Athletics

Track
Track is a spring sport at Marian. Marian has received three runners up. Marian's Head Coach is Greg Golka, and Assistant Coaches are Josh Hill, Roger Wright, Pat Tompkins and Shawn Gray.  To view the team website please click here.

Coaching and Team Philosophy

We believe that being a part of the Track team should be a positive experience for everyone.  We believe that the key ingredients to make that happen are:  being a part of the team, hard work, dedication to improvement and fun.  We welcome anyone to the team who is willing to live into the expectations of the team.

Feeling like you are an important part of the team and having fun motivates individuals to work hard and to make a commitment to one’s teammates and to one’s self to improve.  Hard work and a commitment to improve leads to individual success.  Success on the individual level makes a team competitive on the state level. SO . . .

TEAM + COMMITMENT + FUN = INDIVIDUAL & TEAM SUCCESS

Team Expectations

1. GIVE 100% EFFORT– you have to push yourself and your body to do things that it hasn’t done before in order to get better.  Everyone, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR ABILITY LEVEL IS, can improve as the season goes along if you work at it.

 2. ATTEND ALL PRACTICES– we have practice everyday from 3:30 p.m. until approximately 5:30 p.m.  If you have excessive unexcused absences, you will be asked to leave the team. This means that doctor’s or other appointments and travel plans must be made around practice time.  Unexcused absences are absences that you yourself did not clear with a coach, or your reason for being absent was not ok’d by the coach(es).  We are willing to work with things that pop up in your life, but we need to know that you are committed to the team and to getting better.  If you need to miss a practice or meet, you need to give Coach Golka a note from your parent stating the reason for the absence.

 3. COMPETE IN AT LEAST THREE MEETS– You will be competing in several meets during the season.  Which meets and how many will depend on your level of talent.  The top three available performers in each event (four in the case of relays) will compete in varsity events.  The “varsity” can and will change throughout the year, so a person who is not in the top three at the beginning of the year may work their way up, and a person who starts the year competing on the varsity level may drop out depending on their performance.

4. BE A LEADER AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING THE TEAM BETTER – When we all work hard to accomplish something, everyone wins.  Peer pressure can persuade people to take the easy way out or it can make  working hard something that is expected.  Winning teams and true competitors thrive in an environment where hard work is encouraged and rewarded.  You can make a difference and demand the best from your teammates and from yourself.

 5. FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES- For uniform care, injury care, absences, competition day/meet routine, etc..  We set these things up to make life smoother for you and for us as coaches.  Stress comes when people don’t know what is going on and the team may suffer when you aren’t where you need to be or when things didn’t get done.
 
6. BEHAVE LIKE MATURE, SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES– Your behavior can have a dramatic effect on the team, positively or negatively.  True athletes listen to coaches’ instructions, treat their teammates with respect, and conduct themselves in a manner expected of a Marian student.  Any behavior or attitude that is harmful to the team will not be tolerated.

 7. HAVE FUN!– Our goal is to make being a part of the Track team a positive experience.  If you work hard, compete well, get better, enjoy and encourage your teammates, this season will be fun.

Marian's Top 5 Track Records

Click here to view the results.

RECORDS ARE BASED ON INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.  IF YOU KNOW OF ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS, PLEASE EMAIL GREG GOLKA (golkag@omahamarian.org).