PREPS OF THE WEEK: Oct. 22 edition

DANNY LUNDER, Kentwood Grade: Junior. Sport: Cross country. Accomplishment: Lunder ran a season-best 16:25 in a three-team meet last week that also included Kent-Meridian and Thomas Jefferson. Favorite class: APLAC.

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  • Thursday, October 21, 2010 4:46pm
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DANNY LUNDER, Kentwood

Grade: Junior.

Sport: Cross country.

Accomplishment: Lunder ran a season-best 16:25 in a three-team meet last week that also included Kent-Meridian and Thomas Jefferson.

Favorite class: APLAC.

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite the entire cross country team because they’re all amazing. I would serve pasta just like the cross country pasta feeds. Greatest athletic moment: Making it to the state cross country meet last season.

Most current book read/author: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

What’s on your iPod?: “Club can’t handle me” by Flo Rida.

Also noted: Lunder is just as good in the classroom as he is on the cross country trails, sporting a 3.84 grade-point average.

SARAH ROBBINS, Kentlake

Grade: Senior.

Sport: Cross country.

Accomplishment: Robbins completed a 3.1-mile course against Tahoma and Auburn Riverside in 20:05, which was good enough for a solid second-place finish in a three-team meet.

Favorite class: Calculus.

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite (chef) Bobby Flay and serve whatever he was making.

Greatest athletic moment: Breaking 20 minutes on our home course.

Favorite movie: Inception.

What’s currently playing on your iPod: “Just the way you are” by Bruno Mars.

CAMERON MCKERNAN, KR

Grade: Senior.

Sport: Football.

Accomplishment: McKernan rushed for four touchdowns, leading the Chargers past Thomas Jefferson last week, 52-35. It was Kentridge’s third win in its last four games.

KACIE SEIMS, Kentwood

Grade: Senior.

Sport: Volleyball.

Accomplishment: Seims dished out a season-high 30 assists to go along with 11 digs and four aces, leading the Conquerors past Auburn Riverside 25-13, 25-15, 26-24 in a South Puget Sound League North Division match on Oct. 13.

Favorite class: AP Language and Composition.

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Johnny Cash. I would serve southern BBQ.

Greatest athletic moment: Going to districts for javelin in the past two track seasons.

Most current book read/author: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What’s on your iPod?: Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Trey Songz, Kid Cudi.

Also noted: Seims is involved in the National Honor Society and maintains a 3.9 grade-point average.


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