A weekend of Stress and fun

Day after day this whole week, I stayed after school working hard in Science Olympiad, in preparation for the competition this Saturday. Right off the bat, we had a rough start, being automatically disqualified from three events because one of the students didn't get there on time. We were already sure that we wouldn't win any awards. This was only reinforced when one of my events, trajectory, was disqualified. With four events knocked down, morally was extremely low.
No one even wanted to attend the awards ceremony.
By the end, we were wonderfully surprised, winning medals left and right. I recieved a 5th place medal for the event that I was in (which I consider really good since I never practiced for it). But, again, we had not done four events, knocking down any hope we had of winning a trophy. The top four teams would move on to the state championship. So none of us could believe it when we won fourth place. Next stop: state championship