Within the WS community there are many standout star athletes but there are also a few that go unrecognized. One of these students is John Seals, a junior who is in his third year on the WS Track and Field team.

Over the past two years he has become a highly decorated athlete in several events, but most noticeably in the high jump.

As a sophomore he qualified for states in the high jump. In Indoor track he placed 15^th and in Outdoor season he placed 13^th. This past winter he qualified once again and placed fifth, making him one of the team’s four all-state athletes. After states he moved on to nationals in New York City where he participated in the championship high jump event and placed eighth.

As for the current spring season, Seals has his goals set and is already on his way to success. In the first meet of the season he qualified for the high jump at states.

“I would like to high jump at least six-eight, and I would like to state qualify in the 300 hurdles,” said Seals.

With all of his incredible achievements, Seals has been contacted by numerous college coaches in hopes of recruiting him to continue the sport in college. He has decided to take advantage of these opportunities and do so.

“I’ve considered my options, but I haven’t actually made any decisions or chosen any in particular yet,” said Seals.

Both of Seals’ parents were high jumpers, but coming into high school he wasn’t set on doing track.

“I knew I wanted to do a sport in high school, and it was between track and baseball,” said Seals.

His parent’s didn’t push him to do track; instead he came to the decision on his own.

The track program certainly got lucky in getting Seals because not only has he set new school records, but he played an important role in helping the boys’ team win the Indoor District Championship. He scored 20 of the 106 points that the team accumulated at the meet.

Seals has a reputation on the track team of being incredibly humble and a great team player. He doesn’t focus primarily on his own individual events like many athletes of his caliber do.

“It is very friendly and I actually enjoy coming here. Not because of the workouts, but because of the people,” said Seals.