Lia wrapped up her sophomore, XC experience today by running in the Westside Classic District meet at Chamber's Bay in Tacoma. Lia and her entire Varsity team qualified to run in this meet with the hopes of qualifying for the state meet next Saturday in Eastern Washington. Although the seven girls tried their hardest to beat out a few key schools, they sadly came in 11th place and did not qualify for state for the first time in six years as only the top seven high schools advance to state. Since this is one of Lia's least favorite courses with a hill that they have to run up two different times, she did not PR and ran her 5K in 23:19. However, she was not sad at the end of the race and was able to handle the disappointment of not advancing to state with the rest of her team with a good attitude. I was grateful to Lia for having a positive attitude and, overall, I was just proud of how hard she worked and how committed she was for this second season of running cross country with her high school. Here are a few pictures of her race below...
Although it was a sunny morning, the temperatures were in the 40s. So it was a super cold day to run a race, especially while wearing such little uniforms! Here are Lia and Peyton running by me at the beginning of the race.
Lia and Peyton.
Lia running by me at a point in the middle of the race.
A close-up of my girl.
Lia heading down the final stretch of the race towards the finish line.
Lia and the beautiful Puget Sound in the background.
Giving it her all.
Lia heading towards the finish line.
The girls giving each other a group hug after everyone was done running.
The seven Varsity runners all in a row.
From left to right:
Julie, Emma, Esley, Lia, Hope, Peyton, and Erika
The Varsity team with their two alternate runners on the far left, and three other teammates who came to cheer on the team on the right.
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