The Cross
Country team maintains a no-cut philosophy and is a great way for
all students to get involved in a school activity. All students get
to participate in all regular season meets and the conference
tournament.
Coaches:
- Elizabeth Rathgeber -
Mrs. Elizabeth Rathgeber has been teaching since 1990.
She has been a teacher in Lake Zurich since 1993. At that time she
started coaching cross county and track. She continued to coach both
sports until the birth of her second child in 2003. In order to spend
more time with her children she decided to coach only one sport. At this
time she only coaches cross county, which she competed in throughout her
high school years. She enjoys watching the runners improve their times as
well as build their self-confidence throughout the season.
- Mike Podraza - Mr. Podraza is a parent of two young girls. He has been teaching and
coaching since 1992. He has been a Health/PE teacher with MSN since
2000. Mr. Podraza has been coaching Cross Country since 2001. Mr.
Podraza also has experience in coaching Softball, Volleyball and
H.S. Baseball. He enjoys watching the athletes improve and mature
over their three years at MSN.
- Bill Herlocker - Mr. Herlocker has been a coach at
North for 14 years. He loves the enthusiasm the kids bring to this
difficult sport. We have sent many of our runners to compete downstate,
including a 6th place finish in the boys' competition in 2004
- Kim Klipstein - Mrs. Klipstein has been teaching
special education at MSN since 1996. She has been coaching track since
the spring of 1998 and Cross-Country since the fall of 1999. With both
maintaining a no-cut philosophy, it is always great to see kids from all
athletic abilities participate. Improvement is emphasized no matter where
an athlete may finish in a race or event.
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