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Renz, Jones honored as co-coaches of the year for All-Area girls track
| Friday, Jun 20 2008 8:35 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Jun 20 2008 8:37 PM
Track and field meets, espcially as they become bigger and more prestigious, are about the individual. Just two or three quality athletes can win you a meet.
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That's what makes a league meet so special -- it takes a whole team to win it -- and what made Centennial's girls season great this year.
"We had a lot of kids come through that day," said Ryan Renz, who with Randy Jones is a Californian Co-Girls Track and Field Coach of the Year.
Kids like Jessica Crowe, primarily a hurdler and runner, who was asked to pole vault that day. She responded with a personal-record eight-foot vault and a Southwest Yosemite League championship. Or April Cacuyog, who ran herself dizzy that day.
The result was an SWYL team title for the Golden Hawks.
"As a coach, that's what you love to see," Renz said. "They have their best meet at the league meet, and we've been fortunate to have kids who have bought into that, who enjoy the team part more than the individual part."
The championship and Coach of the Year honor is also a cap to a great career for Jones, who's retiring.
"Randy's a really quiet guy, and he doesn't want much said about him," Renz said. "But he means a lot to the whole track and field community. It's going to be tough. Centennial will never be the same."
-- Zach Ewing