Goshen Elementary XC

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Shelby County Invitational

We arrived at the Shelby County Invitational for our first meet of the season and the prep work began....

Tents were put up......

banners were hung......

Bib Numbers were pinned on....

and Smiles were plentiful!

Our Gators were nervous but happy....

excited but ready........

and soon we headed over to the corn for the walk through!

Spikes were put on.....

cheer were cheered.....

and last minute words of encouragement were given.....

And then.... one by one....race by race..... the gun went off....and we found our selves all caught up in the excitement of the meet as our Gators left the start line......

Our Gators ran...each with their own story.....

some recovering from an injury.....

some who have been watching older sibling run for what seems like forever.....

Patel Photo

some as tenured members of the team.....

some running for Goshen XC for the very first time......

But no matter what their story...they all tried their best.....

dug deep........

and ran for Goshen XC with pride......

for one mile.....

all the way to the finish line.......

On the other side of that shoot lots of things were waiting on our runners....

Things like bragging rights for a broken course record.....

cheering team mates.......

hight fives.....

Moms......

Dads......

Medals.....

But more than that.....on the other side of that finish shoot....waited a sense of accomplishment for working hard in practice...a heartfelt effort today.....and a true understand of what this sport...this team....is all about....

We are so proud of every one of you.... for the runner you have committed to be and for being a part of our team! We celebrate with you and are so happy we had this amazing first meet together!

and if all that isn't enough....the icing on the cake is that the girls won first place.....

and so did the boys!

We loved seeing your smiles and hope to see many more this season!

Because........who rocks the house?

The GATORS rock the house......

and when the Gators rock the house....

they rock it all the way down!

Yhea!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, September 9, 2013

Spirit wear Friday!

Our runners were so excited and proud to wear their XC spirt wear this Friday!

Em was head over heals she was so excited!

It really makes them feel like a team at school !

Last Practice before our first meet!

It's hard to believe our first meet is this Saturday! Today was our last practice before the Shelby County Invitational and some great things were happening!

Some of the spirit wear was handed out and now every runner has a t shirt to wear on Friday to school.......

Our Jack was back...ready to run after his injury....and we are so happy and thankful for that....

new spikes were tried out......

we practiced starting off the line and false starts.....

everyone got a high five and a tattoo for the meet....

and everyone was just excited to be together......

Shelby County here we come!

GOOOOOOOOO Gators!!!!!!!!!

color me happy....

96 little hearts have come to practice.

They run, they grunt, they sweat. They fall...they get back up, they cry. They laugh, they giggle, they encourage. They try....and try again. And somehow from the time the first practice started, they have come together as a team and have come to love this sport and each other. Slowly they are getting what it means to be a part of this team and how special it is to represent Goshen Elementary.

Yes, slowly those 96 hearts have come to beat as one team...... as each runner adds their own unique color and personality to Goshen Cross Country.....it's just the coolest thing ever to see unfold!