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My first sprint At my first high school track meet, I ran the 100-meter race. At the starting line, I lined up with other runners. When the gun fired to signal the start of the race, I sprinted. I heard a second gunshot, but I kept running. As I was sprinting, I noticed that nobody was ahead or beside me. This made me run faster because I knew I was in the lead. Sprinting towards the finish line, I heard cheers from the crowd in the stands, and my teammates were coming from the finish line cheering me on. It was then that I realized my teammates were running onto the track, waving their hands, and yelling for me to stop. When I understood what they were yelling, I stopped running. Later, a teammate explained to me that a false start had occurred, signaled by the second gunshot. Any experienced track runner would have stopped after the second gunshot. But it was my first track meet and one I’ll never forget. Sandra Bretschneider, Morganton, Rutherford EMC |
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