Waited a day on this one, because the end of season district meet went down last night and I wanted to include the culmination of my youngest’s pre-high school sports career in this piece. We’ll get to the Barkley stuff if there is time, but this is starting off with the Middle School district championship. My kid’s team won. They were #1 overall in the track meet, narrowly defeating a team that tried to get them disqualified from the 4×400–which if they had done would’ve swung the victory to that team. 11 pt win. It was that close. Track is an interesting team sport. On the one hand it is individual. The second place team scored 122 points and 38 of them came from a single athlete. 64 came from two athletes. Scoring is based on where you come in in the race. First gets you 10. Second, 8, third 6, fourth 4, fifth 2 and sixth 1. My kid came away with a first place finish and set the school record in the 75m hurdles with a 10.78. He presently ranks #1 in the nation in that event for middle school students. He followed that up with a 3rd place finish in the 100, a second in the 4X100 and a 3rd in the 200. That earned the squad 30 points, out of the 133 they collectively scored to take the ‘ship’. Before the race he said, “I’m more hyped for this than anything I’ve ever been a part of.” He looks ready for the next level. His coaches for next year are already talking about getting him ready for the Arcadia Invitiation 4×110 hurdle relay next year. Runs in the family. His brother is top 10 in the state in that event. Not bad for a couple of FB players.
Speaking of which, the Giants RB declined to sign his franchise tender, which means he may not play this year. That is a tough blow to the team, who will likely consider drafting a top RB now–they don’t have a lot of choice there.