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W
hen he steps onto the block, Alex
Comire, 11, felt a rush of adrenaline
course through his blood. He gets into
position and waits to hear the gunshot.
"You have to think that you’re the fastest," Comire
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said. "No one else is faster."
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Comire participates in the four-by-four relay race with
three other teammates, one being Bryan Enck, 11,
who he has run with for two years.
"[The four-by-four relay] is a race that is split into
fourths between four different people," Enck said. "Each
person runs the exact same distance and passes a baton
to the next person."
Instead of doing extra exercises, the team just
practices the relay race itself.
"It’s mainly about practicing the handoffs from person
to person and making sure to hit your mark," Comire
said. "You just have to do the relay over and over again."
The relay race is an event that requires lots of
communication and teamwork between each athlete.
Without these components, athletes would not be able to
work together in order to win.
"You just have to dog it out," Comire said. "Your team
can be in last place and you're the one that has to make
up for it. It’s all about the team dynamic."
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riginally being involved in sprints,
Morgan Rosier, 12, thought that she
had found her sport. However after head
coach Kevin Shiver asked for her to try out
javelin, she quickly fell in love with the new one.
"I was at practice and Coach Shiver came up to me and
Track and field athletes
thought I would be good at [javelin]," Rosier said.
find themselves in their
Rosier participated in a few meets before the season
individual events
ended, but didn’t get as much practice as she had hoped.
However, Rosier overcame this setback by joining the
Mount Pleasant track club team and learning more about
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the event.
"[Mount Pleasant track club] is where I learned the
most about it and got better at it," Rosier said.
Now having a year of experience under her belt, Rosier
better understands the importance of the different drills
and practices that she has to do for javelin.
"We have to do a lot of drills before actually throwing
the javelin," Rosier said "We have to practice crossing
our legs for a run that we do before we throw the javelin."
Even though Rosier had to learn the different tactics
and methods of the sport during a trying time, she was
determined to stay dedicated to the sport.
"It took me a long time to get used to it and I almost
wanted to quit," Rosier said. "The whole process taught
me a lot about perseverance because I eventually got
better."
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