Friday Feb 18: Indoor Meet
I was expecting a big meet from the athletes. Unfortunately, it was a mental issue with each of them.
D had a family party at night and only ran the prelim. He warmed up with a worried look on his face, looking at his time. I knew right away it was not going ot be good. His times indicate to me he could go under 7.0 in the 60m. He got a bad start and ran a 7.19 FAT. The kid who has the fastest time in the state edged him out in the prelims gong 7.14. In the finals, the other kid went 7.07. Next weekend is the indoor state finals. If things can go smoothly, a nice taper week should lead to a nice meet next weekend. We both would love to see him be state champ.
T, who has done well in training so far, came to run her first meet. I wasn’t expecting much, but she surprised both of us. She ran a prelim in 8.39 making the finals. After a 3 hours break, she ran the final in 8.53. I was excited to see her run the 8.39. Training times indicated a much slower potential.
I had a hurdler who did so so in the 60m HH. He is another head case.
Overall I am frustrated at the kids mental status. Physically they were ready to go. I have some work to do on their heads. argh… :rolleyes: