Conant High School - Conanite Yearbook (Hoffman Estates, IL)

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tCIockwise-belowj Todd Lytle starts to break away from his opponent. Anxiously awaiting the gun is the Varsity team, Todd lytle and Chris Cook exchange sighs ot exhaustion after the race. Striding towards his opponent is Todd Milliner. Paul Santos tights the pain alone. Eric Suender dominates the leading pack. 111. I f A 41 Vg Y 5 , svn. 3 rf. ,S S ,af L 4 SRE L' ' . Nh gy aaaa as , f SJ at s' Sophomore Cross Country Front Row: Howie Baumert, lack Marr, Ernie Datcher. Second Row: Sean Freshman Cross Country Front Row: Mike Pierce, Marco Busse. Second Row: Carl Hain, Chris Zawoyski, e, Coach Tom Flanagan, Tod Martinsen. Not Pictured: Tom Dvoratchek, lim Zarnik. Brian Croke, tohn Barry, Larry Miller. Third Row: Greg Tou, Coach Tom Flanagan, Coach lack Ary, Greg Klenske. Not Pictured: Mike Waskiewicz, Tom Carroll, Mike Baumgardner.

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New Team Finds Success The 1985 cross country season was a surprise to everyone. Labeled as The New Team because most of the team graduated last year, we had to establish our own identity. With consistant summer training and the will to prove everyone in the state wrong, we were on our way to bringing back another state trophy. On our quest to state we went undefeated in dual meets Q12-OJ. In the beginning of the season, we went against Schaumburg. This meet was our first and one of the most important ones to win for the South Division Title. We won it with the score of 27-30. Then we went against Wheeling, who were picked to win the State meet, and beat them also. We won the LaGrange Invite, the Forest City Invite, the Sterling lnvite, and in the Oak Park Invite we placed second losing to the number one ranked team in the state. Even though we lost the M.S.L.Championship by one point to Wheeling, we still were South Division Champs, placing three in the top five and five in the top thirty. Even though some teams and reporters still con- sidered us not good enough to make it to state, we proved them wrong again. We took second at the Regional and won the Sectional by 84 points, qualify- ing for the State meet. While going down to the State meet in Peoria, we all had mixed emotions on our expected performance. But these feelings soon dimin- ished once we ran the race. We turned out with two All-Starters tEric Suender, 7th, and Chris Cook, 12thJ, an outstanding third place finish. I speak for all the six seniors in saying that we thank our coaches, lack Ary and Tom Flannagan, for the support, guidance, and help with our larger than life problems for the past four years. We also would like to thank the parents, friends, teachers, and the ever returning alumni for their support. We are glad to have achieved some of the greatest moments of our life on this team, and will remember them forever. We challenge the next generation of runners to live up to the dynasty of Conant Cross-Country by bringing back the hardware and showing that f'Varsity is an attitude. Good Luck! Co-captain and Free Weights expert, Eric Sven Suender, 58!Boys Cross Country Boys' Varsity Cross Country Front Row: Ravi Sundara, Rich Schur, Santos, Brad Schmitt, lay Killian, 10hH Beaily, Bob Schweitzer Howie Baumert, Chris Cook, Eric Suender, Todd Lytle, Brian Ahern, Wallell WMS, Todd Mllllnefl Pete Choi, Coach 160k Afy, Mr left Les. Second Row: Dr. Perry, Coach Tom Flanagan, Paul Cfalldellx E Q S f s 5 il

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Girls' CC Investigate And Capture Dreams We actually made it. We suffered through over live months of pain and torture. lt was well worth it though. We came together as a team and accom- plished things which we thought were only dreams. We managed to become the best Girls' Cross Country team Conant has ever had. In doing so, we were ranked among the top 10 in the state for the entire season. Most importantly, we reached our goal. For the first time ever the team produced two state qualifiers, Beata Kielar and Kim Ripley. This team was one full of desire, determination, and most of all, loyalty, We helped each other build confidence and strive for the unreachable. There was no time to give up, only time to keep reaching for those dreams. We made a habit ot succeeding, not only as individuals, but more importantly as a team. This season was filled with fun, love, and lriend- ship. So many memories have been made-keep them with you always. To every one ol you-the best of luck!! Keep reaching lor your dreams- they really can come true!! Love Always- Your Captains Kari Smith Beata Kielar 60! Girls Cross Country