This year’s indoor track season ended well with some great accomplishments, such as senior Laura Dally breaking the school record in the 55 hurdles and becoming county champion. Also, senior Joshua Ellis won the Virginia Tech invitational Mile and became the third fastest indoor miler in WJ history.
According to coach Tom Rogers, this year’s team didn’t have as much depth as last year’s, because there were not enough people at a higher level to be switched around for events. There also were not many new participants for the field events. Luckily, this year’s team had good weather during the season and was very devoted.
“Indoor track is a hard sport because you have to run all winter and be very committed to practicing,” said Rogers, one of the coaches for indoor track, “so many members of the year’s team stuck it out during the bad weather and really made a commitment to get better.”
Although Rogers said there was a lack of commitment in some of the upperclassmen, several of them stepped up for the team, such as Dally, Ellis, seniors Sarah Breen and James Sauro and junior Aldo Filas.
Next year, indoor track hopes for another season of good weather and some development of their field events and sprints, as well as a continuation in the tradition of great distance running.
