Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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. Q ' ,- we 1' fi' Y' Clocisvvise from iefr: Soph, Amy Arnold puts forrh oil of her efforr ro the finol finish. Oly girls srrive ro overcome rheir opponenr during o cross counrry meer. Sr, Poul Biggs emphasizes onxiery while passing his opponenrs or rhe Springhiil meer. Fr. Sreve Downing onxiously owoirs rhe finish iine or rhe Springhill meer. The Cross Counrry Te-om Cross Counrry 127

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CRCD55 CCDUIXITRY RAT PACK MAKES STATE The Cross Country team, which was the biggest in the history of Gateway, put out a superb effort in every meet they ran in this year, Again, the team found themselves under the excellent coaching of Rob Schurich. It talses endurance and strength when running these distances, which consisted of three miles from start to finish. The record time for running this coarse is seventeen and a half minutes while the average time is 20 minutes. All the teams which competed at the Cenntenial meet were Being a Cross Country runner fs something you have to get used to th order to be successful. extremely good, it determined who would qualify for the Regionals and eventually the State Meet. The Boys Cross Country Team did find themselves going to compete at the State Meet after placing third at the Cenntenial League. Some of the team's most successful runners consisted of Rob Bishop, Butch Duncan, Robert Stone and the girls favored runner was Patty Pelot. Jr. Eric Ohm stated, being a cross country runner is something you have to get used to in order to be successful. The Cross Country team was more than a group of people running for the season , they were friends that stucl-2 together and did activities throughout the rest of the school year. 126 Cross Country

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GIRLS' SWIIVIIVIIIXIGZ YOUNG TEAM SUCCESSFUL Oursranding individuals helped ro give rhis year's Girls' Swim feam a successful season. Nored achievers on rhe feam were Fr. Heidi Lindemann, Soph. Karen Engellsirls, and Jr. Bersy Weber. These girls all ser Gareway records and qualified for rhe Sfare Meer in several evenrs rhis year. Their exceprional abiliries added rhe needed deprh ro rhe ream. ln addirion ro rhe efforrs made by individuals, rhe enrire ream pur forrh grear efforr, resulring in a grorifying season for a young lr TOHES a for of procrfce our when you come in Nrsr ir makes fr all worrh ir. reom wirhour seniors. The girl swimmers were very hard worleers and desired ro achieve rhe besr of themselves, They soughr perfecrion and ir was evidenr in rhe hours of pracrice which rhey pur info rheir sporr. Nor only did rhe girls pracrice in rhe afrernoon, bur they were also up early many mornings ro pracrice before school. Dedicarion is whar malses a successful ream efforr and rhis year's girls made rhar efforf. Wirh a 5-4 record in dual meers, rhe young ream finished a srrong season which rhey could be proud of. Mrs. Lindemann, rhe swimming coach, is loolsing forward ro nexr year when rhe ream will be more experienced. Heidi Lindemann expressed her love of rhe sporr by saying, lr raises a lor of pracrice buf when you come in firsr, ir makes if all worrh ir. Cloclswise from lefr: Jr. Cindy Spencer performs a srraighr dive during pracrlce. Soph. Karhryn Srearns concenrrores as she pracrices a jack-knife dive. Gateway swimmers pracrice for an upcoming meer wirh Cenrrol. The Swimming ream. Soph. Karen Engellsirls comes up for a brearh while pracricing her breasr srrolse. 128 Girls Swimming