“Projected Top 2012 Iowa High School Track & Field Athletes” Interview – Erin Hawkins, senior, Des Moines Roosevelt High School
1. When & how did you get started in track & field? I started running the summer after fourth grade with Track Iowa. I loved the sport and I’ve been doing it ever since!
2. Person/people most influential to your success in track & field? My Parents! They always push and encourage me to do my best, on my good and bad days.
3. Your favorite track & field event(s)? 200m dash and 4x100m relay
4. Your track & field event coach(es)? Brianne Burns (Head Coach) and Kim Carson (Personal Coach/Trainer)
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5. Keys to your successful track & field training program? God has blessed me with this talent, along with a great family, coach, and team that are always supportive and there for me.
6. Your favorite track & field meet? Drake Relays, because it is a meet that includes not only high school, but also college and pro athletes. It’s nice to be able to watch the other athletes run, and see what I can look forward to if I keep running and training hard. I also like it because I think that it brings out the true talent in high school track and field because it is not divided into classes (1A, 2A…).
7. Track & field athlete(s) you most enjoy competing against? Hannah Stouffer, Jalynn Roberts-Lewis, Agnes Sayeh and Ashlee Downs. I have had the chance to train with all four of these girls, and I love competition within the team, and also being able to be friends after the finish line no matter what happens.
8. Your greatest experience in track & field so far? Being a part of the RHS track team, because we have grown so close! We are more like a family rather than just being a group of girls running together. I think this is why the team is able to compete so well as a whole.
9. Goals for the 2012 track & field season? My goals for this year are to win the state meet and Drake Relays in four events each, help RHS win the state meet as a team, and take down Natasha Kaiser-Brown’s school records in the 100m, 200m, and 400m dashes.
10. Long-term goals in track & field? For now my goal is to take track a step at a time and to focus on where I am right now. I hope that this will prepare me for wherever track ends up taking me.