The Woodland Park track and field team has reached the “midseason grind.”

And they’ve done it in remarkable fashion. The Woodland Park HS track team has reached the middle of their season. Coach Grier said

“This is where the athletes have to really focus and grind through practices,” Panthers coach Jeremy Grier said. “In a few more weeks the team will slowly begin a taper that should have them feeling fresh and ready to crush their personal best performances.”

And Grier hopes a lot of that crushing will happen at the state championship meet.

The personal bests have been numerous already this season. Grier said that out of the 46 athletes that have competed this season, there have been 99 personal bests earned.

“That is an incredible number this early in the season,” Grier said.

Twenty-eight athletes have moved into or moved up in the WPHS all-time top 10 list. The track team currently has numerous athletes qualified for state.

“We will have to keep improving our marks if we want to stay qualified, but it is a testament to the hard work of our athletes that many of them are in a good position in the state rankings at this time,” Grier said.

The team will travel to Garry Berry Stadium on April 13th for the Petrelli and Hunt Invitational and then to Rye on the 20th for the Thunderbolt Invitational.