Monday, September 14, 2009

Jalan's Running Cross Country

This year Jalan decided to join the Jr High cross country team. Of course he is only in 5th grade, and the Jr high is 6, 7, and 8th...but his coach lets some of the 5th graders run too. So Jalan was with a lot older group of kids. He did a great job...and his uniform is a little drowning!!He had a meet at Mt. Vernon on Saturday that we got to go and watch. He was in the open run.
Here is some of the group, not all of them, we figured there was close to 100..This is the start of his 1.2 mile run. Jalan on his last stretch...see the line of kids back around the lake?

We were so proud of this little guy!! He took 19th out of around 100. We couldnt believe it! His goal is to get better each time. We wondered how he would do with his asthma and such, but its been ok so far and he is really enjoying running. Great job Jalan!!






4 comments:

Porter Prodigies II said...

That is so awesome Meli, way to Go JALAN!!! Way to overcome hurdles in your life and beat the disease!!

Camille said...

That is so fun. I love the picture of him in his uniform. What a classic picture of a little boy.

Anonymous said...

Good job Jalan, we are so proud of you. The form looks awesome!

Marilyn Spear said...

That's Grama & Papa Spear