Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2000, Page 90

Description:	Up the HillGirls cross country team uses youth and desireto place 14th at State finals ~by Andrew RemakCompeting in theconference tournament,freshman Jaime Mathias outran the rest of ConferenceIndiana to finish first with atime of 15:55.Since I usually start outslow, and finish strong, Ididnt really have a plan. I juststarted running and I wasnttired at all, and somehow Iwas up at the front in theend, Mathias said.Senior Rachel Shiffrin tookthe leadership role for thesquad and in return was votedcaptain of the team.Rachel was verysupportive of everyone andpushed us to do our best evenwhen she wasnt running. Shewas friends with everyone, andthat made everyone respecther, sophomore MarianneLloyd said.Before each meet, the girlswould yell, LMCC ... Lets GoSouth. The phrase LMCCstands for something that onlythe team knows, and it is kepta secret.That saying (LMCC) hasbeen around for a few years,and we do the same thingbefore each meet. It gets uspsyched up for the race,senior Anna Conkle said.During their stay at a hotelbefore the ManchesterInvitaional, they all gather inone room at night and sharetheir feelings about the seasonand cross country in general.I like this traditionbecause it lets me know wheremy teammates stand on theteam, and why they decided torun. We also hear peoples trueemotions about the season,senior Jennifer Evans said.The girls gathered togetherfor a team dinner every Friday,went to the football gamestogether and had sleepovers togain a sense of teamtogetherness.It was important to beclose because of all of the agedifferences and for all the newpeople coming in, freshmanDaysha Buekner said.The team faced an evenlymatched Martinsville squad sixtimes throughout the season,defeating them twice.It was always close withMartinsville, and it alwayscame down to the top runners,so when we won the race it feltso good, freshman Dani Princesaid.Add it upBloomington North: 23-36 WRushville: 6th out of 24North Central/Southport: 1stPatriot Invitational: 1st out of 5Columbus East Invitational: 1st out of 10BHSS Invitational: 2nd out of 5Bloomington North Invitational:Freshman/Sophomore: 1st out of 11Junior/Senior: 5th out of 15Southport Invitational: 1st out of 16Columbus North/Martinsville: 2ndhAanchester Invitational: 4th out of 27Conference Tournament: 1st out of 10Sectional: 1stRegional: 2ndSemistate: 3rdState: 14thThe Big GameThe Setup:Conference Indiana Tournament, Saturday, Oct. 9at Batchelor Middle School.The Hype:After the coaches showed the girls their timescompared to the rest of Conference Indiana, theteam knew that the conference meet was theirs towin if they ran hard.They also were striving fortheir first victory against Martinsville.The Unraveling:Led by freshman Jaime Mathias, all the girls ran a90 GothicNOVEMBER DECEMBER 1999
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