Spring Sports Preview: Outdoor Track

Heba Asfari, Sports Editor

Coach: Dessalyn Dillard, 10th season
Last Season’s Record and Playoff results: Both teams were division champions last year with perfect 5-0 records! Girls were 2nd; Boys 3rd at the Region Championships; Girls finished 5th at State Championships

Key Meets: County championships; Penn Relays, Region and State Championships
Teams to beat:
Gaithersburg and Springbrook

Key Losses: Kyra Badrian, Tyrek Goy, Nicole Osafo Dedey, Kaitland Desmangles, Juvet Ebai, Caleb Blaise
Athletes to watch: Yasmine Kass, 12th; Janise Bestman, 11th; Erin Hatcher, 11th; Yasin Mohammed, 12th

Team strengths: We are a pretty well-rounded in all events!
Team weaknesses:
We are a rather young team; there’s so much potential with this group!

We are fortunate to have a diverse group of athletes! They possess a broad range of athletic abilities which allow the coaching staff to experiment with various lineups for competition. Because of this, it is difficult for other teams to plan a strategy to beat us! I’m excited about that and anxious to see what they will produce on the track this season!
– Coach Dillard