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Mine is a toss up. The first time I took first place in the 800m for Varsity track was also the first time I ever ran it, which suprised the hell out of me because outside of running cross country in the offseason, I hadn't run over a 400m in a meet. My parents were in the stands, and it was a large invitational, so being a sophomore in high school, it felt like the freakin Olympics.
The other great moment I would have to say was helping my 4x800m relay team win at the CMU Invitational, which was a pretty big deal when I was in high school, because very few schools qualified to go based on best times during the year. I wasn't even supposed to be on the 4x800m team, I was there with the 4x400m, but they used me as an alternate when one of our guys was injured running another relay earlier in the day. I remember damn near blowing the hand off because I took off too fast, but I ended up putting in my best 800m time, one that I only matched one other time in regionals that year.
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