CASEY GARRISON South Korea - Though they run nearly every day for physical training, more commonly known as PT, Soldiers from Warrior Country came to the Casey Garrison's Schoonover Bowl June 5 to put their speed and skills to the test at the Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Track and Field Championship.
The event featured five field events and 14 track events for the 131 Soldiers and civilians who participated.
"FMWR sports put together a lot of five-kilometer runs and 10-kilometer fun runs, but I think it was a great idea to have a track and field competition because it offers something for everyone to do," said David Smith, Headquarters and Headquarters Support Company, Division Support Troops Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. "The events were catered to people who like sprinting and people who enjoy distance runs, and I think that is important to have for Soldiers stationed here in Korea."
Smith said he attended to support his Soldiers. Others felt the same way.
"I love running the relays and I wanted to share my passion by creating a relay team with my Soldiers," said Stanley Mitchell, coach of B Company, DSTB.
Mitchell and his team won the 4x100 relay in 47.82. Smith, who ran the third leg of the relay explained his team's success.
"It all comes down to the first leg of the race," he said. "Our guy came out of the blocks and took the lead early and all we had to do was maintain that lead by making good handoffs with the baton."
"Before the event, we were rushing around, doing the handoff of the baton because it is so important," said George Chandler, who ran the second leg of the 4x100 relay for the team.
Smith later won the 100-meter dash in the men's senior division in 11.69. John Caldwell ran it in 11:40, nearly three hundreths of a second faster. Lashavia Prather recorded the fastest 100-meter time of the day in 14.66.
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