The week leading up to the conference meet wasn’t a good one for Thompson, who wanted to hit 10.50 in the 100 to get an ‘A’ standard time for the postseason. In the 200, Thompson made up the stagger with a much better start and was never threatened down the stretch, winning in 20.95, well ahead of William Penn’s Johnson (21.22) I know I have a good top speed so I knew I wasn’t out of it.” “I just had to stay patient and stay relaxed and not panic. “I had a really bad start so I had to catch him right at the line,” Thompson said. Still, he had enough to finish in 10.54, edging William Penn’s Showalter Johnson (10.56). The junior from Vinton-Shellsburg has battled shin splints which has, at times, limited his ability to train. Thompson’s road to his two wins was a bit tougher. The big thing was getting the conference title.” “Just knowing what he has run in the 5K in the fall, we knew what he was capable of doing and he ran well yesterday.

“Obviously thinking he would go 9:40 was a stretch,” Scheckel said. Mount Mercy Coach Ryan Scheckel believed Clancy had a good chance to win, but he was also amazed to see him shave 30 seconds off his time to set a new school record. With about a mile to go I felt like I had a lot left and the guy I was following, the lead guy, started fading off so I just took off from there.” “I raced yesterday and felt really good and just carried that over. “I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door.You will begin to receive our Daily Sports updates. So you’ll understand me, Feyre, when I say that I know what you feel, and I know what they tried to do to you, and that with enough courage, you can say to hell with a reputation. “I once lived in a place where the opinion of others mattered. So I would venture out, even if it was an agony…” “But I wouldn’t sit in my room, couldn’t allow myself to mourn and mope and weep and sleep. But I know you – more than you realise, I think – and I don’t believe for one damn minute that you’re remotely fine with being a pretty trophy for someone who sat on his ass for nearly fifty years then sat on his ass while you were shredded apart.” If you want to pick that road, then fine. You can be a pawn, be someone’s reward, and spend the rest of your immortal life bowing and scraping and pretending you’re less than him, than Ianthe, than any of us.

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