Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Girls' Track Relay team Seven members of The girls' Track Team qualified To compeTe on The sTaTe level. The sTaTe compeTiTion was an excellenf experience To go Through as a junior. lT was hard compeTiTion buT was worTh while To work so hard To make iT There, sTaTed Lisa Gawrych, a member of The 800 medley relay Team. This relay Team, consisTing of Rachael SmiTh, Naomi Harden, Leslie Johnson, and W oPP Gawrych, placed ninTh ouT 97 Bloom 94 f Th. T , T T Th 62 Bloom Trcil A7 O 'f,Y'S'X GGTRS 0 9 49 Thornwoad 62 STGTG flT'lGl5- 54 Homewood-Flossmoor 72 Senior middle disTance 23 glolfzon 32' runner, SmiTh, who was only 'Sen owe' beaTen once during The 3 WINS, 3 IOSSSS . regular season in The 800- s . T , fy 1 ,,., si- - - - I , , ., .. ,. EA C T! Y ff, ii ll i Varsity Girls' Track: FronT Row: La- Tonya Shelby, Julie Populorum, Ales- sander Hall, Kimberly Swanson, Deborah Beckman, Lisa Gawrych: Row 2: KrisTin Tomiello, Toni Bradley, Julie O'Neill, Rachael SmiTh, Leslie JV Glrls Track: Fronf Row: Jenny Foy, CynThia PlTTs, STacy Collins. BeTh Urban, Alica De'Lepena, LeTTi- cia Rodrigues, Barabra DaugharTy: Row 2: Gwenn Jackson, Amy STud- zinski, Sue Harfigan, MarTha Koehler. Tracy Sandige, Tocay Lollis: Back Row: Linda Zic, Monica WyaTT, Johnson, Tammy Griffin: Back Row: Coach T.J. Shirley, Laura Skinner, Chana Mason, Coach Terry Kenne- dy, Ellen Hayes, Naomi Harden. Coach Sam Kenan Coach Terry Kennedy. Coach T.J. Shirley, Coach Sam Kenan, Hazel FosTer, Kim Mayo Julie O'Nelll builds up momenTum as she prepares The final release of The discus. 7 qualify or Sta te finishes in 9th place meTer run, was also a sTaTe finalisT in The 800-meTer run. The one-mile relay Team, Debbie Beckman, Denise Moore, SmiTh, and Johnson, missed The finals by O. TO ofa second. Two oTher sTaTe qualifiers were Johnson in The TOO-meTer run and Tammy Griffin in The shoT puT. VarsiTy wiTh a 3-3 record placed second in DisTrlcTs, Third in Conference, and Third in The Reavis relay. The girls varsiTy Track Team was led by a number of hard working seniors, who dem- onsTraTed ouTsTanding dedi- oaTion and leadership, sTaTed Coach T.J. Shirley. OTher sTrong compeTiTors were Julie O'Neill in The shoT puT, Barbara DaugharTy in The sprinTs, Ellen Hayes in The sprinTs, and Chana Mason in The jumps and sprinTs, The sophomore Team had an undefeaTed dual season, seT six school records, and finished Third aT Conference. r , ' V W sn W' rr, .. ,gg I n T25:ii:',-, 3, Q W4 AVL Yi- W I f ' ' if 's i M k V i ' W .4 ,...: i - , , ..f,, ,,: wa' 1, ., A :,:,j5y.,,.V YCWTS' 72 2533 - ff.sa,u,, f 1 H f.ff?'ff-'J' L -fisffiff .i

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Boys' Cross Couniry TR Opponent 27 Homewoodalzlossmoor 45 TF Norlh 45 ThornTon 34 Thornwood '15 Eisenhower 34 Lincolnway 27 Bloom 21 Bloom Trall 36 Rich CenTrai 26 lliiana ChrisTian 21 i-lillcresT 23 Tinley Park 9 wins, 3 losses Team posts I2-4 record Haque undefeated in dual meets The varsiTy boys' cross counTry Team came off an- oTher winning season wiTh a 12 and A record, Joe Rogue, senior, had a greaT season. l-le was undefeaTed in dual meeTs and his lowesT place in an invlTaTlonal was fourih. This year a loT of people expecTed me To do good. l pushed myself To The polnT where l was acTually saTis- fled, sTaTed Roaue. To help The Team achieve such goals was Coach T.J. Shirley. 'Cur praclices were sTrucTured in such a manner ThaT we wanied The meeTs To be easier Than pracTice. lT Took greai physical and ex- cepilonal menTal capabili- Ties To geT Through a full 2222 2 S -Y s 5 2 1... - 4 1.. 2 T 1-T ' arty i Before The race, Brad Evers, Joe James McCoy makesacui around Ferrara, and Mike Woodrlck review The course. The sTaTs. 430 Boys' Cross Counfry cross counTry season, sTaT- ed Coach Shirley. The boys' cross counTry Team worked hard To earn iTs recognlTion. injuries also had a major impapT on The season, puT wiTh The supporT of Coach Shirley and Assis- Tani Coach Mike Flaheriy, The Team accomplished more Than whaT was ex- pecTed. They showed Their spirii and endurance fighiing The weaTher condiTlons and oTher challenging facTors. WiTh guidance from Their lead runners and personal incenTlve Their deTermlna- Tlon prevailed. Whai aTTiTude were The runners TaughT'? Coach Shir- ley sTaTed, AThleTlcs should be secondary To The family and The home. Also main- Taining a posiTive aTTiTude is imporTanT noT only in sporTs puT in life. Runners who were willing To sacrifice, dedicaTe, and discipline Themselves had The mosT poTenTial To be greaT. almii Tifjziriw. Milam: . . . ill iffZli'Tl i'l.,iifLli?Z' is noi ofsigf can 5fQZof.:sQ:?s Shirley l