Today was the two mile, and it was really windy on the backstretch. I was seeded fifth in this race so I got a much better starting position than I got yesterday. They made a kid from Pine View and me take off our headbands which was stupid because I've never had to take it off in a race before, but whatever. The race went off and I tucked in right behind the leaders. It went out really slow and we came through the first 200 in 40 seconds. After that Clayson decided to break it open and he ran the next 200 in 31 seconds, which luckily made the rest of the guys in the race speed up too. There was a group of about five or six of us behind Clayson and I just made sure to tuck in and draft on the backstretch, and we didn't really change position for the first 6 laps. With 800 to go I noticed Josh Thatcher moving up a little so I moved passed a couple guys and tucked in behind him. With 400 to go us two broke away from the pack and started really racing, and with 100 to go I swung out wide to try and pass him. I sprinted hard but it wasn't enough and he ended up beating me by a .3 seconds. I hate losing to other sophomores, but I got top three and a medal which was pretty cool. Afterwards we cooled down a bunch and played scum on the infield before heading out.
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