Track and Field

Most students come in to high school with little or no knowledge of track & field. That’s okay! We work with each athlete to determine what events they will succeed in and enjoy. There is something for everyone in track & field — no prior experience is necessary. To get ready for track & field, my best advice is to play other sports in the fall and winter, or spend some time working with Coach Litscher and Coach Fricke in our Fitness Center.

I hope that athletes take away a sense of responsibility to their teammates. Track & field is often seen as an individual sport, and that is largely true, but there is something special that happens when athletes across different events really get together to support each other and compete for each other. Most of my favorite track & field experiences are tied to team accomplishments, not individual honors.

I love coaching at STM because our students are respectful, coachable, and they know how to have fun while working hard.

The track & field program is built differently than most sports at STM. Each event group practices together — sprints, throws, distance, pole vault, hurdles, and jumps. Boys and girls, varsity and JV all practice together. Athletes can practice with different event groups on different days, sometimes finishing the season with a completely different group than the one they started with. Track & field athletes will tell you that one of the best things about the sport is the team atmosphere that exists at meets. Our athletes support each other, cheer each other on, and we don’t look at ourselves as the boys’ team or the girls’ team — we are the St. Thomas More Track & Field Team.