After many weeks of training and competing, 3 of our kids have done it…they have qualified for the Namibian national running competition in Swakopmund, Namibia. If they win there, they will move on to an internationally hosted competition!
About a month ago, many of our kids competed in a large junior and secondary school track and field competition for all of the Katima area. Being one of the smallest schools in the area, we did exceptionally well. We came home with seven 1st places, eight 3rd places, and four 3rd places. Goty (top photo) got first place in the 1500 m and the 100 m, Lisedi (middle photo, maroon jersey) got first place in the 400 m, the 200 m, and the 100 m, and Djolo (bottom photo, green jersey) got first in the 200 m. These were the 3 that qualified to move onto the regional competition, held yesterday. 
At the regional competition both Goty and Djolo won 1st place again in their respective races. Lisedi competed only in the 200m and 400m, but also still won 1st place. They are all 3 very excited to be able to continue on to the national level in Swakopmund, but please pray for some lost paperwork issues with Lisedi. If they are not able to be obtained soon, it may keep her from competing. It has already kept her from competing at the national level in soccer this past June. Speaking of which, I never got around to blogging about it, but there were similar regional to national level competitions held for both basketball and soccer this past June and July. Ten of our kids qualified for each at the national level and traveled to Windhoek to compete. There were a couple that even came very close to qualifying for the international level in soccer. Since it was only their first time in this type of competition, many have high hopes of doing much better this year since they know more of what to expect.
Tell Lisedi to concentrate on keeping her knees up, especially at the end of the 400. Do NOT tell Goty that it is impossible for a human to excel in both the 100 and 1500. I'm serious - impossible!!!
ReplyDeletewhat can I say....he's a bushman...lol
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's a bionic bushman. I can't see any other reasonable explanation.
ReplyDeleteSeriously re: Lisedi - the 400 is a race where the runners start to lose their form at the end because they are so tired. She needs something to concentrate on, and lifting her knees is a good thing to focus on. Assuming she gets her paperwork in line, of course. Otherwise, never mind.