Yesterday I got to see Tashena at one of her track meets and I really loved cheering for her (I may have been a tad boisterous). She entered five events and placed in three of them. I think she is absolutely amazing because she also dances with CDT and she had two performances yesterday before the meet!
Tashena's best event is the discus! I may be just a little bit biased, but she is really good! Her first throw was 88' (which would have won the event) and her second throw was a scratch. She was extremely disappointed in these results and actually had tears in her eyes when her coach talked to her. Even so, just about all of the coaches in the area had their teams watch her to get pointers. Nobody was even close to her distance! Her final throw was 102' 8" which was pretty close to her PR (she threw 120' in practice but it doesn't officially count). I was so proud of her!
Her next best event is shot put. There is a girl from Kaysville Jr. who is very good (she beat Tashena last week). When Tashena had her final throw, her coach said that he hoped the Kaysville girl would beat her again because he thinks Tashena can throw a lot father and he wanted her to have some motivation! Tashena ended up throwing 27' 7 1/4". The Kaysville thrower beat her by 1/4". I bet Tashena beats her at the next meet!
This year Tashena is also trying the long jump. Last week was her first time at this event and she ended up jumping 13' 11" for second place. She got second place again yesterday but she improved a little bit to 14'. It is so fun to watch her!
After a long day she was pretty tired!
Note: She also ran the 100m and the hurdles but she didn't place in either event. She was tired!
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