The Warren Central Boys track team is applying essential skills that they have learned throughout this season. The increased effort that they have been putting into practice has been evident in their performances at meets.
“The harder you go in practice, the easier it is to do at a meet,” senior Jaelyn Reeves-Lile said.
According to Reeves-Lile, the team struggles with self-discipline, however, the boys keep motivating each other by getting each other's heads ready for the next meet and staying focused.
“[We try to] let each other know that there is another race and get that person to refocus,” Reeves-Lile said.
The boys' goal is to get each other to make it to the state finals. They want to be able to get the best score they can to achieve this.
“The team goal is to get as many people to state as possible, while also being ranked high,” Reeves-Lile said.
Essential things the boys look forward to are having everyone at the major meets and proving that they can represent the school well by standing out. The boys want to show the team there is still something to talk about.
“We are looking forward to a lot of big meets this season and we are looking forward to showing that Warren still has a track team to speak about,” Reeves-Lile said.
Other essential things that the boys have learned are that teams will have hard times with the sport, and each other, and learning to get through it together can help.
“I learned that teams can go through tribulations and that we can get through it as a team. We had a lot of arguments and stuff like that, but we got through it as a team. I feel that we can work together and work really hard,” senior Joseph Walker said.
A weakness of the boys is blaming each other. They want to be able to not keep faulting each other and work more as a team.
“One weakness I feel like is when we're down, everyone gets to point fingers. But I feel like if we stop pointing fingers and take the loss as a team, we’re good,” Walker said.
The boys’ goal is to do their best and compete in the state finals meet. They want to work harder and learn new things as the season progresses.
“Our goal is to win state, but I feel like our goal as a team is to take every day as a lesson and get better every day,” Walker said.