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Heeps running for the gold; looks oheod to foil

miles for the girls and 3.0 miles for the
ross Country is a sport boys. This year both teams had return­
C and a lot of it. ing members and this will be the case for
which involves running,
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY next year as well.
Coach: Robert Garcia The girls' team finished the season
Placed third: South Sioux City Those who partici­ by qualifying two runners for the State
pate in this sport must be Meet in Kearney: sophomore Kari Foral
Placed fourth: Districts dedicated. The runners practice five or and junior Tammy Shank. The girls fin­
- K Firth Non is ished fourth out of eight as a team.
Lewis Central Invit. even six days a week, rain or shine. Prac­
Belloc ue West Invit. tice begins officially on August 16, but The boys had junior Craig Chris­
many of the runners have already been tianson qualify for State and they placed
J Fifth: Divisionals
\ ( \ |__^ running all summer. For those starting eighth out of eight teams.
laced sixth: Ralston Invit. cold, with no previous experience, the With returning lettermen, Coach
first days can prove to be difficult. Garcia has good prospects for his run­
Pla^d s^ventn: YVfeT r g '
By the time the first meet arrives, ners next year.
Coach Bob Garcia has given lots of pep
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talks and has explained what the run­
ners can expect. The courses are 2.5

Striving for Number One, Craig Christiansen pushes on
during a meet. Christiansen is a three-year veteran on the
team.

Junior Tammy Shank shows all those hard practices pay
off as she moves away from her opponents.

"W e didn't reach our goals, but I'm
looking forward to next year."
-Coach Garcia

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•wcomers Ron Anderson, Bo Song and )oe Tranisi stick to-
ther through their first season.