Adventures Of My Life
After the sudden loss of Gunter, Ashley and Shane realized their apartment didn’t feel like a home without a dog to greet them. The family searched and we found a number of prospects. Ashley contacted several breeders and finally found one that she liked. She made arrangements and her, Nikki and Stephanie drove up to Southington and meet the puppy and parents.
Ashley fell in love and brought home her new puppy Apollo.
Jonny ran at the Tri-Meet at Dublin Coffman with Dublin Coffman and Wothington Kilbourne.
Jonny was scheduled to run in the 1600 meter and the 4×400 relay.
He ran the 1600 meter and kept with the leaders for the first lap. Another runner came up from behind and took the lead and Jonny stuck with him right on his tail. Jonny started to make his move with about 300 meters and steadily picked up his pace until no one could keep up with him. He won the 1600 with a time of 4:57.7.
He was scheduled for the last race of the evening, which was the 4×400 relay. Unfortunately there was a lightning strike in the area and the meet was cancelled before he could race.
This evening we lost a family member. Our Great Dane, Gunter, passed away unexpectedly. Our family is devastated once again losing a beloved pet that quickly became a part of the family. He had a few nicknames, Goony, Goon and our favorite Puppy. It was always interesting calling for “Puppy” and watch people who have never met him react when he come prancing over.
Gunter had been living with Ashley for a couple of years now and loved the city life. Ashley asked to have him spend a week with her and he enjoyed himself so much living in the city and taking walks where everyone seemed to be be attracted to him. He loved being the center of attention. He always thought of Ashley as “his girl”. Nikki and I would go to visit after he was living with her and he would be very excited to see us and so happy to spend time with us. But, when we were putting our shoes and coats back on, he would would walk behind Ashley as if to say, please let me stay another night. A couple of times he had to spend the night with us because Ashley and Shane were going to visit family. He was always happy to come in an greet us, but when Ashley and Shane were leaving, he made it obvious that he was supposed to go with them. The country life is no place for a Great Dane that craves attention everywhere he goes in the city!
He had a wonderful last day going for walks and playing around with Shane and Ashley. He always had his own bed and would get extra excited when he was getting his sheets on the bed changes out for fresh ones. Ashley and Shane just purchased him a bed, so he had a place to hang out with them on the porch. He always prized his beds and bedding more than any toy.
Jonny participated in the Lancaster Dual Track Meet between Lancaster High School and Granville High School this evening at Lancaster High School. Jonny and some other distance runners were put into the 4×200 relay instead of the 4×800 relay today. He was also entered in the 4×400 relay.
In the 4×200 relay Jonny ran the final leg in 24.6 with a team time of 1:36.8. The team finished in 2nd place.
In the 4×400 relay Jonny again ran the final leg of the race in 55.0 with a team time of 3:40.2. The team won by about 100 meters.
Overall Jonny ran both races very well in the windy conditions.
Jonny ran in the Hank Smith Invitational today held at the Heath High School. He ran in the 4×800 meter relay, the first non preliminary race, and the 4×400 relay, the last race of the event.
Jonny ran the first leg in the 4×800 relay. He finished his leg in 2:06.6 which tied his personal best from Thursday’s meet. The team finished with a time of 8:28.53 and took 2nd place.
Jonny ran the 2md leg of the 4×400 relay. He was quite a ways back in the field to begin his leg, and took off slow to start with around the first turn. He really picked up his pace on the back stretch and started making up his 30 meter deficit from the guy in front of him. He caught the guy in front of him and made up time on the rest of the field. The guys after him continued to make up time and passing people and the team ended up 2nd in their heat with a time of 3:42.4
Jonny runs the 4×400 at the Hank Smith Invitational
Running the 4×400 at the Hank Smith Invitational
Jonny participated in the John Glen Invitational held at Muskigum University located between Zanesville and Cambridge. He competed in the Sprint Medley Relay and the 4×400 Relay. The meet schedule showed the 4×400 Relay starting at 10:10 pm and since it was over an hour drive home, Nikki and I decided that we were not going to attend this meet. The information in this post was provided by Jonny and Coach Agosta.
The Sprint Medley Relay consists of four legs, two 200 meter legs, a 400 meter leg and an 800 meter leg. Jonny was running the last leg of 800 meters. Jonny ran his 800 meters in 2:06.6 which is new outdoor personal best. The team ran the race in 3:52.32 which is a new Granville High School record, with Jonny running half the race. Congratulations Jonny. The team took 1st place in that event.
Jonny ran the last leg in the 4×400 Relay and completed his 400 meters in 53.6, which is a personal best for him. The team finished in 3:38.7 and again took first place at the meet.
Jonny was invited by the upperclassmen to celebrate with them at Steak and Shake after they got back to the High School. The kids didn’t have school the next day so he was allowed to go celebrate.
Stephanie and Marcus are attending the Granville High School 2014 Prom this evening. We had to rush back from Lexington where Jonny had a track meet earlier today. Nicole and Stephanie went out this morning and picked up the boutonniere for Marcus. Stephanie had to go on her own to get her hair and make-up done as Nikki and I were on our way to Lexington for the track meet.
Nikki was able to make it just in time for pictures at the Bryn Du Mansion in Granville. The kids were going out to dinner after pictures and then back to the mansion for prom.
Jonny competed in the Lexington Invitational today. He was scheduled to run the 800 Meter run. 15 minutes before the 4×1600 Meter run one of his teammates hadn’t made it to the meet yet due to some confusion on what event he was running, so they asked Jonny to run in his place for the 4×1600.
He ran a his leg in 4:48 and was pleased with his time. He was told he only 6 seconds off the Granville Freshmen record and now he has a goal to beat that time by the end of this years track season. The team ran in 20:14.29 and finished 9th out of 14 teams running three freshmen and one Junior against the other Division I teams.
He ran in the 800 Meter run as well and finished with a time of 2:08.07. He finished 14th out of 29 and was the top freshman in the experienced field consisting of 2 Freshmen, 5 Sophomores, 8 Juniors and 14 Seniors.
Jonny ran a couple of events at the Dick Houston Relays held at Licking Valley High School on April 4th. The weather was in the 50’s and steady rain, so the track was pretty slow.
He competed in the 4×1600 Meter relay and he ran the 400 meter leg of the Distance Medley Relay. In both events Granville took 2nd.
Jonny completed his leg of the 1600 Meter relay in 5:00.6. All he needed was .7 of a second to get sub 5 minutes. I’m sure if he knew he would have beat the 5 minute mark. Hopefully he will get another chance in another meet to accomplish that.
On his leg of the Distance Medley relay he ran the 400 meters in 55.2. This is his first high school outdoor meet and the conditions were far from ideal.