Sportsfest 2013

Friday was our school’s annual Sportsfest!  The kids have been counting down to this since Christmas break!  They have even been practicing in the mornings before school by jogging around the yard.  Although it looked a little iffy Friday morning, the rain held off all morning and only sprinkled a little in the afternoon.  And the cloud cover helped keep us SLIGHTLY cooler than normal!  :-)

A few of the highlights for me were…

• The Limbo!  I love watching the kids do the limbo!  The younger ones make me laugh as some of them don’t quite get the rules about not touching the ground and crawl underneath.  Oops!  Then there are those that can go incredibly low.  Marko won for the 3rd year in a row!  The rope was down to only 24.5 cm above the ground.  That’s less than a foot!  In the oldest Limbo group, I was shocked that the last 4 contestants were 3 of our older boys (Jonjon, Argei Kem, & James) and only 1 girl (Margie).  In the past, the older girls have normally ruled the limbo roost, but not this year.  I was amazed at how low some of the older boys managed to go!  
• The Hula Hoop!  Our kids continue to be awesome hula hoopers!  (The other day I saw one of our boys waveboarding and hula hooping at the same time.)  To end our hula hoop contests, we have to have the kids walk, run, walk backwards, or walk sideways otherwise the contests could go on forever. This year the winners of the different levels were Mark (5), Lerma (5), Jovienel (7), Jocelyn (11), and Maricris (13).  Probably my favorite one to watch though was Jaimaica (4).  She is such a tiny little thing, but she sure can hula hoop…she came in 2nd in her group!
• The High Jump!  Our champion high jumpers this year included Lemuel, Denmar, Mae Ann, Margie, and Jonjon.  But, second placer Jaime was my favorite to watch!  He was the smallest in his group, but he sure could launch himself into the air!  By the end he had jumped over a rope that was nearly as tall as he was!
• The Egg Toss!  All of the kids 10 and above got to participate in a raw egg toss!  It is a lot of fun for everyone else to watch too!  This year our eggs had some incredibly hard shells.  I can’t count how many times the kids missed or dropped the eggs and they didn’t break.  Some eggs bounced and rolled 10 to 15 feet without breaking.  But, eventually, all of the eggs did break.  Manny and Jocelyn both tried to catch their eggs above their heads and ended up with raw egg in their hair.  There was lots of laugher over that!  Brothers, Ardian and Argei Kem, were the champions of the egg toss!

There were many other contests throughout the day including the 50m dash, jump rope, 3-legged race, sack race, hurdles, running long jump, peso toss, the frisbee toss, and tug-o-war.  We ended the day by handing out the awards for the top athletes, best cheerers, and the 1st place team.  The all-around top athlete awards went to Jonjon and Margie!  The Blue Team took the prize for 1st place!  What a fun and enjoyable day!

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