I have to say that I am the PROUDEST MOM EVER!!!!! Let me give you a little background. Last weekend Zach came to me and said that he wanted to join track & field at the Jr High and do the shot put. I was a little worried because I knew that track had been going on for about 2 weeks. I told him if the coach said it was O.K. that I would support him. So Monday his cousin Abby took him into the coach. He said to fill out some papers and pay his fee and he could start practice as soon as that was all taken care of. So yesterday was his first day of practice. He loved every minute of it. Then today was his first meet. So here are some pictures of him during his event.
After his event we sat there for the rest of the meet cheering on his cousin and several of his friends while they participated in their events. It was getting close to the end of the meet and they still had not announced the results of Zach's event. So we stuck around for the finally annoucement!!!
You are looking at the final shot ball of Zach's event. HE TOOK 3rd place. I couldnt beleive it. As they were announcing the results, I kept telling him it was O.K. if he did not place it was his first event. But then they announced that he came in 3rd place. Of course everyone was really excited for him and alot of his team came up and gave him high 5's and of course mom cried. His 3 measurements were. 19 ft 2 inches, 17 ft and 19 ft. As a mom not knowing anything about shot put I thought these were pretty good measurements. Well I guess I did know a little bit. What is even funnier is that alot of the boys that did not place are much bigger and look alot stronger then Zach. But I know it is those Tolman shoulders that helped him throw that 10 lbs ball. So as you can that is why I am a very proud mom. Congrats to our neighbor Leah, she came in 2nd place for the 7th grade girls.
Then of course I have to say a big HORRAY to my Abby. She did great. This is her in the 400 meter relay. She KICKED BUTT!!! Her relay came in first in their heat. I dont know what the over all results were. So for those of you that know Abby will have to see if Debi post anything about her day. We have a friend that is the track coach for UVU and he is going to help the kids during spring break get even better. So watch out world here come Zach and Abby to take you all down at our next meet.
