As most of you probably already know, the regular track season is coming to an end, and state is about to start! Eureka had a total of 22 athletes make it to state this year. That means that about 16% of our whole team made it to state. That’s quite a few kids! We asked each of them the following questions:
Questions # 1 What events are you going to state in?
Question # 2 – What is your Favorite event and Why?
Question # 3 – Which is better: Track, or Field?
Their answers are below:
8th Grade:
Davin Dingledine
- Mile, 800, 4×4 and 4×2
- Mile, because i’m the bestestest at it
- Track, Obviously. Field is for people like colby who just want to sit around and eat
Daniel Bender
- Pole Vault, 4×2, and 4×4
- Pole Vault
- Field, because pole vault is in the field.
Simeon Sliger
- 4×2, 4×4
- 4×2
- Track, because it’s more exciting.
Noah Stakowski
- 4×2
- 4×2
- Track, cause running is better
Carson Roberts
- 4×2, 4×4
- 4×2
- Track, because I don’t do field
Kentin Garrison
- 4×4 and 4×2
- 200 because it is not too short or too long and I’m good at it.
- Track because it’s more competitive and you are actually racing.
Cayden Fogo
- 4×4
- 4×4 because it is a very competitive race and you can see the best and most determined people run
- It is a tie because I prefer to watch high jump, pole vault, and long jump, but some of the races like the 400 are very interesting to watch as well.
Dax Wiegand
- High Jump
- High Jump
- Field, because High Jump
Moses Dohner
- High Jump
- High Jump
- Field, because it is all I do
Madi Meyer
- Discus
- Discus
- Field because running is boring to watch
Bryleigh Brace
- Shot Put
- Shot Put
- Field, because i’m better at field
7th Grade:
Bryanna Musselman
- Shot and Discus
- Discus
- Field, because that’s what i do
MacKenzy Thompson
- Shot put
- Shot because I made it to state.
- Field because I don’t like running.
Bella Burnham
- High Jump
- High Jump
- Field because that is where highjump is
Anna Sears
- Hurdles and High Jump
- High Jump
- Track, just cause
Lilian Roth
- 4×4
- 4×4 because we made it to state
- Track because field is boring.
Eva Knapp
- 4×4
- 4×4 because it is the right distance and it is a fun relay team
- track because there are more activities than field
Hadley Knapp
- 4×4
- 4×4 because that’s what I made
- Track because I’m terrible at field.
Staley Sankin
- 4×4
- 4×4 because I like relays because it is a team thing.
- Track because that’s what I do.
Sage Stoller
- Pole Vault
- Pole Vault
- Field, because I’m Pole vault, I do running, but with track it is just running, while field there is a ton of different stuff.
Emma Sweeney
- Alternate for 4×4
- 400, because I did it all season.
- Field, because it’s fun and it’s not as much pressure.
Kenzie Gerdes
- Pole Vault
- Pole Vault
- Field because that’s where pole vault is
