By Matt Browning
Campus High School’s Colton Brown has multiple first time experiences during the track season and it’s been a blast for the senior.
“So far, this season the most exciting thing was definitely running the 4×400 for the first time,” Brown said. “Having your whole team cheer and yell at you like that was definitely different. But I did surprise myself with my time in the 300 meter hurdles. I thought I would’ve been a lot slower than a 47.5.”
Most track athletes focus on speed and endurance to prepare for the season, but Brown had a unique way to get his body in shape for track.
“Throughout the off season I participated in powerlifting which helped my strength out and through that I also trained in some plyometrics, which helped my acceleration and explosiveness,” Brown said.
There are multiple goals Brown hopes to accomplish for both himself and the Colts, with potentially more on the way.
“Overall goals for myself would be to break into the lower 44 second area in the 300 and break into the mid to low 16 second area in the 110 hurdles,” Brown said. “If something else pops up through the season, then I’ll probably add it to the list, but it’s too soon to tell. As for team goals, I’m really just hoping that we have more people reach state.”
