cross country

this morning, i went to see my little brother ryan run cross country in mertzon. this is his 2nd year running, and only my 2nd time to see him (hey, he runs really early on saturday mornings!). but he really is good.

last week, he came in 4th out of 124 runners. this week, they divided the boys between the 7th and 8th graders. last year, ryan ran with the 7th graders even though he was in the 6th grade, and he won 1st place. this year, the coach asked him if he would consider running with the 8th graders even though he was in 7th grade. he wanted him to do that so that the 8th grade boys would have a chance to win 1st place as a team. so instead of choosing to defend his title, he chose to help out his team. i'm so proud.

one of his teammates came in first, and ryan came in 3rd. by the way, he would have won the 7th grade race, hands down. but i'm not biased at all...