April and May were busy months. Both Dallin and Thomas ran track again this year. Dallin was injured running the 100m at the first meet of the year, so he gave up sprinting and focused on high jump. This was his first year doing that event and he loved it. He did well. He placed at every meet and won at the qualifier. He took second at the championships, right behind a boy he had beaten at the qualifier the week before, but Dallin was happy about it. At the last minute the coaches asked Dallin to run the 200m at the qualifier, so he agreed and took 2nd, so he ended up going to the championships in that event and finished on the podium in that event as well. Not bad for an event he had not been training all season. The coaches also asked him to run the 4x100 relay at the championships. Their relay team won at the championships. It was pretty fun!
Thomas focused on running the 800m. He placed at every meet, and qualified for the championships. At the championships he finished off the podium but he was the 2nd fastest 7th grade boy, finishing less than a second behind the fastest 7th grade boy. His finish also earned points for his team, and helped them win the Championship! That sets him up pretty well for next year.
Thomas was also named Athlete of the month at the Junior High for the month of May.
Thomas decided to run for Student Body president at the Junior High. We went with a Napolean Dynamite campaign theme, and it was a hit! His uncle helped us put together this perfect poster for him to hang up at the school during the campaign.
Here is a better look at the poster. I'm telling you, he could not have done a more perfect job of getting Thomas' face on that poster. When I first saw it, I laughed harder than I have in a long time.
He was also allowed several smaller posters, so we made several that were similar to this.
We also made a bunch of these Vote for Thomas t-shirts that he and Dallin and a bunch of their friends wore during the week of the campaign. They were apparently quite the hot item, and lots of people were asking them where they could purchase some "Vote for Thomas merch."
The campaign must have worked because Thomas won the election! Dallin has been student body president this year, and Thomas will be next year. We are getting quite the political dynasty going at that Junior High.
Thomas also played club soccer this spring. He was a busy boy, but he loved it!!
Dallin, Thomas, and Jack all had their end of year choir concerts.
Thomas made the Superintendent's list at the Junior High for the year.
Tad was awarded Best All-Around Boy in his first grade class.
Jeremy finished off the year with the traditional balloon drop at his school.
It was a good couple of months for the Hatch family!!