Boy's Team

Front Row: Joe, Loren, Travis, Jared, Kevin
Second Row: Darin, Bryan, Calvin, A.J., Austin
Third Row: Jeremy, Kelly, Frank, Brandon
Back Row: Ryan, Jeremy, Michael, Aaron, Jeremy, Jason

Girl's Team

Front Row: Lori, Olivia,, Nardi
Second Row: Nicole, Shawnae, Kelsey, Stacy, Jennifer, Kat
Back Row: Ashley, Sarah, Megan, Melissa, Vanessa,
Jessica , Lisa, Danielle

Running Towards the Finish Line
By: Kate Harris

Imagine you are at the starting line of a 200-meter race. You take your starting
position on the starting block, and kneel down. “Runners to your marks. Get
set…go!” You hear the gunfire and you take off. You run as fast as you can and
only have one goal in mind: reaching the finish line. You round a curve and see
the finish line getting closer and closer as you approach it. Finally, you get there
and run through the finish line string. You are done, and have successfully
completed a race. How do you feel? Well of course, you feel a sense of
accomplishment and excitement. This is what track offers to individuals.

The Raider and Lady Raider track teams had a successful year. This success
came with a lot of hard work and dedication. The team practiced almost
everyday after school, unless there was a track meet.

The boys finished second in league and second in regionals. The girls finished
second in league and first in regionals. The track team also sent eight boys and
eight girls to the state track meet. Shawnae’ Allen received fourth in the pole
vault, Lori Feldkamp placed third in the 200 meter race, Olivia Korte placed
first in the discuss and fourth in the shot put, Kelsey Leuger placed fifth in high
jump, Jared Niehues placed fourth in the javelin, Lisa Runnebaum placed fifth in
the 300 meter hurdles, Joe Schultejans placed fifth in the 400 meter race, and
Kevin Stallbaumer placed fourth in the 1600 meter race.

“This year’s track season went pretty well. We had steady improvement all
season long and both teams finished very high in the league,” Mr. Thomas, head
track coach, stated.

The track athletes truly worked hard and to their full potential everyday. The
saying, “you only get out what you put in,” describes the sport of track.

“If you are considering going out for track be prepared to work hard. Your
success might not come until the end of the season, however, until conditioning
has had a chance to take effect,” Mr. Thomas, said.

The track team worked hard from the beginning of the season up until the end.
They kept their expectations high and realistic, and never gave up until they reached
the finish line.