Since I last wrote about Andrew’s track and field exploits, he has branched out from The Mile a bit. In the next track meet he tried the 800 meter run. He did OK, but decided he definitely liked the mile better. Then out of nowhere, he decided to try out the “field” part of track and field. Just before Spring Break, he started staying after school to practice pole vaulting. On Friday night, he competed in this event for the first time. Though he came excrutcatingly close in each of his three tries, he didn’t quite clear the first height. It turns out that this track meet was the first time he’d actually tried to clear a real crossbar. In practice, they had always used a bungie cord instead of a crossbar, and he didn’t yet have the technique down for releasing the pole properly.
He shows promise and says he likes it a lot. I hope he can do both pole vaulting and running events in the future, but it seems for the rest of this season, he’ll be concentrating on pole vaulting.
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