{"id":1350,"date":"2019-04-13T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:15:44","slug":"off-to-tims-next-to-last-college-track-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1350","title":{"rendered":"Today &#8211; Off to Tim&#8217;s next to last college track meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wow. Hard to believe that Tim&#8217;s eight years of high school and college sports are soon to end. I think we could count on one hand the number of football games (Stepinac) or track meets (Stepinac and St. Thomas Aquinas College) we missed. Here are a few shots of Tim two weeks ago at a meet at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. Today we are in New Jersey at a meet at Rider College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First the shot put &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4a01d58200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13028\" title=\"P1000484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4a01d58200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4a01d58200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4a01d5c200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13026\" title=\"P1000485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4a01d5c200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4a01d5c200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the event he really loves, the javelin &#8211; <br><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bad200d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1000492\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bad200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bad200d-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1000492\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4523fae200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13023\" title=\"P1000496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4523fae200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4523fae200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bc1200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13022\" title=\"P1000497 (2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bc1200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bc1200d-500wi-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bd0200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13019\" title=\"P1000494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bd0200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bd0200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bda200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13018\" title=\"P1000493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bda200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a47b7bda200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can tell in this picture, javelin throwers come in all sizes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4524015200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13017\" title=\"P1000501 (2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4524015200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4524015200c-500wi-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heheh. Gotta love this one. Tim needs to do more arm work in the gym&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4524033200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13016\" title=\"P1000493 (2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4524033200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4524033200c-500wi-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. Hard to believe that Tim&#8217;s eight years of high school and college sports are soon to end. I think we could count on one hand the number of football games (Stepinac) or track meets (Stepinac and St. Thomas Aquinas College) we missed. 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