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Track & Field 'dream team' honored
(by Kathryn A. Burger - July 16, 2008)
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Staff Photo By Kathryn A. Burger
The Park Ridge High School Boys Track & Field team was honored at a recent board of education meeting, at which they were presented with their championship sweatshirts, and the congratulations of the board of education, administrators, parents and friends.
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Losing a championship can have repercussions. For some teams, disappointment and a loss of focus can undermine efforts to come back the next season with a renewed sense of determination.
Or, like the Park Ridge Boys Track & Field team, a championship loss can invigorate and inspire a group of athletes to put forth an extraordinary effort to reclaim the top spot.
Chris Brown, the
Park Ridge
School District ’s athletic director, put it this way, “This team came in determined to get back a championship that eluded them last year.” And, they did.
At a recent board of education meeting, the team was honored for a great season in which the team and its members racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. Brown reeled off the following distinctions:
Season Opener Champions
Comet Relay Champions
Undefeated BCSL Season
BCSL Meet Champions
Bergen County Group D Champions
41 School Record Holders
Sent 17 team members to the Bergen County Meet of Champs
15 members qualified for the State Meet of Champs
10 County Group Champions
6 State Group Champions
6 State Sectional Champions
10 First Team All-BCSL
5 Second Team All-BCSL
5 Honorable Mention All-BCSL
6 members received
Bergen
County recognition
Summing up the teams successes, Brown said, “The Boys Track program also accomplished a rare feat as they captured the BCSL Championship in cross-country this past fall, the State Sectional title in the winter, and the BCSL and
County
Championship in the spring. I would say that is some year.”
The team’s head coach, Connie Washnik, was named the Bergen County Scholastic League Olympic Boys and Girls Track & Field Coach of the Year.
Kathryn A. Burger's e-mail address is burger@northjersey.com.
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