Banana Relay

For 20 years, Genoa/Kingston High School has had a tradition to end each track meet with a banana relay race.

 It is the last race of the day and it's only for the boys who throw shot or disc.

Those events are the first things on the schedule and then these boys (if they are not runners too) sit around and watch the rest of their teams compete in all the running events until the meet is over and time to go home. Sometimes that is 3 hours of sitting.

It doesn't count in the standings and teams do not have to participate, but they all do.
It's a favorite among the boys and the fans.

It's 4 boys, each running 100 yards around the track passing off a banana instead of a baton. The last runner must peel the banana as he is running down the stretch and eat it after he cross the finish line.
First team to show an empty mouth to the coach is the winner.

Well Genoa/Kingston has a secret weapon this year. My Grandson, Dylan, throw the shot and disc, but he also is a damn good runner.

He didn't want to be the last runner and have to eat the banana, because he had just finish his 200 yard dash, so they put him in the #1 spot.

Dylan holding the "baton"

On Your mark - Get Set - Go.

The starting gate

Dylan's team was not the first to cross the finish line, but Jeremy can eat a banana in 2 bites and Genoa/Kingston WINS the banana relay.