State track meet is a masterpiece
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Saturday session at the Iowa high school state boys and girls track and field meet in Des Moines. It was an outstanding experience. The weather was excellent and the attendance was outstanding (10,000-plus), and they were friendly and engaged.
The athletes put on a show, girls and boys in all classes. Numerous performance records were broken. and some were all-time bests. Some outcomes were even competitive on a national level. Very impressive when you consider our state’s population and how our spring weather was collectively not very accommodating leading up to these types of performances. It is very apparent to me that not only do we have many talented athletes who are willing to put in the work, but we have excellent coaches providing the guidance.
When you combine those factors with such great fan support it creates an atmosphere through belief, motivation and good competition where personal bests can be achieved and quite possibly a record…