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B aking the turn in a race at
Seymour Smith is Senior Adam
Lane. Lane helped the boys win
the championship at the South ROSSCOUNTR
Sioux City Invite, photo by
MICHELLE SNYDER
Runners excel in new conference
The boys' cross country team came Being the first team to run in the!
I into the year with five returning new River Cities Conference and!
lettermen, good attitudes, the will to taking first place was a thrill most of |
Iwork and a new conference called the girls' cross country runners won't
I the River Cities Conference. forget. “It was really exciting even
The boys' team had 15 boys come though the competition isn't that
'out in 1993. The five returning good," Junior Michelle Patterson said.
lettermen were mainly the core of "The only team we had to worry
the team. The addition of freshmen about was South Sioux and we beat
Troy Antisdel, Josh Farrell, Sophomore them, and then they came back to
Brandon MeisingerandseniorsChad beat us."
Lorenz and Brandon Hamm helped With Kori Rokahr being the only
the team out tremendously. “I felt senior on the team, Junior Katie
I these guys knew what it took to help McDonnell didn't feel there was a
us, and they did help us out," Sopho- lack of leadership. ” It hasn't affected
Imore Ben Chaff said. us except at Metro where they run
Although the boys' team didn't by class; otherwise we always placed
I place 1st in the River Cities Confer­ high." Some of those placings in­
ence Meet, Chatt felt that it was not cluded 3rd at the Ram Invite, 2nd at
as strong as their previous confer­ Bellevue West Invite and 7th at State.
ence (The Metro Conference). Since Patterson’s first year as a fresh­
“There will be better competition man she had won the MVP for the
I in the future which will help these girls’ team. This might seem like a lot
'guys improve," Senior Jett Tierney of pressure but to Patterson it didn't
said. have that much of an effect on her
As far as the competition for the running. "I never went out thinking
years to come, it should be looking about; if it was up to me, there
up for this new conference, wouldn't be an MVP award."
JUSTIN GURETZKY BEN GALYARDT

Crosscountry
Front Row: Coach Dave Sevener, Jennifer Sewell, Nicole Zyblut, Michelle
Patterson, Nicolejepperson, Liz Bade, Nicole Baehr, Jennifer Annis2ndRow:
Katie McDonnell, Reza Monahan, Natalya Shannan, Josh Farrell, Kori Rokhar,
Masa Niiya, Jeff Schiessler, Troy Antisdel, Andy Startzer Back Row: Head
Coach Chuck Wallerstedt, Chris Keenan, Brandon Meisinger, Adam Lane,
Brett Kahler, Chad Lorenz, Jeff Tierney, Ben Chatt, B.J. Kawa, Brandon
1 lamm, Assistant Coach Sean Burns photo by JOHN LINCOLN
0 ein g the team MVP for three
straight years wasn’t important
for Junior Michelle Patterson.
"If it was up to me there
wouldn't be one," Patterson
said. She helped the girls to
their 7th State appearance in
the last eight years, photo by
MICHELLE SNYDER
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