Some athletes who take sports seriously spend time out of their days training to be the best they can be. Some students even go to the extent of training all year round in order to get stronger.

Sophomore Alana Rinehart runs all year round running cross country, indoor track and spring track. Rinehart is a former basketball player. When not running, Rinehart likes to lift weights in school and out.

“I like to run all year round because I love the atmosphere of the team, and I just enjoy running. Training all year round sometimes gets hard, but I keep with it, so I can get better at running,” Rinehart said.

Students who also spend a lot of time training all year could potentially have homework and other work they have on top of sports.

The average student spends about 102 minutes each day doing homework on top of doing whatever sport they do.

Sophomore Lucas Sipes practices one or two days a week for wrestling. When not practicing, Sipes either substitutes his training with lifting or running. In order to have enough time to do both training and school work, Sipes considers his school work an “A task.”

“I finish my schoolwork as soon as I get home from practice. I consider it an “A task”, something I need to finish before I get to my fun activities,” Sipes said.

There are some ways to help minimize the amount of time students spend on homework to help give them time to do other activities.

“When teachers give you time in class to finish work, use the time wisely. You may not get finished with the work, but you will have more free time to relax after a tough day,” Sipes said. 

There are some debates on whether being in a sport all season long is beneficial to the athlete or not. Some athletes can get over trained and start to become injured over time.

“I think that it is important to be a multi-sport athlete and play as many sports as you can, so you use many different skills and systems and don’t have overuse injuries,” physical education teacher Thomas Palfey said.

“It can be beneficial to run all year, but also, at the same time, not because I don’t want to get injuries that can affect me,” Rinehart said.