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CLIMBER SENIOR Bill Boggs leads a tightly packed group
at about the one-mile mark of Saturday's three-miler at
Stan Hedwall Park in Chehalis.
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ACTION MIDWAY through the girls' race ees Climbers
Shelly Trucksess (228) and Debbie Bostrom moving up en
route to eventual respective 23rd- and 29th-place finishes.
Girls' gutsy effort earns state berth, as
It was hard to make them
out through the mist of
breathlessness fogging the
finish-line area Saturday in
Chehalis, but triumphant smiles
were very much in evidence in
the Highclimber cross-country
camp.
And the official results
hadn't even been tallied -much
less posted.
"That was the best you guys
have ever run as a team,"
bubbled Climber Coach Pete
Janda, bustling around with hugs
and handshakes for his young
runners.
The cause for jubilation
indeed proved justified, too, for
the good news race officials soon
had was that the Highclimbers
not only had won the district
boys' title with a decisive victory
over subdistrict champ Capital
and ten other schools but also
had earned a second team berth
in next Saturday's state meet.
The SHS girls' fourth-place
finish guaranteed that both
varsity squads will compete in
the grand finale - and it was
that distaff performance that had
Janda particularly excited.
"Hey, our guys have been
right up there all year," he said.
"They finished fifth last week in
subdistrict, but that was without
their number-two runner, Steve
Robinson. They did run a super
race Saturday, but the fact that
they won it didn't surprise me at
all.
"The girls getting fourth,
though - that really surprised
me. They' just really put it all
together as a team."
Even if they had not
qualified team-wise, the Climbers
would have sent two of
their ranks as individual state
competitors. Both junior Jeff
Likes and senior Frances Nelson
were fourth overall in their
respective divisions - and the
top four advance automatically.
Both efforts were astounding,
in view of the fact that last week
in subdistrict Jeff had finished
eighth while Frances was 15th,
,btt:.£0 ' ::enior.Nelson' te
accomphshment haa to be
doubly gratifying.
A state competitor when she
Making a particularly
impressive showing in a
last-minute role was Climber
freshman Shawn Buechel. Pressed
into the varsity lineup last week
when varsity regular Rob
Whitten took ill, Shawn
responded with a fine 46th-place
showing Saturday.
The performance earned him
a letter - "something we don't
award a freshman but once in a
blue moon," noted Janda.
Buechel is expected to be on
the spot again this week at state,
unless junior Whitten can make a
dramatic recovery.
All in all, Janda figures his
was a freshman and again as a
sophomore, she had suffered
from nagging injuries and the
generally burgeoning ranks of
top-quality female competitors
the last two and, with shin
splints flaring up just last week,
Frances faced the growing
possibility of another late-season
disappointment.
But it was not to be.
Ignoring the patti in her shin, she
surged out with the lead pack
right from the start and poured
it on throughout the two-mile
test.
Sophomore teammate Paula
Mueller was second among the
Climber girls, finishing ninth
overall. Shelly Trueksess and
Debbie Bostrom ran their best
races of the year to finish 23rd
and 29th, respectively, while
teammates Pat Eichinger, Sally
Cross and Jill Patnode rounded
out the Climber field with
standout efforts.
If team bunching was vaguely
apparent in the Climber girls'
performance, it was startingly
obvious in the boys' race. Steve
Robinson, recovered from the
foot tendonitis that had sidelined
him the week before, finished
ninth overall in 17:37, just 18
seconds slower than teammate
Likes over the three-mile Stan
Hedwall Park course.
Dale Johnson and Bill Boggs
were less than 20 seconds off the
heels of Robinson, finishing 15th
and 18th, respectively, and
Climbers Steve Peterson and
Lloyd Gorman were 35th and
38th.
boys, especially, have a realistic
shot at finishing in the top four
this Saturday at state. His team
of two years ago took fifth
overall, led by the Johnson
Twins, Dan and Dave, and Janda
likes the comparison.
"Really, with Jeff, Steve,
Dale and Bill running the way
they have been," he says, "we've
probably got more depth than
we had that year."
As for his girls' chances,
Janda confesses they are slim.
"But I figured their chances at
district were slim, too," he adds,
"and look what they did.
"They're just going to have
to run their hearts out again."
Saturday's state
championships will be held at
their traditional site at Evergreen
High School in south Seattle
beginning 10 a.m. this Saturday.
Last year the Climber boys
finished ninth overall -better
than any other school in their
district.
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
DISTRICT (At Stan
Hedwall Park, Chehalis)
BOYS
(Course 3.0 miles)
2-A DIVISION
Team scores: Shelton 81, 2.
Chehalis 113, 3. Capital 118, 4.
R.A. Long 119, 5. Olympia 122,
6. Central-la 124, 7. Mark Morris
132, 8. Tumwater 193, 9. ¥elm
198, ]0. Camas 229, 11.
Hoquiam 252.
Individuals: Ron Westman
cTUm) 16:42, 2. Jack Ramsey
he) 16:46, 3. Darin Goff (O)
:17, 4. Jeff Likes (S) 17:19,
5. Mike Bartolus (RAL) 17:22,
6. Kim Plampin (MM) 17:33, 7.
Brad Wilson (Che) 17:34, 8. Tim
Campbell (Cap) 17:35, 9. Steve
Robinson (S) 17:37, 10. Scott
Hannah (Cam) 17:38.
GIRLS
(Course 2.0 miles)
2-A DIVISION
Team scores: Olympia 63, 2.
Chehalis 101, 3. R.A. Long 103,
4. Shelton 113, 5. Capital 119,
6. Tumwater 134, 7. Camas 135,
8. Centralia 158, 9. Hoquiam
166.
Individuals: lisa Impola
RAL) 13:09, 2. Suzie
Holleran (O) 13:17, 3. Debbie
Ocken (O) 13:18, 4. Frances
Nelson (S) 13:19, 5. Julie
Kangas (RAL) 13:20, 6. Susan
Naffin (Cam) 13:30, 7. Jean
Brisbane (Cap)13:31, 8. Laurie
Annonen ,(Turn) 13:32, 9. Paula
Mueller (S) 13:33, 10. Chery
Munzer (Hoq) 13:33.
JUBILANT over .their teaqq's,rajor
finishers, .Frances Nelson (right) and Pa,u!
their brea:h tog er baturaay at i:he ,
two-mile race.
NUMBER-ONE CLIMBER Jeff Likes heads for the
Saturday with fourth place sewn up.
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PHEW! Climber Jill Patnode (230) uses teammate Sally
Cross Saturday after the two and teammate Pat Eichinger,
right, helped Shelton's gals to their first-ever state berth.
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THIS IS HOW it looked at.the start of
district race-in Chehalis.