At The Start Line
As the Rocket track team prepares for their first meet of the season, there is optimism that this will be a really great season. In regard to the upcoming season, Head Coach Brandon Barger said, “With the season coming to a start this should be an exciting one. We have a lot of returning letterman and also a lot of returning state experience. The expectations will be set even higher than last year to keep getting better. Hopefully the team will fulfill those expectations and have a lot of people at the state meet.” The expectations are set above and beyond this year to do great, even all of the team thinks that. Junior Ben Peck said, “We are expecting a great season this year. Hopefully we will get to state again this year and maybe place as a whole team. I think we are almost there but still have a lot of work to do. If we keep pushing how we are, I believe we can reach our goals, but we can’t slack one bit.” Senior Jillian Rockley said, “This year will be a rebuilding year as we lost a lot of athletes last year, but I think the season will be a progressive one regardless.” A lot of the team believes we will place as a team at state this year; with a lot of the kids just coming short last year and returning, they are working to make it to the state meet this year with goals of placing at the state meet. It will all come down to working hard and fulfilling our goals. The first meet will be on March 24th at Andover Central for the Early Bird Meet to kick off the season.