Southwest track and field participated in the open meet on Thursday, March 28, at Lincoln Northwest high school. The meet started at 12 p.m. and their last event started at 5:25 p.m.

There were 17 track and field events competing. The meet started with high jump, long jump, shot put, discus and pole vault at 12 p.m. After the field events there were two relays, the 4x100m and the 4x400m, and other running events.

Participants were able to choose up to four different events to participate in on Thursday. The distance group put all their participants into the 800m run.

“The word of the week is resilience,” coach Kevin Schrad said. ”Being able to bounce back from personal mistakes and overcome adversity. Get better everyday.” 

The word of the week provided the students with confidence and gave them something to focus on.

“It shows if you put in hard work then you’ll get out of what you are doing in the run,” sophomore Olivia Myers. “I think the word of the week is very helpful for people.”

Their next meet was on Tuesday, April 2, at LSW.