Metro Nashville Softball League voted into NAGAA

Kerry, Shane, Bruce, and Lynn were successful in getting the Metro Nashville Softball League voted into NAGAA. Thank you to all that contributed to the presentation. As well as showing your support in helping the league get into this great association. This is a great start to what should be a wonderful year!

Nashville Players 5th out of 21 in Orlando Meltdown January 17 & 18

The Nashville Players placed 5th out of 21 teams in the Orlando Meltdown Tournament. This was the teams first tournament of the year and this was a much better finish than last season. The Players are in their second year of existence and are already getting known and respected on the national level. 13 players and two supports made the journey south for the festivities. In the first game of the round robin on a great hit Bruce the teams top sluggers went down with a ruptured Achilles. He is scheduled for an MRI Thursday so lets all be thinking positive thoughts for Bruce. After round Robin the players were seated 5th in the tournament. This gave the team a boost of energy knowing that last year they were close to the bottom and this year they were close to the top. The team shows great promise and is looking forward to Tampa in three weeks where they will get another shot at a few of the Florida Teams, Philly, New York, and Birmingham.

MNSA PLAYERS COMPLETE PHOENIX MARATHON

MNSA representation was strong at the PF Chang’s Rock –N- Roll Half-Marathon in Phoenix, AZ on January 18, 2009. The temperature at the start of the race was ideal conditions in the high 40s. However, the course quickly began to heat up. By the end of the race, the temperature was over 70 degrees.

Speaking of heating up, Rick (aka Double R) set the hot pace for the MNSA group. He has proven he is the one to beat. He completed his first half-marathon in an astonishing time of 1:57:04. That is a pace of 9 minutes per mile. Barry (also from the Players team) was not far behind Rick. Barry beat his previous time by more than 31 minutes finishing in 1:59:57. Barry had a little scare that he did not meet his goal of breaking 2 hrs when the unofficial time showed he did not make it by 11 seconds. Congratulations to Barry for breaking the 2 hr barrier. Beth from the Sizzle also set a person best despite having some knee issues on the course. She ran 2:23:51, about 5 minutes better than her previous best. Some of you may know Barry’s bf, Josh. He too completed his first half-marathon. Although he did not train much, he had a great time of 2:32:06. Bringing up the rear of the MNSA pack was Dean (from TIME). Despite having back surgery 27 days prior, he still broke the three hours barrier with a time of 2:56:41.

Everyone had a great time and we hope to get more MNSA runners to make the trip to Phoenix next year. Look for everyone in the Country Music Half-Marathon coming in Nashville on April 25th.