Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Expectations Slip Past Injured Boys by K. Andreae and L. Wilson By keeping team unity and showing leadership, the boys ' and girls ' cross country teams strove for success and overcame injuries that occurred during the season. The August training session began with a slightly different twist. Instead of running through the scenic streets of downtown Birmingham, coaches Tom Kearney and Ron Wheeler packed up all twenty-eight members of the team and took them for a three day stay at Port Frank, Canada. Among the pine trees in this remote hideaway, they just let us run wild, said co-captain Ted Berry. The varied terrain provided an excellent training facility where the runners could fulfill their individual training needs. With a sound basis from the camp, both teams attacked their season with vicious audacity. The boys came out fired up reaming on their first four opponents and expected to achieve excellence. Plagued by injury though, the team fell short of their grand Junior John Marshall passes the one mile mark on his way to a sixth place finish at the Oakland County meet. Marshall aided Seaholm place 21st with 560 total points. photo by Andrea Scicli expe ctations. We started out with a lot of hope but never got to do what we thought we would, asserted Berry. It was frustrating because our seven best guys would never run at the same time. One guy would be hurt, then the next guy would be sick. The girls ' season reciprocated that of the boys as they had their doubts early in the season but finished at the top. Coach Kearney said, The best part of the season was watching the girls develop as runners as they went from a lot of question marks to a team that performed excellently. The team ' s amazing 8-1 record was highly attributed to individual motivation and discipline. It was all mental, Manya Borman succinctly stated. We all went for a goal and achieved it; that ' s what kept us going, she added. The fact that there were four new runners on the girls ' team did not hinder the end results. Freshmen Andrea Miller, Susan Conti, and Carrie Leto all received All-SMA honors, along with sophomore Kiersten Brown and senior Debbie Burson. {commuedp i83) The boys were fairly m - «B consistent and held m m together despite the m ' M injuries an d illnesses w COACH RON 1 vl WHEELER 1 1 BOYS ' CROSS COUNTRY OPPONENT SHS OPP Lahser 24-2 Groves 39-21 Berkley 47-16 Southfield 49-15 Troy 18-42 Andover 22-33 Ferndale 40-21 Hazel Park 24-31 Kimball 22-38 CROSS COUNTRY 181

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Teammates Rich Hannagan and Simon Tomkinson set a competitive pace as they run stride for stride toward the finish line, pushing each other to the limit. Tomkinson. later in the season, suffered back problems which forced him to sit out pholo by Andrea Scicli FRONT ROW Debbie Burson. Andrea Miller. Heather Birch. Renee Bator. Manya Borman. Kiersten Brown. Susan Conti. Carrie Leto, Amy Burkhart. SECOND ROW: Charlie Leto. Jeff Knape. Larry Sage. Rich f-fannagan. John O ' Brien, Carl Rundell. Paul Dain. Tom Werthman. THIRD ROW: Coach Ron Wheeler. John Marshall. Jeff Ferguson. Ted Berry. Gary Feiten. Simon Tomkin- son. Dave Marcinkowski. Charles Johnson. Mark Bergman. Steve Bitterle, Coach Tom Kearney. Sophomore Jeff Ferguson quickly and powerfully accelerates down the stretch to victory. Solid performan ces from skilled runners like Ferguson gave the team a winning record of 5-4. photo by Andrea Sc.cii Senior Captain Ted Berry fiercely battles to maintain his half stride lead over his opponent. Berry ' s effort is exemplitory of his consistent performance which earned him All-SMA Honors phoio by And.ea Sci.i 180 CROSS COUNTRY

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Manya Borman ' s concentration reveals the intensity and sell-discipline needed to be a successful cross country runner. The team adopted this attitude and it was reflected by their 81 record. phoio by Andrea Scicli Freshman Susan Conti calmly and confidently glides down the open stretch exhibiting her graceful style. This tremendous talent assured her a place on the All-League team photo by Andrea Scicli Senior Debbie Burson relates her past experiences to Sophomore Paul Dain strengthfully strides to Junior Bret Libby. Burson ' s experience gave strength establish a considerable lead on a Milford Cross and depth to the team and rewarded her with all SMA Country runner Dain was one of the team s leading honors. pholo by Andrea Scicli runners. photo by Andrea Scicli 182 CROSS COUNTRY