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the highland park landmark | February 22, 2018 | 27
Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Allison Antman
This Week In ...
Giants Athletics
Boys Basketball
■Feb. ■ 28 - at Hoffman Estates Regional vs.
Warren, 7 p.m.
Girls Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 24 - at Thornton Township,
10 a.m.
Boys Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 23 - at University of Wisconsin-
Parkside vs. Antioch, 5 p.m.
■March ■ 1 - at Glenbrook South, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Hockey
■Feb. ■ 24 - vs. Loyola (Mt. Prospect Ice
Arena), 7 p.m.
Allison Antman is a senior at Highland
Park High School and runs both crosscountry
and track and field events.
How did you get started running
cross-country and track?
So, kind of weird story. I got running
playing soccer ... I loved soccer, it was
my favorite sport. My dad always told
me that I was a really quick runner. I was
so important to the team because no one
was able to catch me when I had the ball.
... I decided to join the cross-country
team because I thought it would condition
me for soccer ... so now I’ve just
stuck with it and now here I am.
Why do you love running crosscountry
and track?
The word you could call it is personal.
Yeah, you’re competing against everyone
else but the part that is so cool is that I have
records that I keep for myself. I know my
best times in all of the events I run. Each
time I run that I try and beat that time.
What is the most challenging part
of the sport?
It’s time consuming, but so is every other
sport. It’s hard to be mentally strong. It’s
really easy to give up. All you’re doing is
running straight and turning left. That’s
all the sport is. No skill required. It’s really
hard to tell yourself during a race to
keep moving your legs.
What was a memorable moment
during your running career?
This is kind of silly, it’s not a great memory,
but my freshman year we were at a
conference meet and I was in a relay. It
was during one of the exchanges, one girl
was handing (the baton) off to the next
person. She accidentally threw the baton.
The baton caught air and went to the
other side of the track. Your first instinct
is to follow the baton and pick it up, but
then she ran to get it, she ran into the girl
in the lane next. It was kind of a crash.
It’s not the best, but it’s the funniest.
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What is your go-to pump-up song?
I listen to Beyonce, like any song. It
always puts me in a good mood.
What is your favorite food?
Hands down ice cream, I can eat ice
cream any time of the day.
If you could travel anywhere in the
world, where would you go?
I want to go to the Amazon and go on an
adventure around the Amazon.
What is something on your bucket
list you want to do?
I want to swim with sharks. Everyone
thinks I’m crazy when I say that.
What is your favorite professional
athlete?
My family is from Argentina so we grew
up watching soccer, so by default my
favorite athlete is Lionel Messi.
What is one thing people don’t
know about you?
I really don’t like mushrooms.
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