The Indoor track season is now well underway; and the Atoms are off to a fast start. So far track has had a very successful season.

Numerous athletes have already qualified for the Indoor Track and Field national competition. The team’s most recents events have been the FIT invitationals on Dec. 28, where the Atoms competed against Bishop McNamara, Fairfax, Chantilly Forest Park, Mount Vernon and other 6A North High Schools. The Atoms also competed in the DCIAA invite on Jan. 8.

The track team took first place in the DCIAA tournament at the PG indoor complex in Maryland.

The team competed against Chantilly, West Springfield, Lake Braddock, Centerville and other 6A North High Schools.

Each result of an event for boys and girls Track and Field gets the team a certain amount of points.

The program as a whole collected the most points overall in the entire meet. The program was carried mostly by the boys team, who won their section of the meet on a coin toss. “

“The meet was good, the boys placed first,” Senior Kelsie Licatovich said.

The girls did not participate in the 4×800 relay. “Also, the girls didn’t run the 4×800 because the coaches decided it would better for them not to run it.”

“”Looking back at it, we should have let them run,”” Coach Harris said.

A highlight of the girls team last week however was senior Gabriela Jordan’s performance in the 55 meter dash.  Jordan placed second overall in the meet.

Even with their early success, track is always looking to improve and work on their weaknesses. Most of the runners need to work on the same things; like their starts, stamina and finishing. “

“I need to work on my starts,” Licatovich said. “

“I need to improve on my stamina and ability to get out the blocks,” sophomore Makayla Lopez said.

On Saturday January 15th the Atoms will participate in two meets. One meet will be the Montgomery Invitational at the PG Complex at 7:00 AM.

The Montgomery Invitational is an invite only competition. The rest of the Atoms will run, jump and throw starting at 7:30 AM at a different location, they competed against Woodson, Marshall and Thomas Jefferson.