Regionals – Track and Field

Ben Weda, Athletics Correspondent

May 10, 2024

CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY – Track and Field is a great sport, don’t get me wrong, but the Regional meet this year made even me question the sport.

For me, the day started like normal, being released from school at 2:00 pm, and arriving at the meet around 3:30. Running events weren’t meant to start until 4:00, and my only race of the day was scheduled for 9:45. Everyone on the team was having a good time hanging out and seeing old friends from other teams, but the meet started to run behind. By the time my teammates and I were meant to go to our race, we realized that the meet was at least an hour behind schedule. At 10:30, we were finally called for our race, and we ended up sitting around for even longer after checking in while we waited for prior races to be run. We finally ran at 12:00 am. Somehow, I still ran well, even though I had been waiting around for so long. When I finally got home at 1:30, I was extremely tired but still had homework, in the end, I didn’t get to bed until 3 am.

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Ben Weda

Class of 2026 Student Journalist

Ben Weda has been a student at Jupiter Christian School for 10 years and is a journalist for Jupiter Christian’s newspaper ‘The Beak." Over the years, Ben’s friends have given him many nicknames, ‘Big Ben’ being the one that really stuck over the years. Ben plans on graduating in 2026 and would like to attend a Christian college. He will most likely pursue a career in law enforcement or engineering. Ben was born and raised in Florida and has never moved out of the state. Over the past 3 years, Ben has become involved in Track and Field, Cross Country, Football, and Wrestling, and enjoys doing sports year-round. Outside of school, he enjoys working out, reading and eating good food. So far, Ben’s favorite travel destination has been his grandparents' home deep in the mountains of North Carolina, which he has been visiting since the age of 3. Ben has several chickens, as well as a white and grey cat named Oliver Twist. Ben volunteers at his school during chapel helping to run the audio-visual equipment as well as setting up and tearing down chapel. His favorite Bible verse is Psalms 121:1-4, "I lift my eyes to the mountains — where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep."