November 9, 2014

  • State XC Meet

    Yesterday was the Washington State High School cross-country meet. Both the boy's and girl's teams from Ballard HS qualified for state, the girl's team for the first time ever in BHS's 100+ year history. Veronica is the only freshman on the Varsity girl's team, and she is one of the seven runners (there are also two alternates.)

    This year's meet was in Pasco, at the Sun Willows golf course. The teams left early Friday morning from BHS, since it is a four-hour drive and they needed to walk the course.
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    (Top Right) Note to Elliot's parents and teacher: That is his Chemistry book in the background. Good job Elliot.

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    Steve drove up Saturday morning to take pictures.

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    The BHS Girls Varsity squad is looking good. My favorite part is when they run between all the team tents during their warm-up. With their sharp black uniforms, I think they are intimidating all the other squads.

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    The girls ran at 12:30, and Veronica had a new PR of 20:16! She was the 4th finisher of the Ballard HS team (she has consistently been 6th finisher in previous meets) and the 12th finisher of all freshman 3A girls. Here is a complete list of all the pictures from the meet.

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    BHS girls took 4th place on their first trip to state! Everyone is very proud of them, including Principal Wynkoop (he is a 3rd-generation BHS alum as well!)

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    The BHS boys were also successful, taking 10th place in the state. Go Beavers!