Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Team returns for 10th year
HOFFMAN ESTATES (Ill.) High School cross country team members Jennifer Claudio, Giselle Benitez, Argelia Morales and Vanessa Garciapavon jog while carrying a log as part of their training for their upcoming season along Range View Drive in Hurley.
HURLEY - The Hoffman Estates (Ill.) High School cross country team are training in Hurley this week.
For the past 10 years, assistant coach Matthew Ihms said the team has traveled from northwestern suburbs of Illinois to Wisconsin to train during the summer.
In 1970s, head coach Kirk Macnider's father participated in the Paavo Nurmi Marathon and won.
Macnider said his father inspired him to bring his cross country team to Hurley.
Sixteen team members made the trip this year. The team consists of 25.
Over the upcoming week, Ihms said they will run between 65 to 90 miles.
Every morning, Macnider...
