NXN Southeast / Final Day

We have a great team. Coach, runners, parents, brothers and sisters. The girls finish seventh. Not their best meet. Jodie and Alex have very tough days with injury and sickness. Stephanie comes through with a great finish as fifth runner and we finish ahead of Florida rival CSN. It was a great year.





Prerace photo.



Carly finishes 17th.



Lily runs a couragous run. She gave her all. One clue that a runner has given her all is when she stops ten feet before the line then looks down and has this absent look when she realizes she is not finished yet.

Kaia runs one her best races of the year. Running 18:46 on a tough course.
Great job Kaia.

Jodie with back pain. The hard surface was a problem.

Kendall finishes in 19:27.

Stephanie finishes finishes as fifth runner.

Kendall and Stephanie.

Kaia and her friend from grade school.

Carly and Kaia.

Jodie and her Dad.

Kendall and Lily.

Nike Southeast Regional / Day 2, part 2

Tonight we went to the pasta diner. We exchanged t-shirts and got to listen to the track coach from Virginia and Shalene Flanagan who won the bronze medal at the Olympics in the 10000 meters. She has run the 10K in 30:34. Think about it that is two 15:17 5Ks. They both had alot of good things to say. The girls got to get an autograph and a photo with her.



Shalane with the team.


Kendall and Lily talking with the girls from Community School of Naples.

Autographs and handshakes.

Nike Southeast Regional / Day 2

Raleigh exit.


The start.



Running the loop.

This is the uphill heading up to the start. You go down this hill at the start and up this hill in the middle and at the end.

Beautiful course through the woods. This is about at the two mile mark.

Lily getting instructions.

Alex

Carly.

Nike Nationals Southeast / Day 1

Glenn sets the mood by naming his car.



Stylish girls!!



The Team.

My hair is so good I have a gallery.

South Georgia traffic jam.

You decide:
1. They tried to send Alex in a different direction but she didn't go for it.
2. You know your important when.
3. A whole town of Pearsons. Watch out!!!

A fleet of mini-vans.

Anybody missing a tank?

Anybody missing a bomber?

South Carolina.

Trying to catch up, I put in a pretty fast split.

Then I got further behind doing some creative night photos.

Cool.

We made it to N.C.

Fractured Quote of the Week

[Just before the big game]
Preacher Purl: And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen.


From the movie "Hooisers"

More photos from State Meet

Before the race. Everyone looks loose.


Post race celebration



Everyone wants to hug Stephanie.

Jodie feeling the spirit.

Jodie and her Grandmother.

Girls watching some races with smiling faces.

Kendall

Kaia

Jodie

Carly

Lily

Trophy

The team and coaches.