MRA Track team to run at Nike Outdoor Nationals
The MRA Patriots will represent Mississippi on the track in Eugene, Oregon for the Nike Outdoor Nationals.
Updated: 7:12 PM CDT Jun 15, 2022
MRA HAS A SPECIAL GROUP OF TRACK RUNNERS. THEY JUST BLEW RIGHT PAST ME AND THEY PLAN ON BLONGWI PAST THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN OREGON THIS WEEKEND. KENNEDY, SANDERS RIVERS GOT GODWIN CAM, COVEY AND IVY EWING MAKE UP ETH MRA MIXED MILE RELAY TEAM. THEY WILL COMPETE THIS FRIDAY AT THE NIKE OUTORDO NATIONAL MEET IN EUGENE, OREGON. THIS TEAM FORMED KIND OF ON A WHIM AND RAN AT THE BEYONCÉ IGNITE INVITATIONAL. FOR THEM, THEIR RESULTS WERE SURPRISING. WE OVERLAPPED ONE TEAM AND FOUND OUT TWO WEEKS LATER THAT WE QUALIFIED FOR A NATIONAL RACE. AND WE THOUGHT IT. WE DIDN’T. THAT W RASEAL. THE NATIONAL QUALIFYING TIME WAS 345. ETH QUARTET, 3 MINUTES AND 44 SECONDS. ONE OF THE BEST TIMES IN THE COUNTRY. AND THEY DID IT WITHOUT A LOTF O PRACTICE. NOW THEY HAVE TRAINED TOGETHER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND HAVE GOTTEN USEDO T THE AS VERY DIFFERENT. YOU GOT TO KNOW LIKE IF I’M RECEIVING IT FROM A GUY, LIKE I GOT TO GO FASTER THAN I NORMALLY WOULD. YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU DON’T REALLY DO THAT MUCH. AND I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS UNTIL THIS YEAR. SO IT WAS JUST A BIT DIFFERENT. BUT WE GOT THE HANG OF IT. SO MH,UC SO THAT THEY WILL RUN AT THE HISTORIC HAYWARD FIELD IN OREGON. BUT KENNEDY SANDERISS USED THE NATIONAL SCENE, THE LSU COMM IN TRACK STAR HAS RUN LAL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THIS WEEK IN SEATTLE, MRA COACH TRACY WALTERS, WHO RAN OLE MISS KENNEDY, SETS ETH TONE FOR THIS GROUP. IT’S BEEN SUCH A LEADER FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY SEE HER GO INTO LAL THESE BIG MEETS AND NEW YORK, BOSTON, KNOW SEATTLE NOW GOINTOG EUGENE SO IT’S SHE SETS A TEON AND NOW REALLY SHE’S BEEN A LEADER THIS TEAM AND NOW THESE KIDS G TOET GO AND GO TO A NATIONAL MEET WITH HER AND THEN AS THEIR SENIOR YEAR GO AND CLOSE OUT A GREAT STORY FOR HER CAREER AND THEN OPEN UP THE NEXT STEP FOR THE REST OF THESE KIDS. SO THESE TEAMMATES COMPETE IN OTHER SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL AND SOCCER, BUT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO PUT MRA IN MISSISSIPPI ON THE MAP FOR THIS UNIQUE EVENT WE WIN. THAT’S GOING TO BE SO GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI, CSEAU I MEAN WE’RE COMING UP THERE AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL. NOBODY KNOWS WHO WE ARE AND WE’RE JUST GOING TO SHOW TOU AND DO OUR BEST AND HOPEFULLY WIN IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHATE W DO. WE GOT THE CHANCE TO COME HERE AND IT’S BIG. UYO KNOW, FOUR OF US OUT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL GOT CHOSEN TO GO. AND IT’S JUST GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. EMBRACE QUARTET GETS ON THE TRACK TO COMPETE FOR THEIR NATIONAL EVENT IN OREGON THIS FRIDAY, REPORTING FROM MRA. JOE COOK 16, WAPT’S SPORTS. AND GOOD LUCK TO THEM. YEAH, A FINAL CHECK OF THE WEATHER COMI
MRA Track team to run at Nike Outdoor Nationals
The MRA Patriots will represent Mississippi on the track in Eugene, Oregon for the Nike Outdoor Nationals.
Updated: 7:12 PM CDT Jun 15, 2022
The MRA mixed 4×400 relay team will compete in the Nike Outdoor Nationals this week in Eugene, Oregon. This team of boys and girls ran for the first time in the event together back in March at the Bianca Knight Invitational. To their surprised they qualified for the national event and now have a chance to put MRA and Mississippi on the map in a unique event.
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The MRA mixed 4×400 relay team will compete in the Nike Outdoor Nationals this week in Eugene, Oregon.
This team of boys and girls ran for the first time in the event together back in March at the Bianca Knight Invitational.
To their surprised they qualified for the national event and now have a chance to put MRA and Mississippi on the map in a unique event.
