One athlete. Two sports. One season.

Q: What’s the most difficult part about playing two sports in one season? A: Having to regularly miss practices is the most difficult because we practice from 3:30pm to 5pm for track and swim practice is from 3:15pm to 5:30pm, so there’s a time conflict. Right now, I'm going to track from 3.30pm to 5pm, then I go to swim club after track practice. So my practice hours are a little hectic. ...

Q: What expectations do your coaches have of you? A: For marching band, the coach is really strict with not missing practices, so I suffer a lot from that, because I have had to skip some cross country events for marching band. As for cross-country, the coaches knew that I was previously dedicated to marching band already since I was already committed to it my freshman year, although I’ve been pursui...

Q: What’s the most difficult part about playing 2 sports in 1 season? Does it affect your athletic performance? A: The most difficult part is having to communicate with two coaches. My track coach is definitely okay with it. He supports it but it’s a little bit of a struggle because I have to be there at practice to get my credits. If I don't juggle my time well enough, I could burn myself...

Q: What’s the most difficult part about playing 2 sports in 1 season? Does it affect your performance? A: The most difficult part is trying to balance both sports along with schoolwork and having to worry about going from one sport to the next. For me, softball and Winterguard are completely different. If I do really poorly with one, I try really hard to do well in the other to make up for i...