For Lisa Haag and her daughter Sophie this would be considered their definition of mother-daughter time.

"It’s been a work in progress in terms of how we separate the two and that was really important for us very early on", says the Calvary Christian head track coach..

As the Head Coach of the Calvary Christian track team Lisa and Sophie, a Junior, enjoy a rare relationship, and Sophie loves it. .

"Going in to it you would kind of figure there is going to be some challenges, trying to balance the dynamics of having your mom as your coach at practice and trying to keep that separate but I honestly wouldn’t change it for anything.", says the Junior.

From the time she won her first race, Sophie was hooked and in 6^th grade she began running on the varsity team at Calvary Christian.

For Lisa, this has been a successful partnership. The ladies are all business at school and don't talk track at home.

Sophie entered in some of the toughest meets in the state and quickly made a name for herself in the 100, becoming one of Florida’s top runners.

Maybe the toughest thing to balance for Lisa at times as Sophie’s success continues to rise is the emotion between Mother and Coach at the meet.

"I’ve stopped cheering as loud simply because of how embarrassing it is when I go and watch the videos later" says Lisa with a smile. 

Sophie benefits from a track family, her mom ran track at Penn State and her dad was a sprinter. Recently she won the 100 and 200 Meter at Districts and finished second in the 400, qualifying in all three for regionals.

Her performance at districts earned her the girls MVP scoring award for girls..

it’s moments on the track like these  the past three years that mother and daughter will miss the most when Sophie graduates and heads off to college next spring.

She still has not made up her mind were she will go next Spring, with a lot of schools clamoring for her abilities. Good news? she doesn't have to decide just yet.