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Alex’s first unsolicited college letter for Track and Field
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Wow…it’s started. Today, Alex received his first college inquiry for his grades and for is Track abilities. I know I talk about Alex’s feats in Track a lot, but he is actually very smart, too...
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The Time sheet from Alex’s State Meet
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If you click on this image to view the large image, you’ll see in Green, the fellow that nosed Alex out of 4th place in his heat by 100th of a second at the State meet last week, in the 400m. Those in...
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Alex and his other State track buddies highlighted on the local school sign…
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Here’s some pics I just captured. They changed the school sign this morning. Hot off the press.
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Nice write-up about Alex’s trip to State in the local paper – along with pics
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I’ll be posting my pics, video and story soon (today or tomorrow), but folks around here have been talking about Alex’s news in the local paper. We were confronted with a copy of the paper today...
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alex finishes at state with the top 7th time in the 400m
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despite finishing with the top 7th time in the prelims of the 400m at state, he doesn't move on to the finals. even though the event was fully automated they took the top 4 finishers in each heat....
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on our way
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after a good night's sleep and a good breakfast we're on our way to the stadium. alex runs at 3:10pm est.
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on the road to state
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we're off! meg is driving and i'm blogging on the redfly. our trip should take only about 1.5 hours. that will put us in columbus about 5:30pm. sorry about the capitlization problems in this post...
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Giving the Redfly a good test this weekend
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We’re off to OSU this weekend to watch Alex run in the state finals . So, I’ve decided to put the Redfly through it’s paces while we’re away. Really, the Redfly is only as good as your Smartphone...
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Alex and buds highlighted in local paper
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Meg was talking to my Dad this morning and he said that Alex and his State buddies have a huge picture and article in today’s newspaper. I guess we’ll have to head out and pick one up. I found the...
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Alex's quote in the local paper
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The Middletown Journal (our local paper) ran a story on the Regional Track meet from this past week. I mentioned in my last post in the Alex Trent saga, that the paper had interviewed Alex after winning...
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Alex Wins his Berth to the State Track Meet
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Despite a strong wind that seemed to come from all directions at once sometimes, Alex met the challenge today and qualified for a trip to the State Track meet at the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the...
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Alex is going to State!
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Alex pulled it off, even though we have 40 mph winds here today. Sunny, just windy. He placed 3 rd which gives him a berth at state. I’ll post photos and video later, along with the whole story.
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Alex's Regional newspaper photo: Number 12 of 101
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Reed Porter found this. If you drop out to the following link and click to the 12th photo, you'll see Alex running to the finish line. http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/p/content/gen/sharedoh/photos_galleries...
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Alex moves on to the Regional Finals in a big way
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So, last night, Meg and I sat in the stands at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio and watched Alex pull up his bootstraps (ignore his blistered feet) and beat the kid that beat him in the District Finals...
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Alex is on his way to the Regional Finals
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More to come on the story, with video, photos, and audio. But, that'll have to wait until tomorrow when I have more time. Suffice to say for now, Alex won his heat (2nd heat) and qualified with a 10th...
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Off to Alex's Track Regional's in a couple hours
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Alex only has one race to run tonight (the 400m) but it's his most important race. As long as his qualifying time is within the top 8 runners, he'll qualify for the Regional Finals on Saturday...
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Alex is headed to the Regional's in the 400m
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Despite a blister across the entire bottom of his left foot, Alex blasted through the 400m today to come within a hair of 1st place. He still qualified to move on the Regional's next week, but he would...
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Alex back at it, today at 3:00pm EST
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The District finals at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio are today. Field events start at 2:00pm and the running events start at 3:00pm. They run the meets pretty tightly in this part of the country, so...
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Photos, video, and a story from Alex's Districts showing
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It looked like it was going to be a rough night from the get-go. Meg and I arrived at the stadium and I located Alex to give him a "snack sack" (a bag loaded with Gatorade, fruit snacks, and...
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Alex moves on to the District finals
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After an injury on his foot in the 4x400m, Alex placed for the finals on Saturday in the 400m and the 200m. More later as I'm on the move.
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Alex headed to Districts for Track tonight
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Alex starts his trek toward qualifying for State tonight at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio . For those that have been following his high school track career here, Welcome Stadium is the same spot for...
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Alex's Races from this Saturday's League Championship
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I mentioned late Saturday , a bit about Alex's performance at the SWBL Championship for 2008. So, I finally posted the videos online. Here's Alex, winning the League Championship for the 400m ...
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Alex's day at the races
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It was an amazing day at the league track championship. I don't have time to go into it now, but Alex set a personal best time on the 400m, came in 2nd in the 200m and came close to pulling his team...
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SWBL Track and Field Finals in an hour or so
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We're headed to Alex's league finals in about a half hour or so, depending on how quickly the wife can slap on some face paint. The finals start about 10:00am. Alex runs the finals for the 400m...
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Alex advances to the 200m and 400m league finals
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rodtrent
Despite near winter temperatures and wind-swept rain, Meg and I sat through Alex's league preliminaries last night. I wore waterproof clothes, but toward the end my legs were numb and I couldn't...
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Big Day in the Trent Household
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Tonight starts the qualifying rounds for the league championships for Track and Field. Alex is ready and healthy and I believe he's going to do really well. It's a cold, rainy day, and the forecast...
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Alex blew away the competition last night
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Watch this video of Alex pushing through on the 400m last night. The kid he's running against beat Alex a few weeks ago. It's been a strange season. Alex pulled a hamstring about a week into the...
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A great season comes to an end
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Alex ran his heart out at the Regionals last night , but didn’t qualify for the finals on Saturday. In fact, he ran probably the slowest time he’s run all season (53 seconds in the 400m). Right...
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Off to the Regional Track event tonight
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Alex runs between 5:30pm and 6:00pm tonight to hopefully qualify for the Regional finals on Saturday. It’s going to be tough. He has to come in at least 4th in his heat. There are two heats tonight...
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And, there you go...
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We just arrived home after a long day at the Dayton District track finals. I’m happy to say that Alex has qualified for the Regionals next week! The qualifying round for the Regionals is next Thursday...
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