Four track team members performed very well in their individual events on Saturday, March 8th at the first meet of the season, the Exeter Spring Launch.
By: Adriana Soria-Rosales
Tori Ochoa, ‘27, set two new personal records (PR) in her 100 meter race and 200 meter race. Ochoa ran a 12.46 second 100 meter and 25.95 second 200 meter.
Photo courtesy of Ochoa
Along with Ochoa’s new PR in the 100, she broke the Redwood girls 100 meter record.
Ochoa was asked if she thought she would run as well as she did at the Exeter meet and shared, “I didn’t think so because I was nervous.”
On breaking her personal record and Redwood girls’ 100 meter record, Ochoa says, “I was kind of surprised because that was my goal for the season just to break the [school] record.”
When sharing about breaking the school record Ochoa was proud to say, “I did it my first meet back, so I was really proud of myself and I think I showed myself anything’s really possible.”
Ochoa shared her thoughts about going into the rest of the season. “I feel pretty confident and I hope that I keep getting better,” says Ochoa.
Photo Gigantea
Austin Alcantara, ‘27, competed in both Triple Jump and Long Jump at the Exeter Spring Launch. Anlcantara beat his personal record in the Long Jump and jumped 19 feet 2 inches.
Along with beating his personal record in the Triple Jump, jumping 40 feet 11 inches, Alcantara took first place overall in the event.
Alcantara said, “I felt great beating my PR the first meet back and I got really excited.”
“I felt like I was going to do well,” said Alcantara when asked about his thoughts going into the meet.
When talking about the rest of the season and how performing well made Alcantara feel, he said, “I feel a little bit more confident but also scared for the competition.”
Blake Duncan, ‘28, took first place in the 800 meter race running 2 minutes and 21 seconds. Duncan ran a close race and beat the second-place runner by only a second.
Photo courtesy of Duncan
Duncan said, “I had a lot of confidence and I predicted that I would run a really good race, but I did better than I expected.”
Duncan was asked how she feels going into future meets. “I think I’ll perform better and faster but I need to do that by working hard in practice,” says Duncan.
For only competing in the 800 meter race at the past meet, for future meets, Duncan added, “I also plan on running the 400 [meter] and the 1600 [meter], probably.”
When asked how preparation for future meets will look, Duncan said, “I’m just gonna work harder at practice, put [in] 110%, and make sure to keep a good and healthy diet.”
Adriana Soria-Rosales
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