Long Jump
Daniel w/ his awards
Rounding the curve in the 200m
Daniel w/ the premier members of his fan club
Daniel had his 2nd track meet today. After a clean sweep of 1st place wins in every event the first meet with his age group, we decided to let him move up to the next level & compete with the 6 & 7 year boys. It was a whole new level of competition & he handled it great! Knowing that he probably wouldn't place 1st in many, if any events, we've spent lots of time this week talking about sportsmanship & that it is ok if you don't come in first every time. The most important thing is to do your best......and so on. He won 1st place in the relay, 2nd place in the 200m, 5th place the 100m, 4th place in the 100m, 6th place in long jump, not sure about shotput, but am thinking 3rd place. Anyway, it was a great meet for him overall, especially competing in one of the faster heats with kids 1-2 years older than him. I have to say that all of the coaches are wonderful about promoting sportsmanship too & really encourage the team to work hard to beat their best time and celebrate that too. At practice on Monday, every team member will get PBT awards for any event in which they beat their 'personal best time'. I'm sure Daniel will get a few of those, because he pushed harder today than I've seen him do before- probably because he was trying so hard to catch up! Ha! I was also so encouraged to watch several of the kids finish their races, then stand at the finish line to cheer on the kids coming in behind them & congratulate them as they finished. After talking all week about sportsmanship, I pointed that out to Daniel. I'm sure that spoke louder to him than my lectures all week! Anyway, I LOVE this track program & am so thankful for Coach Kelly & all the other coaches & volunteers who make it all work!
1 comment:
That's awesome! Way to go, Daniel!!
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