Fun Fact: Speed begins to detrain in 3-8 days of neglect. Think about this as you structure your weekly training schedule. If you’re only committing to 1 speed day per week, you might be maintaining at best.

Congratulations to the WEST WILKES BLACKHAWKS 2025 Foothills 2A Men’s Track & Field Conference Champions -154 points. -12 PRs. -4 Individual Champs. -1 Relay Champion (4x200) -16 podium finishes. -Back-to-back Indoor & Outdoor Titles. We didn’t overtrain. We didn’t grind

“I've never found in my whole life that you could convince someone who doesn't want to work hard to work hard.” ~Steve Jobs Most coaches don’t understand this. They PUSH their athletes. It’s a daily grind of forcing kids to do HARD WORK. The key is to create an environment

“Speed comes from the ability to apply the right amount of force, in the right amount of time, in the right direction.” -Cameron Josse Speed in football isn’t just a weight room flex , it’s a weapon of precision violence. You can bench 400, but if you can’t explode off the line,

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Kids will run plays for a coach who cares about the sport. They will run through walls for a coach who actually cares about the person.

Congrats to the West Wilkes Blackhawk boys, 2026 Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Indoor Conference Champs. We didn’t chase a trophy, we chased the standard, with ruthless effort in every event. Control what you can control and let the outcome take care of itself! #FeedTheCats

Speed buys time. Time buys options. Speed steals space. Space is the currency of sport. -Winners Win. #FeedTheCats

Sometimes a bad performance is life asking you one hard question: are you soft, or are you serious about what you are doing? Anybody can feel good when it’s easy. The individuals people remember are the ones who take a hard day, choke the excuses out of it, and turn it into fuel.

“Good players want coached. Great players you can’t coach them enough, they want more, more, more. Inconsistent players want to be coached on their terms”

1st home meet of the season long jump 20’10 high jump 5’8 Dustin Wright App State T&F/XC Mark Herman

The greatest thing track and field ever gives a kid is not a medal, a record, or a scholarship. It gives him the habit of facing the truth. And once a young person learns to face the truth about his effort, his discipline, his body language, and his preparation, you have given

Another great meet close to a new pr of 21’6 but scratched best mark 20’9 gonna keep working Dustin Wright

The West Wilkes boys track & field team dominated our meet at Starmount HS on 4/2/26, we scored 134 total points for a clear first place finish! We had an impressive 31 individual PR day! - Winners Win!

Track & field is one of the last places in a school where the football captain, the valedictorian, the band kid, the wrestler, and the quiet kid who never thought he belonged can all wear the same jersey. Track does not care what a kid’s last name is, how much money he has, what