By Tyanna Xavier – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s indoor track season is up and running. The track team is putting its sweat and tears into this season and will be ready to take down the competition. Using more strategies to stay fit and increase their speed the track team will be bolting to the finish lines. Advocate Staff Reporter Tyanna interviewed junior Alexis Agyemang about the upcoming season.

Tyanna Xavier: What events do you participate in?

Alexis Agyemang: I participate in the 55 and 300. I love doing it because running gives me a way to clear my head and fills me with so much adrenaline. 

TX: How does the track team stay in shape for their meets?

AA: In practice we do two laps around the track, then we go and huddle up and get into a big circle where we do a variety of helpful exercises. Some of them are push ups, jumping jacks, squats, butt kicks, sit ups, etc. Next we go off on our own to practice in ways we feel will help us be faster in division for the meets. 

TX:Where are most of your meets going to be held?

AA: The Floyd Little Center which is the athletic center in New Haven. I have only been in one part, but from what I have seen it is very big and has a 200 meter track which is great for all track meets. 

TX: Who are your biggest rivals? What schools are you most worried about? 

AA: Some of our rivalry teams would have to be Fairfield Prep, Bunnell, Hillhouse, and Platt Tech. The team I am most worried about this year is Hillhouse because they have some of the fastest athletes and we have been beaten by them before. However, I believe our team this year has the potential to beat them this year with all of our hard work.

TX: Do you have the opportunity to meet other runners?

AA: Yes, going to track meets I do get a lot of opportunities to meet people from different schools. I have met runners from different schools, people who run the same division as me and sometimes just friends coming to support their school. It’s nice to see other teams doing track and the way they prepare for the meet because it really shows how determined your competition is and how much love they have for the sport as well.