There has been many accomplishments and broken records rolling into this successful track season.

Although many students and athletes feel as if track is “easy” or just a secondary sport compared to basketball and football etc, it takes a lot of dedication and motivation to run.

“Running is a very tough sport to compete and even just participate in,” Coach Joseph Saxe said. “It takes strong athletes to push through it with success, it is a tough but short season,”

Now that the track teams are in mid-season, Coach Juan Rodriguez said he is very proud of his talented team this year.

“We started off the season very strong this year with broken records from the first meet of the season to the most recent,” Rodriguez said. “We work very hard for success and that’s what we continue to do everyday.”

Junior athlete Beatrice Ramos broke the school mile time record by 2 seconds with her time being 5:43.

“Track is one of my biggest passions so it feels really great to be able to have my name in Akins history and set records for the school,” Ramos said.

The boys 4 x 400 relay team also beat the school record as well, with Cassius Serf-roberts, Nicholas Romero, Joseph Atkinson and Caleb Calderon coming in at 3:37.

At the Round Rock Invitational meet Nicholas Romero won first place for the 300 meter hurdles.

“Not only did we do good in the 4×4 relay, I also feel happy about hurdles this year, I’m just trying to get ready for district so that I am able to qualify,” Romero said.

Another a big event that is difficult to qualify for is the annual Texas Relays meet held at the University of Texas at Austin. Senior Patrick Dickerson qualified for and placed 10th throwing a personal best of 166.7 meters.

“I’ve done discus for Akins track since my freshman year and I’m proud of my accomplishments. I feel like i’m pretty good at it,” Dickerson said. Some of the senior track athletes said reaching the end of their high school sports careers is bittersweet. “I’ve improved a lot through my four years of running and I wish the best of luck to all the coming runners,” Aguirre said.