Friday, December 31, 2021

Track is Back

...well, kinda.  After not allowing any indoor meets last winter, the CIAC and its members schools jumped back into track the third weekend in December. The girls attended the 20th Annual HillHouse Invitational in New Haven, running the 55m on Friday night and the 4x200 on Saturday morning. Elizabeth qualified for states in the 55m, which is super exciting. Emily missed qualifying by .1 second in her first ever high school race, so we are hopeful she can beat the standard at her next meet.  On Saturday morning, the girls were part of the 4x200 relay. You don't know (sports related) parent anxiety until your daughters run legs 2 and 3 of a relay and the race needs to go perfectly, including their handoff, for the team to qualify for states. Thankfully, it did and the relay team qualified for states, virtually guaranteeing meets through the middle of February. Unfortunately, the COVID19 numbers are insanely high in Connecticut right now and most athletics during the Christmas break were cancelled, including their scheduled track meet. We are hopeful that Emily will get another chance to qualify and that the relay team has more opportunities to better its time.


55m runners from NWC.
Emily and her bestie.
                



55m qualifiers

            
4x200m relay.  Elizabeth is leg two and Emily is leg three.
State qualifiers


Elizabeth running the 55m semis.


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