track – The Chant

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Magnet junior Malik Butler began pole vaulting last year, and continues to make progress in the sport this season, cultivating the combination of strength, coordination and speed required for pole vaulting. He hopes to vault over ten feet this season. “Always try something new like I did with pole vaulting and you never know, maybe you’ll have something new you love doing,” Butler said.

Vaulting into spring

January 26, 2020

The second semester starts off with a roar of excitement preparing for the spring season sports. NC hosts their tryouts for Soccer, and Baseball this week, while Track and Field and Lacrosse plans to begin practices but become delayed due to the rainy weather. Junior Goalie, Philip Stark, practices his skills and warms up for a promising season.

The start of spring sports

January 13, 2020

Magnet junior Isaac Stobo prepares to jump over this season with success. After three years of NC track, Stobo hopes to make it to state and improve his time in the long distance events he runs. “This year my main goal is to make it to state and to accomplish this I am not going to get sick since I missed half of the season last year,” Stobo said.

Run down on the upcoming track season

January 29, 2019

Students wait while construction continues on the track, which started in early April. Student athletes grow tired of dealing with the constant schedule changes throughout the spring sport season. “They tried to schedule everything around the track being built, earlier they scheduled all our home games back to back to back and then later on in the season all of the games were scheduled to be away,” junior and soccer team captain Josh Labus said.

Bad track record: Track destruction disrupts spring sports

April 24, 2018

The construction of a new track for the football field at NC began yesterday. Signs and gates prevent students from entering, asking them to stay away from the stadium. The construction also prevents sports teams utilizing the field, creating a season filled with away games. Despite the inconvenience to NC’s athletes, the new track will provide a much needed face lift to the football field.

Out with old, in with the new

April 10, 2018

Track works hard to finish up conditioning in preparation for the new season. They split and meet with their coaches, using this time to prep for their event. “Our season just officially started and for the athletes who have been working the last 8-9 weeks you can see that they have a slight edge over the students that are just now coming out,” track coach, Hannah Wood said.

Runners attend conditioning to stay on track for a great season

January 30, 2018

JV boys, including sophomore Michael Wise in Lane 6, take off in the 100MD, one of the shortest events of the meet.

JV track takes fifth at Allatoona meet

March 18, 2017

Senior Trenton Johnson looks onward with determination as he leaps over his final hurdle.

Varsity track takes on Lassiter Invitational

March 14, 2017

The varsity lacrosse team jogs around the field, conditioning and preparing for the upcoming season.

Spring athletes hit the weight room after offseason

January 27, 2017

Junior Aliyah Mickens earned several points on Wednesday and Friday, advancing beyond regions in two events. Mickens placed fourth in the 200-meter dash (25.33 seconds) and ran a leg of the girls 4x100-meter relay to help the team secure third place (48.38 seconds).

Seniors say goodbye to track, six Warriors move to sectionals

April 26, 2016

Key performances from several freshmen helped the NC Track & Field team secure fifth and tenth overall places for boys and girls respectively at the 2016 Cobb County JV Championships.

JV track runs out of steam, looks to future

April 18, 2016

Girls condition on the track after school. Although conditioning is mostly running, teach sport does their own skill-building activities.

Spring sports condition for upcoming season

November 4, 2015

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