Our Final Glencoe Cross Country Banquet!!

Jacob has had a wonderful four years of running Cross Country for Glencoe High School. It has been neat for me as a mother to watch him develop and grow. He has learned to set goals. He has learned that sometimes those goals can be hard to reach, but with determination, success is possible. His goal this year was to break 17 minutes and he tried and struggled and kept on trying. At his very last run of the season he got a time of 16:59! He never ceases to amaze me!

I had the pleasure of attending the end of season banquet with him this year. He was co-captain again and it was fun to watch him with his peers and hear his coach talk about this year of running. It has not been an easy season. For the third time in the four years of running for Glencoe, Jacob had a new coach. Jacob had some disappointing runs and had thoughts of quitting, but that is just not his style! He finished with a bang and I am so proud of him!

Jacob and some running buddies!

Jacob and Coach Rice and Coach Grieg!

This is Jacob with his first grade teacher Mrs. Magdaleno. My has he grown since he was in her class 11 years ago!

Jacob and the girls!!

My Quick Athletic Son

Jacob is in High School! How did that happen?? Thus far he has been pretty enthusiastic about it, getting up at 6am, even though he doesn't have to leave for school until 8am. He is also on the Cross Country Team and has practice every day after school. Last night they had their first meet, and he did GREAT! He was on the JV team, but his time was so good that he is now on the Varsity team! He ran 3.1 miles in about 21 minutes. All of his daily runs have helped him build up a great deal of stamina.

Jacob is taking three classes of PE this -his regular PE class, Strength Training, and Fitness Conditioning. So on his A schedule days he has two PE classes and on his B days he has one. He put these down as electives, hoping to get at least one of them, but for some reason he got both and his regular PE in the same semester. I hope he does not sweat away to nothing! He is also taking a welding class that his basketball coach from last year teaches as well as Seminary. He loves both classes. He homework load will not be so bad this term, but I am curious to see what happens next term as he will have no PE classes at all.

Rock Star Jake really looks ready to take on the world!!