Loy Norrix seniors reflect on their long-distance running careers
Colin Carnell, Copy Editor
January 31, 2020
On Saturday, October 26, Loy Norrix High School seniors Jozef Meyers and Ella Schnell made LNHS history at the Southwest Michigan Athletic Conference Cross Country Regionals, held at Portage West Middle School. Both Meyers and Schnell advanced to the state meet, the first time in a decade that LNHS has sent both a male and female runner to the state competition. Mey...
Loy Norrix cross country closes the season on a positive note
Colin Carnell, Copy Editor
November 12, 2019
Since summer practices started on June 17, the cross country season drew to a close on November 2 for Loy Norrix High School (LNHS). Thursday, November 7, the team had an end of season banquet and award ceremony in the LNHS cafeteria. "I would like to be better than this season, I want to keep impr...
Going the distance: Loy Norrix sends a runner of both genders to states for the first time in ten years
Colin Carnell, Copy Editor
November 9, 2019
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Loy Norrix Takes The Win In The Don Lukens Invitational
Jaelyn Anderson
May 25, 2019
Don Lukens has been at Loy Norrix for over 30 years and is the biggest invitational that Loy Norrix hosts. Track teams from all over the state come to compete against each other in this all day meet. Don Lukens starts at 10 in the morning and goes on into the late evening. Everyone looks forward...
Loy Norrix Hosts Don Luken's Invitational Another Year
Jaelyn Anderson
June 6, 2018
The Don Lukens Invitational is the biggest invitational that Loy Norrix hosts all year. For the past 31 years over fifteen teams have come from all over the state of Michigan to compete against each other in this huge all day event. From shot-put to 4x400m relay, the Don Lukens started at 10am and went...
Track On A Running Streak
Woodriona Chapman
May 29, 2018
This year’s track team is going all out, even with the new runners. Track on a running streak? Have you heard about it? This year track team has been going all out. They have been winning back to back and placing in all events. In every meet so far the track team is placing greater than 10th place...
Come Out for Indoor Track! Loy Norrix Track Athletes Prepare for the Outdoor Season
Alexa Davis
February 16, 2018
There’s some excitement in the air. It’s a Friday before an indoor track meet and the track and field athletes are nervous about how they will run the next day. It’s their first race of the season, and while it’s a low stress meet, everyone is anxious to see where they stand time and place wise. ...
Join Cross Country to Get Exercise and Have Fun
Dagnija Tomsons
October 21, 2015
Not many people understand what cross country really is. Some think it has to do with running across the country or running thirty miles a day, but in fact, it’s just a race where runners run a certain number of miles in a selected amount of time. For high schoolers, that number of miles is 3.1 (5 ...
A Fast Paced Life to Match a Fast Paced Runner, Olivia Vande Pol’s Story
Rachel
November 11, 2013
Olivia Vande Pol’s life requires a lot of dedication. While being a sophomore in high school is hard enough, she manages to do so and run cross country as well as track for Loy Norrix High School. When she’s not inside laboring over her average 5 hours of homework every night, she’s out training in h...
