Have you ever earned a trophy?

[Anonymous]

In anything in general, in any age and any sport or whatever, in any category, for anything, have you ever earned a trophy?

[A_Bell]

Besides participation trophies, a team trophy in volleyball, a handful of small singles trophies in tennis, a mathematics medal for calculas in high school and a regional academic team tournament championship.

Probably something in science fairs, but that was in elementary school.

[Asker]

So it's young talent then, still worthy of a shelf if you ask me, it comes with memories too

[A_Bell]

I don't think I have them anymore, unless my mom packed them away. I am bad about keeping things.

The VB trophy should still be in my high schools trophy case, since it was a conference championship. I had little to do with it.

The one I liked the most was the math medal. It was first place for my group of schools in my area (not sure what, but like the county maybe). We took this times calculas test and I scored the highest. It was a gold plated metal disk with a lot of weight to it on a blue ribbon. Probably my academic highlight.

[Asker]

You seem highly intelligent, just very careless with the rewarded trophies of all your achievements 🤣

[A_Bell]

Not worth the effort to keep up with.

[Asker]

Understandable lol

[love_conquers_lust]

Have you ever applied calculus in a practical application?

[A_Bell]

@love_conquers_lust deriving escape velocity from universal gravitation law and potential energy as height approaches infinity.

[love_conquers_lust]

@A_Bell. Physics. Solve the indefinite integral of work done by the force of gravitation as a function of distance. Set equal to the kinematic impetus equation. Take the limit as distance approaches infinity.

What’s the magnitude of the force felt if one were to approach the center of the Earth?

[A_Bell]

@love_conquers_lust at the center, of a perfectly distributed spherical earth, the net gravity is 0.

[love_conquers_lust]

@A_Bell ⭐️ for you.

[A_Bell]

@love_conquers_lust why thank you. 😊

[tfan1]

1st place in a plastic model building contest that my dad and I built the Wright Brothers airplane the Flyer (I built and painted it - he did the rigging and made the propellers spin)

2nd place in a plastic model building contest that my dad and I built the Battleship USS North Carolina (would have come in first but couldn’t get any gloss coat for the water part of the diorama) (I built and painted it - he set the proper angles on the ship and provided the piece of plywood for the sea diorama)

[Blueeyes81]

I did for track back in the day. Had quite a few, 20-30. The reality was I was from a small town and competed against kids from other small towns. The few times I competed in larger meets I did alright but never placed higher than 6th in those meets.

[Asker]

That's a lot of trophies bro

[A_Bell]

Same with me for Tennis. I dominated girls in my medium sized city, but would be mid pack in larger city tournaments. I was good enough to know how bad I was.

[Asker]

You were just eating trophies for dinner weren't you

[HelpfulWoman]

Not a trophy, but plenty of rosettes and a reserve winner sash when I used to horse ride. So like the blue one in the photo (not mine, from google) around the horses neck.

[Asker]

Well that surly counts

[Jared91]

Got a bunch from equestrian events (show jumping, cross country jumping, sporting, camp drafting, etc). Rode competitively for 12 years (6-18), ended up representing my state for a few years. Stopped riding due to enlisting.

I earned a medal for champion shot in my countries military one year. I think that's the one I am most proud of.

Also a few trophy's for game fishing tournaments

[Jared91]

6-18. Not sure where the emoji came from

[eviltaxevader]

yes, I don't think I have them anymore though. mostly for sports, once for a spelling bee when I was a kid.

[Asker]

Why did you throw them away? 🤔

[eviltaxevader]

I don't know lol, they didn't really feel all that special or important to me

[Asker]

So you just dumped them like fuck these childhood memories? 😂

[eviltaxevader]

what would I even do with my 3RD GRADE SPELLING BEE trophy? proudly display it for all my buddies to see? no way

[Asker]

Yea proudly 😂

[LiamJHayden]

MAA, Mathematics Association of America, undeservedly. I was good, not great or genius level, but when I took the test I estimate 3/4 of my guesses on Trig and Calculus questions were correct, thus while I was only taking Algebra 2 (Sophomore) I beat out Seniors who were talking Calculus.

[Lliam]

A couple of league champion and a couple of second place team trophies in baseball where I was a first string first baseman. My last year of that was 13.
Also a team trophy for basketball in 8th grade.

[4ngelic]

i got basketball trophies from middle school, also a track & field one from 5th or 6th grade, and a chess one from like 3rd grade

[slatyb]

I suppose I have. It's not something I would hang on to.

[Asker]

Why not lol

[slatyb]

Because I don't compete at a high level.

[Asker]

Fair enough

[FunkyMonkee]

At least two. I know one was in bowling but, can't recall what the other one was for.

[Asker]

Bowling is a vibe tho lol

[Darkest-Knight]

Back when I was in grade 8 I won one for most improved student. As well I earned a few for playing soccer when I was younger.

[Asker]

Did you keep em?

[Darkest-Knight]

No. I got rid of them about 30 years ago.

[Asker]

Why?

[andreasderjuengere]

Quite a number of trophies in sailboat racing events spread over ca. 40 years

Never one that was meaningless, or ''for participation'' only :D

[love_conquers_lust]

Yup. Tons of ‘em. Boxed up somewhere. Funny one was a 3rd place ribbon in a class wide spelling bee. I misspelled “juinior”. I am a junior, too.

[exitseven]

Yes, I ran a 10K race on the 4th of July one year and I cam in 10th place. thry had trophies for the first ten finishers.

[smilelots]

Yes, I have earned many trophies over my lifetime. Some mean more to me than others. It was fun the adventures that I had to earn some of them and some of it was just plain hard work.

[maroon_eyez]

I have a few medals from school track races and some for soccer tournaments

[Asker]

You still got am?

[Asker]

Em**

[maroon_eyez]

Yeah they still here.. medals and trophies well kept

[Asker]

Seems like everyone else got rid of them lol

[maroon_eyez]

Haha i cherish them as souvenirs.. my bro and I have a hanger for the medals..
The trophies are kept in the living room as decoration on a shelf hahahaha

[Asker]

I'm sure it works as good decoration as well lol

[DaBiggestBird]

Yes, I played basketball for 6 years straight and retired when I was 10 or 11 years old.

[RavVid]

Yeah in partner dancing. Whats not to like abort a sport where the girls have to do what the guy says?

[KrakenAttackin]

I won several bronze medals in the Special Olympics 😏

[Dnice1]

Yup won a T-ball trophy and a few ribbons and medals growing up

[Asker]

Repunzel for the win 😂🤣

[shortster]

T-ball my team finished in first place.

[jamesgoldman]

No, bought a few mind

[Asker]

Why lol

[jamesgoldman]

Silver scrap

[Asker]

Fair enough lol

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[BLP11520]

Karate 2nd place.