Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2000, Page 88

Description:	To the FinishBoys cross country team runs to their max andplaces 16th at State ~by Chris CarterJunior Jesse Davis steppedup from the number threerunner last year to thenumber one spot this year.I just tried to show upevery day and work as hard asI could. Our whole teamworked over the summertogether and pushed me to domy best, junior Jesse Davissaid.Seniors Jon McDonald,Jason Dorais, Josh Lloyd andMatt Reed showed theirexperience and dedication tothe team in many ways duringthe season.We mainly tried to lead byexample. You can always talkand talk, but it is what you dothat gets through to the otherteam members, McDonaldsaid.The Monday after the teamclinched a State berth with athird place finish atSemistate, Coach LarryWilliams shaved off his beardbecause of a bet the playersmade with him earlier in theseason.I thought it was prettyfunny. He hadnt shaved it in15 years, and he had to do itin front of all the teachers ina meeting. He felt shaving itoff was well worth it though,freshman Chris Wright said.Sophomore DanielKonstanski or senior JoshLloyd would lead the team in ashort prayer in order to focusand prepare the runners.It was a tradition theseniors last year did and wecontinued it. It helps us focusso we are not concentrating onanything else but running,Lloyd said.The day before a meet, theteam members would go over toa teammates house for dinneror to watch a movie.The team just wanted to gettogether before a meet to havefun and have unity. I alsoenjoyed the dinners, and eatingwith my teammates,sophomore Jim Schroeder said.The team that gave thePanthers heavy competitionduring the season was BrownCounty. Both teams ran veryclose to each other the entireseason.I just tried to stick with therunners on their team. I lost tothem in Sectional andRegional, but I beat a lot ofthem at State, sophomoreDaniel Konstanski said.David WonderAdd it upBloomington North: 24-23 LRushville Invit.: 4th out of 22North Central/Southport: 1stPatriot Invit.: 3rd out of 6Columbus East Invit.: 2nd out of 6Bloomington South Invit.: 2nd out of 6Bloomington North Invit.:8th out of 11 (freshman)4th out of 11 (sophomore)3rd out of 9 (junior)7th out of 8 (senior)Southport Invit.: 3rd out of 16Columbus North/Martinsville: 1stManchester Invitational: 7th out of 28Conference Indiana 3rd out of 10Sectional: 3rdRegional: 3rdSemistate: 3rdState: 16thThe Big GameThe Setup:Semistate on Oct. 30, at the Bird GibsonCenter in Terre Haute, IN.The Hype:It was a 20-team Semistate race.The team hadjust missed making it to Semistate last year, andwanted to go to State this year.They finished thirdat both Sectional and Regional, and knew they hadto run a solid race to advance.The Unraveling:The Panthers ran true to form, and finishedL88 GothicNOVEMBER DECEMBER 1999
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