Track. It’s 2020 in the spring, COVIDs taken much from me, now at school and glad I’m back, I have nothing to do, why not try TRACK. The year was short, I couldn’t see if I liked TRACK and it liked me.
My sophomore year, yes, I’m back, the weather sucks in this sport called track. So many things to try and see if I like track, and if it likes me. First, I tried to jump on the mat, I hit the bar and it hurt my back. I jumped in sand and landed flat, got dirt in every nook and crack. I threw the ball and chucked the spear, I hit the coach, kids ran in fear. I’m scared of heights and that pole’s too big, for this skinny little sophomore kid. I had a hunch, I’ll try the sprints those kids ran too fast, the track took my lunch. I’ll go to distance they run slow, but they run for miles and go and go. I tried to hurdle with accuracy, but I hit the hurdle and skinned my knee. One thing I know is I hate this track, and I’m pretty sure it hates me back.
My junior year my friends are back, they say, “I hope you’re back for track.” What’s wrong with you, did you not see I hate track, and track hates me. Then he said how could this be, I get credit for PE. Now I had to take it back and go back out on that silly track. So, I threw the ball and chucked the spear, I missed the coach and kids didn’t fear, I cleared the bar landed on the mat, when I jumped in sand it stayed out my crack. I’m still scared of heights and that pole is big, but not too mu ch for this junior kid. I did the sprints and distance too, I cleared the hurtles through and through. Now I have to take it back, the nasty things I said about track. What do you know could this be, that I like track and track likes me.
My senior year, my time is up I’ll miss the trips on the bus, I’ll miss the meets far and near, the meet in Oregon and the meets right here. I’ll miss the 1 and 32, I’ll miss the jumps and hurdles too. I’ll miss the vaults and the disc, but not the hills to prepare for this. I’ll miss my friends and competitors too, the ones from Foster and Mount Si too.
One last thing it took four years to see, I didn’t choose track, track chose me.
Head Coach, Stacy Edwards