Track and Field
by Tracy Wells

The wind in your hair, legs burning, arms pumping, trying to get ahead, doing everything it takes to win the race…but what if the real race isn’t run on a track?

What if the thing you’re actually chasing is…your future?

It’s the last track meet of the year and as the athletes warm up for their events, they contemplate what lies ahead—for some it’s having enough extracurriculars or wracking up followers on social media or getting up the courage to ask their crush to prom.

But for others, more serious obstacles lie ahead, and they’re much harder to jump over than a bunch of aluminum hurdles—from worries about leaving high school, to family troubles, to vicious rumors, to long distance relationships.

Through a series of interconnected scenes, TRACK AND FIELD speaks to the fears and dreams of students leaving high school behind and making their way into the world, and reminds us all that sometimes the finish line is just the beginning.