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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMirembe Mubanda was able to speak to this as she has broken numerous records in both her indoor and outdoor track seasons this year. Mubanda stated that even though track is often viewed as an individual sport, the Fieldston team is a very supportive group: \u201cWe often help each other get through \u201cbarriers\u201d and are there to provide a shoulder to lean on.\u201d Mirembe emphasized that \u201cThe team as a whole is really close, and we\u2019ve built a fluid community that doesn’t separate sprinters from long distance runners. This has definitely played a big role in the strong support system the team has built and everyone is able to cohesively work together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked about the future of track and field at Fieldston, Mirembe was very hopeful for what is to come. She states that \u201cI really hope that after I graduate, there will be other girls that come up who run distance and break my records! Running is a sport where people are always getting faster whether that is at the college level or little kids. I\u2019m sure there will be girls who grow up and absolutely smash my records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mirembe\u2019s eager and encouraging outlook towards the coming years of track just goes to show how invested that athletes truly are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gus Ornstein, the director of Fieldston athletics, was also able to weigh in on the track team\u2019s recent success. Gus\u2019s iconic emails have become a staple in the Fieldston community and it’s impossible to go a week without receiving an email titled \u201ctrack update\u201d or \u201ctrack record\u201d in your inbox. He explained how athletes come up to him, excited to have their accomplishments released to the world. Although we can\u2019t always see it (because the emails are purposely sent out in BBC form) the reaction from the student body and faculty is always warm and encouraging. Track is a sport that is little seen on campus; it doesn\u2019t compete on campus like football, baseball, lacrosse, field hockey, swimming, water polo, basketball, tennis or volleyball. Cross country and track runners are usually away in a field or an armory or a stadium. Gus\u2019s emails, therefore, are a way to \u201cbring the Fieldston community to the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gus also made sure to emphasize that the records are now on display on the first floor of the P.E building which has helped increase attention and shine a spotlight on the track team\u2019s accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked about the uniqueness that is the Fieldston track team, Gus stated that \u201cThe coaches have done a really good job of taking what is somewhat of an individual sport and making it a team environment. They are able to get people to buy into what they\u2019re doing and connect with the culture to see that it is a team that does things together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n And it\u2019s not just the track team! Here\u2019s another Ornstein message for the swim team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCongratulations to Misha Maslov, Alden Harting, Morgon Washington-Patterson and Davis Luengthada on breaking the pool record for the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:34:38!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Go Eagles!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s no secret this year that the track team has had a season full of success. It feels like there are emails from Gus Ornstein every day to notify the community of a new record being set. He might as well have them pre scheduled. Here\u2019s a sample: \u201cPlease congratulate Owen Larson for breaking the school record in the 5K with a time of 16:23:20\u201d or \u201cCongratulations to our 4×4 relay team of Juliette Reed,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,438,317],"tags":[],"coauthors":[518],"class_list":["post-7283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slider","category-sport","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/365"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7283"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/hPnj4c24WDFLva2Z5VwLIighQbC3Y_CiRUw3mTlt8FoqNeNm02A-ay1_mqGAsJEj4hKqVJREhTAuUy90bHvEmwEW5rU2eoir7qlV4YSv3uiFmNE9aQxBFLxtnEsslxYqDGFq0evsFr_0JxzzwxdDqg\")