Lynbrook HS - Cross Country
2001 Highlites & Lowlites
- Thirty plus runners consistently arrive for XC practice prior to school starting. - Team is 9 girls, 42 guys & 3 Coaches (above the Lynbrook average). Lynbrook Scrimmage: - Logan & Branham run unnofficial - Lynbrook gets their hand slapped. - F/S run the fastest F/S Lynbrook time on their home course. - F/S team win the team title. - Whitsett & Berson are the official winners of both their races. - Aya surprises all by leading the Viking ladies. - Aya & Jeff are Athletes Of The Week. GG Park: - Francine pulls a Whitsett not once, but twice. - Coach Hovancik gets the wrong start time,warmup consits of a sprint to the start. - Berson beats Whitsett for the first time. Firebird Invite: - F/S Boys take second in this close team battle with Fremont. - Berson finishes 2nd overall. - Francine runs #23 All Time & #2 Lynbrook (behind Hovancik) on the Fremont course. - Hyan nabs a medal as does Whitsett, Berson, Lee, M Chang, Katz & Pandian. - Choi gets tripped by the leader. - New X-C uniforms, finally make their debut (had them since May). - 8 large pizzas & 30 pitchers of soda latter, we clear out of Jake's. - Eugene & Francine are Athletes Of The Week. Saratoga Invite: - Matt Meyer trys to defend his title but finishes in 7th. - Claussen PR's by over 2 minutes. - A Chang has a breakthrough race by finishing as Lynbrook's #2 F/S runner. - Choi runs with a brace - watch out Saratoga! - IB Rapper shows up for the race. - Ju & Chang are Athletes Of The Week. Central Park Invite: - Sasoon has a breakthrough race, running the EXACT same time as 2000. - Whitsett, Berson & Lee continue to lead the Vikings - Hao & Lee grab medals. - Gunn girl chaces down the Lynbrook guys. - Yeh and salsa don't mix. Stanford: - Everyone PR's and we ALL get there on time. - Jasmine from Hawaii is a hit. - Joshua Wong has the bigest team improvement of the day. - Another hot day but Evan Smith misses the 'Cookie Club'. - Sasoon & Whitsett are Athletes Of The Week. - Priyas - some go 6 times! - Rallye Run - has a 3 way tie for first and no one fills in the tie-breaker. - Pasta feeds and nail painting are a regular tradition. - Girls (Francine,Hyan,Sasoon,Kate,Soo,Amber,Evan) score BIG in Scavenger Hunt. Artichoke: - Muffins, bagels & bananas all appear - thanks Steph. - F/S girls Rock, take 2nd place, a mere 6 points behind SF. - "The big guy got my guy", says Wilcox coach - way to go Matt. - Five screams by Francine in the "Scare House". - Amber trys to feed a pig, Jonathan feeds a horse, Eugene rides a pink pony. - Andre & Aga are Athletes Of The Week. Crystal: - Varsity runs Varsity - a first. - First look for 45% of the team. - Wasn't as tough as everyone said it would be. - VB & VG beat Los Gatos - a Lynbrook first for me. - Two days later 7 come back to run with Aya getting a PR. - Amber Ju and "cutie freshman" Justin Teng are Athletes Of The Week. St Francis: - Has Lee, Wakabayashi, Katz & Whitsett all getting shirts. - Cookies are tossed by Whitsett. - Runners fall asleep and get lost (Berson), others just get lost (Sasoon). - Lynbrook is "Running on Empty" due to Homecoming. - Hyan leaves bag of things at Foothill only to find them later in her locker. - Greg Mok and Aya Wakabayashi are the Athletes Of The Week. Lynbrook Invite: - Quite a bit different from the previous year. - Francine tosses cookies again but at least it's BEFORE the race starts. - Following folks PR'd by more than 2 minutes: Amber T Jou Aga M Chang Moseley - Varsity Girls beat Saratoga by 1 point, to take 2nd place team. - Lynbrook is FUHSD Champs in VG and JVB Boys. - Sasoon Kim & Jon Choi are Athletes Of The Week. - VG, Best Lynbrook team time ever (2000 previous) - 15th All Time - VB, Best Lynbrook team time ever (2000 previous) - 24th All Time - JVB, ditto (1998 previous) - 13th All Time - F/S, ditto (1997 previous) - 7th All Time - 42 people made the Top 50, by grade, Lynbrook List DAL: - Varsity Boys go as a team, Aya as an individual. - Choi & Whitsett make All League. - Bus is 45 minutes late. - Rom is popular with his Wheaties. - Ryan Moseley & Hyan Kim are Athletes Of The Week. - DAL Records: F/S 26 - 13 ('00 was 25 - 6) - JVB 17 - 10 ( " was 17 - 11) - JVG no team ( " was 16 - 13) - VB 18 - 23 ( " was 14 - 21) - VG 24 - 17 ( " was 16 - 16) CCS: - Berson, Katz, Chang, Hao & Wakabayashi all set PR's. - Guys improve team time by another minute. - Girls are ranked 28th on Crystal at end of season (out of 118 - 36th in '00). - Guys are ranked 40th. - Aya & Francine make Lynbrook Top 15 on Crystal. - JVB have #19 Lynbrook time on Crystal (best since 1995). - JVG have no team. - VG have # 2 Lynbrook time on Crystal (1983 has record - my best VG squad). - VB have #21 Lynbrook time on Crystal (best team since 1994-Balkman's year). - F/S have #17 Lynbrook time on Crystal. - Coach has to fill out delinquencies and you have to get them - VG team GPA is 3.3777 ('00 was 3.5714) - VB Team GPA is 3.6458 ('00 was 3.2128)