A New PR for Jordan

Saturday, Jordan had a cross country race at South Adams High School, about 45 minutes south of Fort Wayne. It was a perfect day for running. I think Blackhawk's girls team finished 4th or 5th in the team standings and most, if not all, of the gals recorded personal records.

Jordan had a fairly strong race, his second good one in a row. As he came down the stretch run, he could see the big race timer clock clicking toward nineteen minutes. Jordan has never come in below 19. He kicked it into high gear for the last 100 or 150 yards and passed several runners. If only he had a little better eyesight! If he had kicked just a little bit earlier, he might have beaten the 19 mark. As it was, he established a new PR of 19:04.

Jordan may have just one race left in his cross country career: Sectionals next Tuesday evening. Last Saturday evening, prior to the boys varsity soccer game, they had senior night and all the senior athletes were recognized. They did a nice job with it.

As each of the senior girl runners was introduced, one of the underclassman girls would come onto the field with a gift bag and a hug. When Jordan was introduced, two of the guys on the XC team walked across the field wearing some very stylish "leggings" to give him his gift bag . . .

This is a picture of all the seniors on this year's cross country team. Even though Jordan would have enjoyed being pushed by some other senior guys, you can see why he really didn't mind this season much at all . . .