Ashley turned 25 on May 30th. Nikki’s parents came down on the 31st to celebrate Ashley’s birthday and Stephanie’s graduation. We went into Columbus so they could meet Apollo and we had a very nice dinner at Marcella’s. We then spent some time back at the kid’s apartment and had a nice time socializing. It was a very nice day will the family.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Regional Meet – Pickerington North High School
Jonny made it to one of the 4 Regional Meets in Ohio. Today is the finals for the 4×800 meter relay and the preliminaries for the 4×400 meter relay with the finals to be held on Friday May 30th.
Jonny was the lead off leg on the 4×800 meter relay. He ran his leg in 2:03.7 which was a new personal best for him. The team completed the relay in 8:11.37 and finshed 9th. They were eliminated from moving on to the state finals in the 4×800.
Jonny was the 3rd leg in the 4×400 preliminaries. Jonny ran his leg in 53 second and the team ran finished in 3:27.01, which again was not fast enough to get them to the regional finals held on Saturday. They ran it the previous week in 3:22.06, but this week even if they were able to replicate that, they would have ended up in 7th and been eliminated anyway.
Jonny’s season is over, but he had a wonderful year of running. We are looking forward to see him run again next year.
Ohio Central District Champioships – Division 1 – District 3
Jonny ran in one of the 16 District Championships held in Ohio. Last Thursday they advanced in the 4×800 to the one of the four Regional Championships in the state. They were the District Champions in the 4×400 race today with a time of 3:22.06. Jonny ran a personal best split time of 52.00. This put the 4×400 team in the Regional finals as well. The boys and girls teams took 2nd overall at the District Championships.
Next week the Regional Championships will be held at Pickerington High School North. They will run the championship 4×800 race on Wednesday and the 4×400 preliminary race on Wednesday as well. If they are the top 4 in the 4×800, they move on to the State Championships the following week. If they are one of the top 8 in the 4×400 preliminaries, they will advance to the Regional Championship Finals on Friday the 30th of May. Then they will need to be a top 4 finisher to move on the State Championships.
Boys 2nd place overall finish
Girls and Boys District 2nd Place Finish
Boys 4×400 District Champions
Boys and Girls District 2nd Place
Ohio Central District Championships – Division 1 – District 3
Jonny participated in Ohio Central District Championships for Division 1 – District 3. He ran in the 4×800 meter relay and the 4×400 relay. Most of the events today were preliminaries for Saturday’s finals. The one of the exceptions was the 4×800 relay.
Jonny ran the third leg in the 4×800 relay with his split being 2:05. The team ended up with a time of 8:14.51 and placed 4th, which qualified them for the Regional Finals next week.
He also ran the 4×400 which was a preliminary race. They only needed to one of the top 8 teams to make it to the finals on Saturday. Jonny ran his leg of the 4×400 in 53 seconds which was a new Personal Best for him. The team finished in 3:26.75 and took 2nd overall, so they are in the finals for Saturday. If they finish 4th or better on Saturday, they will move on to the Regionals in the 4×400 as well.
Licking County League Championships
Jonny ran in the Licking County League Championships this week. The meet was held over two days, Tuesday was mostly field events and preliminary events. The one final event that Jonny ran in that day was the 4×800 relay. He was also scheduled to run the 4×400 relay and was a last minute entry into the 400 meter dash as a replacement for another Granville runner.
The 4×800 meter relay the team took 2nd with a combined time of 8:16.85. Jonny ran the 2nd leg with a new Personal Best of 204.1. The next race Jonny ran was the 400 meter dash. He ran it in 54.98 which was a fast enough time to get him in the finals on Saturday. He was only one of three freshmen to run in the heats and the only freshman to make it into the finals. His last race of the day was the 4×400 relay. The team took 2nd overall with a time of 3:34.9 which also put them in Saturday’s finals. Jonny ran his leg in 56.7 in the windy conditions.
Saturday, Jonny only had the two races. During his warmup and the 400 meter dash race it started to rain and the wind picked up with the temps falling back into the upper 40’s. Jonny ran the race in 54.39 and did not place. He was one of two Granville runners in the finals. This was the first time he got to race against his team mate Casey Lenfest who won the race with a time of 49.73 in the less than desirable conditions. The 4×400 relay the team took 3rd place with a time of 3:33.6. Jonny ran the final leg in 54.1 which is another personal best for him.
Apollo comes for a visit
Ashley and Shane brought Apollo out to our house to visit and give Nikki her Mother’s Day gifts. It only took a few minutes for Apollo to feel comfortable around Zoey and Penny. Zoey was calm and curious about Apollo and once Penny got over her first few minutes of total jubilation, she was nice and calm around the puppy as well. After making the mistake of getting some tennis balls out, Penny forgot about the puppy and started to play serious. We had to remove the balls and put Penny in her crate, until she calmed down again and then this happened.
Shortly after that all the dogs went outside and played nice some more. I think all the dogs will become friends and once Apollo is bigger and can hold his own, I think he and Penny will have a blast together as Great Danes like to run and shoulder into each other, and Penny likes that type of rough play as well.
Wayne Invitational at Huber Heights High School
Jonny was invited to run at the Wayne Invitational at Wayne High School in Huber Heights located near Dayton, Ohio. He was scheduled to run the 800 meter run. This meet is the highest level of competition, from all over the state, that Jonny has had to face in outdoor track competition. There were 39 schools invited to this meet.
There were 4 heats of the 800 meter run. There were 65 runners of which only 7 were freshmen. Jonny was in the middle of the pack of the 16 runners in his heat at the 500 meter mark when he made his move. He ended up in 3rd place and if there was another 50 meters in the race, he would have won his heat. He finished with a time of 2:04:34 and finished 28th overall out of the 65 runners. He really raced very hard the last 300 meters and gained lots of ground on everyone.