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Runmng IS an Intense sport that few have the ability to endure. Cross Country requ1res
endurance, mental persistence, and d1SC1pl1ne. Th1s year, the boy's Cross Country team has
many determmed runners set on succeed1ng 1n the1r quest to 1mprove the1r personal best
t1mes. The g1rl's Cross Country team has the potent1al and sk1ll to go to state th1s year as a
team. Together, these runners form the CHS Cross Country team. Chns Sel ers {12}, tre
captam of the boy's Cross
Country team, a CHS
team runner smce he was
a Freshman, says "be1ng
a Cross Country athlete
1s more than a sport. 1t
1s a lifestyle choiCe." The
expenenced runner also
commented that both
the boy's and g1rl's cross
country teams are look1ng
at hav1ng on of their best
seasons yet th1s year.

Right: Christen Odum {10),
Like the wolf, runs in a pack,
preparing to devour her
opponents. She crushes the
competition beneath her
rumbling feet, cutting down
opponents, leaving them in
the dust. With determination
in her eyes and victory in
her stride, nothing stands in
her way while she rampages
towards the finish line.

What They Said ...

Our Sport is
your sport's
pun1shma nt.

Running is a mental
Right: Kayle Nelson {1 OJ, more commonly known as the destroyer of • ,.- · ""' .. • .. ·"""'
sport and we are all worlds, laughs in the face of her competitors and rapidly runs into the
insane. sweet arms of victory. Her opposition may try to beat her, but her
results show that she cannot be stopped.

Cassie Pierron
All Photos By Coach Travis Sheppard