The athlete's Perspective: 2017 fall captains

Michelle Perea and Kelete  Sherald 
BMHS Pridetime  Reporters 

NORWALK, CT- As fall season is coming to an end, senior and junior athletes recap their  season. PrideTime reporters Michelle Perea and Kelete Sherald interviewed Cameron Kelly, Olivia Cintron, and Victoria McCaffrey, captains of Brien McMahon’s football, volleyball, and cross country team, to get insight on  their thoughts of the season. 

Cameron Kelly ('18) Football

Kelete:
Being a senior/captain, do you feel like there’s a little bit of more expected out of you than others?

Cameron:
“Of course I feel that way, I was chosen to lead this team out of others. There’s automatically going to be more pressure on me but that’s nothing I wasn’t prepared for. As a role model for this team I am expected to do and execute more things than the basics and those are things I need to achieve.”

Kelete:
Will you miss McMahon football?

Cameron:
“Of course, I will. No matter where I go on in life, whether it’s going on to play college football or being a regular student, nothing can replace the bond that’s built with that family. There has been so many laughs and tears on the field and in the locker room. It isn’t possible to replace those memories. There won't be a day I won’t think about my highschool career where it all started for me.”
"To all the players behind me, don’t take a play for granted. The coaches don’t lie at all when they say time flies.”

Olivia Cintron ('18) Volleyball

Michelle:
What is one thing you’d tell the freshmen that want to come in and play?

Olivia:
“I would tell the freshmen that you definitely need to work on your conditioning before you come to the tryouts because our conditioning is pretty hard. You use more muscles than you would normally use.”

Michelle:
If you could change anything about this season, what would it be?

Olivia:
I think I would change by working smarter not as hard to find more places on the court to get more points, than trying to hit the ball as hard as we can and end up losing points off that.

Michelle:
How is this season different from last year’s?

Olivia:
“Last season we had a powerhouse of an offense, and this year we’ve been working as more of a defensive team instead of just pushing it to the outsides all the time. We’ve been working with our middles and right sides so they can improve as well.”

Victoria McCaffrey ('19) Cross Country

Michelle:
How is this season different from last year’s?

Victoria:
The team I think did really good, especially the underclassmen they did really good this year, and we did really good even though we were missing some of our upperclassmen from last year, so we did really good.
 
Michelle:
Did you improve from last year’s season?

Victoria:
As a team, I think we did about the same, we were pretty constant with the results I think that personally, I did do a lot better this year then I did last year in the few weeks that I ran.

Michelle:
Are you happy with the results from this season? Why or why not?

Victoria:
I am very happy, I am especially proud of the freshman. One of the freshman Amanda got first place in a varsity meet, so that was really cool for her, and the whole team we all did really good a lot of the kids ran varsity and it was really good. I’m proud of the work they did.

McMahon’s sports captains summarized each of their season’s, and share beliefs on how their teams did. Each captain talked about their past, future, and results of the season and gave others an insight of their point of view.

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