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The girls entered the sea­ said. “Everybody really
son with only one return­ worked hard, and were
ing senior. Coach Gary willing to make sacri­
Dubbsknewthiswas going fices to help the team
to be a rebuilding season, R out." Katie McDonnell,
but he was pleased with one of last year's top
the efforts of everybody. sprinters, was a perfect
He felt the young kids example of this. She
gained a lot of experience, moved uptothe middle
and improved a lot. distance events and
When the only senior, competed in the 400
Jenny Bruening, went down and 800. She was an
with an injury, the team asset to the I 600 and
had to look elsewhere for 3200 meter relay teams
someone to step into the A that made it to state.
leadership role. “It was “Katie is a great athlete;
discouraging getting hurt she has a lot of deter­
my senior year because mination and competes
that's what I had been well," Dubbs said.
working for the past three C Heather Harding
years," Bruening said. “But also stepped up her
everybody worked hard, performance this sea­
and I was able to come son. She really worked
back and compete on a hard and improved a
relay team that made it to lot in the high jump.
State. She scored consistently
Not just one person K throughout the season.
stepped into that leader­ Harding was the clos­
ship role. Everybody est Ralston girl to place
stepped up their perfor­ at State with her sev­
mances and some people enth place finish in the
even made sacrifices to help GIRLS High Jump.
the team out. "The girls -Ryan Tex
were really pleasant to
work with," Coach Dubbs

Making the hand off is Ju nio r Heather Harding and Sophomore Katie
McDonnell as they compete in the 4x100 m eter relay. Amy Marsh

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