Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
Phillip Barnett
NAME: Phillip Barnett
PARENTS: Deb and Jeff Walton
SIBLINGS: I’ve got a brother and a sister; Caleb is 16 and Megan is 28.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: History
FAVORITE SPARE TIME ACTIVITY: Play games and eat.
FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Avenged Sevenfold
FAVORITE MOVIE: End of Watch
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Person of Interest
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? Probably my pellet rifle
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I plan to join the Marines.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO’S HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? HOW? Probably Coach (Steve) Oury; he’s pressured me to run to my fullest abilities and to do good during school.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT TRACK? Just hanging out with my friends and being able to run with them in track events.
EVENT? Mainly, the 800.
WHAT APPROACH DO YOU TAKE TO YOUR EVENT? Just run hard and fast, and don’t think about the pain.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? Doing pretty good.
WHAT’S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON SO FAR? The Bryant meet and we’ve had a lot of people qualify for State. Everybody ran good at Bryant and we were able to win our home meet. That’s always good.
WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT CONFERENCE AND STATE? Just everybody run hard and do their best.
TALK ABOUT YOUR EVENT NOW; WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BIGGEST ASSET? WHAT ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT IN YOUR ABILITY TO DO? It’s all about how I start. If I don’t have a good start, it’s not a good race.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST IN PRACTICE TO IMPROVE ON? Being able to run longer and faster.
WHEN YOU’RE THROUGH RUNNING TRACK AT BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL LOOK BACK AND REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE? All the people that came through and all the good times we had.
