A Great Day of Running in Peace Hills!

Wow what a great day!  The weather was fantastic, the runners were full of energy, and the coach found the course this year (long story).  I'll begin by saying thank you to all the parents who came out and support their children, having some extra eyes and helpers definitely made a single coach's job that much easier!

As mentioned earlier we had a great turn out for the meet with 32 runners representing Robina Baker Elementary at the meet which featured schools from around the province including Leduc, Edmonton, Red Deer, Ponoka, Stettler, Gwynne, Wetaskiwin, Vermillion, Hardisty, Racette, Holden and Hay Lakes.  To say that there were a lot of teams represented would be an accurate statement.

In terms of performance every runner left with an ear to ear smile, even those that had cases of butterflies while waiting on the start line.  Results for all runners were collected and these will be posted in the school gym and available to all runners at Monday's practice. 

Some performance highlights include:

• our youngest racer, Mylee who is in kindergarten but racing against the grade ones, finishing third in her race

• Toby finishing in fourth in the grade 2/3 boys race
• Kayln finishing in the top 10 in the 2/3 girls race with an 8th place finish
• Ms. Emily, on loan from RMS, finishing 5th in the grade 4/5 race
• The RBES 2/3 Boys team finishing 4th overall in the elementary boys category
• The RBES 2/3 girls team finishing in 2nd place overall in the elementary girls category

      and finally,

• the ENTIRE RBES CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FINISHING FIRST OVERALL amongst all the elementary schools participating in the meet!

Words cannot express how proud their coach is of all the runners...they all definitely gave their best efforts and represented the school in the best possible way!  Cannot wait for the fun of the next meets!

Coach Henderson