Tates Creek High School Cross Country

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Norman Tagged Runner of the Year in AAA; Stichnot Named to Second Team

Postseason awards continue to pour down upon Tates Creek High School seniors Daniel Norman and Bridget Stichnot. State champion Norman has been named the AAA Runner of the Year by the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association. Stichnot, who finished 16th at the state meet, was named to the second team in AAA. Both were tabbed for the senior teams at the AAA level. Complete teams may be found at the KyTrackXC page.

The two runners, both school-record holders in the 5K, will also be named First Team Academic All-State when the teams are released in December.

Tates Creek senior Daniel Norman, pulled away from the lead pack with 600 meters to go to capture the 2007 Kentucky Cross Country State Championship Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Norman sliced off nearly 30 seconds from his previous best time to finish in 15:47, winning by a six-second margin.

Daniel Norman recovers at the finish of his state championship run Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Here is the Lexington Herald-Leader article on Kentucky.com. Norman's school-record performance highlighted a nice performance by the Creek at the most important meet of the season. Bridget Stichnot lowered her 5K school record to 19:27, which placed her 17th overall. Her time helped Tates Creek finish in the top 12 overall as a team.

Six of the seven women turned in their best times of the year, and junior Natasha Druggan just missed her personal record at 20:51. Betsy Goodin finished in 20:18, putting her near the top of all-time Tates Creek cross country athletes, second only to Stichnot. Madalyn Stichnot also set a personal best with her 20:38.

How strong was the Tates Creek women's performance? Consider this: each of the top four runners would be the school-record holder for 5K if it were not for their teammates.

The team picture is set for Tuesday, November 13 after school at 3:30 p.m. Meet in Coach Feeback's room. Bring your warm-up and uniform. We will turn in our uniforms to Coach Feeback, and wear our warm-ups for the photo. You will turn in the warm-up as well, following the photo. Place your uniform in a plastic grocery bag and write your name on the outside with a permanent marker.

Runners will be assigned another runner for our annual "Gag" Awards. When given the name of another runner, make up an award teasing that runner about something funny about that person. For example, awards in the past have poked fun about running style, talking on cell phones while running, etc. Newer runners should talk to veterans about ideas if needed. Awards will be shared during the post-season banquet at Gatti Town on Tuesday.

The post-season banquet is tentatively set for Tuesday, November 13 at Gatti Town. We will start at 6:30 p.m., with awards at about 7 p.m. Runners and family may stay as long as they like and hit the game room. Details will be finalized soon.