Crazy Little Thing Called Life: What a way to finish...

June 02, 2014

What a way to finish...

State track was last Friday.
Ian missed, as he had a over-night campout with his Sunday School class. (His teacher is awesome!)
Shelby warmed up with a pretty short throw, and then opted not to do her second warm up.
Being a freaky-outy mom, I wondered if her elbow had started bothering her. (It hadn't.)
Then she scratched her first throw. She seemed off. Not good.
The girl after her chucked a 135'. Super.
Second throw...123 something. Better. Good enough to get into finals, as it turned out.
Third throw...meh...not as good.

I have to be honest. At this point, I was just glad she made it into finals (they take the top 9 girls of 16)...and was getting 3 more throws.

I'm texting Shauna, my good friend who just happens to hold the 'old' javelin record at Shelby's high school, and has been mentoring Shelby for the last two years.
Shauna's awesome.
She texts me back..."It's so good she got into finals...her first two throws are always good." Or something like that. That Shauna had a crystal ball, I tell ya.

The other girls are throwing in the teens...occasionally in the 120's.
Shelby chucks a 130' 1". Holy cow...her best throw of the YEAR so far. She's super excited. This puts her in 2nd place by an inch... behind the 135' girl, and another who's thrown 130 even.
Second throw...134' 1"!!! A new personal record for her. Now she's jumping up and down happy. :) I text Shauna, who calls me crying. Being the freaky-outy mom, I'm crying too.
Her last throw was 129' something...she had the 3 best throws in the finals.
The girl who threw 135 never came close again...but that's javelin.
It only takes one good throw.
She was SO happy to have finished 2nd at State, and to have PR'd. Just an amazing finish to her senior season. :)