WHILE IT may not always be as celebrated as other sports, track and cross country athletes work just as hard \u2013 and at Coffee County Central High School, they are no less successful. Throughout the spring track season multiple athletes have broken school records, and the track teams as a whole have continued their record of excellence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a sport that we\u2019re highly competitive in,\u201d head track coach Matt Rossman said. \u201cOur cross country team \u2013 both boys and girls \u2013 went to the state championship this\u00a0year for the first time in school history.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Rossman has many years of experience coaching basketball in Coffee County, he is relatively new to Coffee County\u2019s track and cross country programs. He has been active in both finding competitive events and keeping up with the team\u2019s record history, supported by assistant coaches Chris Welch and Jon and Nikki Helms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s looked back at several of the records that have been written down and has been very diligent as we\u2019ve competed to\u00a0see, you know, how our kids are stacking up against past records,\u201d Co-Athletic Director Brad Costello said. \u201cThe track program at Coffee County has been around for a long time, so for any kid to come in and break records is an awesome achievement because there\u2019s been some great athletes who have competed for our track teams in the past,\u201d Costello said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team has not had a home meet this semester due to Rossman\u2019s late start, but Costello said the track team has been very successful \u2013 especially against some of the stronger opponents like Murfreesboro, Riverdale, Oakland, and Stewarts Creek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking about some really, really good athletes and our kids are hanging right there with them,\u201d Costello said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a good year so far.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrack is often considered a smaller sport compared to sports like football and basketball,\u201d Costello said, \u201cand sometimes the athletes in track don\u2019t get the recognition they deserve.\u201d He said he hopes the athletes get the same recognition for their hard work and successes as all of the other sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of good athletes who have competed for Coffee County track teams in the past who\u2019ve been very successful, and I think this year is the same \u2013 a lot of good athletes. They practice hard, they work hard, they compete hard,\u201d Costello said. \u201cThey\u2019ve had a lot of successes this year, so I think really more than anything they\u2019ve just continued, kind of, the tradition that has been set by Coffee County.\u201d GN <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHILE IT may not always be as celebrated as other sports, track and cross country athletes work just as hard \u2013 and at Coffee County Central High School, they are no less successful. Throughout the spring track season multiple athletes have broken school records, and the track teams as a whole have continued their record […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n