Lynbrook HS - Cross Country
2002 Highlites & Lowlites
- Team is 18 girls, 45 guys & 2 Coaches (above the Lynbrook average). - Coach Hank starts the year out on crutches. Lynbrook Center Meet: - Lots of construction on OUR course! - Makayla gets lost but Aya stays on target. - Second fastest Lynbrook F/S team time. - Fastest Lynbrook JVG team time ever. - Aya & Eugene are Athletes Of The Week. Firebird Invite: - Zohreh wins the JV Girls race while Christina takes 3rd. - The girls make a good show while Francine is visiting Annopolis. - JV Boys grab a second place finish. - 65 folks at Jakes - what a wild place. - Jon (DeSimone) & Zohreh are Athletes Of The Week. Saratoga Invite: - Varsity Girls win easily. - Amber leads the JV girls to a 2nd place finish. - Zohreh gets a taste of Varsity for the first time. - Christina out kicks and then is outkicked for a 2nd place finish. - Luis goes out strong - and that about sums it up (55th). - Morgan & Kenji go 1-2 in the JV Boys race to lead the team win. - It was hot - when will summer end? - Kenji Cox-Muranami and Sasoon Kim are Athletes Of the Week. Central Park Invite: - Cheerleaders drop off treats. - "Which Way do I Go?" Akhavan gets totally confused and top 3 get DQ'd. - VG & JVG both run strong with VG beating MV. - JV Boys tie for 2nd (a mere 5 points behind 1st) with Daniel Low (6th man) breaking the tie. Stanford: - Welcome to the Big Times... VB 34th out of 35! - VG fair better with an 18th (out of 30) place finish. - Zohreh holds the lead over Aya until the last 400 meters. - No one 'tosses their cookies'. - Guys ALL get to the start line on time. - Great weather - great day. - Andrew Hao and Aga Goslicka are Athletes Of the Week. - Paul Yu knows everyones name before the coaches because of rollcall - thanks Paul. - Coach Marshall Clark of Saratoga dies of a heart attack while running with his team. - Pasta feeds (and non-pasta feeds) are a regular tradition. - Hash Run, Bagel Run, Jamba Juice Run, Slurpee Run, Donut run... you get the idea. - Rallye Run - Paul Yu, Victor Li & Calvin Wu win this annual event. Crystal #1: - The Love Affair with Crystal begins? - Folks see the course for the first time and run very strong. - Lynbrook ties Paly for 2nd but Kate Bossange breaks the tie so Lynbrook takes it. - JV Girls take 3rd led by Soo Lee. - Lots of good running but still not going all out! - JV Boys take 2nd led by Charles Chen, a major break thru race. - Aga & Walter PR and then come back later that week to PR again. - Christina Liao and Charles Chen are Athletes Of the Week. Monterey Bay Invite: - Our first look at the CCS course (and I saw it twice in one weekend). - We are in the middle of no where! - Happy Birthday Steph. - Christina has to walk the course (due to a twisted ankle). - Coach Hovancik saves the day by moving a barrier so the runners can go the right way. - Jason Whitsett and Kate Bossange are Athletes Of the Week. Crystal #2: - We (VG) run as a team getting PRs and a new sense of the word TEAM. - A Kodak Moment at the top of the hill with 7 runners but Hank misses the shot. - Francine is back and Luis continues his drive to Varsity. - Lynbrook runs 4 Varsity Boys teams and 3 Varsity Girls teams in the same race. - VG's finish a mere 3 points behind MV to continue the flip-flop. - Francine Lee and Luis Jensen are Athletes Of the Week. Lynbrook Invite/FUHSD Championships: - VG loose their title (FUHSD) to MV while placing 2nd overall, as do JVG. - Halloween, Homecoming, Harry Potter and Death all show up to watch. - Final tune-up before Leagues - watch out Monta Vista. - Luis is #1 man today. - Morgan Katz and Hyan Kim are Athletes Of the Week. - VB run fastest Lynbrook time on this course - ever (by :15). - JV Boys run fastest Lynbrook time (by 2:22) and the 4th fastest All-Time. - VG run fastest Lynbrook time (by 4:58) and 2nd fastest All-Time (behind MV). - JV Girls run fastest Lynbrook time (by 4:57) and 2nd fastest All-Time (behind MV). - School/age group records were set by: : Zohreh #1 AT and Lynbrook Frosh : Christina #6 AT and #2 Lynbrook Frosh : Aya #2 AT and #1 Lynbrook Junior and Lynbrook SR : Sasoon #12 AT and #3 Lynbrook Junior : Aga #22 AT and #4 Lynbrook Junior : Shruti #12 Lynbrook Frosh : Aaron #7 Lynbrook Frosh : Dorothy #18 Lynbrook Soph : Yosuke #8 Lynbrook Frosh : Soo #7 Lynbrook Junior : Kenny #17 Lynbrook Frosh : Amber #8 Lynbrook Junior : Luis #1 Lynbrook Soph : Jennifer (Thomas) #14 Lynbrook Junior : Kevin #8 Lynbrook Soph : Evan #16 Lynbrook Junior : Jon #14 Lynbrook Soph : Julliant #18 Lynbrook Junior : Eric (Sasaki) #15 Lynbrook Soph : Angela #24 Lynbrook Junior : Eugene #3 Lynbrook Junior : Jennifer (Chin) #25 Lynbrook Junior : Morgan #4 Lynbrook Junior : Kate #2 Lynbrook Senior : Jason #6 Lynbrook Junior : Francine #4 Lynbrook Senior : Kenji #7 Lynbrook Junior : Hyan #5 Lynbrook Senior : Allen #8 Lynbrook Junior : Shabbie #10 Lynbrook Senior : Charles #9 Lynbrook Junior : Hsiang #11 Lynbrook Junior : Andrew (Hao) #18 Lynbrook Junior : Walter #24 Lynbrook Junior : Jesse #11 Lynbrook Senior : Calvin #22 Lynbrook Senior : Tony #25 Lynbrook Senior DAL: - This is what we have ALL trained for. - VG go in ranked 3rd, come out with a 2nd (behind LG) and are on to CCS. - JVG take a strong 2nd with lots of PRs. - Soo Lee almost 'tosses' but gets to the finish first. - Hyan and Jen have great runs. - Soo Lee and Aaron Teagle are Athletes Of the Week. - Jesse (78) and Jey (84) in the AT Senior list. - Eugene (43), Allen (73), Jason (87) and Charles (95) in the AT Junior list. - Luis (56) in the AT Soph list. - Aaron (83) in the AT Frosh list. - F/S Boys are #18 team time (since 1970). - JV Boys are #17 team time. - VB are #23 team time. - Aya (4), Zohreh (8), Christina (13), Aga (15) and Kate (21) get into the Top 25. - Zohreh (3), Christina (5) and Shruti (33) in the AT Frosh list. - Dorothy (48) in the AT Soph list. - Aya (2), Aga (5), Sasoon (6), Soo (14), Amber (18), Jennifer T (28), Evan (31), Julliant (32), Jennifer C (36) and Angela (43) in the AT Junior list. - Francine (7), Kate (11), Hyan (15), Shabbie (31) in the AT Senior list. - JV Girls are #1 team time (by 7:29). - VG are #1 team time (by 1:10). - Eugene and Luis just miss All League (Top 15) by finishing 16th & 17th. - All League folks are: : Jey Pandian - JVB - 5th : Aya Wakabayashi - VG - 3rd : Zohreh Akhavan - VG - 8th : Christina Liao - VG - 13th : Sasoon Kim - VG - 14th : Aga Goslicka - VG - 15th : Soo Lee - JVG - 4th : Hyan Kim - JVG - 6th : Amber Ju - JVG - 10th - DAL Records: F/S 20 - 17 ('01 was 26 - 13) - JVB 32 - 5 ( " was 17 - 10) - JVG 21 - 8 ( " was 16 - 13) - VB 15 - 28 ( " was 14 - 21) - VG 34 - 7 ( " was 16 - 16) CCS: - Beautiful new ribbons, sorry Eugene, on a beautiful Sat in Nov. - Aya makes Top 12 but misses a medal by 1. - Despite a cold, Zohreh makes Top 12 but misses State by 2. - Sasoon, Christina and Kate all PR and run Awesome. - Francine and Aga fight to finish strong. - Third place and home we go and think about States for 2003... or do we... - We actually qualify as an At-Large team thanks to some research by the Gunn coach. - Team finishes 16th in the Combined Standings. - Berson PRs by 18 seconds. - Coach has to fill out delinquencies and you have to get them. - VG team GPA is 3.7143 ('01 was 3.3777) - VB Team GPA is 3.6170 ('01 was 3.6458)