Marana High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Marana, AZ)

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Cross Country trails seem mostly rocky Members of the girls, cross country team are Ann Meerdink, Davina Rudnick, Jenni Kirkley, Claire DesRosiers, Megan Ungermann and Kim Dupont. Joined by new members, the '86-'87 cross country team had only eight returning run- ners. This, plus the fact that only two of the runners were seniors, put the team at a defi- nite disadvantage. However, the dedication of the members, combined with Joe Brady's coaching skill, placed the girls' team seventh in divisionals, while the boys took eighth. Ann Meerdink, who qualified for state, was not able to attend the meet because of a state band competition the same day. The team practiced daily and attended meets once a week. The runners had half of their meets away, traveling to the Pima Col- lege course a total of three times to compete. At home meets, the Panther Peak course was used. More than once, the girls' team had to forfeit because ot a shortage of runners. One of the team's favorite places to run during practice was Bajada, a hilly path in the Saguaro National Monument. Some of the other practices were spent doing intervals, which were short distance runs repeated up to six times to build up the speed necessary for passing other runners during competition. Hopefully the experience gained this past year will be beneficial to next year's runners. Members of the Boys' Cross Country team are: Sam Wright lmanagerl, Jose Pizano Johnny Maudlin, Todd Wright, l..J. Perry, and Logan Trujillo. BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY SCORES Marana 47 Desert View 15 Marana 39 l:lOWlTlQ Wells 17 Marana 44 Nogales 17 Marana 67 CDOfCatalina 20-42 Marana 35 Pueblo 22 Marana 46 Palo Verde 46 Marana 49 Rincon 15 GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY SCORES Marana 40 Desert View 19 Marana Forfeit Flowing Wells 15 Marana 36 Nogales 22 Marana Forfeit CDOfCatalina 26-30 Marana 25 Palo Verde 20 Marana Forfeit Rincon 17 CROSS COU TRY Running uphill, Ann Maerdink leads the pack.

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Junior Varsity members are iFirst rowl Michelle Figueroa and Tracy Bauman, iSecond fowl Marjorie Valencia, Stacy Sodawasser, Bobbi Koelin and Nancy Chavez. iThird rowl Kirsti Farrer, Coach Paddock, Coach Caro and Tina Felix. fFifth rowl Monique Valenzuela, Rhonda Robles, Laura Simmons Susan Diley, Dawn Lindsey, Jackie Garcia, and Carolina Sevilla, Sandy Ellison returns the ball to Palo Verde while Melissa Lloyd watches intently. Senior Libby Hickman seems to enjoy serving overhand during daily practice. The freshman team members are fFirst rowl Amy Foster and Dawn Muncie. CSecond !'OWlCOI1I'1l Belmonte, Bonnye Neely, Cami Singleton and Gwen Tanner. KThird rowl Chris Strus, Deanna Pruitt, Roxy Johnson, Vicky Ramon and Mary Hagmaier. lFourth rowl Coach Paddock, Valerie Carbajal, Christy Smith, Vicki Lee Breseno, Susan Duarte and Coach Caro.

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.,,M,.,.,am3 Returning runner Jenni Kirkley widens the gap between herself and others. l.,J. Perry watches for loose rocks as he lengthens his stide. Everyone has heard of the Indy 500 pace car - but a pace dog? At divisionals, Megan Ungermann runs behind a furry competitior who doesn't seem the least bit tired or impresed by the two-mile course. Marana boys put forth effort to pull ahead of Cholla runners at the start of a race. i i W 145