Day: June 3, 2023

Let’s Go Back to the Track (& Field) for Elijah Smith and Corrie Delp ! (LIVE)

The official T-shirt 👕 for the State Meet

It’s official now !

Getting the sand ready for the Long Jump !

They have just announced that due to the inclement weather due in this afternoon they will be speeding up the process to try and beat the weather. It won’t effect our duo but it will effect almost everyone else.

I have been asked to man 👨 the performance board for the Class 4 and then the Class 3 Discus!

10:00-Update Both events are still in Class 4 so our Athletes are still in the wait and see mode.

10:45 – Linda is at the Long Jump and I’m at the Discus. Both spots are still in the Class 4 portion of the competition.

The Brain Trust that felt I was their correct Volunteer !

11:12am – Corrie has been called to check in along with the other Class 3 Girls 👧

11:18am – Boys 👦 Class 4 Discus is complete

11:38 – Elijah takes his initial practice throw

Event is now set to start at Noon

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Elijah Smith has completed his first round tosses with his best effort being 125.0

Linda reports that Corrie has jumped for the first time -16.05 feet

Elijah has qualified for the Finals !!!!!

Sometimes you can’t fully appreciate just how good your final opponent was until the Regional tournament ends. Both CCHS Soccer ⚽️ squads fell to pretty impressive teams.

William Byrd ended the Girls 👧 Soccer ⚽️ season with a 4-0 opening round match in Vinton and they were just getting started. WBHS netted five goals (5-0) against a 20-1 Magna Vista team to capture the Region Championship.

On the Boys 👦 side, their season ended at the hands ( and feet) of Bassett 1-0 in the opening round and the Bengals would take a 20-0 Magna Vista team into OT before falling 3-2.

Best of Luck to the four teams that will go on to represent the Region in the State Tournament next week.

56 Class 3 Schools converge on Liberty University

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/536862-vhsl-class-3-state-championships-2023/teams

The volume of folks that made their way through the gates of Liberty’s Track and Field venue for the start of the event yesterday was impressive in itself. 56 schools 🏫 from Class 3 alone plus the Class 4 teams made for quite the gathering.

Add in the fact that the thermometer 🌡was flirting with 90° during the afternoon and it makes the appreciation for the Meet organizers to grow. In just a few hours the Gates will reopen (8:00 am) and the bigger of the two days will get underway.

Both Elijah Smith and Corrie Delp are slated to compete in the 9:30am block with Smith throwing his Discus and Delp competing in the Long Jump. Coach Montgomery and Coach Delp will be alongside our Cavaliers during their moment in the Sun.