By Cooper Chadwick
As the sprint captain for Valley Center high school, junior Kinsley Plumer qualified for state in triple jump, 100 M hurdles and pole vault.
Plumer spends a lot of her offseason with the WSU Shocker Track Club to improve her form and get a different perspective of coaching.
“I want to improve on my form and preparations for meets. there will always be things to improve on while doing such technical events. also to improve my mental state before I go compete is a must,” Plumer said.
This season Plumer was excited to keep breaking school records and personal records and to always perform at the highest level possible
“I love seeing how my hard work pays off and celebrating my accomplishments with my coaches and teammates,” Plumer said.
As the sprints captain, Plumer is one of the main leaders for the hornets.
“I help set up and put away equipment for workouts. I also meet with the head coach once a week to talk about the workouts and the team’s morale. we also plan hang outs to get the team bonded better,” Plumer said.
To do so well this season, Plumer had big goals at the start of the season.
“Individual goals were to get all new PR’s in my events, specifically for hurdles my goal was to stay 80 percent or greater of my times to be in the 15 seconds. For pole vault it was to get inverted and to stay connected to my pole better, and for triple jump, I wanted to keep my chest up and improve my third phase,” Plumer said.
