Alyssa's Track Season and Banquet

Alyssa had so much potential to do well this track season. But then the weather was not very good, for almost every track meet. And she injured her leg after the 2nd or 3rd track meet and had to sit out a week to let it heal. This was really hard for her because she was so close to qualifying for some of the bigger meets in her 100 hurdles. It also made her loose her momentum. She wanted so badly to go to state, but she was just under the marks for 100 hurdles and long jump. She went into her region track meet, hopeful that she could qualify by making it in the top 4. But then she didn't have a good race and missed the chance to run in the final and therefore her chance to go to state. It was probably a good thing because her foot had been hurting a lot the last week of the season and it was getting worse. We took her to the doctor the day after the region meet and learned that she most likely had a stress fracture. He said we could get an MRI done to be sure, but he recommended just treating it like a stress fracture and see if it gets better. So she came home from the doctor with a boot and instructions to keep it on all of the time, except for sleeping, showering, and driving. Funny thing is that her best friend, who is also on the track team, also had a stress fracture and had to wear a boot too. But she started treatment a week later than Alyssa because she went to state.

Sad part is that 3 days into the boot treatment, Alyssa's track coach contacted her and offered her a spot on the 4x400 relay team for state. Alyssa had to decline it since she had already started the boot treatment and we needed her to heal before tennis stuff started. As it was, we were pushing it to get her to heal before her first tennis camp (scheduled to start 2 1/2 weeks after starting in the boot).

Her track banquet almost got cancelled because of a problem at the school that afternoon with a nearby shooter. Fortunately they cleared it up and allowed the banquet to happen. It was kind of sad since one of Alyssa's best friends was graduating and going off to BYU soon, so this was their last season together. Here she is with her best friends- Emmaline, Leisel, and Kate.

She is considering not doing track next year so that she can just enjoy the end of her senior year and also to take away the pressure and disappointment of not doing as well as she feels she can do. We will see what happens as we get closer to track season again.