"Why Not?"

The Baker women's 4x400 meter relay team has done it again. We qualified for outdoor nationals last week at the Conference track meet at Central Methodist with a time of 3:58.66, a new school record. Where, I might add, both the women and men's team placed third overall.
It had been a successful weekend already with personal records for me in my split of the 4x800 meter relay and the open 800 meter run. Katey Wegemer had already competed in nine other events, Kelsey Heckathorne had qualified for finals in the 200 meter dash and set a new personal record in the open 400 meter dash, and Ashlee Miller did her usual sweeping of all her events. We were dead tired. While warming up we decided, "Why not?" (which was also our team motto for the weekend). Why not just go bust out some sub-60 second quarters and qualify for nationals. And we did just that.
Along with the success of the Baker Track and Field team comes a minor downfall. Our team qualified so many people in so many events that according to NAIA rules they cannot all go. So, in the excitement of qualifying there is a difficult decision to be made.

Stuck in a Rut

It's about that time of season again when we all get stuck in a rut. Track has been going on since January, which seems like an eternity ago. Just around this time it becomes increasingly important to keep focus, but it also becomes increasingly difficult to do so. My next round of tests are rolling around and with the extra studying that comes with that it is easy to let track slip my mind. Every weekend from here on out has a track meet scheduled in it and that is discouraging as well. But on the bright side, we get to visit amazing Kansan vistas like Wichita, Lawrence, and Emporia. And how could I forget about my site-seeing in Hays, Kan. It was just fantastic; you could sit in the van and see the whole part of western Kansas.

Even with all other things going on in my life right now, track has to remain a priority. So, at least I know that at the end of every day I am required to spend 2-3 hours of my life at the track. And speaking of the track, you could all mosey down there Tuesday to support the 'Cats at the Baker Quad meet.