~:[CH6 - Day 56]:~ The Way to Start
At 5am, my alarm went off. It was Saturday and it was meet day. With today being our first official meet of the season, there was excitement in the air despite the early call time. Of course, the day would not disappoint. I have not been to Downey in some time as I am usually at Nationals by now, however, this year I was able to be there. Boy am I glad I was. We had a number of promising performances as our 4x12 medaled and our 4x16 medaled. We then had our sprints team who took 1st and 3rd in the 4x1, 1st in the 4x2 and another team taking 5th in the SMR. We even had a solo field athlete take 4th in the team event in the high jump! As the great performances came rolling, the meet finally came to an end. It was a stressful few moments as the team did not arrive and the race was running early. We finally had our team and they looked solid despite this meet being so early in the season. Impressively, they ran to the #3AT mark in school history in the DMR in a fully underclassmen team. As they finished in fourth, I was impressed to see what they were capable of, as today was just day 1 of a number of other meets to come. What impressed me more is just the connections the athletes had with each other, which was great to see and made me enjoy the day even more. As exhausting as it is to sit out at a meet for about ten hours, it's worth it when you experience is as it was like today. Yes, my alarm rang at 5am on a Saturday, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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