“I was pretty tired,” 7-year-old Luke Malech, also of Morgan Hill, said. The 11- and 12-year-olds swam 150 yards, biked five miles and ran a mile the 9- and 10-year-olds did 100 yards, 3 3/4 miles, and three-quarters of a mile the 7- and 8-year-olds covered 50 yards, 2 1/2 miles and a half mile and the 5- and 6-year-olds did 25, 1 1/4 and a quarter mile. The race was broken up into four age groups with varying distances. “The kids are competitive, but I think they just like being out here with each other and doing something fun.” A lot of kids like it and want to do it again,” the 34-year-old Morgan Hill resident said. “It’s unique because the kids can compete with all of their friends with everyone watching them and cheering on. The Deakin’s father, Matt, sees the Splash 2 Dash only getting bigger. It helped having so many people here encouraging us,” Anna said. Anna, 9, placed fifth in her division in 22 minutes, 58 seconds, and Sarah, 7, finished 16th (21:38). Many contestants, like sisters Anna and Sarah Deakin, competed last year. “The kids didn’t mind it was cold since the pool was heated.
“It was a zoo this morning,” said Lisa Rick, who supervised the swimming. The Aquatics Center was mobbed during walk-in registration, which began nearly two hours before the race started.
“The look on the kids faces when they finish … that’s the most rewarding part.” We love to see all these kids out here having a good time. We talked to every kid that visited the rec,” CRC associate executive director Keri Russell said. Nguyen, who headed organizing the race with co-director Petra Rainbolt, said the CRC began planning in November. “It’s definitely our funnest event to plan – if that’s a word.” We had more people here than last year when it was sunny,” said Nguyen, the CRC’s health and fitness director. “We weren’t concerned at all with the turnout. The event, which started and ended at the Morgan Hill Aquatics Center, drew more than 130 participants, plus countless volunteers and local vendors who supplied refreshments. Hosted by Morgan Hill’s Centennial Recreation Center, the coed spectacle of fun and fitness was an even bigger success in its second year. Hours later, Nguyen and several hundred spectators watched South Valley children go swimming, biking and running by at the Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center with no sad faces in sight. They’ve got plenty of energy,” she thought. The sunlight was gone, replaced by heavy clouds, intruding breeze and unseasonable chilly weather, but race co-director Mary Nguyen had no reason to believe this colorless morning could damper Saturday’s Splash 2 Dash Youth Triathlon. Spectacle of fun and fitness was an even bigger success in its
Hosted by Morgan Hill’s Centennial Recreation Center, the coed Swimming, biking and running by at the Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Several hundred spectators watched South Valley children go
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