As a back-to-back singles tennis state champion, Sofia Acuna is making her case for being one of the all-time great OKCPS student-athletes. In this student-athlete interview, the Classen SAS senior-to-be discusses the importance of sports and academics in her life.
The 2022-2023 school year has come to an end, but the finish line is nowhere in sight for the Simon Greiner Track & Field Program. Even after increasing student-athlete participation by more than 300% in the last year and raising the level of competition, there’s still more work to be done. More kids to coach. More opportunities to create. More lives to impact.
On March 7th, the Simon Greiner Track & Field Program packed 300 students from 10 OKCPS middle schools into Star Spencer's Twidwell Stadium for the 2023 OKCPS Middle School Track Clinic. Coaches and athletes from OCU, Douglass, Classen SAS, U.S. Grant, OCS, and Be Bold Running helped run the clinic and set a great example for these young athletes to look up to.
Symone Talley is a second-generation OKCPS student-athlete. In this Why We Care interview, the Classen SAS High School at Northeast softball player talks about why sports and Oklahoma City Public Schools are so important to her and her family.
Star Spencer graduates Ayana and Duce Talley care because they grew up playing sports in OKCPS and now their daughters are learning the same life lessons they did more than 20 years ago.
In this OKCPS student-athlete interview, we chat with Aiden Kirkpatrick, a cross-country runner at Classen SAS High School at Northeast, about the importance of running in his life.
In this Coach's Corner interview, we talk to Classen SAS High School at Northeast's Carsen Moon about his decision to become a cross country coach and how he has been able to grow the sport and keep his athletes motivated in the middle of a pandemic.
