Track and Field Event in Los Altos

Saturday there was a big district- wide track and field event for all Los Altos district students in grades 4-6. Henry is in 6th grade. Each student gets to select 3 competitions. Henry's were hurdles, long jump, and jump rope.

Henry did very well in the hurdle event, winning his heat. Henry is second from the right.



You can just barely see him in this photo, heading for the first hurdle.


The jump rope event is amazing. Each competitor jumps for 30 seconds. There are two adult counters for each competitor, 5 competitors at a time. Counters are counting revolutions of the rope. Winning counts are over 100 for girls, high 90s for boys! The new thing to us was the double revolution for every jump. Definitely not their grandmother's jumping!


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