By Rachna Vipparla – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s boys outdoor track team ended its spring season on a record-breaking note.

The team achieved a lot this season and were very content with their achievements this year. The track team ended the season with a 12-3 record.

“The season as a whole this year was pretty good,” sophomore Trevor Goodwin said. ”Everyone worked hard and were able to improve a lot by the end of the season.”

The team’s biggest achievement came at the end of the season. The 800-meter relay team of Naheim Washington, Mike Plaskon, Rayshon Jacobs, and Chris Wootton took first place at the Danbury Dream Invitational, which qualified them for the New Balance Outdoor National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, from June 13-16.

Freshman Jackson Warters also qualified for the National Championships in the 110 high hurdles.

These accomplishments were the latest in a long line of strong performances for the boys team this season.

“We ended up 19 boys going to state championships this year,” head coach Mr. Beler said.

In addition to sending people to Nationals, records were also broken.

“One of the records that was broken this year was by Ethan Deer for pole vault,” Goodwin said. 

This year, the team’s greatest challenges were beating Daniel Hand and Amity.

The team also set goals for themselves in order to improve for next year’s season.

“For next year, I really want to improve my hand offs for the relay,” junior TJ Genova said.

Goodwin said, ”Some of my goals for next year as a thrower are to throw at least 125 feet for javelin and to try to reach 90 feet for discus.”

The team works together very efficiently and display a tremendous amount of teamwork.

Overall, they individually run to the best of their ability at practice, while the captains supervise the runners in case anyone on the team needs anything.

They all support each other and ensure that the team is running the best they can in order to train for their meets.

“We work very well as a team,” Goodwin said. ”We are always helping each other to get better by helping with the form or technique.”