The Lady Tigers track team was up at Mishewaka on Tuesday night where they would be taking on Mishewaka and Concord in another conference meet. Once again, Melayna would be running in the 100 hurdles, the 300 low hurdles, and the 4x400 JV relay.
I love this track! Not only is it a beautiful brick facility, but this is a track that Melayna has performed well at over the years, including the record breaking run just this past Friday night. I got there with the three other kids just before the start of the 4x800 relay and we were able to sit with my parents who had saved us seats near the finish line.
Nolan located one of his friends right away so as soon as they sang the national anthem, he took off to play with his friend during the entire meet. I think he came back right at the end to watch Melayna run in her final event.
After the 4x800 relay, the 100 hurdles would run next. The girls took their final practice runs and then they gathered together with anyone who wanted to pray. And then they wished everyone luck and went to their starting blocks.
Here is the video of Melayna running her race. She is running in the 2nd lane on the inside of the track with the bright yellow shoes.
All four of our varsity runners were in the fastest heat and they ALL ran an amazing race with all of them running PR's - or being within hundredths of a second from a new PR. Needless to say, there was a lot of celebrating between the girls and Coach after that race was over.
Melayna would finish in 3rd place overall with a new PR time of 16.84. She has been wanting to hit the 16 second mark for quite some time so she was really excited!
Having a few quick words with the head coach before going over to find Noel. They would share a few high-fives but then it was time to get ready for the 300's which would come a few events later.
The girls gathered to pray once more before the 300's and then Melayna would run in the 3rd and fastest heat for this event as well.
Once again, the Lady Tigers would run a great race with Annie getting a new PR and winning the event and Melayna would run under 50 seconds for the first time this season (and a third place overall finish).
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At the end of the night, Melayna would once again lead off in the JV 4x400. She would start in lane 5 and has the pink bow in her hair. She went out really quick and even though she would finish 2nd in her heat, she got another new PR in this event (for the third week in a row) with a very low 1:04 (could have possibly been a high 1:03)
Laynie is looking over her shoulder in this picture... all the way up in lane 5, I think.
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Once again, the Lady Tigers would easily beat both teams to remain undefeated in the NLC conference. The girls will all take a week to practice and rest and then they will come back to compete on our home track next Tuesday night in the Conference Championship.
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