For Lauren Poole '17, that's four Wilbraham & Monson Academy Spring Track records . . . and counting.
Lauren set her second Academy mark of the season and fourth for her career April 27 when she won the 100-meter dash in 12.84, topping Shae Clark's 2013 record of 13.00.
"I feel so accomplished to have four records," Lauren said. "It feels amazing."
Lauren set the school mark earlier in the season in the long jump. She had the best throw in the shot put in school history a year ago, and was a member of the record-setting 4x100 relay team from 2013.
In the April 27 meet at Northfield Mount Hermon, which also included Williston Northampton School, Lauren faced stiff competition from the starting gun to the finish line, convincingly crossing first by .30.
"At that race, I had tough competition to push me," Lauren explained. "I had three other girls who were right with me and that pushed me to go faster and faster and pushed me to get the record."
Lauren ran a hand-held time of 12.6, which calculates to a 12.84. Her previous best hand-held time was a 13.09, meaning she ran nearly a half-second faster in her record-setting performance.
"It feels great to be healthy," said Lauren, who couldn't run last season due to injury. "That's what I've been hoping for."
"Lauren was injured a little bit last year so we weren't able to see a lot of progress in her," Coach Paul Ekness said. "But this year she came into the season healthy, and pretty much everything she's competing in she is getting personal bests every competition. It's exciting for her to have two school records so early in the season when we still have a lot of the season ahead of us."
Lauren hopes to break the discus record this season as well.