The Track Finals are against all the other International Schools.
Some of which are INTENSE competition and have professional running coaches.
I happened to be in the states with Todd the day of the Finals (which KILLED ME),
but thanks to modern technology I was able to be up all night and cheer with her virtually.
Hong Kong does Track Prelims and Finals in such a STRANGE way.
They have Prelims for some events on a Monday, and some the same day as the Final which happens to be the next day, Tuesday. There is no recovery time.
Monday for Prelims it was rainy and humid.
Krystin qualified for the 100m with a crazy fast time of 12.6 second.
She really wasn't ever able to run the 100 in CA, as it is always right before her main even the 400m,
so she didn't even really know how fast she was in that event.
Tuesday she had to run the 200m prelim (which she qualified for the final same day).
The 100m Final, 200m final and the 400m final, she qualified for 400m final the day before.
(confused? yah, me too)...
The day of the final it was HOT and SUNNY.
Krystin went into the finals with the attitude to just do her best and have fun!
Apparently, the way Krystin has fun is coming home with bling.
She took home the GOLD in ALL OF HER EVENTS!
Unbelievable!
Gold in the 100 meter
Gold in the 200 meter
Gold in the 400 meter
Triple GOLD!!!
Holy Heck! That girl is fast!
What a way to end her High School Track Career!
She earned the privilege of this position 3 times!
She earned a bit of celebrity status at her school too.
It is the first time in the school history that they have ever had a student win three Golds.
She didn't know it, but they had Posters made of HER,
and then asked her to be a motivational speaker for the Elementary students.
due to over obligation as a Senior High School (in ASIA) student...
She was designed to run though that girl.
Even with minimal, and I mean minimal like maybe one to two days of training a week (and without a coach) she still decided she would participate for the sake of participating all 4 years...
The Track Finals are against all the other International Schools.
Some of which are INTENSE competition and have professional running coaches.
I happened to be in the states with Todd the day of the Finals (which KILLED ME),
but thanks to modern technology I was able to be up all night and cheer with her virtually.
Hong Kong does Track Prelims and Finals in such a STRANGE way.
They have Prelims for some events on a Monday, and some the same day as the Final which happens to be the next day, Tuesday. There is no recovery time.
Monday for Prelims it was rainy and humid.
Krystin qualified for the 100m with a crazy fast time of 12.6 second.
She really wasn't ever able to run the 100 in CA, as it is always right before her main even the 400m,
so she didn't even really know how fast she was in that event.
Tuesday she had to run the 200m prelim (which she qualified for the final same day).
The 100m Final, 200m final and the 400m final, she qualified for 400m final the day before.
(confused? yah, me too)...
The day of the final it was HOT and SUNNY.
Krystin went into the finals with the attitude to just do her best and have fun!
Apparently, the way Krystin has fun is coming home with bling.
She took home the GOLD in ALL OF HER EVENTS!
Unbelievable!
Gold in the 100 meter
Gold in the 200 meter
Gold in the 400 meter
Triple GOLD!!!
Holy Heck! That girl is fast!
What a way to end her High School Track Career!
She earned the privilege of this position 3 times!
It is hard to tell, but she is wearing THREE Gold medals!
She earned a bit of celebrity status at her school too.
It is the first time in the school history that they have ever had a student win three Golds.
She didn't know it, but they had Posters made of HER,
and then asked her to be a motivational speaker for the Elementary students.
I am excited to say I have the poster as a keepsake.
What a great role model!
Congratulations, Krystin!!
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