By: McKenzie Gray Mills
In this week’s blog I’ll be talking about one of my favorite things, Wilson Hall track. Volleyball is my main sport, but in the spring I enjoy participating in track. My sophomore year I was a mid-distance runner. I ran the 400 and 200 in meets. In my junior year, I took a very different route. I did the triple and long jump. While I probably should have stuck it out with mid-distance because I’m not the tallest person or have a great vertical, I oddly really enjoyed being a jumper.
Jumping practice is much different than a mid-distance practice. It starts out with the whole team doing the two-lap warm-up and stretching routine. Once we get over to the “jumping area”, we mark down our spots and do about five to ten jumps depending on if there’s a meet coming up. When we are waiting for our turn to jump we usually all sit in a circle and talk about what’s going on or try to sneak our phones to look at TikTok or Snapchat quickly.
Wilson Hall’s track team is unique from others, we all get along so well and truly enjoy being out there with each other. On Friday we take part in Popsicle Friday. This is where each senior gets a turn to talk about their favorite track memories and share a piece of advice with the lower classmen who still have some time at Wilson Hall, while everyone enjoys their popsicle of choice. For my last year being able to take part in this wonderful activity, I plan to keep going with the triple and long jump. I might not miss hearing Coach Rip tell the jumpers it is their turn to do some running, but there are so many more things I will miss
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