Betsy's Family Blog: State Champions

Friday, May 22, 2015

State Champions - 2nd Year in a Row

May 22, 2015

This is the last State Track meet I'll be attending for the NOHS Girls Track team - it feels so strange to know that Marissa's track career is coming to an end. This is the last meet she will ever run as a high school student.

She is excited about the day - we have a very good chance of being state champions again, but it will be a team effort. We do exceptionally well in our events! Nicole Moeller takes 1st in 2 events and in 2 relays. It is a sweet - NOHS girls are rocking it!!!

State Competitors

Marissa's race is very competitive and she is not expected to place in the top - she didn't even think she would qualify to run at the state meet - but she did. She is excited to represent her team one more time, even if she doesn't end up on the podium.

Grace Dieterle, Marissa and Nicole Moeller

Marissa's teammates are very supportive of her. She is racing the 3200 again. It is not a race that she likes, but her coaches put her in it every year. Even though she doesn't like it, she does it for the team - there is only one or two other girls that could qualify to run this race at the state meet (Erin Edmundson and Avery Fryman), but Erin is running the open mile (1600) and she runs in two relays, and Avery Fryman had a bad race at Regionals and didn't qualify. It was so sad. Marissa would have loved to have given her the spot she earned, but you just can't do that.

take off!

a great start

last lap!!!

Marissa ran a great race - she came in 17th place which is one place higher than she was expected. She is now thrilled that the race, the pressure, the season is over!!!

Kelsey Hall, Marissa and Kenzie Mullin (running friends since 6th grade)

After Marissa's race there is only one more race - the 4x400. We take the lead and never let anyone get close to us! We beat the school record and win with a margin of 7 seconds. That confirms it without a doubt - 2X STATE CHAMPIONS!!!