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A big percentage of an
a t h l e t e's perform- Finishing a performance
was a big weight off every athlete's
ance is mental attitude. Sophomore shoulder. Junior Steve Shirmang heaves
Mike Stemm prepares himself for the the weight off his shoulder at the Burke
400-meter dash as he waits for the Invitational. (M Bruning)
starting gun. (K. Schwarting)
Athletes learned t hat
patience is a vir tue while being at oil- After a third place victory
day track meets. Senior Jason Jimi nez in the triple jump , Junior Brian Vaske
waits for his next event at the Colum- walks triumphantly away. (L. De wey)
bus Invitational. (L. Dewe y)
Team Gives
Coaches Pleasant
Surprise
·Steve van buren-
As last year's track coaches jump), 1600-meter relay (Jason
looked forward to this year's Young, Jeremy Millen, Troy Nis-
team, a worried expression ap- sen , Bryan Cranny), 400-meter
peared on their faces. Fifteen relay (Rob Ehle , Larry Hovorka,
members of the varsity would Jason Peters, Jason Jiminez),
be graduating, and only three and the 1600-meter relay
underclassmen would be re- (Brian Vaske, Scott Heaney,
turning. "It looked like it would Andreas Stabno, Bryan Cran-
be a rebuilding year" said ny). In their qualifying run , the
coach Mike Neemann. 1600-meter relay also set a
However, the athletes had new school record of 3:24.9
something else in mind. They According to Neemann, the
finished their season with a 3-1 new, rubberized track helped
dual record, and they also the team out a lot. It kept injur-
ranked fourteenth at Metro, ies to a minimum.
fifth at Districts and qualified six Whether it was the new track
for State. or the spirit of the team, the
St ate quali fiers were Dan Mustangs pulled off a wining
Kubic ki (d iscus), Blaise Willi s season. •
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