Brayden Smoot is an extremely likable young man 👨, as is his twin brother Bryce and his parents. The young man is what one would call a year around Athlete.

In the fall be puts on the pads and plays football. During the winter months he laces up his sneakers 👟 and plays basketball 🏀, then in the Spring season he runs 🏃‍♂️ Track for Head Coach Shawn Montgomery.

Earlier this season Smoot qualified for the State Track Meet being held this weekend at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

Here’s the note forwarded to me by Coach Montgomery about the schedule :

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Brayden 100 Trials 3:30 on Friday

Finals if he advances at 12:40 on Saturday

Corrie-Long Jump starts at 9:30 on Saturday but Class 4 is 1st. My guess is 11:30 or 12:00.

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Brayden will arrive in Lynchburg shortly after 1pm and then do his best to loosen up before his time trial and then around 3:30 head out to the starting blocks and give his best for CCHS for somewhere in the area of 10+ seconds.

After he gives his best for that brief period of time he will wait around to find out if he will be invited back on Saturday. If not, he will head home, knowing that he gave his very best.

Flashing back to the Girls Basketball team traveling over to the same campus earlier this year for their season ending Regional tournament game, I remembered thinking that a five hour loop was a long day for 90 minutes of game time. Brayden won’t even get one full minute of game time…….

The older one gets the harder it becomes to jump in the car 🚗 and make a five hour loop. Hence, I am writing ✍ this post 📫 from Lynchburg as Thursday night 🌙 is about to become Friday morning.

What do I hope to accomplish by being here for his few seconds ? I know that I don’t contain any magical powers nor do I think he will run faster because he sees me here.

Caring about our Youth and trying hard to recognize how much of their time they sacrifice to compete for us is the main motivation. Driving here and tying up a day for one person is extreme and I understand that but thats me being me and I’m happy to do so for an impressive young man!

Tomorrow morning, if you have time around 11am, please 🙏 take the time to stop by the High School 🏫 and show support for Brayden, Corrie Delp, the Coaches & Family 👪. I know that they will appreciate it. 💘

Four Student Athletes qualified for the State Track and Field Meet Friday and Saturday at Liberty University.

Coaches Shawn Montgomery and Jon Delp will be escorting the two that will compete. Brayden Smoot and Corrie Delp are heading out and there will be a celebratory send off at 11am!