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Spring 2008
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Final Issue

High schoolers on the right track

Invite opens up host of emotions

By Jamie Drendel
Issue date: 5/7/08 Section: Track and Field
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Porta High School Senior Katie Drendel thrusts forward in a pole vault during the Rochester Track Invitational. Porta High School earned third place in the contest.
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Porta High School Senior Katie Drendel thrusts forward in a pole vault during the Rochester Track Invitational. Porta High School earned third place in the contest.

Strength.

Endurance.

Willpower.

Blue shorts.

All were on display as the Rochester Track Invitational culminated with faces of exasperated victory for some and heartbreak for others. Kings were crowned while others frowned across the track and grassy field.

Porta High School athletes found themselves in the middle of all of it, becoming satisfied in some events and upset in others as the team placed third on the day.

But regardless of the outcome, the young athletes pushed themselves to their physical and emotional limits and walked away from the track with a renewed sense of accomplishment.


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