Champ of Champs is one of the biggest sporting events of the year in Samoa. It brings together all the winning athletes from the secondary school district competitions all over the country.

I wanted to go and take pictures. The colorful outfits and all the excitement of the students in the would have been great to shoot. The venue, Apia Park, is also just down the way from the Peace Corps office. However it was raining so hard that it was going to be unpleasant for spectators and horrible for shooting.

I went to have lunch at the Steakhouse with a few other volunteers and found that the Champ of Champs was on television. So while we waited for our burgers, we watched this guy from Avele College blow the field away in the 800 meters.

On my way home on the bus, we passed Apia Park with soaked students streaming out of the stadium. Maybe next year it will be sunny.