Katelyn's Track

Katelyn chose to do track again this year. It's just twice a week for 4 weeks during June. This is her 3rd year doing it. There are 3 age groups: 3-6, 7-10, and 11 and up. The first track practice Katelyn was in the 3-6 year old group since she is 6. There were 5 kids there, but Katelyn was the oldest. The other kids were 3 & 4 years old. Yes - most of them were bigger than Katelyn, but she was by far better at this track thing. She should be since this is her 3rd year! She had fun, but she was also a little sad that she was the only one her age. The next practice Mamaw & Papaw took her since Robert & I went with Rachel to her swim meet. When Katelyn got to track, Coach Kelly asked her if she wanted to move up with the 7-10 year old kids since she did so well. Katelyn moved up and loved it! The other girls are older than her and much bigger than her, but she loved it! Coach Kelly told her to discuss it with us and she could choose which group she wanted to be with. It was an easy decision for Katelyn - she wanted to be with the big kids! Lloyd & Wendy took her to track this past Thursday and they said that there were 6 in Katelyn's group. When they were supposed to run one lap around the track, most of the girls took off running their fastest. Katelyn started off slow & steady. She paced herself and ended up coming in 3rd as she passed several of the girls who started out too fast and then had to stop and walk! Katelyn was pretty proud of herself - and so are we!!!