Track Season - Alyssa

Alyssa decided to run track for Lehi High School this year. She could have stuck with her middle school track team, but we encouraged her to go with the high school team. We knew there would be better coaching there and the high school team also offered the option to run hurdles. She has really long legs so we thought it would be a good event for her. It was hard for her to go in there as a freshman, knowing that she was going to have the slowest times of anyone. But she improved so much over the season. She had the benefit of a small track team, as well, which put her on varsity for her freshman year. Her favorite event was the long jump. She achieved her goal of breaking 14 feet at her very last track meet. Her other main event was the 300 m hurdles. Her first run was around 1 min 7 seconds and by the last track meet, she got down to 57 seconds(I think - it has been a few months, so I am having trouble remembering the details).

She had an awards night after the season was over. We didn't expect her to earn any awards. They gave one out for most dedicated, which I felt like she should have earned, since she never missed practice and worked so hard all season. She got a participation award, of course. Here she is with the whole track team(distance and sprint).

She was most excited about lettering in her freshman year, though.

The one in the middle is her best friend who runs distance. They had fun doing the season together at Lehi.

Here are a couple of videos of long jump. The 300 m hurdle videos were too long to post.