Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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“We were a lot tougher in the beginning of our season. Illness and injuries slowed down some runners and hurt us in helping the team win with larger margins. The team is losing five seniors of seven runners next year. Two experienced runners will return.” Senior Maria Rodden Girls’ CC 69-15 w.c. 21 2nd place 39 1st place 23 18 42 3rd place 3rd place 2nd place 4th place 6th place Center Grove Pike Southport Northrop Franklin Cent. Howe Roncalli Muncie North North Cent. Ben Davis Howe Southport Inv. Howe Inv. Regional County State Opp. 35 20 58 51 99 37 43 44 92 Girls Cross Country: Row 7 -Cindy Harding, Robyn Gray, Lorraine Phillips, Maureen McAllen; Row 2-Coach Dick Conway, Laura Hackett, Maria Rodden, Sylvia Courtieu. Not pictured-Suzie Miller. All for one. Running as a pack, the team strives to finish first. We made it. Seniors Lorraine Phillips and Robyn Gray take time to discuss the grueling meet. O Summer O Girls’ Cross Country

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Boys’ CC 84-31 w.c. 18 Howe 28 Madison Heights 15 Greenfield 6th place Ft. Wayne Snider 3rd place Pike 4th place Ft. Wayne North 3rd place Danville 7th place Southport 30 Carmel 2nd place County 1st place Sectionals 1st place Regionals 3rd place Semi-State 10th place State Boys’ Varsity Cross Country: Back Row - Coach Dick Conway, Doug Banton, Brian Gowin, Tim Ryan, Mark Conway, Barth Canfield, Coach Joe Brooks; Front Row - Dave Hardebeck, John Leganza, Eric Hardebeck, Kevin Leeds, Vince Fendel. Intent on the finish. Senior Brian Gowin strides into the finish. And they’re off. A good start for the cross country team resulted in a big victory over undefeated Carmel, 30-31. Boys’ JV CC 45-9 w.c. Opp. 15 Howe 50 15 Madison Heights 44 45 Carmel 29 19 Greenfield 42 4th place Southport 3rd place Pike 2nd place Danville 3rd place Howe Inv. Boys’ JV Cross Country: Back Rou’-Coach Dick Conway, Dave Banton, Bob Butler, Dave Schmidt, Craig May, Todd Pavey, Gary Relford, Dave Buell; Bottom Row - John Kirschner, Vince Braun, Scott Orr, Tim Cornelius, Mike Brown, Tim LeGrand, Jeff Hook, Todd Allendorff. Summer O Boys’ Cross Country £ O

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Coach pushes RUNNERS to the limit; girls finish 6th in State. Finishing their season by taking 6th in State, the girls’ cross country ended their season with 69 wins and 15 losses. “I enjoyed working and the girls were hard workers. They continued to improve throughout the season,” stated Coach Dick Conway. Sophomore Cindy Harding who finished first in may of the races, commented “it was an experience and I learned a lot from Coach Conway.” Harding finished first in Regionals followed by seniors Laura Hackett-7th, Lorraine Phillips -23rd, Robyn Gray-33rd, and Maria Rodden-34th. “I knew inside that I had a chance to win at Regionals,” added Harding. The team finished 2nd of 8 teams. Harding and Hackett finished 4th and 9th in the county meet on Sept. 30. Warren won 4th place of 10 teams. On Oct. 4, the girls finished 6th of 52 teams at State. Harding won All-State with her 18th place winning. Following the leader. Regional winner sophomore Cindy Harding leads the team to another win. Summer Girls’ Cross Country Group Encounter. The team finds that warming up together builds up their morale.