Motion and devotion is a new, weekly series coming to the blog this year. In this series, we will be interviewing different sports teams at Burton about their players, teams, and experiences with their sport.
This weeks motion and devotion article is about John I. Burton's cross country team. The cross country team participates in meets, usually held on Wednesdays, where the varsity team runs 3.2 miles and the JV team runs 2 miles. This week I met with some of my fellow team mates and coach, Mrs. Sherry Beauchamp, to ask them a few questions about the upcoming season.
This weeks motion and devotion article is about John I. Burton's cross country team. The cross country team participates in meets, usually held on Wednesdays, where the varsity team runs 3.2 miles and the JV team runs 2 miles. This week I met with some of my fellow team mates and coach, Mrs. Sherry Beauchamp, to ask them a few questions about the upcoming season.
When I met with Mrs. Beauchamp, cross country coach for 3 consecutive years, I first asked her what her hopes and goals were for the season and who her most promising runners were this year. She replied saying that she hopes all her teams advance to state. Furthermore, she believes that all of her varsity members are very promising this year.
Next, I met with some of the other runners on the team and asked them what their hopes and goals for the upcoming season were. They replied with almost the same answer. They wanted to make it to state and improve their times. With a much larger team than last year, along with some talented runners returning from last year, Burton's team is looking at a promising season.
Pictured: Chris Hammonds, Nathan Ward, Jakub Blach, Robert Beauchamp Jr., Austin Skeens, Evan West, Thomas
Cassell, Ron Yu, Lily Redman, Tiffany Aldridge, Sophie Gonzalez-Prince, Cassie Isom, Laken Sturgill
Not pictured: Jonah Smallwood, Brandon Armistead, Isaac Shortt, Jon Blackwell, Austin Bordlee,
The team's first meet is the Wednesday, September 10th, at Veldon Dotson Park. If you have the time, come out after school and support your cross country team!