The Warren Central girls track team is getting ready and doing their best to prepare for sectionals. They are going to give their all and show off everything they have practiced.
“To prepare, I'm working hard at practice and I am eating healthy foods to keep me in good shape,” Jila Vaden said.
The girl's track team is working to have everything they worked for pay off. They are focusing on doing their best and pushing each other forward. They will continue to practice until it's time for sectionals to show how much growth they made in this season.
“Teamwork will help us find success in the sectional by everyone doing their best in their events, and cheering on and encouraging the people on our team around us,” Vaden said.
Vaden herself has things she would like to accomplish for the team. This could help make a big impact for sectionals and also would have the team stand out.
“Some goals I have [are] to practice in my running and jumping events,” Vaden said
There are also things that Vaden would like to accomplish for herself. Not only for the team but to be a stand-out player on the team.
“Something I want to achieve is being able to jump 18ft in the long jump,” Vaden said.
The girls’ track team has made improvements as well as Vaden herself. They are planning on continuing to move and work hard, and push each other forward so they can meet their goals as a team. If they all have the right attitude and participate it can really help a lot and even have them win sectionals.
“Some goals for the whole team is for everybody to improve in their events, show good sportsmanship, and be able to compete with others in a good manner, “ Vaden said.
Another runner on the girl's track team is sophomore Laila Smith. Smith has been doing her best. She had some snuggles but she continued to practice till she got better.
“Even though I cannot do much, I would prepare by giving my all at each practice, 100% effort each time, and trying my best to do everything right. If I don't have something down or I am struggling I would stay after to work on it so that I am getting extra practice hours and that I wouldn't have to worry about it as much during the race,” Smith said.
The girls work together and help each other out so they can look and do well as a team. All the girls on the team have their own reasons for helping so they can all succeed.
“Teamwork is very important because every day at practice your teammates push you to be better. When your teammates work hard during practice they are pushing you to do better. When everyone has that drive to be the best it will elevate the team and make everyone better during the big meets when you really need the inner drive to finish,” Smith said
Smith has some things that she would have wanted to achieve for sectionals. Smith was going for being above in the top three categories this why it can help her and the team stand out. This would also give the team a win. This not only shows how well Smith can do but all the other teammates as well.
“Since I won't be running in sectionals I am going to put what my goals were from last year. But since it was going to be my first sectionals I just wanted to get in the top three out of everyone so that we could progress to regionals. It is going to many of our team's first sectionals and their goals should reflect their ability and what they believe they can do,” Smith said.
The girl's track team wants to show nothing but their best and with that show off all the hard work they put into it.
“Everyone has different goals and mindsets right now but I'm sure almost everyone would have a goal to do well and try their best during every race they run but to achieve that they would have to be really focused during practice and work the hardest,” Smith said.
As the girl’s track team continues moving forward as a team they try to help each other out and stay focused. Their setting higher goals and work on achieving each one
“Since we have a really young team expectations are not that high from the outside point of view but we ended up winning last year with a small and young team so within the team we have high expectations for everyone. The team has been working really hard and have set high goals for themselves and hopefully have the motivation to achieve them,” Smith said.