Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 68

Description:	TRAINSby Chris CarterTO WINand Reaches Semistateby ^HUMBEBSPlaceOut of1stBloomington Northi8thRushville Invitational213rdNorth Central/Southport33rdPatriot Invitational54thColumbus East Invitational92ndSouth Invitational-2ndBHSN Invitational (Sr/Jr)186thBHSN Invitational (Soph/Fr)244thSouthport Invitational163rdColumbus North/Martinsville311thManchester Invitational263rdConference Indiana102ndSectional82ndRegional107thSemistate20freshman phenomsThe girls cross country teamhad two freshmen that ran varsity,Monica Behney and MarianneLloyd.It was one of the bestexperiences of my life. Ever sincemy first day of practice I felt asense of belonging. She (CoachMary Beth Hannah-Hansen) reallyinspired us to do our best, andCoach Piga (Rosie Piga) was greatto have around, Behney said.road tripThe team traveled toManchester, IN for a 26 team meet.The team left Friday after school,and spent the night in a hotel.They ran to an 11th place finish.That is the best race of theseason. We get together in thehotel, and talk about the season.We tried to go to sleep, but weended staying up really late in ourrooms, junior Jennifer Evans said.rugged pitchThe team ran six out of 14 meetsat Batchelor Middle School, theirhome course. The course is thesecond hardest in the state.We would go there everyMonday night. We would have hillworkouts and speed workouts.Hoss hill is a really big and hardhill there. Its definitely the hardestpart of the course, sophomoreMackenzie Smith said.bathroom trickeryBefore senior AlisonVanDerWege ran at State, the teamgave her their support by coveringher house with toilet paper andleaving signs in her room.We wanted to get her allpsyched up for state. We put signsin her room and in her house. Theguys team did it to my house whenwe had a team dinner there, so wegot the idea from them. CassieNelson brought her gym bag intoAlisons house and left it there, soAlison knew it was us, juniorRachel Shiffrin said.final outburstAt Regional, all seven varsityrunners got personal records intheir final meet on the Batchelorcourse. Their second place finishpropelled them to semistate.For all of us it was the last raceat Batchelor, and for me and Alisonit was the last ever. We were reallypsyched going in, and it was abeautiful day. It was our lastchance to PR [at Batchelor] for theseason, senior Megan Thibos said.Girls CrossCountryFront Row: Mackenzie Smith, Coach Mary BethHannah-Hansen, Rachel Shiffrin, Jennifer Evans,Cassie Nelson. Second Row: Beth Evans,Marianne Lloyd. Maralee Muscato, Alison VanDerWege, Nicole Brassell, Monica Behney. AnnaConkle, Elly Wingard. Back Row: ChelseaBarcikowski. Megan Thibos. Lizz Hershey. LynnHazeltine. Georgette Stauffer. Asst. Coach RosiePiga.KATIE SHEEHANWH I te listening to Coach Mary BethHannah-Hansen. freshman MarianneLloyd, senior Alison VanDerWege andsophomore Mackenzie Smith cool off aftertheir Sectional. The team placed secondbehind Martinsville and advanced toRegional.Spread Design bysportsJordan Garner and Anshu KalhanV
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