2008 Alaska State Championships in Palmer

Once again a road trip to Palmer to watch the girls race in the State Championships. Heather has a good chance to be in the top 10 finishers. This time not only were Kristin and Jill there as the fan club but appearances from Gary and Steve as well. Nanna happened to be in the area that weekend and "skipped" some UMW time to come watch. And we had a surprise with Matthew and Christopher driving up from Homer in time to watch the race. Most of us met at Jill's and walked to the High School. (Okay so I failed in that I didn't get a group picture with the girls guess Mom was too excited....)

The race begins............Heather (#472) is behind the girl with bib #463 and Megan (#475) is behind the girl with bib #466.

1st Lap photos..... (this group is the lead pack as the 1st place girl Leah Francis has quite the gap on this group already.)

Approaching the end of Lap 1...........

Coming through on Lap 2..........

Approaching end of Lap 2...........

On Lap 3...........

Coming in for the finish...............

Heather places 6th overall in a time of 19:17.













Megan places 35th in a time of 20:33.

Some happy girls with their #1 fan club..........

At state, as the top 10 girls were called to the podium, the officals let the parents give out the medals. Dave and I looking pretty proud of Heather's achievement in placing in the top 10.

Heather congratulating Leah the winner.

The Top 10 Placers - 2008 Alaska State Championships

Since 1981 Lathrop has been keeping some very good data for their record books. Both Heather and Megan throughout the season continued to make their place in history. Finishing this season, Heather had moved up on the 25 top overall time to become the 3rd fastest girl for Lathrop with a time of 19:17 while Megan had moved her way up to tie for the 13th fastest girl for Lathrop with a time of 20.32.

Thanks to all the support from family and friends. If interested Steve has great video once again.