Sophomore

has been apart of my life ever since I can remember, my mom and my grandmother have inspired me so much with this sport. It all started when I won my first race in third grade, that was the moment when I really fell in love with running. My sophomore year of cross country is when my running career came to a stop because of my shin hurting, at first I thought it was just shin splints because I had been running hard for the two weeks prior. Then the pain lasted for three weeks and during that…

With my senior year coming to an end, I like to reminisce about all the wonderful times I have had. Earlier in the year, I wrote my “dragon” essay. Explaining my deep and personal years for my senior year. My two biggest dragons coming into my senior year were not being accepted into a 4 year university and not winning a state championship in basketball. Even though I did not win a state championship, I overcame both of these fears. My fear of not being accepted into a 4 year university quickly…

I was in hell. Try outs were a pain in the ass. I had never ever been through so much in one day. I loved basketball so much, I just love it. We warmed up and introduced ourselves to each other. Then the pain began, we started with the basic drills that everyone should know. We did lay ups, passes, and then we ran! Running will always be a natural thing, but me a person who hates running? I rather get a burn then have to run, but it’s part of the game. There was about 20 of us trying out. Our…

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…

For the past three years, I have been apart of the Sartell Dance Team. Starting my freshman year I was definitely intimidated. I was scared that all the upperclassmen were judging every kick, jump, and turn I did at practice. It was a year of learning the ropes and getting the feel for high school dance team. I thought it was fun to be honest. I enjoyed hanging out with my grade and just getting to know them. I felt good about myself because I went from an alternate to a dancer in formation…

air sucked out of the gym as it sailed out of bounds. I was embarrassed and devastated that I had let my team down. I played the perfect game up until that moment, but because I missed the serve, I performed poorly in everyone's eyes. I was only a sophomore, but the senior players’ opportunity to play in the state tournament was gone. Consequently, my team was…

It was one week before auditions. Seven days, one-hundred and sixty-eight hours, and what felt like millions of seconds between me and an audition room that would decide my fate. Since the beginning of freshman year, girls would dream about the day they would have the opportunity to sing as a member of the most elite choir at Wayzata High School: Concert Choir. From ten minute Mozart masses to twelve part harmonies, there was not a single student who didn't salivate over the perfect chords and…

The most recent event about race that has been on my mind lately, was my senior year of high school. My days as a high school senior was one of the worst times of my life, but it was also the most enlightening time of my life. During that year, I understood what it meant to be a black girl dating, and the depressing consequences that my stereotype placed on me. I went to Springbrook high school in Silver Spring, Maryland. The area I lived in and the school is racially made up of mostly black…

Walking on to the Lucas Oil turf as a Carmel Marching Greyhound for awards at Grand National finals after an exhilarating performance of “What a Tangled Web We Weave” was a feeling of pure accomplishment. As a sophomore, I had done this once before, but this time was different. The whole band knew we were in the running for the national title. Avon and Broken Arrow were our biggest competitors. Earlier in the season we won ISSMA state, so coming into nationals we knew we had a pretty good…

coaching my team when I was a Sophomore, my second year on varsity. There were many reasons I liked her as a coach. Some of the main reasons include her ability to relate to us on a personal level and be more like a friend than a coach. Second, the tactics she used to show us exactly what we needed to change to become the best that we could be, and lastly; her ability to make the game not all about winning, but about doing your best and having fun. When I started my sophomore year of…