Like most spring sports this season, the Tiger girls track and field team has been doing its best to practice despite limited outdoor space that isn’t snow-covered.

“We have been down this road before,” said head coach Charles Groller, “and will do our best with the facilities we have to prepare our girls for competition and for them to compete at the highest level.”

JUST AS IMPORTANT ... While the team focuses on improving athletically after school each day, it also focuses on time in the classroom before heading to practice.

“As a team, academics are always our number one priority,” said Groller. “When it comes to education and sports at Northwestern Lehigh, this is especially important to all of our athletes. The team works hard, they have a great attitude, and most of all they have fun.

“Our seniors and our experienced returning team members show great and positive leadership in helping new and upcoming, less-experienced athletes. This has been a big plus for us in the last many years in winning championships and being a top contender in the league.”

YOUNG, BUT EXPERIENCED ... Last year’s squad went 9-2 overall and finished third in the Colonial League regular season and third at the Colonial League Championships. While seniors Emily Renner, Courtney Page, Stacy Everett, Hannah Gough, Elizabeth Fornauf and Brooke Devers return for their final campaign, the Tigers will also rely on the youth of the program to match last season’s mark or even better yet surpass it.

Juniors Molly Tarvin, Hannah Herzon, Abigail Chisdak, Gabrielle Sevrain, Maya Hambrick, and Jordan Lowthert, along with sophomores Madeline Consuelos and Alyssa Zack, return adding some varsity experience throughout the field events and on the track as well.

PILLARS FOR SUCCESS ... Groller likes the talent his teamm possesses in most disciplines and looks forward to seeing his athletes improve this season.

“Our areas of strength this season will be in distance, sprints, hurdles, discus, javelin, and triple jump,” he said. “For us to be successful and for us to be a contender in winning the regular season and the league championship, our girls will need to give their personal best at every track meet and in every track event they participate in this season.

“The girls will need to get first place finishes and will need to understand that if they don’t, they will need all of the second & third place finishes they can get in order for us to have the opportunities to win track meets.”