This week our school had this year’s Track and Field week. Usually, our school would have Track and Field in just one or two days if some students didn’t do an event. For some reason though, our teachers decided to make the day into different days. Since I only participated in the Grade 6 boys events, I will only be writing about those events because I don’t know too much to write about any other ones.
On Monday, we did the 800m race. Normally, the teachers would split us up into heats of six, but since the race was so long they put us in one race. The winner of the race was one of my friends Aheev and I came in second, but since Aheev beat me last year I wasn’t surprised. We didn’t do any other events that day, but on Tuesday we did Shot put where we threw a metal ball in a certain way. I was surprised that I got first since I’m not very strong in the first place and I’m not very good at throwing things.
Wednesday was supposed to be one of the days we did the most events, but just like the past two days we only did one event which was the 200m race. It was also very hot that day compared to the past two days. This time, they split us into heats and although I got first in my heat I’m pretty sure I got second or third. Instead of Aheev winning though, another one of my friends Marcus won. That’s because Aheev hurt is foot while playing soccer on Tuesday.
The final day of Track and Field for us was Thursday where we did Running Long Jump, Standing Long Jump, Triple Jump, 100m, and 400m. For all of the jumping events, I did pretty well getting second for Running Long and Triple Jump. I got first for Standing Long Jump though, so I was happy about that. For the rest of the running events, I think I did alright although I only got sixth for the 100m since I usually do better. At the beginning of the 100m, I started getting a cramp since I drank a lot of water before the race and also my legs hurt from the past few days of running. For the 400m I’m not sure who got won since there were different heats and also nobody saw the times. I think I did okay though.
Overall I didn’t really like how they split up the different events on different days because the next day my legs would be sore and I have to run. Also, this year wasn’t too fun since some of the younger kids thought it would be funny to put sand, rocks, and other items into our water bottles. I was lucky enough to not get anything put into mine. Some people also started pouring water on each other but I made sure I didn’t get involved. This track and field was okay, but I would prefer next time that they don’t split the event into too many different days.