Sonny Lee has once again won State Champ in the high jump with a jump of 6 ft. 10 in. He has qualified for the 400m and the 200m with state records. This kid is one heck of an athlete.
Thanks, Gina. I was wondering how WE was doing.
From the Wichita Eagle website:
West Elk's Sonny Lee sets 2A record in 400 prelims @ 9 hours and 41 minutes ago by Joanna
West Elk senior Sonny Lee won the high jump, with a jump of 6 feet, 8 inches on Friday at the state track meet at Cessna Stadium. He then went out and won his heat of the 400 meters in 48.01 seconds, a Class 2A record time.
Lee still has the 200 meter prelims today. If he qualifies, he'll have a chance to match his 2008 state track meet, when he won golds in the high jump, 400 and 200.
As a team, right now West Elk is 7th:
http://www.kansas.com/topstories/story/831314.html
Has anyone heard how Sonny did in his running finals today? Please post if you know. Thanks.
Sonny was a student of mine, way back when...I have always been so proud of him. He's a great combination of athleticism and smarts. :-)
Hurrah for our own Sonny Lee. We should all be proud of him. I know I am.
Sonny came in 2nd in the 200 and 1st in the 400.
In the 400, he also set a new meet record, breaking one that had stood for 17 years.
Overall, I think West Elk boys were 5th in the state.
Sydney Hines, also from West Elk, placed 7th in her event. (I don't remember what it was).
Nice showing all the way around!
Congratulations to Sonny on his stellar performance. Five golds and one silver over two years is quite an accomplishment. Missing that 6th gold by just .03 seconds must be frustrating, but was still a race to be proud of. In checking overall results in the Wichita Eagle this morning, it looks like his 47.94 was the fastest 400m. time run in all of the classes yesterday.
My apologies to Gina for missing her thread re. the state meet and starting a new one. Also thanks to whomever combined them.
Fantastic honor for West Elk and Sonny Lee.
We covered the event and there's a good post on taylornewsorg.
Nice story - and GREAT picture. :D :D
Thanks!
This website has video of Sonny's 400m win.
http://www.catchitkansas.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=3816307&h1=State%20Track%20Highlights%3A%202A%20Boys%20400%20Meters&vt1=v&at1=_Health%20-%20Cardiovascular&d1=61333&LaunchPageAdTag=Agriculture&activePane=info&rnd=94032886
WOW AWESOME !!!!!! What an outstanding runner . Thank you for sharing that video, Gina.
Oh My Gosh. I remember how proud I always was when it was my child competing...
I about started crying I was so excited watching that.. You could tell that his "mama" was in the stands.. :)
Thank you so much Gina.. THAT was just wonderful to get to share that.
Quote from: Mom70x7 on May 31, 2009, 04:15:33 AM
Sydney Hines, also from West Elk, placed 7th in her event. (I don't remember what it was).
If you will think back, the Prairie Star had Sydney Hines on the front running hurdles. Wonderful picture. So, I think that Sydney's even was hurdles.
OH MY GOSH. I just watched that video. This is not even my son and I was crying. I am so proud of him and so proud of his mother because she has supported her kids through thick and thin. YEAH SONNY.
WOW. He was still pulling away at the end. He has a great running style too, great legs and no wasted motion. I'm really impressed.
Diane, I didn't think you noticed legs anymore. ;D ;D ;D ;D :angel:
You can find a great video about Sonny Lee's historic track accomplishments on the Prairie Star website. Here is the link:
http://www.taylornews.org/pst/2009/06/01/video-west-elk-high-schools-sonny-lee-at-state-track-meet/
Jenny Diveley, editor
An tight butts too....oh, did I say that?
Here's another video you might like to view. Some of you might have issues getting it to play ... not sure.
http://www.taylornews.org/pst/
Well, I couldn't get the video to play and the link froze the old computer up. Wouldn't let me get out of it or anything. I wish I could see it.
It froze mine up also -- but I did manage to "escape".
Jeepers, folks.
I'll talk to my tech guy.
Didn't mean to cause any problems with the video.
Rudy,
I just read the Prairie Star and the story on Sonny Lee along with the pictures were fantastic. Andy did a really good job. So, not only am I proud of Sonny for doing what he did, I am proud of the paper and Andy for the great reading.