Getting Lost

By Mariah Lewis
If I had a quarter for every time I’ve been lost at a cross country meet, I could probably go out to dinner at a five-star restaurant tonight on the money I might have earned. The golf courses cross country meets are usually held at tend to be a bit maze-like. I have been managing the I-35 cross country team for two years now (this is my third) and there has not been one meet I have attended that I have not gotten lost. The usually hand-drawn maps given to the runners and managing staff sometimes help, but typically I can’t read the map either, it winds up doing more harm than good to my almost non-existent sense of direction and I get lost again anyway. Thank goodness the runners generally don’t get lost! They blaze the trails of the course with athletic certainty and purpose. The Winterset meet on September 6th was another success for the Roadrunners with sophomore Holly McKinney coming in 4th place in the freshman/sophomore division and senior Maddie Beeler receiving 5th in the junior/senior division. In addition to the honor of having two teammates place, the I-35 Roadrunners can proudly claim that during the course of the race, not one runner got lost!