As the outdoor season approaches for the girls’ track team, girls are improving their own personal training to come together as a unified team, Becca Dorfman, senior captain, said. As a group of individual sports, the team has a challenge to work together to maintain the team atmosphere.
“The team is putting a bigger emphasis on working together and being a family, which I think will help all of us [become more] successful,” Dorfman said.
The team’s quote to remember last year was ‘Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten…unless you miss the bus.’
At the first meet of the season, against Maine South and St. Viator at Maine South on February 17, Dorfman said she was impressed by how well the meet was run by Maine South and how well their new members came together and pushed each other on as a family.
“We really did pull together as a team and show that we are [a family]. Everyone was cheering for one another and looking out for each other,” Dorfman said.
Another goal the team emphasizes is staying healthy throughout the season. David Antczak, girls’ track and field coach, pushes the girls to focus more on bigger meets towards the end of the season to guarantee a great performance for everyone at Sectionals and qualifying for State, often reminding them to do the little things right, Dorfman said.
“Obviously we train hard and do our best or every meet,” Dorfman said. “But Antczak uses all of our meets as practice to gear us up for the last four: County, Conference, Sectionals, and State.”