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After the tape had been broken The girls also returned a lot of cause of the heavy competition out Senior Todd Hilkemann uses hi s knowled ge
and the medals given out, the cross firepower from the year before, the of Lincoln. They really turned some of th e course at Walnut Grove as he run s full
speed past the mile marker. MN finished
country teams came away with nu- main ingredient being returning state heads by getting third at state,"said second at the MN invite. (Kent Barnes)
merous team and individual titles champion Kelly Lindsey. Despite Neemann.
under its belts. The Mustangs had having surgery on her knee, Lindsey "It felt great because the week
defined themselves as the team to returned for another undefeated sea- before, Prep had edged us by one
beat in the metro for the season when son. She not only won Class A, but point at the MN Invite for the cham-
they finished the best at state of any the All Class gold as well. "There pionship, so it was great to come
metro team. was a lot of talk concerning my knee, back and beat them for the Metro
In fact, most teams dream of but I trained over the summer and title," junior Scott Schaefer said.
returning their top five scorers for gave it all that l could at meets. What While the boys had a heated
the season, the boys saw it as a real- else is there?" said Lindsey. rivalry with Creighton Prep, the girls
ity. "We knew that this year's team The girl's success was attrib- were in a tight race with long time
would be strong after the end of last uted to depth. The team consisted of arch rival Millard South. " It was
year. When you return five good one freshman, two sophomores, two frustrating because one meet we
runners on a team that has the expe- juniors, and two seniors. "We thought would win, but then they would come
rience of the state. course at Kearney that Kelly Alsup would be able to back and beat us the next meet," said
under their belts, good things are help us out a lot, but Carrie Lessley freshman Carrie Lessley. The Mus-
going to happen," said senior Todd was a big surprise," said coach Mike tangs were edged out by the Indians
Hilkemann. Neemann. at Metro, narrowly mi ssing the team
"The team was more in tune While the girls continued with sweep, but they came back to claim
with each other this year. Over the their winning tradition, the boys were runner-up at state behind Lincoln
summer we trained consistently. creating a tradition of their own by Southeast.
Some of us would run to other team- winning the Metro Championships With dedication and hard train-
mates' houses and get them out of for the first time. "Coach Thielen ing over the long summer, the teams
bed to do a few miles," Senior Casey and myself thought that at best the enjoyed its best finish at state. 0
Lindsey added. boys could finish fourth at state be- :h~S~

Stats
Boys

Ral ston lnv. 2nd
Millard South Inv. 3rd
Class of Metro I st
Lincoln High Inv. 5th
Bryan Inv. None
Millard North Inv. 2nd
Metro 1st
Districts I st
State 3rd
Girls

Ralston Inv. I st
Millard South Inv. 3rd
Class of Metro 2nd
Lincoln High lnv. 2nd
Bryan Inv. None
MillardNorthinv. 1st
Metro 2nd
Districts I st Boys Cross Country: front-Brian Franz, Jeff Gordon, Casey Brown, Chris Koch, Kyle Peterson, Scott Bowen, Marcus Brun s, Ron
State 2nd Todd Hilkemann, Brian Siff, David McCune, Kimberlin, Nate Kassebaum, Seth Liddy, Alex Scheer, coach Michael Neemann
Jason Shibata, David Dryden, Casey Lindsey, Jambor, Ken Kulish, coach Terry Thielen (Jack Martin Photography)
Scott Sch&efer, Nick Larma, Dustin Dryden, back-Ryan Witte, Aaron Stubbe, Chad
Dustin Schroeder, Kevin O'Keefe, Joel Lanna Marquart, Steve Mattern, JeffGedbaw, Linus
second row-Brian Trauernicht, Ryan Lamme, Johansson, Daniel King, Steve Willis, Dean