Jordan runs on the Track Team

     Jordan has always liked to run.  When she was little, she'd do laps inside the house, or at the church or where ever she could find.  She then took the 8th grade girls athletics class last year, which covers volleyball, basketball and track.  She worked out and ran, but they could only take the top one or two to the meets in middle school, so that is all she did.
     Maumelle High School had never had a girl run the two mile before, so as soon as she ran in her first track meet, she set a school record.  As she improved, she improved that record.  Then the girl who runs the half mile and the mile missed her event at a track meet and ended up running the 2 mile instead.  She beat Jordan's time and holds the school record, but Jordan still participated and improved her own time.
     We thought the track meets would be held on weekends, but they ended up being on Tuesdays and Thursdays most of the time and occasionally other days as well.  Jordan didn't want to miss her government class regularly, so we'd have her stay in school and then we'd drive her to the track meets around central Arkansas.  Bryant, Little Rock, Hot Springs, etc.  Sometimes she was running at 10pm or later.  Sometimes it was freezing cold.  But she did it.

At the starting line...

 Here are some of our shots of her on the go...

Here's a video clip of her in action, taken by James.