By Ethan Harrigan – Sports Editor

The Law girls indoor track team wrapped up their season with a meet against Branford on March 23. 

The team was led by coaches Mr. Beler, Ms. Corriveau, and Mrs. Blude, as well as senior captains Hannah Rascoll, Brooke Dillman, Andriana Bruno and Alexis Voytek. The season included a two-part dual meet against Foran at Floyd Little Athletic Center and a home meet outdoors against Branford.

“The season went well, COVID definitely caused a lot of changes regarding practices and meets, but the team was still able to come together and stay positive the whole time,” Dillman said. “We practiced every day that we could so the meets went relatively smooth for the team and we were able to place in the majority of events.”

Bruno went All-SCC in the 55 meter hurdles, Rascoll made the All-SCC Coach’s team, and there were many personal records set all around the team.

“I am so excited about going All-SCC,” Bruno said. “I knew this season would be short and I would only get two chances to hurdle so I practiced really hard for weeks and was so excited to see that it paid off at the last meet.”

COVID-19 made the season drastically different, resulting in a much shorter season with added safety restrictions.

“This season was different from last season because of the COVID restrictions mainly,” Rascoll said. “We had to run with masks on and we did not have relays for indoor meets which made it harder to PR and get times.”

With the impact of COVID-19 as well as winter weather, more planning went into having practices this year than in past seasons.

“We had a shortened outside conditions beginning, then we went virtual that required an entire virtual setup including track specific workouts, core, and nutrition,” Beler said. “When we came back to live teaching we had no use of the track with the snow and ice, and we needed to develop a training program in the school parking lots, and finally back to normal track in the month of March.”

It was harder to put together a team and remain disciplined with all of these factors.

“We faced many challenges but one of the biggest challenges was keeping the athletes engaged and focused,” Beler said. “The main reason we accomplished this was due to the captains’ leadership.”

Bruno said that while she is sad the season is over, she will leave with countless memories.

“I’m really sad that the season is over, I’ve had the best experience doing indoor track over the past four years and I wish it didn’t have to end,” Bruno said. “I’ll miss the coaches and all my teammates so much.”

Many of the returning athletes hope to have a full season next year. Junior Sydney Simpson was announced as an indoor captain for next year along with junior Lauren Davis and sophomore Elly Van Waveren.

“Looking forward, I think that next year we will have a strong team,” Simpson said. “Although we’re losing a lot of our key runners as they graduate, I’m hopeful and positive that we will be able to continue working hard to be as great of a team as we are now.”