By Anthony Navarro—

Track and Field is different from any other sport because it doesn’t require a ball. All you need is a pair of legs and a lot of heart. To me it is the ultimate sport because it truly shows who the better man is. Track is direct competition; the team is you. When the signal gun fires, there is no team, there is you and the competition of all the other runners, racing toward the finish line. All the runners are after the same thing, they all want it, badly. There are no timeouts, water breaks, or fouls. A great runner needs to bring his “A” game to every race and come prepared with a winning mindset. At the end of a race there are no excuses by the losers because the better man won the race.

If you lose the race you must ask yourself a simple question, “How bad do I really want to win?” If your answer to that question is “yes”, then you go and train twice as hard so that next time you go out there and win. “Fast is fast, slow is slow, and in between doesn’t count,” is my favorite quote by Coach Blues.

Track and Field has been a very important part of my life, for the three years that I have participated in the sport, throughout all my years in PHS. This sport has shown me that with hard work, dedication and heart, nothing is impossible. It has given me another family and a great set of friends that I know I can count on no matter what. These past years have been an awesome experience and none of it would have been possible without sports in my life. I want to thank Coach Blues, Coach Matos, Coach Rivera, and Coach Falcon for always pushing me to work hard.

I strongly recommend that people join the Track and Field team. I can most certainly guarantee that you won’t regret it and that it will have nothing but positive effects in your life. I want to wish the best of luck to the runners that will be participating in the sport next year. Finally, I would like to give a shout out to Abel Maretell, Muarisio Nazario, and Javan Acevado on leading the team next year