Pac-10's

When Drew was looking at colleges he knew he wanted to try and run Division 1 (NCAA).

And he chose a Pac-10 school.

University of Washington, UCLA, Oregon State, California, Arizona State

University of Arizona, University of Oregon, Stanford, USC, Washington State
Some of the biggest names is cross country running!

Drew knew he was going from big fish, little pond

to...

small fish, great big pond!
Drew along with Mac, Richard and Kyle all seen here represent numerous state high school championships from Washington, Nevada and Oregon.

They were some of the only 'true' freshman in this race.

Yes, they carried the back of the pack...

I am sure a first for all of them!

But they all ran amazing Personal Bests.

All of them beat their high school best 5K time at the 5K split in the race,

and....

they still had a 3K to run!!

For those of you not running savoy,

that means they ran 3 miles faster than they ever did in a high school race,

and then continued on to run another 2 miles at that same pace.

Actually very amazing!

It was wonderful to hear them encouraging one another after the race.

To hear them take apart the race and the times and look at it all in the correct perspective.

To hear them say not so fun, but a great learning experience.

Then, give us a year, we will be there!

They left the day, not as the last place finishers, but as humble young men ready to keep training, growing and competing!

I was one proud momma of my son and the others!
Thanks Coach Pete for your hard work with the guys.

And congratulations to all the WSU team.

And by the way, this was the last race as the Pac-10.

Next year they will be adding Colorado and Utah!

The Pac-12 coming your way in 2011! And just for fun, Drew looked up on line, and in the WAC conference. He would have place 25th instead of 69th. That is how competitive the Pac-10 is!