{"id":20820,"date":"2025-03-29T06:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T13:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=20820"},"modified":"2025-03-29T06:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T13:26:11","slug":"my-1st-college-track-field-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=20820","title":{"rendered":"My 1st College Track &amp; Field Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-586ff465654376d0fb19bff3402544f1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>My nephew moved down to Arizona<\/strong> to go to college here, but the biggest reason for the move was to continue his passion for pole vaulting. The track team at Mesa Community had a major coaching upheaval right after he got here. He stuck with it though, and I finally had a chance to see him in action at a meet at in the Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"20821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=20821\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?fit=4032%2C2268&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,2268\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;372&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1739014592&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HipstamaticPhoto-760732592.708581.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d0341b1f85097afd4caadfae0410384 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>I loved the college atmosphere <\/strong>as I watched the different schools compete in various track &amp; field events. When the PV competition started, I was enthralled watching my nephew do his thing. I became a worried parent though when his pole broke and it looked like he impaled himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a4ef9a799e0150ce036f102348c93840 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>Luckily<\/strong> he just had a nasty skin scrap, but it was painful, hobbling his competition this time around. 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