“My biggest achievement in sports was when my teammates and I placed second at a track and field invitational. I am on the JV team, and we ran the 4×400, which is a relay with four people, and we each ran 400 meters or one lap. I ran it with a group that our coach, Kristen Witt, put us in – Taylor Phillips, Celia Freed and Megan Cauley. I was proud of us when we placed second place with a time of 5:03.05. This was also a big moment for me because last year, I didn’t get a season with COVID. During my freshman year, I was hesitant about trying out for the team at first, and we didn’t get much of a season because of the pandemic. [That’s why] when someone asks for advice about starting track, I just tell them not worry about it because once they start going to the practices, they will see that it’s not as scary as people make it out to be.” – Betina Ivanova, 11