Lynbrook HS - Cross Country
1999 Awards
MVP / MI Athletes Iron Men/Women (# of years) : - Jeff Whitsett (2) - Kai Yu (3) - Kevin Perng - Ken Chung - Andrew Poon - Jonathan McCoy - Stephanie Claussen (3) - Pauline Huang SA's : At Lynbrook it usually takes a 4.0 and this year is no exception. - Kai Yu, Andrew Poon, Jason Mar & Allon Nir are your VB SA's - Stephanie Claussen & Ellin Chen are VG SA's - Paul Yu & Kevin Wu are F/S SA's - Pauline Huang is the JVG SA. * JVG MI (Vanessa Streb) : First year running X/C Improved 2:14 seconds on Lynbrook course #50 All Time on Lynbrook course and #2 Freshman on Lynbrook course #7 on Crystal list for the decade and #8 All Time Frosh Ended up with the # 3 ranking on the team after starting out as the # 6 woman JVG MVP (Frances Shin) : - Second year running X/C - Had injuries mid-season which forced her into the pool - Started having some great races from the first Center meet forward - #18 Junior on Crystal Springs list - Improved :53 seconds on Lynbrook course - #5 spot on Junior list of Lynbrook course - Ended up with a Varsity point ranking by seasons end and qualified to run CCS * F/S MI (Matt Meyer) : First year running X/C Improved 1:23 seconds on Lynbrook course Improved 2:00 seconds on Crystal course #10 Soph on Lynbrook course #42 on Crystal all time for the decade Missed a Varsity ranking by a mere .5 % points F/S MVP (Jeff Whitsett) : - An Iron Man (2nd year in a row) - Second year running X/C - Improved :42 seconds on Lynbrook Course - Has the # 1 time for Soph's on Lynbrook Course, # 3 time for All Time - Improved :32 seconds on Crystal course - Has the # 49 time for Soph's on Crystal course, # 88 time for All Time, # 12 time for the Decade - Ran 300 miles over the summer - Ran Varsity for the second half of the year and ended up with the #1 ranking for the team * VG MI (Stephanie Claussen) : Iron Woman (3rd year) Third year running X/C Improved :33 seconds on Lynbrook course Has the # 9 time for Juniors on Lynbrook course Has #12 ranking for the Decade on Crystal Has #10 ranking for Juniors on Crystal Had the # 4 ranking for the team VG MVP (Polly Sidorovsky) : - Second year running X/C - After fighting injuries all last year was able to train and race most of the year - Improved :33 seconds on Lynbrook course from '98 - Has #3 Senior Time on Lynbrook course - Improved :48 seconds on Crystal course and has the # 14 time for Seniors - Has # 10 time for the Decade on Crystal - Ran a very gutty race at CCS * VB MI (Paul Zimmerman) : Second year running X/C Missed only 1 race Missed only 3 practices due to illness Improved 1:00 seconds on Lynbrook course Has # 22 Junior time on Lynbrook course Improved 1:05 seconds on Crystal course Ended up with the #7 team ranking * VB MVP (Kai Yu) : Third year running X-C Iron Man (3rd year) Was #1 runner 3 times Improved :32 seconds on Lynbrook course #3 Time for Seniors on Lynbrook course Improved :36 seconds on Crystal course Ran 300+ miles this past summer Was a leader of the team Graduating Seniors (We will MISS them) : - Ellin Chen - Matt Cheung - Jason Mar - Allon Nir - Andrew Poon - Polly Sidorovsky - Kai Yu - Christina Zhou