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Track and Field Day By McKenna Woodley and Sydney Burget How was Track and Field Day started? What is its history? We did some interviews to figure out how the teachers felt about **//WINNING. //**  We also interviewed our gym teacher so we could get a few answers on how Track and Field Day was started. The gym teacher, Mrs. Pfirman, said, “This year’s Track and Field Day was a success. Even though there were no record breakers, the kids still had a lot of fun, especially the new fifth grade students. But there was unbelievable effort.” The students were able to participate in three events in the categories of running (50 yard dash, 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, and the 440 yard dash), jumping (standing broad jump, running long jump, and the triple jump), and throwing (softball throw, football throw, and the basketball sling). Some students of each class of 5th and 6th grades got to participate in the tug of war. In fifth grade, the winning class was…. Mrs. Cruz’s class with 146 points and in sixth grade, the winning class was… Mr. Hill’s class with 129 points.

**Let the interviews begin!**

First, we interviewed Mrs. Pfirman.

Mrs. Pfirman says she does Track and Field Day for the kids, so they get to compete individually and as a team against their classmates. Another reason we do this day is to introduce Track and Field Day to the middle school kids and as a sport they can participate in at the high school. She says she’s been doing Track and Field Day for 27 years, at a total of three different schools. She also says she will do Track and Field Day again if there is nice weather.

Next we interviewed Mrs. Cruz.

Mrs. Cruz said, “My class and I were excited. Try your best and never give up is what I tell them! I thought my class tried hard enough. Paige Lentz and Kaitlin Jones believed in themselves in the 440 and the 220."

Finally, we interviewed Mr. Hill.

Mr. Hill said, “Yes, I knew I could win because I had faith in my students and I knew that most of the girls were athletic. I was congratulating my class when they won. I didn’t have a point goal but I told them to score a lot of points.”

I hoped you learned a lot about Track and Field Day from Mrs. Pfirman, Mr. Hill, and, Mrs. Cruz.