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Track and Field Day the Market Street way
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .The finale for Track and Field Day was a wet sponge race where each class competed against each other. Water had to be transported from one bucket to another by way of a sponge.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Market Street Elementary's Nathan Smithberger (left) Cameron Thompson,and Christian Odom race each other while balancing a ball on a cone. Students had to walk forward than backwards for the race.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Boardman's Brandon Rotunno (left) and Andrew Fiorpiselli work together in a three-legged potato sack. This was one of the seven stations for Market Street Elementary's Track and Field Day.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Bean bag toss was the third station for Track and Field Day. Students selected partners to play against for the game.
Music blared in the background as students challenged each other to a series of physical events.
Market Street Elementary sponsored its first Track and Field Day May 27 where students put their physical abilities to the test. Boardman High students and PTO members volunteered to help coordinate the day of fun.
Students rotated through seven stations including snow cone relays, a bean bag toss, potato sack racing, “bouncy ball” racing, parachute activities, wet sponge racing and a refreshment station with water and popsicles.
This is physical education teacher Matt Cuse’s first year at Market Street. He implemented Track and Field Day to reinforce what was already being taught during his gym classes.
“We wanted to try something different,” Cuse said. “Each station deals with agility, speed, coordination or endurance.
Kindergartners and first-graders participated in the event May 27 while second and third-graders had their turn Wednesday.