fun in threes, sometimes fours
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The Girl had a track meet today.
She’s only doing high jump hand javelin this year, so there was less running from event to event and more waiting.
She ended up taking second in the javelin but with a distance that was a school record.
She won high jump but with a jump significantly lower than her personal best (which is also a school record).
Tournament and family game night.
Just to keep the streak going -- we finished L's new bed, did some stuff in the yard...
It's not that we haven't had the weather; we haven't made the time...
wasn't as success as day one. They lost their first game out in three sets. Since it's bracket play, that put them immediately in the consolation bracket...
And the only picture from today: a 20+ year old picture from Slovakia on New Year's Day.
We had our first of two tournaments during this spring break week today -- at least, the pool play was today. Our girls are the number 4 ranked team in the tournament, and they were the highest-ranked team in their pool. They faced off first with a team from Myrtle Beach and dispatched them quickly: 25-12, 25-9. The Myrtle Beach team, ranked 18th in the tournament, just didn't seem like they had their act together at all.
After a short break, they faced their second opponent, a team called Xcell, ranked 22. Our girls finished them off in straight sets as well. During the next break, the Myrtle Beach team played the second-highest-ranked team in our pool, a team from just north of Charlotte. They lost the first set 17-25 but won the second set 25-22. They dropped the third set 13-15, and I found myself thinking that if a team we beat 25-12, 25-9 took a set from the team from Charlotte, we shouldn't have too much trouble with them.
After another game, our girls faced off against them, the two undefeated teams in the pool. The first set was close for the first ten points each or so, but then our girls started pulling away and ended up winning 25-19.
The second set, our girls started falling apart a little, and then a lot. Soon, they were down 6-13. K was watching a stream of the game from home, and she went to the laundry room to do some work. Our girls decided to get some work done as well and went on a 10-1 run. From that amazing 16-14 comeback, they just kept plowing ahead, winning in the end 25-20. That means from 6-13 to the final 25-20 result, our girls went on a 19-7 run.
So they were the only undefeated team in the pool. They'll start tomorrow in the early afternoon.
And the shocker: I decided not to take a camera today and simply enjoy the moments.
