Sophomore slump

Narrative Essay It was the Tuesday night before my 14th birthday, at the Greenville Track Club summer all-comers meet, that I first felt the pain of running. Even though I hadn’t trained at all beforehand, I jumped in one of the mile heats anyways. The first two laps went without much trouble, and I was feeling good. I have been told that the first lap of a mile race is run off of nervous energy, and the second lap is run off of the momentum of the first, but the third lap is when the race…

“I will not let my days slip away, I will stand up on to feet, and I’ll be complete.” ~Blixemi It all started when I was in second or third grade. I always seemed different and off from most girls and had a lot of friends that were female, which was normal in elementary, to have same-gender friends. Though I had so many friends to play with, I always seemed to wander to where the boys hung out. Usually, I would mess around with my younger brother’s friends. We would play in the mud,…

I can finally start to see the finish line as the end of high school begins to approach. Running that track all four years taught me more than just how to pass a baton. Teamwork and support were key factors in shaping my personality. Time flies, almost as if yesterday I were a freshman; however, I now hold many more I redeeming qualities. I owe majority of my positive transformation to my track team. I evolved from a quiet insecure young girl to a self-assured adolescent. Prior to track, I was…

Throughout my four years at DeSmet Jesuit High School, I have tried to become as involved in school activities as the student leaders I met on my very first days. These same students constantly led events both in and out of school. I was particularly impressed by the compañeros or the seniors in my freshman homeroom. From the first moment I met them, I decided to become as actively involved and well respected in our community as one of them. Now as my experience at DeSmet will soon come to an…

There are three primary colors: yellow, red and blue. They are unique because no two separate colors can be mixed together to produce them. Yellow symbolizes energy and stability, red symbolizes courage and determination and blue symbolizes wisdom and intelligence. I was born as a primary color and I portray these individual characteristics that make up yellow, red and blue. Every action and decision in my life leads back to these colors. As a member of the New Hartford Marching Band, as well as…

year and was left to play junior varsity freshman and sophomore year, without receiving much advice from the coaches throughout the first two years. I contemplated quitting tennis because it seemed pointless and time consuming. I felt like I was failing at tennis because of the build-up from the assistant coach before my freshman season. Luckily, I contacted tennis pro at the Tipton Lakes Athletic Club in Columbus. I met with him after the sophomore season and…

track and field team was one of the best decisions I made during high school. Track is the most mentally and physically challenging sport. Participating in the sport pushed me past boundaries I never knew existed within me. (cheesy?) During my sophomore year, I ran short distance competing in 100m and 200m sprints. However, this past spring, I decided to challenge myself even more and try long distance. The group of long distance runners was small -only 6 of us. Two of the runners in the long…

Last year, Freshman Gia Colombo, now a Sophomore was the new girl in town. She moved from Massachusetts to a town that not many people have heard of called Waxhaw in the state of North Carolina. Moving here, Gia did not have many friends, it was a tough year for her. Throughout the couple of days of the start of the new school year many people had found Gia rather annoying she indicated. Most people called her out in front of the class which embarrassed her plenty because she was a ¨know it all¨…

To me a person who is a leader leads by example. Ever since I was in middle school I have tried to always do the right thing and guide my peers into a direction that is best for them. Since coming to Woodberry my Freshman year I feel as though I have grown stronger in this trait. One example that stands out particularly is when I was on the Bengal football team, and it was a scorching day early on in the year. It seemed as though everybody had a terrible day, and it was looking like we were…

One year ago today, the first ever Greeley Cross Country Championships was hosted, a 5k race at Josephine Jones Park between the five high schools in Greeley, Colorado- Frontier Academy, Greeley West, University Schools, Northridge, and Greeley Central. Last year Frontier placed first at the meet in the boys race. However, since then their top runners graduated and the Central boys became a real threat to many teams. Although today was mainly a way for Central to come out on top, I wanted…