Boys' and Girls' Championships 2009

Boys' and Girls' Championships Two Thousand and Nine

Will remain in my mind for a very long time

Not only because of KC's very thrilling victory

But also because of what that win revealed to me.

The crowd grows quiet in anxious anticipation

The outcome of the Championship is now down to one!

One final race that will make all the difference

Between an exciting victory and a loser's experience.

The mathematical fanatics can clearly be heard

KC with their injuries needs to finish at least third

For Calabar will definitely win the four by four

That's as simple as it gets - there's really nothing more!

Anything less and the great College is done

Since Calabar can't lose - well, they've already won!

The gun goes off, the expectant crowd goes wild.

The prediction is on track - well, at least for a while.

KC's injured runners anxiously watch from the side lines

Their team mate is in sixth place - trailing too far behind!

Calabar will win Champs by just one point or two

There's really nothing that the famed Purples can do.

Rabalac frenzied supporters are beside themselves

Their team has lead for three laps - trophy is on the shelf!

Because surely the result is a foregone conclusion

Their best runner is the anchor - nothing can go wrong!

But KC and their hopeful supporters are not yet done

All the guys know they will have to run them down

For this is Boys Champs -it is not a two-team race

They must not lose faith; just keep up with the pace.

And as life would have it, cruel fate, she steps in

There's a spill, Calabar is third - they did not win!

The KC boys kept themselves in this amazing race

And the Fortis team finished a creditable fifth place.

The thrill of victory shifts from one side to the other

KC's ecstatic fans dance, hug and hi-five one another.

It is never truly over until it's really over

And unless you stop running, you're never a loser.

And that's why KC's victory means so much to me

It opened my eyes and allowed me to see

Life is a race, where the lead changes all the time

Sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you fall behind.

Some runners will take winning the race for granted

Then lose it all when their victory bid is supplanted.

Then there are those who put out very little effort

And expect to win; not knowing what victory is worth.

Still there are others who commit further transgressions

Quite honestly however, just too numerous to mention

But the lesson still remains - even if you run and you drop

You will never be a loser, unless my friend, you stop!

Fortune they say will always smile upon the brave

He will never be buried in a coward man's grave

And even if he falls, the brave man will never yield

He will have to be carried from any battlefield!