Dinner with Nike Elite Athletes

Sadly, we have no pictures of this big event.  Our coaches told everyone they were having a dinner for the top athletes on both the boys and girls xc teams to bond and have some fun together - 15-20 athletes from each team were chosen to attend.  Alex was grateful that his coach selected him as one of those who got to go!

Little did the kids know that a BIG surprise was going to be coming to join their dinner.  It was the same weekend as the Chicago Marathon and Nike had brought in several of their Elite Athletes for that event and 4 of those athletes surprised the kids at dinner -

Amy Yoder-Begley:  6th in the world in the 10K in 2009

Andrew Wheating:  considered by many to be America's best miler

Chris Solinsky:  the only American to break 27:00 in the 10K three times in one summer

Anna (Willard) Pierce:  an Olympian in the steeple chase

Each one of the kids got autographed pictures of each athlete and got to spend the evening talking with them and learning about them - what a fantastic experience for young runners to get to meet the elite of their sport and hang out for the evening!