Mt. Hood Conference District XC Meet

The day has arrived. Very fortunate that the weather took a break from the wind and rain for the day. Still cool, 56 degrees with high clouds. Sierra was sooooo nervous for this day.

The meet was held at Centennial High School. I had to pay $6 per adult and $4 per child to see my daughter run. It was totally worth it!

Gresham Varsity XC Girls: Haley, Kennedy, Sierra, Diana, Hannah, Moriah & Laura
They introduced each runner before the race

The sound of the gun... all 45 Varsity girls from 7 schools take off

Sierra kept a good pace.. clearly ahead of her personal best

She sprinted the last 100 yards...

As her Mommy, I couldn't be more proud! Sierra ran so hard, she threw up after her race. Nerves probably had something to do with it too.

Sierra ran it in 21:08!!!! She came in 17th over all and 3rd from Gresham. They take the top 2 teams to State. They combine the place that the top 5 runners from each school come in, to get the score.

St. Mary's took 1st place- 23 pts

Barlow High School took 2nd place - 75 pts

Gresham took 3rd place - 76 pts....

Can you believe it we lost out by 1 point!!! 1 stinkin' point! Soooo disheartening. To add to the disappointment, the 8th girl that had ran Varsity all season (A freshman) ran the JV race and ran it in 21:54.. her time was faster than 3 of the upper class that ran Varsity. With her time we would have taken 2nd place by 3 points and would be going to state.

I suppose at this point there is always next year!

Again, I just want to say How proud I am of Sierra and her continuing improvement throughout the season! It has been so much fun to watch!