{"id":3872,"date":"2023-05-10T07:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T12:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T16:50:47","slug":"girls-outdoor-track-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polytechtalk.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/girls-outdoor-track-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Outdoor Track 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3872\" class=\"elementor elementor-3872\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bb9db5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bb9db5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e800bf\" data-id=\"1e800bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f2d43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32f2d43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As the year flips to its final chapter of the sports seasons, the track team is back to the moment they\u2019ve all been waiting for; the City Championships. Hoping to bounce back from the tough loss in the 22\u2019-23\u2019 Indoor City Championships, the girls\u2019 outdoor track team continues with the fierce and rigorous coaching of Latoya Johnson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-6915e141-7fff-2526-a62f-18ff92bf0ba0\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">But first, how is this season\u2019s team different, you may ask? Simply put, \u201cI think it\u2019s the largest it\u2019s ever been, now\u201d, states Kei Leigh Mese-Jones, a junior and runner of the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m. However, on the negative end, \u201c&#8230;a lot of people are injured. Like half of our team\u2026\u201d, states freshman, Adelaide \u201cAddie\u201d McMurray, who runs the 1600m and the 3200m. As said before, running is almost purely mental, and as Championships creep closer, this can be a hard hurdle to jump. A recurring theme in athletes of this team was how mental the sport can be and the difficulty it creates when running. Freshman, Steysi Imbert-Sandoval, multi of the team, affirms that; \u201c [It\u2019s] something that mostly troubles me- when I\u2019m in my head- a lot. Because I know that I\u2019m capable of doing it.\u201d The team has also persisted through meets like the major relay meet: Penn Relays. Among the Baltimore City teams, Western dominated at the Penn Relays, leaving Poly dumbstruck.<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">But how will the team power through these challenges?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-indent: 36pt; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">One word: culture. The culture of the team is ever so supporting of one another. \u201cI think track has a very good community because everyone has their own thing that they\u2019re good at and everyone can be very supportive of each other. It\u2019s not like you\u2019re competing against each other on the team\u2026and I think it\u2019s just very enjoyable to be on a team, like representing our school, and just trying our best in everything we do\u201d, says Kei Leigh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This year has also seen the team find new arrivals that would carry the team\u2019s stats forward and help overcome the rocky start of this outdoor season. As Adelaide gleefully states; \u201cI see progress from EVERYONE, everyone\u2019s PR\u2019d, everyone\u2019s tried their best, everyone\u2019s made friends, I think that sometimes it can be rough, and everyone gets burnt out when doing a sport 5-6 days a week, but no one\u2019s really letting it get to them, everyone\u2019s pushing themselves really hard, and I think everyone\u2019s made a lot of friends and a lot of good memories!\u201d Senior Jamaya Mcdowell, shot putter and discus thrower states that, \u201c\u2026now that it\u2019s championships we\u2019re really starting to come along, but at the beginning of the season we had kind of a hard time getting into the workflow. But once we started seeing our competition, people started picking up their slack.\u201d Finally, Kei Leigh adds that; \u201c[The team] has gotten more serious during the meets. Like the first meets, coach was a bit frustrated with us because we weren\u2019t being that serious, but the past few meets have been better, because we\u2019ve been more focused and trying our best.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><br \/><\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">And as the infamous Usain Bolt stated, \u201cThere are better starters than me but I\u2019m a strong finisher\u201d&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2026 As will be the case with the girls\u2019 outdoor track team. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d1ee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"28d1ee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cc1753 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cc1753\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7e6241\" data-id=\"a7e6241\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-964df23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"964df23\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfdb93a\" data-id=\"bfdb93a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bb894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24bb894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Team roster:<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Addison Arnold<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Adelaide McMurray<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Alexis Smothers<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Alice Scott<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Ayanna Thompson<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Azariah Jones<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Blair Griffith<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Chloe Mills<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Da\u2019Nara Tarver<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">De\u2019Asia Bradley\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Evbu Osaghae<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Evelyn Blackman\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Gabrielle Johnson<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Irene Scott<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Jada Turner<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Jaelyn Bolden<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Jamaya Mcdowell<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Keileigh Mese-Jones<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Leah Harrison<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Lillian Adams<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; 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