Pace Setter!!

She did it! Millie finally did it. She came in first at last week's cross country meet at Floyd Central. After she got second place the week before, she had her goals set for number 1. When they started this program last year, the first place finisher got a special shirt, called a Pace Setter shirt, that explained hard work and setting good examples. They are silver and you only get one by finishing first.  As soon as she saw that shirt last year, she wanted one.

Here are our girls all lined up and ready to go.  There were about 180 girls in this group getting ready to run. 

 

 I was so nervous after the race started. Since I'm a coach, I have duties at the finish line so I couldn't see any of the course until the runners came around the last bend just before the finish. When I saw her little yellow do-rag make that corner I almost cried. I was so happy for her. The other down side about coaching is I don't get to take photos. This really bums be out. So I don't have any photos of her at the finished but I got some with my phone afterwards and Rick's mom took a few as well.

At the finish Rick swept her up to give her big squeezes.  I guess Reed thought she needed a kiss on her super fast legs.

Proudly getting her medal and lots of cheers from her team.  We have the largest team with 108 runners so it was pretty loud.

And most importantly, that Pace Setter shirt.  That's one happy little girl right there.

 

Their teams did really well over all too.  If I remember right, the boys got second place and so did the girls.

She had a pretty big smile on her face all evening and I was so glad Rick and his parents and my mom were there to see it.