Running

Chance's freshman season at NMHS.  Him, Tad and Diego created the core of a varsity team that did some amazing things.  In a frosh/soph race, they actually out dueled a Dublin team which signaled that they are on the path to being contenders in NCS.  

The league moved track to the fall for reasons that I'm still not quite sure about, but this was Kara's first year running.  There are some great athletes on this team who have also moved up to the high school.

This team was incredible.  We had about 80 kids come out.  The boys team lost in the final by 1.5 points.  We were without our #3 400m runner, who would have been the difference.  If you're on a track team, and you are not the #1 guy (or gal), you are still valuable.  

The boys team here will probably be NJHS's best boys team ever.  They destroyed everyone in the final, and also put two guys in the top 4 for the JV race.  This was a great team.  Many of these kids are a core of the NMHS XC team that has high expectations.  I ended up coaching this team at the last minute, and was the start of my 3 year stint at NJHS.

Chance was introduced to distance running in the 7th grade.  The school had a guy who came in and started the XC team in SACMAL.  Chance loved it.  He's way faster than I ever imagined he'd be.  He and a few of his classmates ran in USATF events and Chance even qualified for Nationals.