Calvin's Freshman Track Season

Calvin finished up his track season on Friday as he competed in the Regional Track Meet hosted by Osage City.  Despite fighting some serious heel pain all season, he had a lot of success in the hurdles, both the 110 high hurdles and the 300 intermediates.  Going from the 30" hurdles in 7th grade (and missing last year due to Covid) to 39" hurdles in high school seemed like a huge jump (no pun intended), but he took it all in stride (sorry, I couldn't help myself). Here are a few pictures from the 110s at the Perry track meet earlier in the year. . .

. . . and Paola. . .

. . . and the 300s also at Paola.

Look at that stride!

I was excited that he was able to compete at our elite Redbud meet at home, where 16 bigger schools attend. It's always a really fun meet with a lot of great talent!

He ran a 17.7 at Silver Lake, his best time of the year. 

At the league meet in Burlington, Calvin was able to run against his mentor, Ian, an awesome senior hurdler who is going to college on a track scholarship, and will be competing at state later this week.

So that brings us to the Regional meet, where Calvin was the only Wellsville freshman competing in an individual running event.  He had been practicing hard on his 3-step to be more competitive and did great for the first few hurdles.  And we won't talk about what happened toward the end of the race.  Thankfully my boy has lots of heart and got up and finished the race.  Then he cheered on his teammates for the rest of the evening.  He and Jack watched as the 4 x 8 team ran.

Three Dwyer boys in this picture: Calvin, Jackson, and Dawson running!

I'm so proud of the grit this boy demonstrated all season long, and I can't wait to see him tackle the hurdles again next year!

They had their awards night last night and Coach Savage also complimented Calvin on how well he persevered despite fighting pain all season (and that he even wore regular running shoes rather than spikes as he jumped hurdles).

Good luck at State, Ian!  And thanks for all of your expertise in teaching Calvin throughout the season!

It was exciting for Calvin to receive his first varsity letter! I haven't convinced him to wear Russ' old letter jacket yet, though. . .

Way to go, Calvin, on an awesome freshman track season!  We loved watching you compete!