Chariot of Fire--Down in Flames

My daughter is now was a junior in high school and is finishing up her third year of Latin. The Latin 3 class suggested to their teacher that they have a chariot race, with the students forming teams of charioteers and "horses."

So, Tuesday was race day. My daughter was one of the charioteers, pulled by two of her friends. Of the 5 teams in the race, 2 failed to finish (one shown here--the driver fell out of the chariot and was DQ). A's team did finish, but did not qualify for the final--so that's a 3rd place finish. Not bad for homemade and all by the 4 girls on the team.

Replete with Olympic music, an announcer, and a large crowd on hand, this was the first annual chariot race event. Next year's is already being planned!

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