Track and Field Speeds Through League Season Victoriously

MARK LORENZO
Staff Writer
The Moors co-ed varsity track and field team has finally jumped into their league season. After three months of hard work in the preseason, the Moors have begun to take on challenges with a good spirit and a league record of 3-0.
The team’s league season started with their first meet on March 24 against Keppel. The Aztecs came to Alhambra High to participate in a series of competitions including sprints, hurdles, distance, jumping and throwing. The Moors won almost all of the races against, including sweeping all places for distance. The final score for varsity was 90-26 for boys and 116-10 for girls.
“It definitely showed our hard work [to] see how we’ve come through and how now we can beat Keppel because we trained hard,” sophomore relay runner Dylan Chen said.
On April 6, the Moors faced the Schurr Spartans at a home meet. The Spartans put up a much harder fight with many athletes taking top places in their events. The Moors pushed their limits and the girls ultimately won 70-57; the boys unfortunately lost 101-26.
The team’s most recent track meet was on April 13 against the Montebello Oilers. The Moors varsity boys and girls took the victory for this meet.
As the new head coach, Mike Mackintosh has great expectations of his team.
“Our goals for the remainder of the season [are] to compete the rest of our meets, go to prelims and try our best there to get as many people as we can to league finals. And then from league finals get some runners into CIF,” Mackintosh said.
Coach Mackintosh wants his team to make it far into the league season and beyond to win some big events.
The varsity track and field team is doing a great job winning their races and hopes to continue this season with high spirits. Their next meet will be at home on April 20 against Bell Gardens.