The kids improved all around this year. Everyone ribboned in two events in our last meet. Rebekah and Caleb can enter 3 events. Elijah can enter two. Relays are open to all. Rebekah found a passion for the 400m, placing 1st in our host meet. She placed 6th in our last meet which was MASSIVE, many will-be 3A and 4A athletes present. The 400m was determined in hundredths of a second for places 3rd-6th. Caleb discovered that while he likes being fast he enjoys the opportunity to just keep going and entered the 800 m placing 3rd in his first race and consistently having practice and meet times fall between 3.31 and 3.33. Elijah shattered his personal long jump record (previously 2' 7") with a 5' 1/4" jump pictured above right. It also gave him second place in the meet. Rebekah placed 3rd in Long Jump and Caleb placed fourth. If you've never been to a track and field meet (where Jessica, joined by Chris passed HOURS between events talking and hanging out with friends), it's a long day. We pack up blankets, toys, games, cards, food, and a toddler sibling to move under the Ropp's two pop-up shade covering /tent thingys for the day. Haddie slept through half the first meet. She was non-stop the second and love every minute of it. 
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| Caleb's 200. He finished 3rd in his heat. |
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| chillin' in someone's chair |
We don't have enough 7-8 year old girls to put together a relay team. Rebekah and Amy teamed with Rebecca from Eldersburg and Madison (the fastest 8 year old there--Rebekah ran in her 100 heat and placed fourth and just let out "Whoa" 2/3s through the race as Madison kept turning it on) from Aberdeen to create a 4 x 100 relay team that blew the other girls team out of the water and finished in front of one of the boys teams.
This is Elijah's 50m dash. All the 6 and unders get a blue participation ribbon when they're done.
This is Caleb's 200m.
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