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1998 Cross Country NewsTexas Track & Field News names De Zeeuw and Loveless to its All-State Team, 09-Dec-98 Dallas Morning News honors De Zeeuw and Loveless, 25-Nov-98 Cross Country Banquet is a great success, 22-Nov-98 Martin runner lands girls area honor, 19-Nov-98 De Zeeuw and Loveless named Runners of the Week, 18-Nov-98 Jacoby attends State meet, 15-Nov-98 De Zeeuw collects fourth AMN Runner of Week award, 04-Nov-98 Martin girls and boys both going to Lubbock, 01-Nov-98 Ozenick runs at Ken Gaston, 25-Oct-98 De Zeeuw wins another Runner of the Week award, 21-Oct-98 De Zeeuw finishes 6th at A&M, 17-Oct-98 Girls finish 2nd at Duncanville, 10-Oct-98 Martin meet washed out, 04-Oct-98 Loveless is Runner of the Week, 30-Sep-98 De Zeeuw wins two Runner of Week awards, 18-Sep-98 Girls finish second, boys third, at Grapevine, 12-Sep-98 Lady Warriors place fourth at Greenhill Relays, 29-Aug-98
Texas Track & Field News names De Zeeuw and Loveless to its All-State TeamDecember 9, 1998 -- Texas Track & Field News has named Audrey De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless to its 17th annual All-State Team. TTFN, the state's leading source of news for cross country and track & field, picked fourteen boys and girls in each classification to its All-State teams. For more details, subscribe to TTFN. Subscription information is on the Web at http://www.texastrack.com/ttfn.htm.
Dallas Morning News honors De Zeeuw and LovelessNovember 25, 1998 -- The Dallas Morning News today named senior Emily Field of Highland Park and senior Tyler Graff of Flower Mound Marcus as its Cross Country Area Athletes of the Year. Six girls and six boys received Honorable Mention recognition for the award. Audrey De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless, both juniors at Martin, received Honorable Mention recognition, in addition to senior Londa Bevins and sophomore Courtney Carter of Mesquite, junior Allie Koons of Highland Park, and Southlake Carroll sophomore Jessa Vacek. Boys receiving Honorable Mention status were senior Andrew Cook from Marcus, Jesuit senior Ben Black, junior Raleigh Green and senior Andrew Matin of Arlington Heights, junior Scott Moore from Mesquite Poteet, and senior Jyri Wilska of Fort Worth Nolan.
Cross Country Banquet is a great successNovember 22, 1998 -- The Cross Country Banquet last night was a great success. Almost all of the athletes were present, and everyone had fun visiting and eating. Thanks to TGIFriday's Front Row Grill at the Ballpark for their hospitality. The food was excellent, and the atmosphere was lively (and loud). Coach Batzel and Coach Knight awarded certificates to the following groups: junior varsity, varsity, regional meet participants, and state meet participants. Special attention was given to juniors Audrey De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless, our two state meet participants, who both finished in the top ten in the state meet and who both garnered All-Region and All-State honors. Most Valuable Runner awards were presented to freshman Billy Ray Thomas, who led the boys to a regional qualifying spot for the sixth year out of the last seven, and to De Zeeuw, who finished 1st in District, 1st in the Region, and 5th in the State. With all of the girls and boys who ran at the Region meet returning, the outlook is bright for next year. Go Warriors! [Back to top] For pictures from the banquet, click here.
Martin runner lands girls area honorNovember 19, 1998 -- The Arlington Star-Telegram today named Audrey De Zeeuw as its Most Valuable Girls Athlete and named both De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless to the All-Arlington Star-Telegram cross country team for 1998. The complete honors are as follows:
De Zeeuw and Loveless named Runners of the WeekNovember 18, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless were named Runners of the Week by the Arlington Morning News, recognizing their high finishes at the State Championship Meet last Saturday. To see other Runners of the Week, click here. [Back to top]
Jacoby attends State meetNovember 15, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless are used to running in front of their coaches and families, but who else would venture out into the rain and mud to watch a cross country meet in Round Rock? Martin High School Principal Steve Jacoby, that's who. De Zeeuw and Loveless were honored and surprised, as they celebrated their top-ten finishes, to see Mr. Jacoby appear to congratulate them. That's real school spirit! Click on the image below to see a larger version. .
De Zeeuw and Loveless finish in top ten at StateNovember 15, 1998 -- Running in adverse conditions, Audrey De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless finished outstanding individual seasons by both finishing in the top ten at the UIL State 5A Cross Country Meet. The course was sloppy from two days of rain, but there was just some drizzle off and on for most of the morning. After the 4-A girls finished running, however, the skies opened up and it flat-out rained. The 5-A girls had to run through puddles that were up to mid-calf in depth, and the rolling hills of the course that would be so tame in dry weather were slick and treacherous. De Zeeuw tripped and fell flat on her stomach on a hairpin turn about 200 meters into the race, cutting her left knee and both hands. By the time that she got up, twelve girls had passed her. Many runners would find that too much to overcome, but Audrey had moved back into 6th place by the 800-meter mark and stayed there for much of the race. On the final stretch she moved up as high as 4th and ended in 5th with a time of 12:26, only nine seconds behind Risa Rutland of Sugar Land Clements, who won the race in 12:17. Loveless slipped at the start and was running in 40th place at the 800-meter mark, but she was within 30 meters of about twenty runners. She gradually started moving up and was in 18th place with 800 meters to go. She continued to gain on the pack, moving up to 11th place with 50 meters to go, and surged past Courtney Carter of Mesquite with about 30 meters to go to claim 10th place in 12:34. De Zeeuw and Loveless earned medals and All-State honors for their efforts. They were the only 5-A girls from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to finish in the top ten, and Martin was one of only three schools to place more than one runner in the top ten. The other two were Amarillo, which won the meet, and Kingwood, which finished second in the meet. For complete meet results, click here. [Back to top]
De Zeeuw, Loveless qualify for StateNovember 8, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw and Liz Loveless became Martin's first runners to qualify for the State cross country meet since 1992. De Zeeuw, a junior, is the 1998 Region I Champion, winning in 11:39.08 and becoming Martin's first regional champion in cross country. She led for the last mile and a half of the race and was never seriously challenged. Loveless, also a junior, finished seventh in 11:52.29. She was 11th at the one-mile mark and steadily gained after that. The entire Martin girls team had an outstanding race and almost qualified for the State meet, losing third place to El Paso Montwood by 150 to 154 points. Freshman Andrea Sparks finished 39th in 12:44.40, junior Jennifer Jacobs came in 70th in 13:06.06, sophomore Sarah Babineau finished 83rd in 13:13.60, and juniors Julie Boyer (91st, 13:17.70) and Christina Thomas (115th, 13:42.98) also ran strong. (There were 184 runners in all). The young Martin boys team struggled against an outstanding Region I field, finishing 22nd. They were led by freshman Billy Ray Thomas (82nd, 17:37.30) and sophomore Artiz Stroud (98th, 17:47.72), and sophomore Micah Phillips (143rd, 18:46.95), junior John Gonzalez (156th, 19:01.28), and sophomores Jeff McCartney (165th, 19:37.40), Jesse Keenan (166th, 19:39.87), and Steve Gundy (168th, 19:43.94) all ran hard. For complete meet results, click here. [Back to top]
De Zeeuw collects fourth AMN Runner of Week awardNovember 4, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw won her fourth Runner of the Week award from the Arlington Morning News today, recognizing her dominating performance in winning the District 7-5A Meet last Saturday in a time of 11:29. To see other Runners of the Week, click here. [Back to top]
Martin girls and boys both going to LubbockNovember 1, 1998 -- The Martin girls finished second and the boys finished third, earning both a trip to Lubbock next weekend for the Region I-5A cross country meet and making Martin the only district school to send both of its teams to Regionals. The girls were somewhat disappointed, as the second-place finish ended a string of seven consecutive district championships. However, everyone tried their best; Sam Houston was just ever-so-slightly better as a team. The girls were led by Audrey De Zeeuw, Liz Loveless, and Andrea Sparks, who finished 1-2-6. Other varsity runners were Sarah Babineau (17th), Jennifer Jacobs (20th), Julie Boyer (24th), and Molly Averitte (26th). The boys pulled off a big upset by beating out Duncanville for third. They were led by Artiz Stroud (13th) and Billy Ray Thomas (16th), and the pack running of Micah Phillips (19th), Matt Altschul (20th), and Steve Gundy (21st) sealed third place for the Warriors. Other varsity runners were John Gonzalez (26th) and Jeff McCartney (31st). The Martin JV girls won district, and the boys finished second. The JV girls were led by Christina Thomas (1st), Corey Diehl-Miller (3rd), Katie Ozenick (4th), and Megan Babineau (7th). The JV boys were led by Jesse Keenan (5th), Aaron Thomas (8th), Brandon Cabello (10th), and Jay Fuquay (11th). For complete meet results, click here. [Back to top]
Ozenick runs at Ken GastonOctober 25, 1998 -- Most Warriors took the week before District off, but freshman basketball player Katie Ozenick finished 36th in the 5A varsity girls race at the Ken Gaston Invitational at Vandergriff Park with a time of 13:22.40. Considering that Ozenick, who also plays select soccer, has not trained for cross country at all this season, that is an amazing time.
De Zeeuw wins another Runner of the Week awardOctober 21, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw has won the Arlington Morning News's Runner of the Week award for the third time this season. Her sixth-place finish out of 248 runners at Texas A&M was outstanding. To see other Runners of the Week, click here. [Back to top]
De Zeeuw finishes 6th at A&MOctober 17, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw showed herself to be one of the top runners in the state by finishing 6th at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 11:28. This meet included perennial state powers Kingwood, The Woodlands, Klein, Mesquite, and Georgetown. The Martin girls team finished 14th out of 34 teams. Liz Loveless finished 39th in 12:16, Andrea Sparks was 99th in 13:04, Sarah Babineau was 138th in 13:32, and Jennifer Jacobs was 139th in 13:33. The Martin boys finished 28th out of 30 teams, led by Artiz Stroud (114th, 18:48), Micah Phillips (159th, 19:43), John Gonzalez (166th, 19:52), Jay Fuquay (184th, 20:22), Aaron Thomas (185th, 20:24), and Matt Powers (203rd, 21:03). Billy Ray Thomas ran JV because of another commitment and finished 17th in 19:00, leading the JV boys to a fifth place finish. The JV girls finished 9th, led by Christina Thomas, who finished 15th in 13:48. For full meet results, click here. [Back to top]
Girls Finish 2nd at DuncanvilleOctober 10, 1998 -- The Martin Lady Warriors ran to second place finish at the Daniel Echerd Invitational at Duncanville, led by Audrey De Zeeuw's school record time of 11:21.83. De Zeeuw finished second overall, and Liz Loveless finished fourth with a time of 11:52.78. Other top five finishers were Jennifer Jacobs (16th, 13:01.14), Sarah Babineau (17th, 13:05.77), and Corey Diehl-Miller (23rd, 13:23.36). Christina Thomas finished 26th in 13:33.16, and Molly Averitte grabbed 32nd with a 13:37.14. The Lady Warriors ran without Andrea Sparks (soccer tournament) and Julie Boyer (illness). The Martin boys finished fifth, led by Artiz Stroud (17th, 18:24.77), Matt Altschul (24th, 19:15.73), Micah Phillips (25th, 19:19.48), Jay Fuquay (27th 19:25.84), and John Gonzalez (29th, 19:27.05). Billy Ray Thomas was not able to compete due to illness. For full meet results, click here. [Back to top]
Martin meet washed outOctober 4, 1998 -- Heavy rain caused the cancellation of the Martin Invitational that was scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 1998. The steep hills that make the course at Veterans Park so challenging also made the course unsafe when the steep downhill and uphill stretches became slick with mud. We appreciate everyone that registered or came out, and we apologize for not being able to contact all of you in advance to save you a wasted trip to the park. Next year, we will have a rainout number that you can call for that type of information.
Loveless is Runner of the WeekSeptember 30, 1998 -- Liz Loveless was named the Runner of the Week by the Arlington Morning News. The article mentioned that she overcame running off-course to finish in second place at the Fort Worth Country Day Invitational. To see other Runners of the Week, click here. [Back to top]
De Zeeuw wins two Runner of Week awardsSeptember 18, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw swept this week's Runner of the Week awards by winning the Star-Telegram's Runner of the Week award to accompany yesterday's award of the other paper's award. September 17, 1998 -- Audrey De Zeeuw was honored for the second time this season as the Arlington Morning News's Runner of the Week. The article, by Rick Kretzschmar, mentioned how De Zeeuw fought the wind and avoided injury on a log to finish second overall in the Grapedash '98 last week in Grapevine. To see other Runners of the Week, click here. [Back to top]
Girls Finish Second, Boys Third, at GrapevineSeptember 12, 1998 -- The Martin Lady Warriors dashed to a second-place finish today at Grapedash '98, held at Grapevine's Meadowmere Park, on the shore of Lake Grapevine. Junior Audrey De Zeeuw ran 11:55 to finish second to Carroll's Jessa Vacek overall, and 1st in 5A, to pace the Lady Warriors. Junior Liz Loveless claimed sixth place overall, and 4th in 5A, with a time of 12:18. Freshman Andrea Sparks finished 27th, followed by junior Jennifer Jacobs in 47th, and junior Julie Boyer in 49th. The Warriors boys finished third, paced by freshman Billy Ray Thomas and sophomore Jeff McCartney, who finished 55th and 56th overall, followed by junior Shaun Nevan (67th), junior Steven Gundy (75th), and sophomore Micah Phillips (84th). For individual MHS times, click here. [Back to top]
De Zeeuw HonoredSeptember 1, 1998 -- Junior Audrey De Zeeuw was selected as the Arlington Morning News's Runner of the Week for the week ending August 29, 1998. The AMN cited De Zeeuw's strong anchor leg at the Greenhill Relays, during which she passed the Sam Houston runner to give the Lady Warriors fourth place. For other Runners of the Week, click here. [Back to top]
Lady Warriors place fourth at Greenhill RelaysAugust 29, 1998 -- The Martin Lady Warriors finished fourth in the Greenhill Relays today, behind Highland Park, Mesquite, and Marcus. HP set a meet record time of 35:07, Mesquite finished in 36:58, Marcus ran a 38:10, and the Lady Warriors team of Liz Loveless, Andrea Sparks, Jennifer Jacobs, and Audrey De Zeeuw finished in 39:08. Sam Houston was close behind at 39:31, and the rest of the top ten were Plano East (40:27), McKinney (40:34), The Colony (40:40), Allen (40:45), and Newman-Smith (41:45). Martin's second team of Julie Boyer, Corey Diehl-Miller, Sarah Babineau, and Christina Thomas finished 14th with a time of 44:46. The Martin boys teams finished 19th and 23rd. The team of John Gonzalez, Steve Gundy, Billy Ray Thomas, and Shaun Nevan finished 19th with a 35:35, and the team of Jeff McCartney, Damon Johnson, Matt Powers, and Micah Phillips finished 23rd; their time was not immediately available. The top nine boys teams were Arlington Heights (30:45), Arlington High (31:02), Marcus (31:05), Rockwall (31:32), Lewisville (31:54), Allen (32:15), Plano East (32:26), Mesquite (32:26), Tyler Lee (32:33), and Jesuit (32:37). For individual MHS times, click here. [Back to top] |
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