Jack’s Response
Name: Jack Bixler
Grade: Seventh grade
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite food: Tacos
Favorite brand: Nike
Favorite subject: Math
Favorite show: The Simpsons
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Partridge
What is your favorite animal: Cats/dogs
Favorite store: Target
Favorite Hobby: Weight Lifting
Favorite event: 4×2
Which event(s) do you run: 4×4, 4×2, discus, shot put
What is your PR: 4×4: 1:02, discus: 79’8
What does team work mean to you: More than one person working together to achieve a goal.
What is your favorite part about track: Spending time with friends.
Do you prefer sprinting or distance: Sprinting
What are your strengths in track: My stamina and strength.
Why did you choose to do this sport: To make me faster.
What is the hardest workout the coach makes you do: Non-stop running.
What is your goal for this season: Throw 85ft in discus.
Have you ever faced a challenge in track? If so, how did you overcome this problem: Longer races like the 400m. I had to pace myself.
What advice would you give to anyone who wants to run track also: Don’t full sprint in the longer races.
Ryan’s Response
Name: Ryan Bixler
Grade: Eighth grade
Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: Any meat
Favorite brand: Nike
Favorite subject: Math
Favorite show: Arrested development
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Ciminero
What is your favorite animal: Dog
Favorite store: Dicks Sporting Goods
Favorite hobby: Riding bikes
Favorite event: Discus
What is your pump up song: Bust Down-Trippie Redd
Which event(s) do you run: 4×4, shot put, and discus
What is your PR: 1:02 400 meters, 36”11 shot put, 106”7 discus
What does team work mean to you: Team work means working hard and helping people that are struggling, not pushing them down.
What is your favorite part about track: My favorite part about track is how I get to meet all kinds of kids from different schools and how it is like only me.
Do you prefer sprinting or distance: Sprinting
What are your strengths in track: Throwing
Why did you choose to do this sport: I chose this so I could fill the time from basketball to football but now I realize it is an amazing sport.
What is the hardest workout coach makes you do: 30’s, 20’s, 10’s is the time we have to jog for, then run, then sprint.
What is your goal for this season: To throw 120ft on discus.
Have you ever faced a challenge in track? If so, how did you overcome this problem: Yes, I couldn’t get my discus to spin properly, so I kept practicing and I finally got it better.
What is the funniest thing (If you want to) that has happened to you during track: I threw my discus into the track my first time at a meet and it almost hit a girl running.
What advice would you give to anyone who wants to do track: Do it, it gets you out of the house. There are so many difficult events, so you can do exactly what you want.