Hempstead High School - Equine Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Andy Meyer congratulates his teammate on a good race. Photo by Linda Meehan Coach Penning gives his team strategy for the meet. Photo by Linda Meehan L Inv. LC. C151 10th - oints out the strategy for A team member stretches out before meet. Photo by Linda running. Photo by Linda Meehan .' :ff .5-,gf 1 11-if 'f 'l ':4 :H 3 1

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PACE! Sophomores Excel by Cheryl Iler Looking back on the Boys' Cross Country season, Coach Penning remembers the hard preparation put forth to build physical and mental strength before fac- ing the City and Conference meets. The freshman and sophomores succeeded in winning all three of their last meets of the season surpassing Penning's expec- tations. Penning said On Varsity level Keith Stowell and Bob Derouin deserve special mention for a third and fourth place in the City meet. Both ran super races. Team Captain Kurt Tem- ple, said There was a lot of youth on the team and they performed better in some meets compared to the previous year. I felt the team lacked consistency in some of the meets. Being captain was a good exper- ience. ,. X Team members prepare for a meet, Photo by Linda Meehan. Bottom Row: Mike Harris, jeff Bardon, Dominic Vargas, Mike McGowan, Mike Hammerand, Mike McBride, Lee Hammer- and. Row 2: jim Oberman, Tim Schmitt, Mike Harris, Shane Finn, Craig Maggio, Troy McCarthy, Tom Ludescher. Row 3: Tom Fulton, Andy Meyer, Peter Wiederholt, jeff Lukens, Chris Thurlow, Steve Becker, Kurt Temple. Back Row: Coach john Penning, Brian Habel, Keith Stowell, David Gibson, Daryl Kobza, David Higgins, jeff Rusch. Photo by Linda Meehan. 30 we QMXCX' ' Mwst 426'

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GG. First To State P, by Lori Herting This was a very success- ful season with this being the first girls' cross country team to qualify for the state meet. The girls have every right to be proud of their accomplishments, said LaVerne Kloster, coach. The team consisted of only six runners before a fourth of the season was over. Our numbers were down, as several athletes who began the season did not finish the season, said Kloster. The team improved a great deal in all skills and their attitude both as a team and as individual runners, said Kloster. We attempted to reach our peak for three key meets near the end of the seasong the city meet, the conference meet, and the district meet, said Kloster. The girls did run well at these three key meets. I hoped that each athlete who participated would run as close to her potential as possible and that we could finish in the top half of the Mississippi Valley Confer- ence, said Kloster. All of the teamwork showed as they earned the title of city champions, co-champions for the Mis- sissippi Valley Conference where they tied with Wah- lert, and got a team placing of fourth at the district meet in Waverly, which qualified the team for the state meet at Ames. Connie Kemp '84, qualified for state as an individual as well as being a part of the qualifying team. Kemp finished in fourth place at the district meet. The girls got a team placing of seventh at the state meet where 16 teams participated. Kemp placed 19th out of 90. r 32 11 The girls get set to start the two mile race. Photo by Linda Meehan