Cedarcrest Cross Country The 2003 season. The Dirty Dozen

Cedarcrest Cross Cedarcrest Cross CountryCountry

The 2003 season

The Dirty DozenThe Dirty Dozen

Head CoachHead Coach

Bruce Bruce “I may be old, but I can still “I may be old, but I can still

run relatively fast” run relatively fast” McDowellMcDowell

Ass’t CoachAss’t Coach

Lisa Lisa “I may be old, but at least I “I may be old, but at least I

don’t look it” don’t look it” WoodardWoodard

Thanks for 2003Thanks for 2003

• Support from parents, staff & friends. “XC Friends of the Program”

• Parent help for home meets & Kingco’s.• Picture taking from John Hellman.• Peri Kersten & Betty Chappell for their

driving.• Kim, Patrick and Riley.

Goals for 2003Goals for 2003from the end of 2002 seasonfrom the end of 2002 season

• Boys qualify for districts.

• Girls have a complete team.

• 18 boys & 6 girls.

• McDowell gets a trip to Pasco.

Season In ReviewSeason In Review

• 9 Boys & 3 Girls

• Boys 3-6 & Girls 0-8-1 in Kingco meets.

• Boys 9th at Kingco Championships.

• Successful Riverview Elementary Invite.• Creation of a new home course.

Brittney Brittney “I rarely go anywhere without “I rarely go anywhere without

Alisha” Alisha” CanadyCanady

Brittney CanadyBrittney Canady

• First year runner as a freshman.

• Earned a J.V. award.

• Best race – Newport / Liberty

• Thoughts for 2004 – Stay healthy for the whole season. Strive to earn a varsity letter.

Alisha Alisha “I rarely go anywhere without “I rarely go anywhere without

Brittney” Brittney” FarmerFarmer

Alisha FarmerAlisha Farmer

• First year runner as a freshman.

• Earned a J.V. award.

• Best race – Newport / Liberty

• Thoughts for 2004 – Stay healthy for the whole season. Strive to earn a varsity letter.

Clifford Clifford “I am going to strive to be “I am going to strive to be better than my brother” better than my brother”

HellmanHellman

Clifford HellmanClifford Hellman

• First year runner as a freshman.• Earned a J.V. award.• Best races – Mercer Island / Mount Si

& SeaKing Open.• Thoughts for 2004 – Continue to

improve. Work on being a “player” with other teams varsity runners. Strive to earn a varsity letter.

Tom Tom “I wish I would have trained “I wish I would have trained

during the summer” during the summer” BunkerBunker

Tom BunkerTom Bunker

• First year runner as a freshman.• Earned a J.V. award.• Best races – Mercer Island / Mount Si

& SeaKing Open.• Thoughts for 2004 – Continue to

improve. Work on being a “player” with other teams varsity runners. Strive to earn a varsity letter.

Jacob Jacob “ I finished in front of 8 of “ I finished in front of 8 of

the 9 other teams last the 9 other teams last finisher” finisher” GremmertGremmert

Jacob GremmertJacob Gremmert

• Second year runner as a sophomore.

• Earned a JV award.

• Best races – Mercer Island / Mount Si & Kingco Champs.

• Thoughts for 2004 – Continue to work on getting stronger and faster.

Ibrahim Ibrahim “If you think that running “If you think that running cross country is tough, try cross country is tough, try

getting cancer” getting cancer” SialSial

Ibrahim SialIbrahim Sial

• Third year runner as a junior.

• Earned a JV award.

• Best races – Mercer Island / Mount Si & SeaKing Open.

• Thoughts for 2004 - Continue to work on getting stronger and faster.

Pat Pat “ Instead of hanging out with “ Instead of hanging out with

Tom during the summer, I Tom during the summer, I should have been running” should have been running”

BunkerBunker

Pat BunkerPat Bunker

• First year runner as a junior.• Earned a JV award.• Best races – Kingco Champs. &

SeaKing Open.• Thoughts for 2004 - Continue to

improve. Work on being a “player” with other teams varsity runners. Strive to earn a varsity letter.

Cody Cody “ I am going to be a very “ I am going to be a very

good runner” good runner” ChappellChappell

Cody ChappellCody Chappell

• Second year runner as a sophomore.• Earned his second Varsity letter.• All-time lists – Tied 5th – Camp, 9th –

Sunfair, 10th – Kingco.• Best races – Mercer Island / Mount Si

& SeaKing Open.• Thoughts for 2004 – Be one of the top

runners in the league.

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First person to regret not First person to regret not running as a freshman. running as a freshman.

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Colin Colin “ I wish my presidency had “ I wish my presidency had

Secret Service escorts ” Secret Service escorts ” McDonellMcDonell

Colin McDonellColin McDonell

• Third year running as a senior.

• Earned his second Varsity letter.

• All – time list: 10th – Lake Stevens

• Best races – Newport / Liberty & Bellevue Invite

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Beautiful,Beautiful,MagnificentMagnificent

HairHair

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LibrarianLibrarian

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First to keep us waiting to go First to keep us waiting to go running while she and Alicia are running while she and Alicia are

inside the school.inside the school.

Brooke Brooke “ I long for the good ol’ days “ I long for the good ol’ days when we had a complete girls when we had a complete girls

team” team” HellmanHellman

Brooke HellmanBrooke Hellman

• Fourth year runner as a junior.

• Earned her fourth Varsity letter.

• Top 10 lists – 3rd Time Trial, 3rd Sunfair, 3rd Camp Test, 6th Lake Stevens, 6th Kingco

• Best races – Kingco Champs. & SeaKing Open.

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MovingMovingAlwaysAlwaysKwickerKwicker

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The LaugherThe Laugher

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First to laugh at something First to laugh at something forever even if it wasn’t forever even if it wasn’t

funny in the least bit.funny in the least bit.

Matt Matt “ I may not be tall, but you “ I may not be tall, but you should have seen me four should have seen me four

years ago ” years ago ” KerstenKersten

Matt KerstenMatt Kersten

• Fourth year runner as a senior.

• Earned his fourth Varsity letter.

• Top 10 Lists – 9th Lake Stevens, 9th Time Trial.

• Best Races – Interlake & Mercer Island / Mount Si

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JustJustLook!!!Look!!!

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The FBI AgentThe FBI Agent

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First person to race in rock First person to race in rock climbing shoes.climbing shoes.

Junwen Junwen “ I really wished that Law’s “ I really wished that Law’s Law would have worked.” Law would have worked.”

LawLaw

Junwen LawJunwen Law

• Fourth year running as a junior.

• Earned his fourth Varsity letter.

• SeaKing District Qualifier

• Top 10 Lists – 1st New Home, 7th Kingco, 7th Sunfair, 6th Lake Stevens, 10th Camp, 10th Time Trial.

• Best races – Newport / Liberty & SeaKing Open.

Top 10 things to look for in Top 10 things to look for in 2004 XC season2004 XC season

• #10: More runners at White Pass / Clear Lake XC camp.

• #9: A complete girls team.

• #8: A boys team of a dozen runners.

• #7: Another overnight trip to Yakima for Sunfair Invite.

• #6: No excuses about not running during the summer.

Top 10 things to look for in Top 10 things to look for in 2004 XC season2004 XC season

• #5: New Cascade Conference

• #4: New courses for league meets.

• #3: New Saturday invites ??

• #2: New championship races – Cascade & Northwest District

• #1: Another outstanding Powerpoint presention at the banquet.

Bring on 2004 T&F!Bring on 2004 T&F!Winter training – Winter training –

December 1December 1stst

Spring practices – Spring practices – March 1March 1stst / 116 days / 116 days

Bring on 2004 XC!Bring on 2004 XC!Summer training – Summer training –

June 14June 14thth

Fall practices – Fall practices – August 23August 23rdrd