Hawaii track star looks to represent at World Athletics Under-20 Championships

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Hawaii track star looks to represent at World Athletics Under-20 Championships

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Over the years, Hawaii has been well-represented on the Olympic stage, and a young track star could be there very soon.

For the last four years, Destiny Look has been a staple at the top of the podium at any track and field meet across the state.

The Mid-Pacific Institute star has compiled a resume of true excellence —HHSAA Hall of Honor inductee, three-time Gatorade Hawaii Player of the Year, and 18-time state medalist.

It’s hardware that comes with always being locked in when it matters most.

“When you’re up on that line, it’s only you and only you against those other people,” Look said. “Sometimes it gets exhausting and sometimes you get in your head, but I think by being able to break that barrier and just continue and be able to be myself out there.”

She’s proven to be the kind of athlete who can pretty much do anything.

At this year’s state tournament, she won gold in five different events and was a standout on the Owls’ volleyball and soccer teams.

Last month, she won silver in the heptathlon at the USA Track and Field (USATF) Under20 Championship.

“I think by multi-tasking the sports like volleyball and soccer, it all meshes into heptathlon because it’s all different events,” Look said. “You need your arm for javelin, which volleyball, the same kind of motions. You need your legs for running for soccer. You need endurance for soccer for that 800 when you go for the hep.”

Due to her strong finish at nationals, she’ll be representing Team USA at next week’s World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Oregon.

“Looking at their times and scores, it’s like, it’s a whole different level of athleticism,” Look described. “So just being able to go and compete with them and just trying to hang with them is probably my biggest goal. If I place, I place, but I just hopefully want to PR and get a bigger mark going into my collegiate season.”

A collegiate season that’s right around the corner as she starts her freshman year at Southern Methodist University just days after worlds.

At this rate, her dream of joining the U.S. National Team at a Summer Olympics is within sight.

“Patience in this sport is everything,” Look said. “You’re not gonna hit all your best times, you’re not gonna hit your best jump, and there’s gonna be days where you do the worst days of your life … but if you pick your head back up and just keep going, I think that’s the biggest advice that I could give and also just to have fun with it.”