Hershey's Track and Field

Ethan hanging out, waiting for the next event.

Here comes Ethan in the 200m.

Around the corner, 200m.

Running the 100m.

Ethan holding his school banner. Their school didn't have very many representatives!

Ethan was invited to attend the Arizona State Hershey's Track and Field meet. He was so excited to go. We thought this was only a regional meet like he attended a few years ago, but soon realized when we got there this was a huge track meet! The best athletes from all over the state were there to compete. Ethan was in the 11/12 year old group. He isn't even 11 yet, so he was on the younger side. He ran the 100m, 200m and standing long jump. He did an excellent job. There were about 30-35 boys in his age group in each competition. He struggled a bit with the 100m. There were some little kids that were so fast! He came in 11th in the long jump. He jumped 6' 5" and was so proud, then the next kid jumped 7' 10"! He was pretty amazed. He said "Man, I wish I could jump like those black boys!!" The last event he did was the 200m. He came in 3rd in his heat and 9th overall. He was a little disappointed he didn't qualify for the national meet, but we thought he did great! There were some amazing little athletes competing! I am truly amazed at how great these young kids are. Ethan's already looking forward to next year!