One-on-One with MC State champion Skylar Ciccolini

By rscaife
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Updated: July 28, 2018

Recently, Hometown Sports Editor Kenny Varner caught up with Mifflin County State Champion javelin thrower Skylar Ciccolini for a one-on-one interview.

HS: It was just about a year ago today we met up and talked about your last year’s second place finish and talked about how this year you wanted to finish with a State title. Mission accomplished. Just kind of talk about the year leading up to a return to states.

SC: I changed a couple things in my technique last fall so really I think that was the biggest change. We just worked on that through fall, winter and into the spring. I think that really made a difference in my throwing. Also a couple of smaller things, so it was really tedious at times and it got frustrating because they are really hard to do right and I’m still not there yet but I got a lot closer. I think that’s where the numbers came from.

HS: Just also talk about the different strong performances you had leading up to capturing the State title. You broke a lot of school records, meet records and stadium records along the way. Each time you set a new record you had to have been ecstatic.

SC: I was really happy with my season. It was a lot more consistent. There were a lot better throws at almost every meet instead of just going up and down. So that really made me happy and those records came along with that but I was just super thrilled that I could hit the bigger numbers almost on demand.

HS: Did That also help you as you reached the end of the season confidence wise?

SC: Yes, I would say so. Every bigger meet I go to I gain more confidence and more comfort in just the meets in general. If something goes wrong, if I have to warm up a couple of times it definitely helps. When I get to any meet I feel comfortable in my surroundings.

HS: Starting off the season, the weather didn’t help much for you. There were a lot of bad, cold, rainy weather but you were still getting good throws. Sometimes when you have bad weather and can throw good through it does that help you when you then get a nice day out and throw?

SC: Absolutely, the weather was rough especially when we couldn’t train through we had to stay inside.

That was really hard at the beginning of the season. But being up here (Mifflin County track) there is always a head wind. It’s neat because your always throwing through that and you get used to it. So when go to a track that has no wind or a tail wind it is super easy to throw and you are not even worried about it. So it really helps that if you can find a comfort that you can compete at your best in a situation then you really feel good going into meets.

HS: At the end of the season you kept hitting personal best after Personal best, going into this season what are your goals?

SC:I think there is a distance out there I want to beat. For me it’s 55 meters which is 180 feet and think that is very realistic for me to hit that and that would be my goal. I want to be able to throw 170 feet mark which is 52 meters. I want to be able throw that as easy as I can just all the time so then when the big number happens..who knows! It could be really big.

HS: You made that gold winning throw. You standing on the podium, what were your thoughts?

SC: I was really happy! You just think about all the work you put into it all year. All the stuff nobody sees or nobody thinks about. It really means a lot when you know that all the work I am putting into this is paying off for right now.