Sports

Track Season Start-Up

Brooklynn Smith, Staff Writer

April 25, 2024

This new track season has many people joining and signing off. With this new start, we can welcome the beginning of a spring season and a great start-up for athletes. They have been working to improve on their sections whether it be an outdoor or an indoor practice. The freshmen athletes are doing drills to make sure they beat whatever competition they might have at the meets, regardless of if they’re a senior or younger. Sophomore through senior athletes are striving to make sure they beat their old records while still beating their competition. Trevor Zurn and Jonah Amill are working very hard to beat records and go to state.

Jonah, one of the seniors who signed off, [which is where he gets to go to a college of his choice] had chose his college almost immediately after track started. One of the semi-new athletes, a sophomore, Trevor Zurn, states,” I enjoy track because of the environment and my teammates. Also, all the different events and tons of other schools competing against each other. I run the 400, 800, 1600, 4×4, and 4×8. I chose these events because a lot of people don’t want to do these events because they are hard, I chose them for the challenge. This track season for me will be interesting because right now I’m in the same position I was last year. I don’t know what events I’m going to do at districts that will put me in a position for going to state this year. “

With everyone in the track season holding each other accountable and holding themselves to a very high standard, it will be a good season! The school is rooting for our track team to go to state. The coaches have been striving for these kids to get into the colleges they would like to do track for. The coaches also make sure they use the skills they learned from track. Many people are excited to see what this track season will bring and are excited to see how the freshmen preform this year. Trevor, the one interviewed, seemed very excited for his track season, and he has a lot of hope that the track team will get to state. Make sure to support the track team in beating their records and going to state!

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About the Contributor

Brooklynn Smith, Staff Writer

Brooklynn Smith was born February, 2008 and raised in Alliance, Nebraska. Brooklynn does dance, pointe, lyrical, tap,and jazz for 8 years. Her favorite games to play are Left 4 Dead 2, Minecraft, and Call of Duty. She likes these games because of how competitive they are and the way it channels her anger. Her favorite music artists to listen to are Lana Del Ray, Mitski, TV Girl, Slipknot, and Peso Pluma because she loves the meaning they put out. Brooklynn’s favorite animals include capybaras and African rain frogs, she said she likes them because “Capybaras are big rodents and rain frogs have tiny little butts”. She also hopes to go into child psychology because she doesn’t want kids going through emotional breaks. She wants to understand them and help fix their mental thinking of life. More into Brooklynn’s school and personal life, she joined the middle school band in 6th grade because she wanted to try a new hobby. She started playing clarinet and learning some saxophone.Then the summer going into sophomore year, Brooklynn became an aunt to her niece Soraiyah. She also had a great summer hanging out with her friends. Brooklynn joined The SPUD to become more social with the people around her and in hopes to interview many people, she can't wait to write for the SPUD.