Track and Field

The track season has just recently officially starting having meets. So far the team has traveled to Robinson, Greenville, and Shelbyville and hosted a meet with Effingham and George Washington High School. This year the girls track team has a new coach who has had us all working extremely hard. We even have had a weekly 6 a.m. practice and have been incorporating weight and strength training along with running workouts. Our latest meet was held at the St. Anthony track against George Washington High School. For those of you who are not aware of the story of St. Anthony's relationship with George Washington, it began when two teachers wanted to begin track and cross country programs but did not have the funds to support the programs and a great number of the students did not even have shoes! St. Anthony reached out to them, raising money and donated gently used shoes to help them out. At the meet many of the St. Anthony athletes made friends with the George Washington athletes. They gave each St. Anthony track member a George Washington t-shirt and they were given St. Anthony goodie bags. The day went well and we hope to have many more great experiences this track season. By: Liz Wortman