in Personal by coach mike on 16 Sep 2007
My little girl is getting married this weekend, so the team will travel without me to Springfield. Audrey is 25 years old and has been away from home for several years now but it just seems like yesterday that she was cheer leading, playing basketball and running. She ran in high school, was on a regional championship and sectional championship team. And one year in college. She was a solid runner and good leader. I got to coach her one year, her 8th grade year at Selmaville. That was my first year coaching cross country. I don’t really remember much about that year, just a lot of kids, noisy bus rides. I do remember winning 4th place at state, the excitement of the ride home. We would always get the fire truck treatment when we got back into town to the school and then a pizza party. The meet was held at Clay City High School. We drove the kids over because we didn’t want to take a bus for reason I can’t talk about! The race started, up close to the building, the kids had to run over the curve of a old track to a small bush and make a 90 degree turn. It was a very tricky start, I saw races where whole teams would be wiped out trying to make that turn. Then you ran along the street and made another 90 degree turn by some temporary building with concrete steps in the path of the runners. The Selmaville parents started moving those steps out of the way. One year we forgot to put them back, the next year the meet director put us in charge of moving them and putting them back. Seems he had to move them himself. This race was something to watch, lots of kids and parents. Some real tough finishes, some real knock down action at the end of the race. Neat place to race. Anyway that team won 4th, so thats a memory for my daughter and I to share for ever.
She’s getting married in Bloomington, Indiana at IU. Where they met. Its going to be a great day. She is a great person and her husband to be a great young man. I very happy for them. My little girl!