Meet In Illinois

This weekend, the Mens and Womens traveled to Illinois Wesleyan, for our biggest meet of the season. This meet was without a doubt my favorite meet so far in the season, because it was much closer to my home in Plainfield Illinois than the rest, and I would get a chance to see not only my family, friends and head track coach from high school,  but also compete against many of my teammates in high school,and even race my best friend in both of my events.

It was great to see all of my Plainfield Friends at the meet! Thanks for coming out and supporting

 We left friday night, and began our 5 hour bus ride to Normal Illinois, with a packed bus. Even though a five hour bus ride sounds like the most boring thing in the world, we found ways to make it fun, and it felt like we got to our hotel in an hour. Once we got to our hotel, we basically had the night to ourselves, and we used our free time to do some pretty awesome team bonding. We did things like play cards, and a new game called "What If" which was really confusing, but at the same time allowed us to laugh at each other, and grow closer as one big team. The next morning when we got to the meet, we realized how huge this meet was. There were 20 schools there, and they were all pretty great track programs. We all knew that today would be a great day to test ourselves and see where we were at! As the meet progressed, many Coe runners ran awesome races, and it was clear that they were excited to get to run against great competition. Shoutout to Keelie Finnel for winning an extremely competitive Womens 800 meter run, and running the fastest time in the WHOLE COUNTRY! Personally, I also ran the 800, and ran my best time of the season, while also running the same time as my best friend!

Me Running the 800 in a season best time!

Obviously it was a great meet, and it will prepare us for our next one at Grinnell on Saturday. Until then, it will be nice to get back to Coe and focus on my many tests coming up!
Until The Next adventure, Ryan Rey
P.S. I would also like to give a shoutout to my roomate Noah Sprinkel, for being named IIAC Mens Tennis Player of the week, as a freshman!

My Roomate, what a clown!