10:17.9!!!!

Ten minutes and 17.9 seconds is all it took for the JFK Bellmore girls to finish first in the 4 x 800 meter relay event Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was the last league meet of spring track and they ran their fastest relay time of the season by almost 30 seconds. Their time ranks them as one of the best relay times in school history. With five meets left these four girls will have a handful of opportunities to run faster and hopefully break 10 minutes. With ideal weather conditions and competition, sub 10 minutes should be attainable.
When I first started coaching at this high school in 2008, the team was small in numbers and ability. Since that year, we have grown to become larger and faster each year. I have a strong passion for track and field and that passion has been distributed over to the athletes that I have coached. The current team would demolish that team from the 2008-2009 school year.  

Word Bank

Ranks - Being positioned or stationed, usually on a list

Handful - A few or a couple

Hopefully - A positive feeling,

Ideal - Best possible situation

Sub - Under

Attainable - Something within reach

Passion - A powerful feeling towards something

Distributed - To divide or give out

Demolish - Destroy; easily beat

Using the word bank listed above, fill in the sentences with the correct word.

The pizza was ______ in eight even slices. 

________ I will graduate within two years and get a job right away.
Coach at the same school where I teach would be the _______ situation.
Molloy College _______ as one of the best Nursing schools in America.
There are only a _______ of schools that are better than Molloy.
The test results came in and there were only five students ______ 60.
If you have ________ for your job, then you will never work a day in your life.
Even though the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks in the first two games, I hope the Heat won't ______ the Knicks in Game three.
The trees ________ to remarkable height.

Using the word bank listed above, use these words (or phrases) to find the antonyms from column B listed below. Antonyms are words that mean the opposite. For example, cold and hot are antonyms because they are opposites. Good luck!

Column A                                                                               Column B
Ranks                                                                                     Above
Handful                                                                                  Doesn't care
Hopefully                                                                               Randomized list
Ideal                                                                                      Out of reach
Sub                                                                                        To build
Attainbale                                                                               Negative outlook
Passion                                                                                   Worst case scenario

Distributed                                                                              Keep together

Demolish                                                                                 Many

 

Grammar Assignment
Now it’s your turn! See if you can write a paragraph using the vocabulary words listed above. Your story can be about anything at all, just have fun and be creative with it!