District Cross Country Meet

Kody fought illness all week and has always had issues with the district meet course.  The first year he collapsed at the finish line and then last year almost collapsed but Dennis was there to keep him up.  We were trying our best to prepare him in every way possible.  When race day arrived, we woke up to rain, not just the normal rain, but pouring rain.  The races were delayed.  He had to wait until almost 3 pm to run and to make matters worse just before the race started I felt sick...the nerves hit me just like I was the one running...

Our first sight of him in first place coming up the hill.

He kept that pace for the first two miles then started to lose power, his legs just gave out on him.

We could see him start to stagger a bit...

He somehow kept going and finished in

5th place!!  It was awesome, but of course he was not happy with himself.

Check out the mud on his back and legs...yuck!!

Hornet Homecoming 2010

Do to the high cost of homecoming and our situation this year, we (Kody and I) decided to save money we would host a dinner at our house.  I was quite nervous, but it turned out great!! (So not only did we have the Subdistict race, but homecoming on the same day.)

It looked so elegant with the candles lit and the lights on the walls.  I liked them so much I had a hard time taking them down.

He looked so handsome!!

It all went great and they all had a great time!!

Gould is First as Hornets Advance

Saturday was a huge race for Kody!  Only the top runners and teams make it to the District race.  The weather was horrible.  We woke up to winds and pouring rain.  It was a blessing that it quit just before Kody's race and then started raining again just after our girls team finished running.

Here he is taking the lead.

Now coming in to the finish with no one close.  The next runner was 13 seconds behind.

He ran it in 16:09.  A personal best by 11 seconds.  It was so exciting!! (I wasn't even the only mom who cried.)

He was tired, but so excited!! 

He has dreamed and worked so hard for this day!! 

As quoted from the local newspaper:

Gould is First as Hornets Advance

"Individually, the highlight of the day for White River was the championship performance of Kody Gould." 

The team qualified for Districts with a 4th place finish.

The coaches were equally excited.

Kody was also named #1 on the all league first team.

It was a great day!!  Now on to Districts....