By Bobby Black – Staff Reporter 

The Jonathan Law indoor track team recently completed a very successful winter season.

The team had two new coaches this year – Frank Gaines as the head coach and Mike Loschiavo as the assistant coach – and they helped continue the indoor track team’s run of excellence.

Junior captain Caden Simpson said she was excited about how the girls season went.

“I think we exceeded our expectations for this track season,” Simpson said. “Our 4×200 relay with two freshman legs ran at States, our SMR team ran at Opens, and we had girls and boys qualify for Nationals. We had great coaches helping us throughout the season as well.”

In the 4×200, Alani Perez, Molly Croce, Hailey Russo, and Elizabeth Roos ran at States. Simpson qualified for Nationals in the hurdles. 

The captains and coaches thought the team competed well.

“The track team had many kids PR over the season and qualify for meets that you had to hit times for,” junior captain Jack Bretthauer said.

The team, as well as the captains, accomplished many goals throughout the season. 

“We got third place in the 4×200 at SCC Championships and fourth place in the 4×200 at States,” junior captain JT Nelly said. 

The captains are looking forward to next year’s season as they are already setting goals. 

“Next year I am looking forward to building a strong relationship with my team and achieving our goals as captain,” Nelly said. 

With the track team having new coaches, the players and coaches had to build a relationship this winter. 

“First I talked to (Coach Gaines) about how we ran the team last year and what was good and bad about it,” Nelly said. “Then I talked to him about goals I had in mind and goals he had in mind and then we just applied how we both felt to the team.”

This year, there were many new members who contributed to the team.

“A lot of freshman stepped up along with new athletes from all grades,” Bretthauer said. “They all encouraged each other at practice and helped make sure they knew what they were doing at meets.”

Law set many records this season, including the SMR relay team beating the previous school record by seven seconds. This group includes Shane Pritchard, Liam Fedigan, Bretthauer, and Gabe Garnett. 

Fedigan also set school records in the 1-mile, 2-mile and the 1000 meter races.