Brunswick Elite - Home opener

Cold as hell.

The best description of Saturday March 26th is that of an oxymoron. Wind gusts up to 20mph and temperatures that never broke 28 was only made bearable by the fact that there was barely a cloud in the sky. Even better was the annoying drama that led up to the meet.

First I get a text not from another coach but from an athlete telling me the meets canceled. So I called to confirm and it was in fact canceled. I wasnt happy but hey its not up to me. So I decided to schedule a throws only meet. As Im slowly getting in touch with everyone saying to come out at noon Saturday the girls coach comes up to me-
"You think we canceled too soon? Im kinda thinking that..."
"Yea I think we did. Im having my own meet anyways so no real big deal for me."

Then maybe an hour later after Im well on my way to setting everything up I get a call-
"Ok were going to have the girls meet and guys are not running. Starts at 11."

Great now I had to call everyone and get things rescheduled. Full girls meet but just a boys open throwing event afterwards. No problem, right?

-2 hours later, roughly 930pm I get a text-
"Meet is still a go. 10am boys and girls."

AWWW SUNUVA$^#^(&@*&^*&$%#()%&*#%#()!!!

So now Im back on the phone for the 3rd time in as many hours telling everyone the meet is back to normal and its all good...I guess.

Oh yea- boys sprinters were not to compete. Wow.No offense but suck it up. Kids in Canada, Russia, and Alaska still train and compete in this crap. Were too damn spoiled sometimes I swear.

Anyways the meet itself went well. A few schools didnt bother showing up but that just sped things along. Girls events went first and well thanks to Kristens fall back half-turn throw in shot to save a little face in that event. 32' was the best from my team that day and frankly thats just .... yea moving on. Shots never been my forte but we're way better than what we've been showing lately.

DISCUS
My favorite and I guess its showing. First off we had a throwoff Monday and Karly came out strong and kept it going. Popped a 105' Monday and my first thought - lets not have a repeat of last year. Rewind time she smacked a 99' foot throw during trials and then 5 days later choked HAAARD at the relay and threw 77'. Luckily she got over that and a little experience went a long way as she went 103'8" to take her first 1st place finish. Not the greatest performance from Brunswick in recent history but for an undersized sophomore Ill take it.

Boys discus took the show with 3 top ranked throwers in the first flight. Im glad I was running this otherise the seeding would have been alphabetically and Jesse would have been in a flight by himself and not to dog the other throwers but having him compete against 110' throwers just isnt effective for training.

Anyways Jess opens up big with a 167'3 and sets a new PR by just under 2 feet. AJ (Solon) and Aaron (St.Eds) had some catching up to do but both struggle the first 2 rounds. AJ and Jesse both fould 2 throws well over the 170 line but couldnt keep inside the ring. Jess was up first in the 4th and final round but shanked the disc. So now it was up to AJ and Aaron to come up. AJ uncorks his final throw but falls short around 163 and Aaron did the same with a high wobbly 163' throw as well. I forgot the inches and cant find the results at the moment but in the end Jess won the disc with Aj in 2nd and Aaron in a close 3rd. Helluva achievement for Jess since hes got a rough history competing against big throwers.

Shot was less entertaining but still a decent day to watch. Aj took the title with a 54' (I think) while Jess finished second in the 52 range. I think at this point the cold was starting to wear on the throwers a bit except some of the bigger framed guys who still managed some good throws. First thought is the second Solon throwers (Orton?) who was in the upper 40's and the manchild from Medina going 45'10"...seriously Kruger, what you feeding these kids? One of the biggest freshman Ive ever seen.