Sports - August 2002

LHS cross country rebuilds after three straight top 3 state finishes

JEFF CLONINGER, LHS Cross Country Coach

It will be a rebuilding year for the Lincolnton High School Boys Cross-Country team. They return only two runners from their third straight runner-up finish in the 2A State Championships.

Returning will be two runners who should do well at the State Championships.

Junior Jared Webb should make All-State this year, and Junior Luis Soto should finish in the top 15. The rest of the team will be made up of mostly novice runners.

Running numbers 3, 4, and 5 will probably be freshman Chi Ming Lia, junior Stephen Moore, and junior Ben Guynn. Only Stephen, who ran his freshman year, has any cross-country experience.

Chi Ming and Ben are learning and working hard and should improve with experience.

Other members of the team are freshman Adil Huselija, sophomores Michael Mauney, Andrew Mauney, and Jamie Morrison, and junior Jordan Webb.

The new runners are working hard and realize that success does not come overnight. This year the team’s goals are to win the county championship, the conference championship, and to make it to the state championship meet by finishing in the top four of the West Region.

All three goals will be a challenge considering they will not be the preseason favorites in the county or conference.

Girls Outlook

With the graduation of the best female distance runner in the history of LHS, Stephanie Atkins, the LHS girls cross-country team is also in a rebuilding year.

Sophomore Emily Mackie and freshmen Beri Huitt are working hard and should both finish in the top 20 of the conference.

Note: Cross country, volleyball tennis and soccer high school coaches please send in you team’s preview

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