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Girls ' Track had it all this  sea-
                                                                                  son :  the endurance it took, the dedi-
                                                                                  cation they needed, an undefeated
                                                                              ..   season, and a first  Millard team ever to
                                                                                  take Metro.
                                                                                             State brought two state
                                                                                  champs,including Senior  Unhwa Run-
                                                                                  ning in  shot put.Senior Ginny Hoefer,
                                                                                  along with Freshman Elisa  Koch,Sopho-
                                                                                  mores Kathy Kearns  and Andy Felton
                                                                                  took the 3200  relay. As  a  team, the
                                                                                  mustangs walked away with a second
                                                                                  place victory.
                                                                                         As  usual, Hoefer crushed the
                                                                                  competition, and she qualified for the
                                                                                  All -Academic team. Criteria was a 3.0
                                                                                  average and placement in  an indi-
                                                                                  vidual or  relay at Metro. The relay team
                                                                                  including Hoefer,  Koch,  Felton,  and
                                                                                  Kearns slammed the Metro win setting
                                                                                  a  new school record. Hoefer's  other
                                                                                  titles included three 3200 individuals at
                                                                                  the Millard South Invite.  ''I'm not very
                                                                                  satisfied with  settling for average," said
                                                                                  Hoefer.
                                                                                          The  girls  also  repeated as  A-2
                                                                                  champions at Districts , where about 11
                                                                                  girls  qualified for state.  Junior Jenny
                                                                                  Reinke leaped to first  in the 300 hurdles
                                                                                  with a new school records, and was first
                                                                                  in  the 1 00  high hurdles. Running took
                                                                                 _first  in shot put and second in  discus.
                                                                                          Reinke  was also a  three time
                                                                                  winner atthe Millard South ll'}v itational.
                                                                                  She  set  two meet records in  winning
                                                                                  the 100 high hurdles. Reinke led  off  the
                                                                                  winning 400  relay team of Juniors Tras i
                                                                                  Martin,  Sarah Sinclair,  and Senior
                                                                                  Megan Wise .
                                                                                          Another first-t ime win was the
                                                                                  Norfolk Invitational. Kearns  took both
                                                                                  the 3200  and 1600  runs .  Also , Martin
                                                                                  won second in the long jump. The 3200
                                                                                  relay of Kearns,  Koch,  Felton,  and
                                                                                  Hoefer again placed first.
                                                                                         However, all the talent was only
                                                                                  part of the team's success.  It  took
                                                                                  discipline!  Said  Sophomore Stacy
                                                                                  Molacek, "Track truly taught us so much
                                                                                  about how to get to that level we need
   eading the relay at a JV meet are Sophomores                                   to win!"
   iffany  Jackes  and  Jenny  Lowe(Nico/e
   ":umber/and).                                                                             -Debbi Eades
   reshman Megan f-'roplesch clears the high jump
   t  a  meet against Ra lston-Papio(Miche//e                                                        Girls'  Track  2 7 9
   :admus).
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