Off Season Track Update

By Natasha Solouki, Staff Writer

The numbing of your entire legs, the gasping of inevitable air, and the continuous voice saying, “Don\’t give up” is what sprinters have to endure almost everyday. Rapidly sprinting from one part of the track to the next in little over a minute, and doing numerous drills just shows how track athletes work harder than any other off-season sport.

Track and Field meets were held during the extensive summer for extra practice. Now that they are in off-season, Coach Bivens is training sprinters and hurdlers harder than ever. As for upcoming meets, they don\’t start until March and proceed through May.

Most of the athletes that have been all-star players are not practicing during off-season due to other in-season sports and joining back in during second semester.

“Track and Field practices are really hard; but in the end it feels like you\’ve accomplished something great,” says Whitney Ofori-Atta (\’10).

Students arrive to practice daily and work out imperviously.  Once the athletes are done with practice, it is said that they slowly begin to feel their legs becoming feeble and  notice sweat dripping off their faces.

“Track and Field is extremely difficult and afterwards you feel the pain; it\’s way harder than it looks,” exclaims Shaunté Hough (\’13).  In addition to that, practices are pretty prolonged and arduous, “Track and Field takes time and dedication,” says Victoria Luong (\’13).

This year, there is no doubt that Track and Field is going to wipe out imminent rivals. All of the Barons\’ hard work during off-season is sure to pay off. With a start this strong, the Barons have a guaranteed bright season ahead.