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Cross Country Conquers CCS
By Kylie Gifford
On November 12, Valley Christian’s own varsity cross country girls,
as well as varsity boys runner Peter Osuna, stepped
up to the starting line of the 2.95-mile Crystal Springs course in
Belmont for the CCS league finals race.
As a fairly small team, Valley Christian competed in Division 4 of
the WCAL. Senior Peter Osuna was the sole representative from Valley
in the varsity boys’ race. He ran a time of 17:39, finishing in 43rd
place out of 73 boys.
The varsity girls’ team finished fifth out of the fourteen teams in
this division. Freshman Jennifer Bergman took first
place out of over 400 girls in the varsity race with a time of 17:53
and achieved the fifth fastest time ever run by a freshman girl at
the Crystal Springs course. Following close behind Bergman was fellow
freshman Poppy Lawman with a time of 18:50. Both
girls qualified for the State meet based on their outstanding times.
The unstoppable freshman duo and their coaches traveled to Fresno
to compete in the 2005 CIF State Cross Country Championship on November
26. Once again, they represented Valley Christian in the Division
4 race, competing against 184 of the top runners in the state. Lawman
covered the 3.1-mile course in 19:42, finishing in 26th place. Bergman
took fourth place in the race with a time of 18:35; with this time,
she concluded the day in 34th place out of the over 900 girls from
all divisions of the meet. Congratulations to both girls for their
remarkable end to an amazing season.
Overall, the 2005 Cross Country season was one of Valley Christian’s
best, for both runners and coaches. As Coach Jonathan Lee
explains, “Our theme this year was ‘conquering mountains’. I believe
we did just that. We had a lot of individual successes, some low points,
but in the end I believe we are at the summit looking toward the amazing
future that the Lord has in store for all of us.”
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juniors. Naturally, putting freshman and juniors together seems slightly...
unfair. Things are going to be different this year.
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Teacher Survey: Most
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Embarassing moments happen to everyone. They are not something
you can avoid or prevent, they are just part of life that most people
have learned to accept and shake off. Christmas brings joy but it
can also bring several embarrassing moments that a majority of people
would much rather forget. The events of Christmas such as the putting
up of the Christmas tree, or maybe trying to put together some of
the presents that say "assembly required" can bring those
most memorable Christmas moments.
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