- June 5On to the next
- May 22The fun in finance
- May 22Photo of the Week - May 22
- May 22Spring in action: A look into West's 2026 spring sports season
- May 21French en route
- May 19Sarah Johnson
- May 19Crime, class and consequence
- May 18Athletes of West - Alexander Berryhill
- May 15What Happens Next
- May 15An empty table
![Junior TJ Polack sprints toward the finish line at the annual Parkway Quad 5K. He led a victory for his team in the junior varsity race, finishing in first place. “I've been loving cross country a lot more. Running was never something I was too particularly good at, and it’s been something I really wanted to change over the course of my high school career. Coming from middle school, I found it a little embarrassing how slow I was, so I made it a point that I didn't want to feel that way [again],” Polack said. (Photo courtesy of Kristen Witt)](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2Z5A4069-e1730905764169-751x1200.jpg)
![Reaching new heights, Watts sprints the 300 meter hurdles at the 2023 Northwest Invitational track meet. With her best time at 48.27 seconds, Watts qualified for the 2022 MSHSAA Track and Field State Championships and placed 11th as a junior. “My greatest accomplishment is competing at [the state championships]. I remember breaking two personal records at Conference and medaling in all of my events and feeling on top of the world. I knew at that moment that I had a chance to go to state. My favorite track memory is running the 300 hurdles at sectionals and getting fourth, barely making it to state. I remember finishing the race and running toward my hurdles coach [Kat] Briggs and yelling ‘Did I make it? Did I make it?’ She gave me the biggest smile and hug and said I made it to state,” Watts said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cece-1.jpeg)
![With the sun setting in the background, English ASC Kristen Witt and her husband, Aaron Witt, wear matching team shirts for the Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Sculpting Festival. In 2021, they ran out of time for matching team shirts and instead wore ‘West is Best’ shirts, while in 2022, they made custom couple shirts. “This year, [Aaron] decided to have them made. On the front, it said ‘Team Witt,’ and on the back, it had ‘24,’ for how many years we have been married, and it [reads], ‘24 years of playing in the sand together,’” Kristen said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20221112_174031-1-Edited-900x675.png)
![As their first sand sculpture competition ends, English ASC teacher Kristen Witt and her husband capture their creation standing tall. The two had only taken one lesson before participating in the amateur division 2021. “We had a moat that came over and out of our sandcastle, and it collapsed. We kept trying to rebuild and rebuild it, [but] that part didn't work. We had to do something else, so we built a smaller bridge that went over. It wasn't how we wanted it to be, but we did our best,” Kristen said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20211113_142559-1-e1677454999372-675x900.jpg)
![Shoveling sand into the first form of their sculpture, English ASC teacher Kristen Witt works with her husband, Aaron Witt, as partners in their second sand-sculpting competition. Over the years, Aaron has learned to take his wife’s suggestions and put them into reality, but regarding sandcastle-making, he also was interested. “I think [sandcastles] can be remarkable. It's so simple. [It is] essentially [only] sand; it's hard to believe that the stuff that crumbles through your fingers and toes can somehow form into giant structures. The idea of learning how to do that, and the tricks and tips, were pretty interesting,” Aaron said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20221112_100052-1-e1677455008439-506x900.jpg)
![Rounding the home stadium, Beveridge trains with alumni Zeke Hathaway in his junior cross-country season. A personal tradition initially sparked Beveridge’s win. “Every year around Thanksgiving, I decide to run the farthest I have ever run. Two years ago, I ran a half-marathon unofficially. The next year I ran 14 miles with [Hathaway], and last year [Hathaway] and I ran 17. So this year, I signed up for a full marathon. It’s all for fun, but ultimately I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it, especially because people doubt I can.”](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/luke-3.jpeg)
![Freshman Brenden Porter relaxes after competing in the Stan Nelson Invitational Saturday, Sept. 11. “I was proud of myself for doing a good job. Also, [I have] respect for all the other [runners], because it’s definitely not an easy thing to do,” Porter said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/porterfin.jpg)
![Freshman Brenden Porter relaxes after competing in the Stan Nelson Invitational Saturday, Sept. 11. “I was proud of myself for doing a good job. Also, [I have] respect for all the other [runners], because it’s definitely not an easy thing to do,” Porter said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_3873-1-900x600.jpg)
