Pentathlon

Elsa made it her goal to break a whole bunch of Varsity Records this year during track.  She holds 5 Varsity Records from last year, but upped the ante to 10 for 2015.  One of her biggest goals was the Pentathlon.  She spent the first two weeks of track meets brushing up on the High Jump, learning how to Shot Put, trying to gain some inches in the Long Jump, and doing her best to become a hurdler.  All the while keeping up with her 3000m training.

Yesterday was the Pentathlon and she did not disappoint.  She broke the Varsity Record by almost 400 points, broke the meet record by about the same, and while competing in her final event she broke the school record in the 800m!  The last was a total surprise.  It wasn't even on her list of record goals for this year.  She was so amazing and determined, and came in 1st overall!

She bettered her time in the 100m Hurdles with an 18.4

She came close to her personal record (PR) in the Long Jump with 13' 4.75"

She bettered her PR in the Shot Put by over a foot with a throw of 21' 9"

She just missed out on a PR in the High Jump with an amazing jump of 5' .25"

And she finished out the Pent with an incredible 800m time of 2:20.7

(closest time to her was 2:38)

Newspaper article from our local newspaper:

A nice newspaper article from a paper that is outside of our county: