Spring brings us both the PSD Elementary Track Meet and the Fun Run, so we start to practice our track (running) and field (jumping and throwing) skills.
The track meet gives 4th and 5th graders from schools across Fort Collins and surrounding areas to have the opportunity to have fun and compete in various events. There are distance events (half mile and mile), sprints of various distances, a shuttle relay race, long jump, triple jump, softball throw and shot put. We practice these events for all age groups (well, okay, the 6-pound shot put is a bit heavy for the Younger Kids and Preschoolers!) and Older Kids who want may attend the District meet.
Have you ever taken a good look at the world records in events like the 100m sprint, long jump and triple jump? Time or lay out the measurement, and it’s simply astonishing what human beings can do. The picture at right is of Bob Beamon’s famous jump in 1968, the first to break 29 feet. The current record, held by Mike Powell, is 29 feet, 4.25 inches. Watching that jump is seeing the closest a person will ever come to flying without assistance.
This year’s District Track Meet is Wednesday, April 30 for distance events and Saturday, May 3 for the sprints and field events. For more details, see the “District Track meet” link at left. Good luck to all of our Rivendell participants this week!