Personal Narrative: Failure Across My High School Track And Field Career

Jerel Freeman, my track coach once stated “Failure opens the door of opportunity.” Across my high school Track and Field career, I’ve had some failures. Throughout these successes and failures, there was one time that I failed and lost my love for track. By the end of the situation, I was forced to look at the situation as a whole from a different perspective.
A time I experienced failure was last track season. My relay team and I had been growing and learning through every track meet, but personally I had been growing as a team leader; I was the the anchor of the relay which meant that I was the leader of it. The major goal since the beginning of the season was to qualify for state track meet and we were determined to reach our goal. As the