City Championships

By placing in the top 10 at the cross country qualifying meet the week before, Cole had the opportunity to run in the city championships against other grade 9 boys in the Catholic school system.  He placed 7th of all those boys!  We are very proud of him - again.  This is his 3rd time running in the city championships and his best placement.  The great thing this year is that he had 4 other students from his school competing that day as well - the last 2 years he was the only student from his school who made it to the city's.
Warming up.

 Mental preparation..

 They're off!....

 Love this - he reaches back to shake the hand of the racer behind him..

Cross Country Run

Some pictures while watching the kids run at their Cross Country meet.  It was a great day for it, finally - the last 2 years have been less than ideal running situations.  The poor kids froze last year.  Cole placed 4th in his heat, qualifying for city championships the next week.  The facility where they run is basically a farm that the owner opened up for cross country running and skiing - hence the cows in the background!

I love the look of determination on his face!

 Cows in the background!

 Great finish!