Our high school granddaughter, Talli, a Senior, qualified yesterday for the High School State Track Meet of Oregon in Eugene May 25 & 26, by running a 10:49 race in the 3,000 meters, coming in second in the District by only two seconds.
In posted times for the year, Talli is actually first in her District with her 10:43 PR time a few weeks ago at the Centennial Invitational. In the photo above taken by her dad, she (left, in blue) is approaching the finish line in yesterday’s run already having established second place but was just not quite able to overtake first place. She ran a fabulous race.
At the State meet, she is tentatively scheduled to run,
pending final adjustments, just before noon next Friday, May 25, at the famed
Hayward Field (think Steve Prefontaine) on the University of Oregon
Campus.
Congratulations, Talli, on an incredible high school Track
and Cross Country career! She has made the State meet SIX TIMES during her four
years of high school. This is her second
time at the State meet in Track, and she made State all four years in Cross
country. I’m not sure how many varsity
letters Talli has, but I think it’s in double digits.
Now I’m wondering if she’ll like the feel of the track at
Azusa Pacific well enough to run in college?
But I think I also may have overheard her say, “Show me the scholarship
money first!” Smart girl.
