Coaching for Pizza: Thousand Oaks Flyers at Camarillo Cosmos Track Meet

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Thousand Oaks Flyers at Camarillo Cosmos Track Meet

Saturday, March 30, 2024

It had rained hard in Camarillo during the night, just as the weather people predicted.

The second half of their meteorological forecast called for no more rain in the area until 8:00 p.m. tonight which would be perfect for the Mary and Jacob's Camarillo Cosmos track meet today at Camarillo H.S. against the Thousand Oaks Flyers.

For once, the experts were 100%

CORRECT about what turned out to

be a BEAUTIFUL day for a track meet

Our day started at 9:00 a.m. with both grandkids running in the 4 x 100 Meters Relays.

Mary ran the Anchor Leg today, while being

admired by another Cosmos runner

Driving to the finish line

Mary's team clocked in at 1:20.65 which was an all-time Personal Record (PR) for her in this event by 3.56 seconds.

WOW!

Jacob ran the Second Leg for his

4 x 100 Meters team

Two athletes STRAINING!

Still trying to make up the stagger

He caught him and had a smooth exchange

His team ran a solid 1:01.98 today.

Next up for Mary was the Long Jump

Does her hair raise any wind drag issues?

Mary was a happy jumper today

Her best leap today measured 8'-6 1/2" which in improvement of nine inches.

That was PR #2 today for our favorite granddaughter.

DOUBLE WOW!!

Jacob getting ready for his 400 Meters race

The tall Flyer in green is the #1 ranked runner at this distance. It would be Jacob's first race this season against someone faster than him. It should be interesting.

Meanwhile, Mary was was warming

up for her 100 Meters race . . .

. . . as Michael sat and watched the

world run and jump by

Here they come down the home

stretch in the 400 Meters

Hanging in

It was a good race and, though Jacob finished in second place, he ran a PR.

His time of 1:06.27 was 2.29 seconds better than his previous best and qualified him for the Varsity Finals at the end of the season.

WOW!

Competition is a great thing!

Mary got off to a good start

in the 100 Meters Dash

Finish STRONG!

Her blistering time of 18.87 was an improvement of 0.71 seconds.

That was PR #3 today for our favorite granddaughter.

TRIPLE WOW!!!

The weather was still crisp but perfect

for track as the meet was winding down

nearing high noon

Michael helping Jacob put on

his new Long Jump shoes

A good looking takeoff

Unfortunately, he fouled on

all three of his attempts

The officials did a courtesy measure of one of his aborted flights that measured a whopping two feet better than his all-time best.

The new Nike shoes are apparently worth the investment. Now if he can just get his steps down . . .

Still, Jacob was happy with the

general course of the day's events

Mary LOVES the social aspects of

the sport of track more than anything

Mary's final event of the day

was the 200 Meters Dash

Her hair was flying and so was she

Mary tore up the track again, finishing the race in 41.93 seconds which was PR #4 on the day by a whopping 5.70 seconds!

QUADRUPLE WOW!!!!

One of the really good things about track and field is that you are in constant competition with yourself, the stop watch and/or the measuring tape as much if not more than other human beings.

Regardless of where one finishes in an event, PRs mean that you had a great event at the highest level of performance you have ever summoned.

Mary was on top of the world today!

Here comes Jacob in his 200 Meters Dash

Striding out in style

Accelerating into the home stretch

Again, a solid time of 30.64 seconds for Jacob today.

The norm at these meets allows for athletes to participate in a maximum of four events.

If an athlete and his or her family wishes to participate in the final event of the day, the 4 x 400 Meters Relay, they are allowed to run in five events.