Haskin Expertly Juggles Two Spring Sports for Anchor Bay

Think being a two-sport varsity athlete is tough?

Try playing two varsity sports in the same season!

That's exactly what junior Olivia Haskin is doing this spring.

Haskin plays midfield for the varsity soccer team and is one of the primary distance runners on the varsity track and field team. She gives 100 percent effort for both teams and it shows. This week in the team's quarterfinal match again L'Anse Creuse North. In track, she was on the two-mile relay team last year that went to the state meet. Haskin ran 2:28 for her portion of the relay.

All coaches involved are supportive of Haskin's ambition and are patient, encouraging and have a lot to say about this special student athlete.

"Olivia is an amazing young lady," Anchor Bay girls track and field assistant coach Leslie Hawkins said. "She is hard-working, has a great work ethic, dedicated and always supports her team. She is a very respectful young woman and is nonselfish. She always wants the best out of herself and her teammates. She is for sure a 'lead by example' student athlete. Her family, school, and sports are very important to her and her performances in the classroom as well as on the track show it.  Olivia was on our two-mile relay team last year that went to the state meet. We look forward to having her on our team again next year when she is a senior."

"Olivia is good with the ball at her feet, she reads the game well and has a great touch on the ball," Anchor Bay soccer coach Kevin Grammens said. "She plays smart and seems to make playing the outside mid look easy. She challenges herself academically and athletically and she also volunteers in the community. Olivia has a very bright future ahead of her and will excel in any field that she chooses.  It's great for us that she's only a junior!"

"Olivia is a very focused student athlete," Anchor Bay track coach Dan Campbell said. "She has set goals for herself for high school and beyond and is working very hard toward those goals. She is dedicated, a hard worker and very mature in her approach to her goals. She is an excellent student and besides also being a good athlete she is a 'good kid'. She is always upbeat, fun to be around and very enjoyable to coach. I wish she only ran track and field because we don't see a lot of her. But she probably couldn't sit still long enough to only be in one sport. She is a great kid and I have enjoyed having her as a member of our track and field team."