The Waldron Street Journal <![CDATA[The Waldron Street Journal]]> en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:47:06 GMT 15 <![CDATA[Run hornets run!]]> By Zane Clements


Junior Gretchen Stein practices her pole vaulting skills during practice after school hours.

The first Olympic Games took place in the year 776 B.C. and the only event could have perhaps been a foot race at a distance of 600 feet. Some scientists believe that the first games could have been held even before that. They may have been held as early as the tenth or ninth centuries B.C. Foot races may have been one of the earliest sports to ever take form. After over an estimated 3,000 years, people are still participating in this ancient sport. The Flour Bluff track team is well into the track season and has been competing in meets since February 24, 2007 and practicing for weeks before that. The team practices get tougher in order to train the team to be able to compete at a high level to win the most events possible. “For distance, we usually run about 3 miles a day,” freshman Troy Stuart said. The track team has different practice workouts for each different event that they do. Relay runners practice exchanges, throwers practice their form and releases, and other runners practice the fine details of their event. Workouts also change on a day-to-day basis and they also change in the level of intensity. “Mondays are usually hard but the rest of the days are pretty easy,” sophomore David Durham said. Becoming a varsity level competitor takes a big effort in practice and high intensity workouts day after day. Things may not always go the way they are wanted to, but to work through it is what it is to be a varsity level competitor. “I try hard, never give up, and when things feel like they’re crashing down, I take a deep breath and then hit it again,” sophomore pole vaulter Skeeter Mitchell said. The team still has the district meet and will hopefully be sending some athletes the regional qualifier, regional, and state meets. If athletes go to the state meet, track season will run into mid May. The track team has competed in five meets so far and will hopefully compete in the extra 3 post-season meets. ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:51:00 GMT