Wednesday, February 11, 2009

West Palm Beach, Florida 02-17-09

Little Mike is a member of a speed skating team from Tallahassee. Here he is getting ready for some races on an early Saturday morning in West Palm Beach.

It's time for the preliminaries and.... get ready....

Get set....

Go!

As you can see, he is way ahead of the competition in this race.

Between races, it's time for Little Mike to give his coach, Lee, some advice.

Getting in some mental preparation for the finals.

Now it's crunch time.

The battle is on.

Participating in the medal ceremony.

Little Mike with his coach and his father, showng off his medal and trophy.

The "twins" getting some quality time with their great-grandmother Bergstrom and their G-ma.

When one of the family participates in an event like this, the whole family shows up for support. From the left is Neil, Little Mike, Dillan, Auburn, Emmie and Melina.

Little Mike poses with his awards and his coach.