Throwing discus or shot put with all the power a body can offer is what drives some people to throw for track and field. This season, fewer people are drawn to that feeling, resulting in harder conditions to compete for the team.

Students associate track and field with long distance runs and sprints; however, the field events are not often accounted for.

“I feel like track is way too much running,” sophomore Shelby Hall said.

Track participants do not have to run, necessarily. Students can focus solely on throwing events. Stockbridge, nevertheless, has all of its four girl throwers also in running events, according to throws coach Bryan Tasior.

The hard conditions created by having fewer athletes filling the events make it harder to compete.

“It has been tough to compete, and we definitely need some athletes to come out for track,” Tasior said.

Throwers still made improvements over the season. Senior Hannah Kightlinger broke her personal record in discus with 106’4 feet.

A general understanding and interest are all that are necessary to get involved.

“Some of my step siblings were in track and field, but I never went to any of the meets or anything,” junior Alison Gunn said. “I mean it could be fun if you were into sports, but I’m not.”

However, track and field gives people the opportunity to explore and push their limits.

“What I like about track is it’s an individual sport and a team sport at the same time, so it doesn’t matter what your skill level is,” Tasior said. “You are always competing against yourself. You’re trying to get your best time every meet, trying to get your best throw every meet, trying to get your best jump every meet. So, even if you’re not an all star athlete, even if you are not competitive to place first at meets, you still have a goal to strive for and get better every meet.”

In order to make a reasonable judgement if an individual wants to continue with the sport the person must try it first.

“I think it’s something that everyone needs to try and love for themselves, because if you don’t love it, you are not going to want to do it,” Kightlinger said.  “If I didn’t love throwing, and I wasn’t succeeding at throwing, I don’t think I would throw.”

Kightlinger suggests that students, “should just come out and try it.”