Spring
sport standouts
Bethany
Widman, Megan Kawa & Marisa Headley
Senior Mary Hinrichs is an "all
around athlete." Mary has run
track each year she has been at Marian. "She shows great leadership and is a hard
worker," said track coach, Ms. Ronda Motykowski, "a lot of girls look up to
her." Mary has played other sports
at Marian, like volleyball and basketball. However, she likes "to run track because you are against
yourself, although there is the team.
I like challenging myself and the adrenaline," said Hinrichs.
Freshman Kara Root isn't
intimidated about the upcoming tennis season. Since she was 5, Root has been perfecting her talent through
clinics and private lessons.
During the off-season, she practices six times a week for an hour and a
half each day.
Root has high expectations
for the upcoming season. "I hope we get at least second in state because
Westside is pretty good this year or maybe even take State," she said. In anticipation for the tennis season,
Root said she is just, 
"ready for it to start."
The Marian soccer team
includes an armload of underclassmen, the always present dominating class of
juniors, and our one true senior returning for her fourth year of Varsity
soccer. Of all of these
girls, it is not easy to choose just one to be deemed outstanding.
Ed Dudley, coach of the
Marian soccer team, knows that all of his players will contribute to the team
significantly in the upcoming season.
"Overall, the starting 11
could possibly be the strongest part of this team with their speed and
toughness," said Dudley.
A surprising factor for the
soccer team this season is the fresh talent that came in with the beginning of
the school year.
"This is one of the best, if
not the best, freshman class to come through Marian in terms of athletic
skill. With the combined upper and
lower classmen on the team this could end up being one of the best Marian
soccer teams ever," said Dudley.