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T h e b o ys' te a m had an T ie rn e y said.
o u tsta n d in g se a so n . It w a s Lu ca s and T ie rn e y
c a p p e d o ff b y a first p lace b o th ag re e d th a t th e
finish in D is tric ts and a ninth highlight o f th e se a so n
p la ce finish in State . w a s th e first-p la ce finish
T h e te a m e n te re d th e at D istric ts. " W e re ally
se a so n w ith o u t its to p tw o w o rk e d h ard all se aso n ,
ru n n e rs fro m last y e a r's and w e all had o u r p e a k
te a m . W it h th e te a m 's unity p e rfo rm a n c e s at th e
and d e d ic a tio n th e y w e re right tim e ,” Lu ca s said.
ab le to o v e rc o m e th is. T h e Lu ca s fe lt th e first p lace
o u tc o m e w a s a v e ry re ­ finish in D is tric ts p u t a
w a rd in g se a so n . “ W e did lo t o f ad d e d p re ssu re
v e ry w e ll th is se a so n c o n ­ o n th e te a m b u t fe lt it
sid e rin g w e lo st o u r n u m ­ h e lp e d t h e m t r a in
b e r o n e and tw o ru n n e rs," h a rd e r fo r State .
S e n io r Jo h n L u c a s sa id . B o th ru n n e rs felt
Lu c a s fe lt th e k e y to th e th e su cce ss o f th e te a m
su cce ssfu l se a so n w a s d e fi­ w a s b e ca u se o f d e p th ,
n ite ly th e s u m m e r train ing . n o t b e ca u se o f o n e o r
T h e t e a m m e tto run and lift tw o g reat run ners. " T h e
w e ig h ts se ve n d ays a w e e k re a r ru n n e rs did a g reat
d u rin g th e su m m e r. “ T h is jo b , and it w a s a te a m
kind o f in te n se train in g w a s e ffo rt th a t g o t us w h e re
in th e te a m 's fa v o r and gave w e w e r e ,” Lu ca s said.
us an ad van tag e ," Lu cas said. W it h t h e h a rd
Ju n io r Je ff T ie rn e y felt w o r k o f e v e ry b o d y on
th a t th e te a m g o t o ff to a th e te a m th e b o ys had
slo w start, b u t a fte rth e p o o r a successful season. T h e
sh o w in g a t M illard S o u th he se a so n e n d e d w ith a
th o u g h t th e te a m c a m e t o ­ nin th p la ce finish at th e
g e th e r and c o m p e te d w e ll S ta te m e e t. T h is w a s
th ro u g h o u t th e re st o f th e th e fifth tim e in se ve n
se a so n . " A fte r o u r p o o r Y y e a rs th a t th e b o ys'
p e rfo rm a n c e w e p an icke d , te a m fin ished in th e to p
b u t w e all sta rte d co m in g VARSITY 10 in C la ss A .
-Ryan Tex
t o g e t h e r a n d c a r in g ,"

As the District race begins Sophom ore Masa rsiiya Junio rs Adam Lane, Jeff
Tierney, Scott Schluchter, and Senior John Lu cas fight for their positions.
Lane set the pace for the District Cham ps with a 10th place finish. Mandy
Pleskach

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