By Thea Ryan – Staff Reporter

Katie Konareski is a sophomore on the Jonathan Law girls track team which currently has a record of 3-5. Advocate staff reporter Thea Ryan interviewed Konreski about the season and her track career.

Thea Ryan: How is the team doing so far this season?

Katie Konareski: As a team, Law has improved a lot over the past couple of years. We are currently six weeks into the season and many girls have already made states. Everybody is improving very quickly and everything is going how we want it to go. Our coaches are impressed in everybody’s effort and hard work and if we keep it up we will be very successful by the end of the season.

TR: Individually, how are you doing this season?

KK : So far I’m exactly where I want to be. I’ve dropped 10 seconds since the beginning of the season and I still have about a month to improve even more. Individually for the 800M event, I’ve already made states with a 2:31 and I’m planning to drop another 10 seconds before the season ends. Our 4×800 team made states in the first meet and our 4×400 team is only four seconds off of states, which we are hoping on getting next meet.

TR: What are you goals as a team for this season?

KK: As a team, our goal is to get as many people to make it to states as possible. Coach Schulte and Coach Rhode both are competitive coaches and are very impressed in our work ethic and how productive we are during practices, later paying off and showing in our meet results.

TR: How do you stay motivated and help motivate your teammates for success?

KK: As a team we all push each other in practice and at meets to do our best. This keeps us motivated because the harder we work the better results we get. Our captains teach us to always have a positive attitude and to keep powering through even if the workouts during practice seem unbearable.

TR: What is your favorite memory from track?

KK: My favorite memory during track is when our 4×800 team made states and broke the school record last year. As a team of all freshman, many people were shocked. The practices are what lead our team to success and I’m so happy that we were able to break the record and make it farther into the season.