Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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Going with the wind. Mauldin's Dana Purser works hard to win. With a broken foot she was unable to compete in the state championships. iPhoto by Mike Martini Making the pace. Nancy Cason and Lora Work- man give others something to beat. Cason went on to become the 1986 state champion. iPhoto by Mike Martini Pulling it all together. As a result of weeks of practice, Lady Maverick Andrea Knight runs for the line. Knight placed third in the state. iPhoto by Mike Martinl ith St le unning Away W' y p Not many teenagers have much endurance, but less than a few have enough to run three miles in a race situa- tion. The 1986 girls' cross country team became the best of these few runners. They raced past more than one school to become the 1986 Greenville County Champs and then went on to win the State Championships. The team always practiced together and showed it when we went on to become the best in the state, said fresh- Mauldin girls take state title man Barbara McCall. There isn't a lot of compe- tition in our region, so our first hard meets are in the state meet, said runner An- drea Knight. Led by seniors Dana Purser and Nancy Cason, the Maver- icks became undefeated in their region. The team went on to win the Greenville County meet, Region meet, and finally the state meet. Senior Nancy Cason ran ahead of the pack, winning the state title with second '138 Gm!! Owu Couuly place thirty seconds behind. Andrea Knight placed third overall, and Leigh Jones, an eighth grader, placed sixth. These three girls became hon- ored as they were made part of the all-state cross country team. The team should come just as strong in next year's meets. We will have to work hard again to live up to our reputa- tion as the state's best, said Workman. Diana Thompson

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I was this close . .. Mav runner Eric Correll ex- plains to Chris McPoland how close he was at the Furman Invitational. The boys' team went unde- feated in dual meets. iPhoto by Mike Martinj Slowly but surely James Garrett and Chris Crane walk around the track after completing the 3.1 mile course. The Mav team was made up of 3 sophomores and 2 freshmen. iPhoto by Mike Mar- tinj Boys' Cross Country OPPONENT Hillcrest Pickens Easley Wade Hampton Laurens County Invitational Regional Meet State Meet WOR WOR WOR WOR WOR WOR WOR WOR Overall record 5 wins, O losses I think the boys did good this year. We were a young team, but it didn't seem to matter. We ran hard and it paid offg the future should be very promising. The boys work hard, they've grown a lot this year. Cross Country iback rowj Bob Nestor, Todd Reynolds, John Martin, Pat Dorrian, Chris McPoland, Chris Crane, Delmer Howell Qfront rowj Pat Anderson, Eric Correll, James Garrett iPhoto by Mike Martini .5og4 Gwu 137

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Age makes no difference. Leigh Jones, an eighth grader from Hillcrest Middle became part of the team. She placed sixth in the state. iPhoto by Mike Martinl Shooting the bull. The team relaxes and talks about the competition before a home meet. The Maver- icks were undefeated. iPhoto by Mike Martinj 1986 Girls' Cross Country OPPONENT Eastside Spartanburg Laurens Hillcrest Westside Pickens Wade Hampton Easley Greenville County Region I-AAAA AAAA State championships Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Overall Record 11 wins 0 losses I lt was a very hard and trying year, working with a lot of new individuals. It is very difficult to take someone who has never run and to turn them into a state champion. 'x chill' z XJXUY X- lawn: 5 '2, ?R 1 n A WU! , l,eME,,,, 3. xAU,v ummm Fuvwcxs K Wfmls I Y il Cross-Country: Andrea Knight, Lora Workman, Nancy Cason, Coach Howell, Dana Purser, Barbara McCall, Leigh jones. iPhoto by Robert Free- manl Gulf 01014 Cowfiq 139