CROSS
COUNTRY
By Haley
The cross country team has high hopes for this
year’s state meet.
Seven athletes will compete at the finals after
qualifying at regionals. Twenty-three teams will be in the running
and over 300 students will attend. Plainview has won the meet the
past couple of years.
Head Coach Justin Raper said “the athletes
have been training all year for this event. They have been doing
timed runs, lifting weights and taking ice baths after practice.”
Senior team member Danielle states that this
is her “best year as an athlete and a team.”
Senior Taylor also said “The team will do
great this year. The goal is to beat Plainview.”
Raper said he thinks that JHS has “a good
chance to win, both boys and girls.”
The girl’s run 2 miles while the boys run
3.1. The medals are given out to the top 15 people in the state.
The meet will be at the Gordon Cooper
Technology Center in Shawnee. The races will be from 7am-3pm.
Cross country going to state?
By Stephanie
Seven cross country athletes will be selected
to go to the state meet after qualifying at regionals. There
Twenty-three teams will attend and around three hundred students will
compete.
Schools 3A and 2A from Oklahoma will compete
between 7am to 3pm giving out medals as high as fifteenth place.
“Competition at state will be tough,” said the cross country
coach Justin Raper.
Cross country runner Senior Taylor said, “Our
team will do great.” Taylor even hopes the team can compete well
against Plainview High School, who normally wins this meet every
year.
Runners have been preparing by lifting
weights, interval training, timed runs, and ice baths after workouts.
Both cross country coach Raper and senior runner Danielle said they
believe Jones will do great at the state meet. “We have a good
chance to win both boys and girls,” said Coach Raper. The girls run
will be 2 miles and the boy’s run 3.1 miles.
Senior Danielle said, "This has been the
best year since I’ve gone here. I think we’ll do well.”
With nothing but high hopes, the Jones
team has plans to do the best and hopefully beat out Plainview. This
Oklahoma Cross Country meet will be held at the Gordon Cooper Tech
Center in Shawnee, on Saturday, October 20.
Cross country confidence
By Jessica
Seven JHS athletes will compete against
hundreds of others at the Oklahoma Cross Country meet that will be
held on October 20th, 2012, after qualifying for regionals. It will
be held at the Gordon Cooper Tech Center in Shawnee. There will be 23
teams competing and 300 students in each race.
JHS athletes say
competition is tough. Senior Taylor said, “Plainview usually wins
every year.”
The races start between 7am to 3pm. The race
for the 2 and 3-schools will be 2 miles for the girls, and 3.1 miles
for the boys. Metals are given up until 15th place.
Athletes are passionate about cross country,
working very hard to do their best. Athlete, Braeden, a junior, saids,
“I want to get my times up and make it to state! I try and run many
miles per day.”
They prepare by lifting weights and running.
They do interval training and time their runs. After workouts,
athletes take ice baths to cool off and soothe sore bones and
muscles. Jones cross country athletes set goals and expectations for
the 2012 state meet. Taylor, Senior says, “The team will do great!
Our goal is to beat Plainview.”
Coaches and athletes are confident about their
performance at the state meet this cross country season. Coach Justin
Raper said, “The boys and girls both have a good chance to win!”
Senior Danielle says, “This has
been the best year so far. I think I’ll do well.”
Danielle has been involved in cross country
since the seventh grade. She did well last year, also.
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