AA- Watertown wins State AA Team Cross Country title

AA- Top 6 AA individual placers: (from right) Amy Linder(SFO'Gorman), Nichol Deckert(RC Central), Ramsey Kavan(Yankton), Carrie Mueller(Watertown), Sarah Spencer(SF Lincoln), Betsy Blackler(RC Stevens)

A-The team from McCook Central wins the State A Cross Country Trophy

A- Top 5 individual placers: (from right) Kari Schaefer(Madison), Shannon Daly(Groton), Amber Kadoun(Britton), Meaghan Laetsch(McCook Central) and Amber Fischer(McCook Central)

B- Zirbel family from Summit wins the 2001 Girls State B Cross Country Championship.

B- Individual Placers: (from right) Melinda Zirbel (Summit), Nicole Zirbel (Summit), Jeni Ching (Estelline), Valerie Moore (Ipswitch)and Danielle Zirbel (Summit).

AA- Senior Amy Lindner from Sioux Falls O'Gorman heads for the finish line and takes the State title in 15:49.68.

AA-Rapid City Central's Nichol Deckert took 2nd in 15:55.84

AA-Ramsey Kavan from Yankton finished 3rd in 16:06.60

A- The new 2001 State A Girls Cross Country Champion Kai Schaefer from Madison wins the race with a time of 16:04.41. Madison took second as a team just behind the State A Team Champions from McCook.

A- Shannon Daly from Groton placed 2nd in 16:26.70.

A-Britton's Amber Kadoun took 3rd in16:42.88.

Girls Class B State Champion Melinda Zirbel finishes in 15:45.05
	B- Nicole Zirbel  from Summit  takes 2nd  16:25.01.
	B- State B  3rd place finisher Jeni Chang, last year's winner, finished in 16:27.46

B-Sister teammates Melinda, Nicole and Danielle Zirbel from Summit offer each other some congratulations after the State B Girls race. Melinda took first place in the race with a time of 15:44. Nicole came across the line in 2nd and Danielle placed 5th. Melinda also set the state record in the 2 mile earlier this season. The entire six girl team from Summit is comprised of Zirbel cousins or sisters. The sisters' 12th sibling was born earlier in season(8 girls, 4 boys in the family). So far, they are the only runners.

A-Sophomore Lori Rotert from McCook stops by the t-shirt table for a memento. Coached by Randy Fischer, seven girls and one boy from McCook qualified for the State competition. Manager Becca Aden noted that the team watched movies on bus trip out to Rapid City which sounds like a  good  way to travel.

A-Custer runner Tharia Samara provides teammate Steve Moorehead with a lot of direction and a  little advice as they survey the grounds at the Elks Club golf course. "I was visualizing for tomorrow," said Samara.

AA- The Watertown girls head out to check out the course.

B- Amber Clifton, Melissa Passolt, Amanda Samuelson and Tiffany Fisher from Faith look for the starting line.

A-Britton's coach Stu Elgethun assists freshman Amber Kadoun with an anterior ankle injury. Kadoun, who damaged her ankle while playing basketball for Britton in a recent game this season, placed 11th as an 8th grader in last year's cross country state competition.

B- Wakonda's sole female qualifier, Ashley Logue, said "It's pretty cool being the only girl because I get my own room." Although it seems her fellow teammates would rather hang out in her room and watch TV because "it smells better."

Many thanks to Jackie Schumacher, Sarah Goodart, Matt Thompson and Brianne Bussell from Central High School (pictured above) who took many of the photographs used in these State Cross Country Championship pages on sdpb.org. The day proved to be a challenging, real-world photo-journalism opportunity for the budding photographers. Thank you to Faith HS student manager Marlayna McGinnis for a little on site leg-work. Thanks also to the staff at SDHS Activities, the event coordinators and the Elks Club for their support.

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