Discus Queen

Yesterday I got to see Tashena at one of her track meets and I really loved cheering for her (I may have been a tad boisterous).  She entered five events and placed in three of them.  I think she is absolutely amazing because she also dances with CDT and she had two performances yesterday before the meet!

Tashena's best event is the discus!  I may be just a little bit biased, but she is really good!  Her first throw was 88' (which would have won the event) and her second throw was a scratch.  She was extremely disappointed in these results and actually had tears in her eyes when her coach talked to her.  Even so, just about all of the coaches in the area had their teams watch her to get pointers.  Nobody was even close to her distance!  Her final throw was 102' 8" which was pretty close to her PR (she threw 120' in practice but it doesn't officially count).  I was so proud of her!

Her next best event is shot put.  There is a girl from Kaysville Jr. who is very good (she beat Tashena last week).  When Tashena had her final throw, her coach said that he hoped the Kaysville girl would beat her again because he thinks Tashena can throw a lot father and he wanted her to have some motivation!  Tashena ended up throwing 27' 7 1/4".  The Kaysville thrower beat her by 1/4".  I bet Tashena beats her at the next meet!

This year Tashena is also trying the long jump.  Last week was her first time at this event and she ended up jumping 13' 11" for second place.  She got second place again yesterday but she improved a little bit to 14'.  It is so fun to watch her!

After a long day she was pretty tired!

Note: She also ran the 100m and the hurdles but she didn't place in either event.  She was tired!

Tashena the Track Star

Yesterday I cheered for my niece Tashena at a track meet and I certainly had a lot to cheer about!  She entered four events and she placed in all four of them!  I could not be prouder of her and I may have been a tad boisterous in my cheering!

Her first event was the 100 meter!  She placed second and was quite disappointed with herself because she won it last week.  She said she didn't let herself relax enough!

Next came her very best event:  the discus.  At her first meet, she threw it 89 feet 11 inches!  Her coach was absolutely amazed!  Last week she didn't do as well because so many coaches from other schools were watching her and she got very nervous.  She told me right before this event that she was a little nervous to throw because my Mom and I were there watching.  However, her first throw was 97 feet!  She was literally jumping up and down and screaming when she got the measurement!  Her second throw was 102 feet!  The state record is 113 feet and Tashena is only in seventh grade!  Nobody even came close to her distance and the coach running the event said that all she would be doing from now on is beating her own records!  I cheered so loud and yelled, "That's my girl!"  One of the parents near me told me that she was amazing!  I know!

Her next event was the 4 X 100 meter relay.  Tashena ran the third leg and when she got the baton her team was in last place.  When she passed the baton her team was in second place!  They ended up placing third!

Her last event was the shot put, which she thinks is her weakest event.  She told me that she usually throws in the 22 feet range.  Today her best throw was 25 feet and 1/2 inch and that was good enough for second place!

I may be a little bit biased, but I think she is amazing!