One of the few remaining relics of what one was Rocky Point Amusement Park this arch donated by the good people of NY, or St. Louis, or somewheres?, stands as a symbol of something. It was a really cool back drop for a picture
Hard to believe it's gone!!!
Lily and Emma climb one of the hills on the challenging course. The girls and boys came away with the win and continued their undefeated dual meet season
Coach Amelia trying to figure out who belongs to these shirts
Good times at NK. Running binds the group together and the friendships extend beyond the training. Unrelated to this is that we make a mess wherever we go
I found this bug on Jamestown Island. Who can identify this for me?
On to the Ocean State Invitational. With NK volunteers on hand throughout the course we see Sam making his way to the finish with a runner up place in the championship race
Noah not too far back with a late in then race charge
Ethan with a strong showing. The guys had a 6th place finish as a team
Lily was NK's top runner in the Championship race
Wyndom and Emma working together late in the race. The girls would also end up in sixth place
Coach with a positive visualization session with the team
The NK boys and girls win the Southern Division title with undefeated regular season dual meet records. Pictures will be added once received by the school. Stay tuned!!
Just like Tom Brady Derek steps back to throw a pass. Derek's release time in 2015 was 2.5 seconds which is .1 of a second faster than Brady. Good work Derek!!
The Wickham Park Invitational began with the girl's JV race with Maddy Holden leading the charge. The girls would win the race!!
The girls get out at the start of the JV 2 Race
Keara follows closely to Maddy
Hannah feeling strong at the end of her race is the third NK runner
Mycarthy is also happy. These kids love to run!!
Katelyn finishes up in the top five of NK runners sealing the win for the team
Katelyn with a sprint finish
The guys JV race was next with John and Kyle up front. John would go on to win the race of 300+ runners!
Another shot of Kyle
John takes control of the race
Here we see Sam cruising along in third place.
Nick cresting the hill
Sometimes when you have no bottle or cups you must do what is needed to survive to get water
Chewbacca says, "AHAAHRRREEEHRR" Which means AHAAHRRREEEHRR
The girls varsity team warming up at the starting line of the girl's championship race. The girl's finished in a strong fourth place as a team
Lily working hard on the hill leads NK in Wickham
As has been the case for the entire season Emma and Wyndom have been running up front with Lily
Wyndom
Jamie not too far back is NK's fourth runner and charging up the hill. This guys arm provided the kids with the direction they needed to navigate the hill.
Katy finishing up
Julia approaches the finish
Katy and Julia working together early in the race.
Quillyn makes her way up the hill
Quillyn kicking it in
The start of the boys championship race sees the NK guys getting out in the race early on which proved to be important for their third place finish.
When you win the championship race there are many great on-line pictures the blog guy has access to. Sam runs patiently throughout most of the race
The guy's hat in the background makes it look like Sam has wings
Sam approaches the finish victorious in the Championship Race. The team would finish in third place
Noah fighting his way near the front of the race with 400 meters to go
Noah Mid-race
Ethan leaves it all on the course as he approaches the finish
Ethan & Alex
Last week's Eagle recipient Alex showing that last week's race was no fluke
Ethan, Alex and Derek not far behind
JP!!
Quinn on his way to the finish
The girls run by the award tent during their cooldown and to their surprise are awarded with some well deserved hardware
The team gathers with trophy in hand. Congratulations girls!
Then guys proudly display their winnings.
The guy's team with coaches
