Big Weekend for the Jets!

Some of you may have heard of or even experienced the famous Cambridge Jets 4 x 200m relay team. They're back in action this weekend at the USA Track & Field Championships being hosting at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston this weekend. This time there will be separate boys and girls relays, but, back by popular demand, Devonte, our 3 foot tall wonder (take a look at the size relationship between his thigh and the baton), will again be anchoring the boys team. The picture at right is him anchoring the winning (by a ton) team at the Boston Indoor Games a month ago. Like the Indoor Games, this event is hosted as an exhibition event between various local clubs. I just got done working with both teams on their hand-offs (a hilarious experience) and although I missed the Indoor Games, I will definitely be in attendance this weekend. If we can keep the girls running in their lanes and prevent Devonte from getting run over by Jordan (our 3rd leg - who is at least a foot and a half taller) we should be set because those kid can flat out run!

The meet itself will be a great time and is THE US Indoor National Championships. This is a World Championships year, so everyone is gunning for their spots on the team. Also, fellow In-The-Arena athlete Sara Hall will be there competing in the 1500m, so if you're fortunate enough to be going to the meet, cheer loud! I'm excited as well because a fellow multi-eventer and friend of mine, Lela Nelson, will be competing in (and hopefully winning!) the women's long jump. Also in attendance, for you decathlon fans, it looks like World Decathlon Champion Bryan Clay will be competing in the men's long jump. It'll be great to see those two represent the multi-eventers by mixing it up (and whupping on...) the "specialists."

As for me, I will be competing on the home track at Harvard in the USATF New England Championships on Sunday. It's going to be yet another crazy New England track meet so I'm not quite sure how the scheduling is going to work out, but I'm planning on running the 60m Hurdles, Long Jumping, Vaulting, and throwing the shot. My body has been super beat up the last couple of days after a long cycle of training, but I am taking some down time this week and thus should be ready to roll by Sunday. I'm sure I'll be nice and inspired by watching the meet on Saturday too. Until then...

Go Jets!