Standard of Performance.
That was the buzz-phrase going into Saturday mornings meet. I wont go into detail too much into Wednesdays dual but despite some nice PR's from the younger crew we had some serious issues that needed to be ironed out before we were ready for another big meet. It all started with a recurring injury and a blown opportunity. Jesse was looking to go big again in the shot but couldnt keep the long throws in the ring and on his last throw seemed to reaggravate his groin injury from a week ago. Then at disc we had a shot at beating one of the better throwers in the conference but to lose it outside the right sector. 8 fouls later from one thrower and some incredibly substandard throws the meet was over. The 40 degree temperatures didnt help at all either.
Moving on...
Saturday from the get go was shaping to be a much better day. It rained hell all night but luckily stopped to let the sun out for the meet. Even crazier it was HOT. First time all season I had to tell my throwers to get out of the Sun. Not being used to the heat I knew we were going to get some serious sunburn- which they did. More on that later.
Discus was the first event for both sides making my job less than easy trying to run back and forth. Those of you who have not seen Amherst fields setup the two disc rings are roughly 200yds apart. Guys looked good in warmups although Jess was off jumping so it was up to Marko and Jake to set the tone. Both had a decent series with Jake going 128 and Marko hitting a 125. Jesse made his way back and looked sluggish at best finishing the day with 159' totaling our relay just over 412. Good news is we won the boys disc relay. Bad news I felt we had probably another 20-30 total feet missing. Eh well- to the girls.
Definitly a better showing overall than Wednesday but still I felt was another blown oppurtunity. First off Heart Attack Hedy didnt make things simple fouling her first two. Kristen opened with a 91 and finished with that. Karly had a few decent 100 foot throws but decided to save the best for the right sector launching one around 115 or more out the side. Hedy finished with 91 while Karly settle for 103 finishing us off at 3rd place with 288 and change. Second place was around 294 and 1st was 307. Wouldnt have been easy but definitly within reach.
Shot put was a little more exciting. As the temperatures kept rising apparently my throwers fed off that. Hedy hit a new season PR in the shot going 33'11. Kristen had a solid 32'6 mark and Allissa finished with a lifetime PR going 31'11. This put us just over 98' but the disapointment came after the announcements letting us know we lost 1st place by a whole 8". In relay terms thats literally next to nothing. BUT cant be down as that kind of performance as a whole is what we strive for on a daily basis.
Boys shot went well with a lifetime PR from Jake at 41'11 and Ryan just missing his at 42'11.5". Jesse once again showed hes more than capable of 57' throws just not capable of staying in the ring for them. During warmups he may have had a half-turn over 53' and 2 fulls around 56-58'. During comp 53' is what he would settle on and the relay secured 6th place. Once again the differences between the next places were within inches.
Next week its Hudson dual and Friday will be Berea Relays. Both meets I am not exactly looking forward to. Berea due to their '1st rate' officiating and Hudson just because... eh I'll leave it alone.
p.s. Ill have videos up from the Amherst Relays later on. Need to do some editing first.
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