Lion Pride Newspaper
7th Edition Friday, May 17, 2019
On behalf of Lion Pride, we’re sorry we’ve had so many issues this year.
Sports Section
Middle School Track This year’s middle school track team has been having a great year so far, winning all seven of its meets, including their two championship meets. All of the athletes improved greatly over the course of the season, with a little under 50 competitors on the team overall, split into sprinters (400 meters and less), distance runners (800, 1600 and 3200 meters), and throwers (discus and shot-put). We had meets at St. Marks (2), TCA (1), Prince of Peace (1), Parish (1), and Greenhill (2), with a Hockaday meet rained out at the beginning of the year. Raja was one of the standout distance runners, running a 5:08 1600 (mile) and 11:24 3200 (two miles). Temi and Jonathan were each good enough to run with the best of the eighth graders in the 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays. Also, Judah and Bobby were the two seventh grade throwers, each doing great in the discus and shot-put. At the end of the season, the track team split into four teams and played games for points. Some of them were team games like kickball, capture the flag, and ultra-ball, but others were track and field events with a twist. There were two events in each section of the team, but the sprinters couldn’t do the sprinting events, distancers couldn’t do the distance events, and the throwers couldn’t do the throwing events. This gave them an idea of what the other members of the team felt and how hard each others’ events were. It was a great track season, and the seventh grade hopes to anchor the team next year.