Meet day!

Meet days are the best days. This is because track is such an awesome and exciting sport. A lot of people can compete in track therefore meet day is a good day for everyone. Track is so diverse and fun for a wide variety of people. You can throw, you can run, and you can jump. Meet day looks different for everyone because of the wide range of events. If the meet is an away meet, then everyone on the track team hops on a bus and rides to wherever the meet is. Some people take naps, some people talk to friends, some people listen to music, it just depends on the person. Once we get to the meet then we set up our Olathe West High school tent. Everyone runs a warm up lap on the track then the madness begins. If your event is at the start of the meet you start warming up right away. If your event is not for a while you can chill under the tent. Everyone is super excited on meet day because this is what everyone has been training for and working so hard for. Most track athletes do more than one event. Once you are done running, if there are more events left in the meet you stay and support your teammates. Everyone usually eats sandwiches and sometimes we get a team meal after the meet. The day after the track meet training starts again until the next meet day, and the cycle repeats itself.