Personal Narrative Essay: The Sport Of Track & Field

A great amount of excitement rushed through my body as the Olympics were on TV, and the shot put event I had been dying to watch was about to come on. It is only once every four years I get to watch the Olympics, and this was the first time I was excited about this particular event. This event is not something the majority of people are dying to watch, simply because Usain Bolt headlines the sport of Track & Field with his impressive running events. However, besides Usain being the main attraction of Track & Field during the Olympics, the sport has been losing popularity as a whole. In my case, throwing two years in high school, and now as a current college thrower, my personal connection to this event had my emotions running high. I was super

I would watch anything: the pros actually throwing, slow motion analyses of their throws, and even their training videos. Throughout my experience watching the pros I learned the event was supposed to be extremely competitive. One of the favorites to win, a veteran Tomasz Majewski from Poland was still around. Majewski was a two time gold medalist, winning the event in both 2008 and 2012. However, a new generation of throwers were prepared to seize the moment; German David Storl, and two Americans, Joe Kovacs and Ryan Crouser were on the rise as some of the best throwers in the world. Capturing the Olympic Gold, however at the age of 23 was first time Olympian and University of Texas graduate, Ryan

According to the farthest throws before this meet I was ranked 11th. I sat 8th and knew that I had to move up four spots in order to advance to the Regional meet. My first attempt was not as far as my throw from the first three. As I walked up to the ring for my second throw, I realized this may be one of the last two times I step in the ring as a high school thrower. I took a deep breath, loaded up, and glided to the front of the circle. I knew it was farther when I threw it, but I could still feel that it was not my best throw. My third and final throw I did not capitalize on the opportunity, and finished 7th. My big stage moment unlike Ryan Crouser’s did not end in