Saddleback High School - Caparral Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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1 — = — Concentrating on her race, Adriana Ramos keeps going, stride after strenuous stride to win her race. When the race was done, Adriana had finished eighth out of ninety-six runners. Giving inspiring thoughts to each other, the girls plan their strategy for the race ahead of them. The butterflies in their stomachs were usually strongest at this time. • Frosh Soph Cross Country — Row 1: Kiyomi Na- gabayashi, Adriana Ramos, Julie Gill, Tammy Johnson Row 2: Lupe Elizaz- zaias, Josie Na- varro, Stephanie Pesch, Cindy Mar- tin, Daniela Alberia. Varsity Cross Country — Row 1: Kate Traasdahl, Kriston Cook, Kjer- sti Walker, Michelle Champa Row 2: Laura Klauss, Cindy Garcia. Mary Ara- gon, Leticia Castro, Lisa Wood.

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Scoreboard SHS OPPOSITION Costa Mesa Corona del Mar Newport Harbor Woodbridge 41 University 19 15 Estancia 50 50 Laguna Beach Costa Mesa Corona del Mar 15 50 Newport Harbor 15 50 Woodbridge 15 50 University 15 50 Estancia 15 15 Laguna Beach 50 Supporting each other and coming out winners by Andrea L. Atwater Their strongest point was deter- mination. It was reflected in their at- titudes. Some teams are blessed with outstanding athletes or a run- ning background. We weren ' t. We were just determined to do better, stated Frosh Soph Boys Cross Country Coach Jim Knapp. Coach Knapp, along with Coach Sylva, helped to improve the hard- working team. They worked ex- tremely hard and did what was asked of them, stated Coach Knapp. With unity and determi- nation, we all worked to- gether to have a good team. — Mike Duarte Coach Sylva agreed, I feel the team was good. We told them what was going to happen, that we ' re not go- ing to have many wins, but we ' re go- ing to improve each week. And we did. There was a lot of teamwork, said Ki Park, we encouraged each other. During practice, meets, and off the track, the team continued to support one another and encourage their teammates ' efforts. With such support and teamwork, improvement was evident in each players developing skills. I feel we have several potential varsity play- ers, said Coach Knapp, all of them, if they stay in the program all four years, can greatly excel. Although there is a need for more student participants, nobody can deny any lack of spirit, comradeship, and progress. With this in mind, the boys frosh soph cross-country team reached the finish line as win- ners. V Good luck, man! A friendly handshake be- fore the race helps get Alvaro Alvaraz in the mood for action. Setting his mind to win, Mike Duarte pro- gressively reaches his goal. Winning and doing it well are the only things on a runner ' s mind during competition. 4 • Ki Park sweats it out during another cross country race. These long distance races often take all the energy and adrenalin of a run- ner. Foil Sporrs 49

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JV Scoreboard SHS OPPOSITION 19 Costa Mesa 46 15 Corona del Mar 50 15 Newport Harbor 50 16 Woodbrldge 47 25 Estancia 32 15 University 46 15 Laguna Beach 50 Personal goals met and records broken Varsity Scoreboard SHS OPPOSITION Costa Mesa 15 Corona del Mar 50 15 Newport Harbor 50 20 Woodbridge 35 50 Estancia 15 15 University 50 15 Laguna Beach 50 by Kjersti Walker All sports require expectations as well as goals, and cross country is no excep- tion. Michelle Champa made the expec- tations sound easy: To work together, and do as well as we could. The goals were a slightly different story. Leticia Castro couldn ' t have said it any better, when she stated, To win, stay as a team, improve at each race, concen- trate, and finish what had been start- ed. The girls were very supportive of each other, stated Coach Snetsinger. We didn ' t need a trophy to say we tried hard; we know we did our best. — Leticia Castro She added, Their strongest points were their willingness to work hard and to help each other. Three girls who contributed most were Adriana Ramos, Leticia Castro, and Kjersti Walker. These girls led the varsity and jv teams through competitions. Newport Harbor was the toughest competition, with fourteen girls among the top in the state. Although we weren ' t victorious by placing in league (except Adriana Ra- mos, who placed eighth in j.v. league finals), we were victorious in another way. We reached personal goals and broke personal records from 24:00 minute to 20:00 minute three miles, stated Michelle Champa. Leticia Castro added, We didn ' t need a trophy to say we tried hard; we know we did our best. V A Thinking of the time she wants to beat. Tammy Johnson begins to pick up the pace. Each time she ran. Tammy wanted to improve her time. She finally did at league finals. t m With only five yards to go after running three miles. Leticia Castro sprints to the finish line. When Letty would see the finish line, all pain and thoughts of stopping would disap- pear. Foil Sporrs 51