This weekend the Shreveport Homeschool Sports Track & Field team took 8 athletes, who qualified in the ACEL North regionals, down to compete in the 2017 ACEL State Track and Field meet. What a GREAT day of competition! Our Shreveport Force athlete competed with such heart.
Force Girls
We had three female athletes compete at state. Sophia Lorincz, our star sprinter, ran and won the 100m and 200m sprints and placed a VERY close second in the 400m. Railey Berney, who has been tearing up all that tracks we’ve competed on this year, ran the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m and easily won each while setting a new ACEL state record in the 1600m. Jadee brown ran a
GREAT 800m and fought through some pain in the 3200m to a third place finish! Not only did our three girls place 3rd in the girls team standings out of 9 teams, but Sophia received the Outstanding Female Track Award and Railey received the Overall Outstanding Female Athlete award!
Force Boys
The force boys ran tough…ran hard. Mile Roberson competed in the long jump, ran the 100m, 200m, 400m, and first leg of our 4x400m relay! Sam and Eli Wolfe ran the 800m with Sam placing fourth! Sam also, threw the discus. In the 1600m and 3200m, we had to competitors as well; Landry Clark and Ethan Wilkes, who placed first and second respectively. Landry, set new ACEL state records in the 1600m(5:05) and the 3200m. The Shreveport Force boys 1600m relay team, consisting of Miles Roberson, Ethan Wilkes, Sam Wolfe, and Landry Clark, placed third.
It was a long day of competition but I left there a SUPER proud coach. ALL of our Shreveport Force athletes gave 110%, competed with class, integrity, and represented Shreveport Homeschool sports and most importantly Jesus very well! As I said, I left there prouder than these typed words let on, but I also
left with a desire to do better! How can we do that? I have no doubt our current athletes will continue to train, grow, and get better, but we need MORE athletes! The Shreveport Force Track team needs to be able to field relay team, hurdlers, etc. Help us get the word out: The Shreveport Force track team is the real deal! We are looking to make a name for ourselves on the track and in the field!
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