By: Jaures Bong
Cypress Bong, 17, is having a track meet. Her team is competing at Woodland High School as they are preparing for regionals.
The first race she is apart is the 4x4. Her team warms up togoether as they prepare for the race.
After they warm up, they go through the gameplan. The racers are placed in their positions on the block.
And we are off, Cypress Bong recieves the baton and is in the lead. The lead is not comfortable yet because everyone is still neck and neck.
She maintains the lead as she hits the curve. This is the last curve before the finish line.
The opponents are creeping in close. Cypress has to maintain pace in order to win.
Now she is neck and neck with an opponent in the middle lane. It looks like we have a race.
Cypress now is stretching the lead again. It appears as if she will be taking this one home.
She crosses the finish line in first place. She was able to maintain the lead for her team.
Cypress meets up with her teammates after the race. There is no time to celebrate as there is still one more race for Cypress.
Cypress and one of her teamates decide to go get something to eat. You cannot compete on an empty stomach.
She then finds the rest of her teammates under the tent. It is time to rest before the next race.
Rest time is over. She just got word from the coach it is time to prepare for the next race.
Cypress final event was the 100 meter dash. From the start it looks as if she had the upper hand against her opponents.
She maintains her first lead pace. She is now a third of the way to victory.
The teammates of the opponents try to boost their peers to catch up. Little do they know, they are no match for the leader.
It appears that Cypress has won the race for her team. Her coach meets her at the finishline to congratulate her on a good race.
It is nothing but smile for Cypress as she walks to great her family. She is more than pleased with her results for the day.
Even bigger smiles arise as Cypress finds out she had a personal record time at today's race. She is now has the 3rd fastest time in her county.
Cypress and her mom has nothing but smiles after the day's performance. It is now time to go home and rest.
