Stonybrook Middle School - Petroglyph Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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At the start of the race, the harriers battle for the lead against Creston. Coach Rick Fulmer and Jim Ross look on as runners prepare for the race. Hoping to improve his place against Creston, Carl Abbott sets the pace for an upcoming Jeff Wiggins. Rounding the tree, John Orzulak and John La- cher compete for first place. Freshman Cross Country 89

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Creston meet caps season; Orzuiak, Lacher pace frosh . Running five miles a day seems like hard work to most people, but the freshman cross country team did it with relative ease. Outstanding runners for the year were John Orzulak, John Lacher, Carl Abbott, and Jeff Wiggins. Most improved runner was Carl Abbott. Jim Ross, who showed much poten- tial, should do well at the high school. Mary Lou Fazio, the only girl on the team, ran with the boys in two meets. After the first two meets, she began running with the Warren Cen- tral High School girls ' team. Captur- ing first place in the girls ' freshman county meet, Fazio was Warren ' s number one runner by the end of the season. After competing in the sec- tionals, Fazio placed thirteenth in the regional. Feeling hot and tired after a meet, who do harriers continue to run? Jeff Wiggins stated, It ' s a good way to keep in shape. Although the final overall record was 22-33 and they placed 1 1th in the County, the players put a lot of deter- mination and hard work into improv- ing the season. The team seemed to do better in dual meets with their best meet against Creston. When asked about the season. Coach Rick Fulmer stat- ed, The team was the most compati- ble group of runners I have ever had. FRESHMAN CROSS COUNTRY. FRONT ROW — J. Orzulak, K. Carr, J. Lacher, M. Fazio, C. Abbott. BACK ROW — T. Key, J. Ross, T. Francis. J. Wiggins, J. Vance, Coach Rick Fulmer. NOT PICTURED: J. Gann. FRESHMAN CROSS COUNTRY 22 wins, 33 losses Coach Rick Fulmer (Fall - -1981) STB OPP Carmel 15 50 Eastwood 50 15 Fort Wayne (11 -way) 9th Decatur 50 32 Perry Meridian 50 38 Danville Inv. (9-way) 4th Fulton 45 15 Howe 45 60 Lawrence North 37 20 Creston 24 35 Eastwood Inv. (10-way) 8th South Wayne 20 41 County (1 8-way) nth 88 Freshman Cross Country Practicing hard, Mary Lou Fazio runs a few extra laps. Jim Gann pushes hard against Creston while Kevin Carr is in hot pursuit.

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Determination leads team to 20-15 season Your feet and muscles ache. You ' re out of breath, and your heart is pounding. What keeps you going? It ' s not pride. It ' s not glory. It ' s deter- mination, and that ' s what this year ' s seventh and eighth cross country team had. It took determination to run against teams that had beaten them in the past. They also had the will power to keep going in the cold rain, and the courage to do it again the following day. The team started out the season with a win against Carmel who had beaten them in the past, 23-32. Al- though they suffered a close loss to Craig, 29-26, they came back and beat them in the County and ended with a 20-15 slate. Records were set in the mile and a half. Brad Ladwig, Scott Williams, and Todd Liggins, with a time of 8:24, 8:30, 8:31 respectively, set new school records for the team. Running 9:11 in the mile and a half, Lisa Abbott set the number one record for the girls, while Lynne Co- val placed second with a time of.9:19. The team could have won some of the closer meets if the runners had had more teammates to push them in practice. Coach Sid Hancock had this comment, It was the willingness of the team to work hard and get better that made it a winning season. Passing the mile mark, eighth grade runner Brad Ladwig picks up the pace for the final half mile. Hoping for a win against Creston, the harriers fight for positions at the start. Eighth grader Todd Liggins sprints for the fin- ish and places first against Belzer. SEVENTH EIGHTH CROSS COUNTRY. FRONT ROW — M. Hodge, B. Dailey, C, Williams, L. Coval, M. Nichols, L. Abbott. BACK ROW — M. Bowman, J. Schmidt, M. Sigmond, C. McGuire, S. Williams, B. Ladwig, T. Liggins, S. Ladwig, R. Swanson, Coach Sid Hancock. 90 7th 8th Cross Country 7th 8th CROSS COUNTRY 20 wins. , 15 losses Coach Sid Hancock (Fall - - 1981) STB OPP Carmel 23 32 Eastwood 50 15 Fulton 44 17 Keystone (3-way) 51 68 Meridian 17 Belzer 24 31 Craig 29 26 Creston 27 30 Eastwood Inv. (10-wa iy) 7th South Wayne 22 39 Greenfield 19 37 County (17-way) 6th