Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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xv- L' lFirst year rewarding' Runners receive fourth place once more My first year as a head coach of a sport was very rewarding. I learned a great deal in a short amount of time. The girls were very cooperative, represented our school well, and had an out- standing season, said Coach Loren Ziegler. take first, he said that he wasn't disappointed with second place. After the league meet at St. Marys, the runners had twc weeks of practice before the state meet. With the season al- most at an end, the participants had to have even more determi- The glrls competed aggressively, ran wlth confidence, and recelved a fourth place flnlsh at State which I'm proud of. The hard work and dedication for the runners began on August 48. Practice was held twice a day, once in the morning and again in the evening for the first couple of weeks. Before our first meet at Wamego, l felt we were just running without a purpose: but as the meet came closer, ev- eryone on the team became more excited, said senior Amy Constant. Although Coach Ziegler was hopeful they would Coach Loren Zlegler nation and dedication. Some- thing about the name State Meet scared us all and made us extremely nervous. When the gun went off, I felt I was just running in any other meet, said sopho- more Brigette Hartter. Eleven min- utes and fifty-nine seconds after the gun, Annette Martin senior crossed the finish line to capture the title of the 3A State Girls' GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY Meet Place Wamego 2nd St. Marys individuals Only Horton 'lst Perry Lecompton 'lst Silver Lake 3rd Royal Valley 3rd League 2nd State Ath Walt unfll you soo the new course. Mary Dekat junior, Amy Constant senior, and sophomore Brigette Hartter converse about their nervousness. -photo by Beth Brandenburg. Cross Country Champion. 'X f ! A 'K ii' Left: Whlle runnlng at the Perry meet, sophomore Brigette Hartter centralizes her thoughts on catching the runner in front of her. -photo by Beth Brandenburg. 4. 5. iz. ,,y5-,Jig . ,,,y M y..7y,t Above: Glrls' Cross Country: Front Row: Brigette Hartter, Annette Martin Back Row: Coach Loren Ziegler, Lara Dillinger, Cindy Doebele, Mary Dekat, Amy Con- stant. -photo by Mary Dekat. gg GIRLS' creoss COUNTRYfSPORTSf87

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