Q & A with head girls track coach Quincy Wilkins

March 1, 2016

A girls’ track runner warms up for practice in Billy Henderson Stadium track. The team’s first meet was on Feb. 27 at Archer High School. “ We have a lot of ninth and 10th graders so the experience was tremendous for them. They did a pretty good job for their first meet,” head girls track coach Quincy Wilkins said. Photo by Johanna Hall.

By ANEESA CONINE-NAKANO – Digital Managing Editor

Head girls track coach Quincy Wilkins discusses the the first meet of the season, which was on Feb. 27 and how the team is improving for upcoming meets.

Digital Managing Editor Aneesa Conine-Nakano: How do you think the (meet at Archer High School) went?

Head girls track coach Quincy Wilkins: It went pretty good. You know we have a young team so the girls were wide open and it was just a new experience. We have a lot of ninth and 10th graders so the experience was tremendous for them. They did a pretty good job for their first meet. We had some good showings.

ACN: What do you think the girls and the whole team learned from the meet?

QW: I just think since their were a lot of good teams that have won state titles, girls who were All-American for school. So what I think it will take for them to get better is to compete on that level. It’s not middle school anymore since we do have a young team, but being able to compete a varsity level, at the top of your game, being able to come to practice every day ready to work hard and when Saturday comes, it will be easy.

ACN: How are you preparing the girls for the next meet?

QW: Just pushing them a little bit harder than before since they have that first meet under the belt so upping the ante, lowering our times (and) pushing them a little harder than we had before.

ACN: How do you think the team can improve most?

QW: Go into practice ready to work hard, ready to give it all for the time we are out here, the hour, hour and a half we have practice. The girls come in here ready to work. I think that’s the main thing, having that positive attitude, like “Yes, I’m here. I’m ready to get better for the next meet” until the end of the season.

Aneesa Conine-Nakano

Aneesa Conine-Nakano is a senior and the co-Editor-in-Chief of the ODYSSEY Media Group. Previously, Conine-Nakano has served as the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor and Web Master of ODYSSEY Online. Conine-Nakano is passionate about multimedia journalism and strives to make the ODYSSEY’s online presence interactive, informative and engaging. She has presented about digital storytelling at the National Scholastic Press Association, Southern Interscholastic Press Association and Georgia Scholastic Press Association conferences for the last three years. Outside of journalism, Conine-Nakano plays on the varsity golf team, plays cello in the Athens Youth Symphony and is the president of CCHS’ Women in STEM club.