Delaney lost her shoe running through the mud pit at the Sweethome Invitational Xcountry meet at Camp Tadmor today. Like a trooper, she kept running. Seconds later friend Jenny, the Oakhill coach, found it and pulled it out of the mud and threw it to me. I in turn threw it to Creswell Coach Larry Powell on the other side of the pit, who after a short sprint up the course handed it to his daughter Olivia (2011 state xcountry champ), who proceeded to run Delaney down on the course for the hand off. The 400m relay Oregon style! Despite it all Delaney finished the race in 7th place overall!