Poway High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Poway, CA)

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CROSS COU TRY acing Towards the Future By Jeffrey Stahlhut What makes runners run? Whether it is the challenge of competition, camaraderie, trying to be your best or having fun, the boys JV team has run away with the league title. Running behind one of the best varsity teams is not an easy job. But the JV team took on and accomplished that task. They ran so well that their opponents could not place any runners ahead of their top five, this provided for a perfect season with an undefeated dual meet record and a third place finish at Mt. Sac, in addition to a third place finish at the Southern Califor- nia Invitational Varisty Tournament. The main reason for the successful season was Hdepth, and balance, according to both Darrin Malloy and coach Schaitel. With a team with this much talent, their competi- tion has a lot to worry about. Mike Opel summed it up best when he said, We have an excellent future ahead of us. This season showed promise, so we can't wait for next year. This quote from Spen- cer Shewmake is an understatement of what the Freshman Cross Country team accomplished this year. In fact not only did they show promise, they finished undefeat- ed and captured the first place title at the Mt. Sac Freshman Invitational competing against the top teams in California. They also took the Palomar League title. The success was largely due to a strong group performance and a balanced team, according to coach Schaitel. With excellent runners to look up to and to learn from, these Freshmen made a name for them- selves. They learned to be the best, added Schaitel. They leave a lot for Poway High Cross Country to look forward to in the future. Hopefully next year we can live up to the standards that we set this year, con- cluded Josh Brown. 334 3 e Lf 5 an . J . Mike Opel and John Schnurer struggle step by step to reach the finish line. 250 JV ond Frosh Cross Country J MM... Top: Jamie Hopper Chris Brock Spencer Shewmake Bottom E Donovan, Scott Allen Josh Brown Bill Sargent

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2 ' . Darrin Malloy stretches out his lead on opposing run- USFS. 1409159 ul'- ' 5 :V , -W 5: Eddie Paz and and neck down the path. Leading a string of runners, Erik Pearson races ahead. Top row: Steve Sims, A.J. Miller, John Schnurer. Middle row: Chuck Watkins, Chip Simon, Mike Opel, Jay Buenaventura. Bottom row: John Francis, Armando Diaz, Erik Pearson, Eddie Paz, Mark Daily, Jesus Luna, Brian Eckenroth, Mike Saltz JV ond Frosh Cross Country 251