The Summit League Championships are always an opportunity to showcase what athletes are really made of in high-pressure moments.
The Kansas City indoor Track and Field team has this opportunity Feb. 27-28 in North Dakota. This event is different from the regular season races, with more pressure and noise, which requires more preparation.
“A lot of recovery, making sure I’m getting in the training room to take care of my body,” said Graduate Student Juliana Luperico. She totaled a season-best long jump mark of 4.69 meters at the Jayhawk Spring Fling last season.
“In our training schedules and practices, we are focusing more on ploys and technical things, ” said Luperico.
The keys to success are found in the smallest of details. Focusing on techniques for better strides and motion.
To the recovery side of things, making sure athletes’ bodies are flexible and agile enough to compete with the best the Summit League has to offer.
Putting the indoor Track and Field team in the best positions for success.
The Summit League always has tons of talent in the athletic world, but many of those students are academically talented as well.
Something the Roos indoor Track and Field team takes pride in.
“When communicating with our professors and classmates, we have to work on exams and quizzes early, around the time of us being gone, said Luperico. “Finishing work beforehand and hitting deadlines.”
Some of the team emphasized what it means to be a student-athlete.
“Many of us usually do school work on the bus ride or hotel rooms when we have free time to make sure we’re still turning stuff in on time,” said Luperico.
Despite all the pressure leading up to the Summit League Championship, the Roos show real poise on and off the track and field as students and athletes.
Watch the Summit League Championship here.
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