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Harriers: The Making of a Championship Cross Country Team | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joseph Shivers, Paul Shivers
Publisher: Holy Macro! Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 31220
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 180
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1932802959
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.428
EAN: 9781932802955
ASIN: 1932802959
Publication Date: March 28, 2006
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Product Description
A fresh perspective enlivens this classic story about a losing team with an energetic new coach. Written by two Ohio teenagers about their high school's cross-country team, this account offers engaging portraits of the kids and their coach, passes on lessons of hard work and sacrifice, and follows the ascent of the Salem Quakers cross-country team to a first-place ranking in their conference and third place at the 2003 state championships. Along the way the teenagers learn the unromantic truth about the athletic association that regulates their high school sport—legal wrangling and uproar ensue when officials find scoring errors in a postseason meet. As they develop their talents and teamwork, the teens also learn valuable lessons about sports rules, bureaucracy, and true success.
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 over-rated July 25, 2008
To be perfectly honest this book was an utter dissapointment. The language is impressive for the authors age however the overall story line is lacking. The book overemphasized the work effort that the boys upon this team actually underwent, and also downsized the incredible amount of luck that they were able to have 5 extremely talented athletes in two very uncompetetive years for the state of Ohio. In addition the author Joe Shivers desperatley made himself up to be an important member of the team by exagerating the importance of the sixth runner. I myself have competed in numerous major cross country meets and other than within this book I have yet to find a meet where the winner was decided by a sixth runner. This is a prime example of how joe attempted to make his inability to make the top five somehow important and relevant to the story. Overall this is a story of ten or so spoiled boys that manage to be lucky enough through enormous talent and an uncompetetive state meet become state champions. The story has no depth and lacks any sort of inspiration that a book of this nature should posess. If you want a good running book try Running With The Buffaloes by chris lear but do not buy this book for it is a complete disapointment.
 not a DVD June 16, 2008
I got this by mistake, thinking it was another running DVD & haven't read it.
 Harriers June 12, 2008
Good read - enjoyable, quick. As a parent cross country supporter, I found it insightful to get the kids' perspectives.
Great January 15, 2008
This is a great quick read. I had my Girls XC team read it before the season and it really helped with getting all of them on the same page.
 More Diary than Dream Season January 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
For two high school guys to run a championship cross country season then write and publish a book about it is no small feat. That warrants a lot of praise. However, as other reviewers have noted, this book is sometimes adolescent and overly detailed without an underlying theme. It seems the authors relied more on their journals rather than crafting a series of anecdotes tailored for the audience. If you're seeking an insightful look into competitive running or an inspiring tale to motivate you, try The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Contemporary Fiction, Plume). Having grown up and run high school cross country in NE Ohio, there were a lot of points in the story that recalled some great times. Yet this book missed capturing the challenge, emotion and pride of the sport by dwelling on the anxieties and angst of the teenage years.
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