By Dena Martin
The Times
X-C Program Spared the Chopping Block
Coach and athletes ARE challenged to recruit more runners
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August 24, 2017
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Emily Adams moves up on a runner at the 2016 State Cross-Country meet in Pasco, Wash. last year. Adams earned a sixth place spot on the podium. Waitsburg's cross country is short on numbers this year due to the exit of five graduated seniors, including Adams.
WAITSBURG – In spite of a miniscule turn-out, the Waitsburg School Board voted to retain the district's cross-country program in hopes that numbers will increase in 2018-19 when Waitsburg will participate in a full athletic combine agreement with Dayton High School.
"This is really that gap year. We don't know what's to come. It would be a shame to eliminate the program. Looking at past practice, if it goes away, it's going away for good," said district superintendent Jon Mishra.
The exit of five graduated seniors in 2016 left a gaping hole in what has been a successful program with small, but...
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