Monologue

Just like many of you I have grown up playing many different sports. From little league baseball to high school football. But no sport was more challenging and fun than Track and Field. I started running track my freshman year at Xavier High School. The main reason that I had joined was the fact that my brother had done it for four years before me and said I should give it a try. So I ended up trying it and it was one of the best decisions of my life. I jumped into training after my Freshman football season and took it from there. Day in and day out I went to school, practiced, and then studied at night. This routine was strenuous at the time, but I soon came to realize that I had some of the best times of my life during these days. Some of my greatest relationships were forged with the guys training right beside me all those difficult days. There is an unparalleled bond you make when you undergo the same trials and tribulations as the man next to you. You build a mutual respect for one another through your efforts to reach the same goal, which was to drop the best time that you possibly could. An unique condition that Track and field has is how it’s an individual sport just as much as it is a team sport. The point of the sport is to be the best athlete you can possibly make yourself, while at the same time trying to bring your teammates up as well. Without Track and Field I wouldn’t be the person I am today and I wouldn’t have all those fond memories that I will hold onto for the rest of my life.