St Laurence High School - Valhallan Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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Fro h Get Off on a Good Foot The coaches of the 1982 Freshman Cross Country team were Brother Lucas and Brother Hayes, who feel that they coached one of the most successful seasons in the school's history. The team finished the season with a 9-1 dual meet record. The team did well in the following invitationals: Gordon Tech, 4th, Argo, 4th, Oak Park, 4th, and St. Ignatius, 4th. At the Catholic League Cham- pionships the team ran a good race and finish- ed an admirable 4th. Members of the team were: John Ambrose John Boyle, Jim Burdelic, Kevin Cavanaugh Andy Figus, Tino Gonzalez, Brian Hickey, Steve Hollenback, Bill Lenz, Rob Moore, Pat Morrissey, Dan O'Brien, and Mike Seguin. u 1 Middle Right: With undying determination, Dan Davis takes on a hill. Bottom: Pat Morrissey warms up. 154 f Cross Country - 1-.1 D -.obs Top Left: The Freshman Cross Country Team. Br. Lucas, J. Boyle, B. Lenz, S. Hollenback, K. Cavanaugh, P. Morrissey, B. Hickey, D. O'Brien, T. Gonzalez, R. Moore, M. Seguin, J. Burdelic, J. Ambrose, and Br. Hayes. Top Right: During the meet against St. Rita, Jim Burdelic, Bill Lenz, and Brian Hickey pack it up. Middle Left: Br. Hayes and Br. Lucas take times at practice. Center: Pat Tierney pulls ahead in the Ignatius invitational.

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unner Goes Do . SL, Top: As they near the end of the course at Bull Frog Lake, Mike Manning, Sean O'Leary, and Jim Moran start to sprint. Middle: The Varsity Cross Country Team. Qback rowj M. Foley, M. Manning, S. Tokarz, K. Boyle, C. O'Donnell, J. Roach, M. Egan, D. Blaeser, A. Montalvo, B. Collins, J. Moran, S. O'Leary, T. Schiel, and M. Markham. tfront rowj K. 1 1 Healy, J. Bochenski, J. Connett, T. Stack, P. Tierney, D. Davis, and B. Hoefler. Bottom Left: At the lg- natius Invitational, Jim Roach takes off and dusts everyone behind him. Bottom Right: As Kevin Boyle rattles on about the durability of the new sweats, an injured Chris O'Donnell shows his interest. I1St21tC The Varsity Cross Country team had a very successful 1982 season. Lead by co- captains James Moran and James Roach, the team advanced to the sectional meet for the seventh year in a row. The team, which was coached by Mr. Murphy, com- piled a winning record of 10-2. The-team,s invitational record was: LaGrange, 8th, Gordon Tech, 4th, Argo, 7th, Oak Park Sth, and Crete-Monee, 26th. Until the last three weeks of the season, the team was inconsistent in its top seven runners. With only two weeks left before Catholic League, the team's number one runner was spiked and possibly out for the rest of the season. When the week of Catholic League finally came around, the team pulled itself with the help of sophomores Mike Mann- ing and Mike Markham. The team took 4th in Catholic League behind state power houses St. Ignatius, Gordon Tech, and Loyola. A week later at Districts, the team made its best showing ever, taking second, which qualified them to advance to the Sectional meet. At Sectionals, the team took 8th, which, unfortunately, wasn't good enough to advance to State, However, Pat Tierney finished 8th over- all, which sent him to the State meet where he took 47th place. Pat was the first runner in St. Laurence history to go down state. Once again, Chris O'Donnel1 broke the school record at Bull Frog Lake, with a time of 15:42, breaking his own record which he had set one year earlier as a sophomore. The future looks bright for Cross Coun- try, with 5 of the top 7 runners returning for the 1983 season. The 1983 team will be led by tri-captains Bill Collins, Chris O'Donnell, and Pat Tierney. Cross Country f 155