County Championships!!

After missing a couple of meets due to injuries, Wesley competed at Sarasota County Championships today at Booker High School. He set a new PR of 5'10" and finished in 2nd place! 

Unfortunately the meet officials lost his medal, so we have to wait for them to replace it. With this placement today, he will compete next week in Cape Coral at districts and in a few weeks at Regionals in Plant City. 

 

Jumping Jack Flash

Wesley got back up to his personal best on Thursday night - 5'8" - at home at the Riverview Ram Invite. It was good to see him get back to this height. And it was nice to have Tom and Ellen Davis join us again to cheer him on. 

 

 

Here he is jumping at some shorter heights on his way - 5"2" 

 

 

 

Wesley at 5'4"

 

and Wesley at 5'6" 

He did end up with a big scrape from his last attempt at 5'10" 

And then he came up to watch the rest of the field from the stands with us. 

Fly HIgh

Wesley had a great cheering section at Friday's meet, the Richardson Invitational at Booker High School in Sarasota - Grandmommy, Parker, and Tom and Ellen Davis from church.

 

 

He only cleared 5'6" because he was a little hurt. But he came in 5th and scored points for his school team. And the Riverview High varsity boys team finished 3rd at the whole meet.

 Wesley height 5'0" 

Wesley height 5'2"

Wesley height 5'4"

Wesley height 5'6" 

High Jumping Meet 3

 Friday's varsity meet this week was at Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda. Wesley did well and cleared 5'8" again, this time with fewer scratches than the previous week. He ended up coming in 6th overall. 

Height of 5'4"

 

Height of 5'6"

 

Height of 5'8"

 

This time Davis was able to make it to the meet and also Tom and Ellen Davis from the church came to see him jump. It was really nice to be able to hang out with folks and cheer him on. 

High Jumper Meet 2

This week the varsity track meet was at Braden River High School in Bradenton. Their mascot is a pirate, so this was the Pirate Booty Invitational.

Wesley easily cleared his first three jumps: 5 flat, 5'2" and 5'4". That put him even with his best from last week. And then he set a PR and cleared 5'6".

In the next round he set another PR and cleared 5'8"!

 He was so close to clearing 5'10" but kept hitting it with his hand. We're sure he'll get that one soon. 

We're super proud of all his effort and how far he's come in just a few weeks! 

High Jumper

Wesley had his first official track meet on Valentine's Day at North Port High School for their Bobcat Relay. There were 20 high schools present from Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties. 

 

He cleared 5 foot even, 5' 2" and 5'4" (see videos below). He attempted 5'6" and couldn't quite clear it. 

This is really good for his first official meet. 

Baba and I were cheering him on from the stands.