Coaching for Pizza: A Camarillo Cosmos Track Meet at Fillmore H.S.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

A Camarillo Cosmos Track Meet at Fillmore H.S.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

The 2024 Camarillo Cosmos track season began today for Mary and Jacob.

It was actually the Cosmos second meet of the year but last Saturday's event was in direct conflict with Jacob's two CYBA Grade 6 Basketball Championship games, thus the kids delayed start on the track.

We were off to Fillmore H.S. for competition

against the Heritage Valley Blazers

The Blazers club is made up of athletes from the neighboring and historically rival communities of Fillmore and Santa Paula.

It was a BEAUTIFUL day for a track

meet at the Home of the Flashes

I'm a big fan of the Fillmore football helmets

The great weather made for a fine

sports three ring circus in Fillmore

Fillmore Little League baseball

had two games going all day on

he fields just across the street

The Fillmore Little League Seniors

were also playing right behind us

We like to think that each and every one of these athletic events that Mary and Jacob are a part of teach them valuable lessons.

Today's major lesson for Mary was that if you have four waffles piled high with whip cream for breakfast, it will have a negative event on your performance, especially in the 400 meters.

Mary's first event was . . .

. . . the Long Jump

As I write this, all Long Jump results have yet to be posted on the Cosmos website.

This Heritage Valley sprinter

is one cool looking dude!

Jacob ran the Lead Leg of the

4 x 100 Meters Relay

He is experimenting with a new start position

HE'S OFF!

Now, THAT'S a game face!

Making up the stagger . . .

. . . quickly

Whoosh!

We all thought that Jacob ran a good leg but his team finished third overall in the event.

Their time of 1:01.75 was 1.52 seconds faster than last season's best time on the 4 x 100 teams of which Jacob was a member.

Mary running her 400 Meters race

She looked good at the start . . .

. . . but eventually those pesky

pancakes bubbled to the surface

The start of Jacob's 400 Meters race

In the lead coming off the turn

Driving it home from way in front

He was happy with his 400 Meters today

He was first in his heat and first overall in this event. His time of 1:08.56 was a Personal Record (PR), a 16.14 seconds faster than last year.

The Long Jump is Jacob's favorite event

Where are his legs?

Another attempt

Sticking the landing

Falling forward is a good thing in this event

Airborne

Again, no results from the Long Jump have been posted yet as I write.

Mary's 100 Meters Dash was . . .

. . . a MUCH better effort . . .

. . . as was her 200 Meters run now

that the pancake crisis had subsided

The start of Jacob's 200 Meters race

He made up these two staggers quickly

He won his heat easily

His time of 32.23 was good for second in this event overall in his age group. It was another PR, 0.56 seconds better than his 2023 best time at this distance.

At this point both Mary and Jacob had competed in their allowable four events.

There is one proviso in the four event cap on the athletes, any runner who sticks around to compete in the day's final event, the 4 x 400 Meters Relay, is allowed a fifth event.

Jacob loves this event too, so we were there for the full five hours of the track meet today.