Hello friends. I'm sorry it's been 568 years since my last post. The spring semester was just insanely busy between both track seasons and the end of the school year. The team got to travel all over the place, which was incredibly fun. We had several meets here in Bozeman, a few in Missoula, a weekend in Utah, and one in California. Over the year, my events solidified into the 5k and 3k steeple outdoor, though I only had a chance to race the steeplechase twice and only raced the 5k at conference. I can definitely see why I wasn't permitted to race the steeple at conference though-in the two times that I ran it, I fell in the water pit the first time and tripped over the barrier the second time. Someday I'll make it through all three thousand meters without being so closely acquainted with the track.
Conference went fairly well. It was in Greeley, Colorado at the University of Northern Colorado, which was at about the same elevation as Bozeman. I finished the season with a seventh place finish at conference, and my converted time there was about two seconds off of my personal best that I ran in California. I was a little disappointed with my placing, as I still wanted to medal at conference, but I plan to up my mileage over the summer and place at conference starting as soon as possible.
I will also be racing at the USATF Junior Championships this summer in the 5k on June 24th. The top two places in each race will be advancing to the junior worlds in Poland at the end of July, so that will be my goal going into this meet.
