Saturday morning we took the boys to a Youth Track Meet in Hesston. We didn't know what we were getting ourselves into and as you can see...it was a bit overwhelming to all of us at first.
Eventually, it was time for Levi's first event: standing long jump.
While many kids had coaches or parents giving lots of advice, we simply let Levi jump.
He carefully watched the other kids and then when it was his turn he walked up to the line and jumped!
Next up, both boys participated in the softball throw. They each walked up to the line and threw the ball so fast I barely got a photo snapped! Noah placed 3rd in his age group.
There were so many kids in each event...thankfully a bunch of our friends were there too and the boys had some buddies to wait around with.
Just like any track meet, there was lots of waiting in between events. Did I mention we had to wait around? I wasn't in the mood to wait around out in the hot sun...it was hot, and windy and...I'll stop complaining.
Levi's turn for the 50 meter dash!
He placed 6th in his age group!
Noah waited through many heats of the 100 meter dash for his turn. He was in the last heat so it was just him and two other runners.
Noah also raced in the 200 meter dash.
They were both happy to have placed in at least one event and reported that the track meet was only fun when they were actually doing an event. Otherwise, they thought it was boring...surprise, surprise. As always, it was fascinating to watch the boys - to see how they handled themselves in this new environment, around lots of strangers, doing new things. Ben and I were proud of them! They tried hard and had fun, and that's all we'd asked of them.
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