Video from Junior Olympics - 1500M

Here's the race! Rob is wearing orange and black...

9th Place at Junior Olympics!

Robbo ran well this morning, finishing 2nd in his heat with a 4:56.70. This put him in 9th place for the overall final standings in the 1500M!

The whole Junior Olympic experience has been great. Omaha and Burke High School were amazing hosts. We are extremely proud of Robbo and all of his hard work... congratulations!!

A couple of pictures from this morning:

Austin with his sign, cheering him on -

And the traditional "three guys" picture after the race:

Rob and Austin both run in the Needham Youth Classic coming up this Saturday, August 2nd... should be lots of fun!!

Champ!

Whoo-wah! In a photo-finish, Robbo won his race on Saturday to become the Region 1 USATF Champion!

This win qualifies him to advance to the 2008 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in Omaha, Nebraska. He will run there on Sunday, July 27th.

Since Austin (the greatest Ringbearer EVER!) and I were in St. Louis at my nephew's wedding, we're missing the usual photos and such. I'll see what I can pull off of the video camera to share (I just have to figure out how to do that, first!).

Congrats, Robbo!!

This Just In...

Rob will be running the 1500M at the USATF Region 1 Junior Olympic Outdoor Track & Field Championships this Saturday, July 12th, in New York City. We'll keep you posted...

Medals and Memories

So, here we are at the end of a long, fun, wonderful day... We spent the morning at Disney's Wide World of Sports, the afternoon at Hollywood Studios, and the evening at Magic Kingdom! It's time for sleep!!

Here are a couple of pictures from this morning. The first is of the medal ceremony following the race (Rob is on the left), the second is the traditional "three guys" shot.

Rob's run today placed him the Top 20 runners in the nation this year! http://www.eliteyouth.com/rf2008/rf2008.asp?DCODE=MB&ECode=1500

Way to go, Robbo... we are proud of you!

7th in Nationals!

Robbo placed seventh in today's race with a time of 4:53.82. It was a great race and we are extremely proud of him! He ran 11 seconds faster than his previous best. Way to go Robbo!

More tonight, with pictures and links...