By Cooper Chadwick
Ready for the big meets ahead, Ell-Saline’s senior Garrison Zerger is looking to improve on his fifth place finish last year at the state meet.
Zerger, who is comfortable with performing at big meets, is beyond excited to run Wamego, Rim Rock, Wild Wind Festival, and especially the state meet.
Head coach Paige Goddard also praised Zerger when asked about the Ell-Saline’s senior leader.
“Garrison is a great kid in the classroom and as an athlete,” Goddard said.
Zerger, despite placing 5th at state last year, is still not satisfied and is hoping that his work this summer will help him get to where he wants to go.
Ell- Saline’s senior also understands that to get better you need to be pushed, so this summer he ran more miles than any other summer and ran with people who are better than him so he could continue to improve.
One thing Zerger struggles with is not finishing his races as hard as he would like, so he made that a focus for this summer.
“Upping my weekly mileage as well as incorporating longer strength training workouts,” Zerger said.
In hopes of continually getting better Zerger is wanting to set a personal best at almost every course this year so that he can be prepared to run a personal best at state and break into that top three spots.
