Yesterday was the last ESD meet for Nick, and so what do they do? His medley relay team takes first place! Way to go Taylor, Zeke, Ben, and Nick! Teamwork! The day went from chilly, to extremely humid, to pouring rain, and back and forth. They did one heat of the girls 800 meter open, which is right after the medley relay finished, and then the meet initially got delayed because of lightning. They tried starting again, only to be delayed again, and then finally, had to postpone the duration of the meet until this coming Tuesday. For those of you who don’t know, the medley relay starts off with the first person doing 200 meters, handing off to second person, who does another 200 meters, then the third person does 400 meters, with the anchor person doing 800 meters. Nick ran the 800 meters. What a way to go out for your last ESD meet. More memories to have to last forever.
Now, speaking of memories, for those of you who are not very familiar with track, the ESD championship meet has a program of events listed as to the order they will occur. For each of the events, it has the current record holder listed for each event. One event stood out more than any other…the mile! Back in 1971, Stephen Heidenreich from Watertown set the record at 4:09.6…an utterly jaw dropping amazing accomplishment! Even more so doing back it 1971 under those track conditions at that time. The winner of the mile yesterday was 4:34…not even close. I remember seeing this record time posted when I ran as a senior in high school, my first year running track, and could not believe that time! Yesterday, sitting in the stands, I heard many people talking about that time, and record, and all are still in awe. Stephen…you set a record many years ago that no one has been able to reach again since. Like all records, some day it may go, but you have had it now for 44 years, and I do not seeing falling anytime soon. You were in a class all on your own. I saw 2 kids run a 4:14 at Howard Wood a few weeks ago, and was incredible to watch. Now to think you would have still been 5 seconds ahead of them…Wow! That is all I can say! Truly amazing! I know you read this post, and I am just going to put out there that I would love to meet you sometime, and maybe even have you speak at a run club gathering some time. Just like Nick now having some of these races, and accomplishments, nobody can take them away from you. You will always have those memories…and can be proud of those accomplishments. But with a record like Stephen Heidenreich, everybody is going to remember those accomplishments as well! Keep moving everybody! Below are some pictures of the medley, with Nick coming down the final stretch.
Dr. Dan
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