Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 120

Description:	Girls Track TeamRUNS, JUMPSAND THROWSby Jessa stager their way to third at Sectionalby thei53703rd4th23rdColumbus EastMartinsvilleBedfordBloomington NorthSectionalRegionalStateThem5968-tl55Since the team had only 26members, some girls had to runthree or four events, preventingthem from specializing.Some meets it was kind offrustrating. I had to run race afterrace and the 100m and 200m areright after each other, sophomoreTashi Johnson said.lacking dualsThe team had a short season tobegin with, and due to rainoutsthere was a total of only four dualmeets.Most other teams were moreexperienced when it came downto Regional and Sectional. We stilltrained a lot though, so I dontthink it made much of adifference, freshman StevieKinser said.winning the rivalryAfter seven years, the teamdefeated Bloomington North by amargin of 15 points.I dont think it was reallybeating North that was important.We all have friends on the (North)team, so winning was not asimportant as doing well,freshman Monica Behney said.coaching changeGlen Stidd, who was the highjump coach the previous year,became the new head coach of theteam.It definitely had an impact onthe way the team was run. Stiddwas very fond of team meetings;we had them almost every day. Heput a lot of enthusiasm into theteam, as well as time and effort,which had a positive effect on theteam, senior Megan Thibos said.higher hurdlingThis season, the hurdles in the100m hurdles were raised to 33inches, 3 inches higher than inprevious years.In practice we worked a lotmore on form because it matteredmore because it was higher. Itslowed most girls times down.Coach Williams thought it wouldslow the fast girls down becausethey had to have good form. Hethought it would help me because Ihave good form but its hard tothree step. It took more effortbecause the hurdles were higher,junior Larissa Schroeder said.Girls Track(3-1)KIRKWOOD PHOTO LABFront Row: Savana Moat, Stevie Kinser, RandiCline, Alison VanDerWege, Lacey Eberle, AndreaHedrick, Wendy McConnell, Larissa Schroeder.Second Row: Emmy Malinovsky, Nicole Brassell,Monica Behney, Stephanie Maxwell, Mary Obaka.Elly Wingard, Manager Jennifer Valentin. BackRow: Lizz Hershey, Amanda Horvath, TashiJohnson, Cyndi Valentin, Jean Schaffer,Mackenzie Smith, Anna Conkle.up in the starting blocks,freshman Jean Schaffer waits for thestarting gun in the 200m dash at Sectional.Schaffer finished fourth at State in thehigh jump but also ran the 200m dash and400m relay during the season.KATIE SHEEHAN. rig readY for the 200m dashat Sectional, sophomore Tashi Johnsonfocuses and tries to relax. Johnsonadvanced to State in both the 100m and200m.Spread Design byP20\| sportsJordan Gamer and Anshu Kalhan
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