Change is for the better.

I️ am one of the six junior girls on our cross country team and I️ have been with those girls since sixth grade. In five years, so much has changed but the one thing that hasn’t is the friendship and the special bond between us. If it wasn’t for cross country I️ would not have known these girls or be able to call them my best friends. We have celebrated many wins and learned from many losses. We have had countless sleepovers and adventures as well as several weeks spent together at cross country camp. The six of us have have gone through so much and in the five years of our friendship, so much has changed. 

Change has been both positive and negative for us. Since middle school, all six of us (and the rest of our team of course) has gotten so much stronger and faster. Together, we have worked hard for so many seasons and have trained to become stronger mentally and physically. It is unbelievable to look back and see the positive change running has had on all of us. We spend so much time together and our team is like a family and we go through everything together and we do not let anyone fall behind. That’s why when there was a change, that was not the most positive on our team, having that family was important. When our coach was going through a problem with our school district, our team stayed together. We supported each other and stayed close to each other. There is still more change to come, but we will handle it as a team and as a family and in a couple years we will look back and remember the memories we made and then lessons we learned because when things change, it’s for the better.

- Sarah Gingrich ( @sarahcgingrich )