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~ Team Strides to

~ Records

a records for the cross country race.
·k eith m. wingert·
It was a year of firsts and new runner ever to finish first at this

The next two big meets were
team. According to Coach
Mike Neemann, the team was Metro and Districts. The runners
~ one of the best he has ever had a disappointin g finish at
coached because they were Metro; however. they respond-
able to accomplish the goals ed with an impressive finish at
set at the beginning of the sea- the District meet. "It was a
u son . great way to bounce back,
"Our goals were to have
both girls and boys qualify for
State and to improve every
"Just to be there and run·
meet." said Junior Steve Van
Buren . ning in the State Meet
The season began at the made all the time and ef.
Ralston Invitational. The boys tort worthwhile.''
and girls finished seventh and -SeniorS. Piekarczyk
sixth and were led by Senior
Blaise Willis . The girls were led by because we pulled together as
Sophomore Ginny Hoefer. a team and qualified for
The next day at the Burke Un- State," said Senior Shawn Nel·
derclassman Meet, the fresh- son . The girls team finished sec-
man girls team consisting of Jill ond and were led by Hoefer
Schaefer, Natasha Mohlman, and Freshman Jill Schaefer. The
Shaynel Davis, and Heather boys were led by Willis and Ju-
Melonis set a school record by nior Jeff Lagrone.
finishing in first place. Another The team concluded their
record was set that day by season at the State meet. Even
Sophomore Jessica Klotz by though the girls and boys teams
becoming the first lady mus- placed tenth and twelfth re-
tang to ever win an individual spectively, the runners thought
race. just being at State was worth it.
The next highlight of the sea- " Just to be there and runn ing in
son occurred at the Lincoln the State Meet made all the
High Invitational. The teams ran time and effort worthwhile,"
slowly on the hilly course, but said Senior Steve Piekarczyk. 1
Willis became the first mustang

Juniors Jeremy Millen and
Ben Gilbert dash for the finish line
at the Metro cross country meet. (M.
Bruning)
Flexibility is extreme-
ly important to the cross country
runners. Here Junior Steve Van Buren
stretches before the Millard Invitational.
(R. Adwers)

Running together was a
goal of the team. senior Tam-
my Waller and Freshman Jill Schaefer
run together at the Millard Meet. (M.
Mundy)